THE WEEK OF MAR 30-APR 5 –ALAMEDA– Regular council meeting, Tuesday, April 3, 7 p.m. [ENTIRE AGENDA HERE]–HOUSING ELEMENT REPORT– Alameda is on pace to satisfy the state’s Regional Housing Needs Allocation for building 1,723 units of housing by 2023, says city staff…. Read More ›
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL Oakland Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick reiterated that she was not previously aware that a raid conducted by federal agents in West Oakland on Aug. 16 involved a potential deportation matter. The raid in West Oakland by Homeland… Read More ›
BERKELEY CITY COUNCIL Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin delivers his first state of the city address Monday night at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre. PHOTOS/Zac Goldstein By Keegan Tatum and Zac Goldstein The sense in the room was, finally, someone said it…. Read More ›
A partial rendering of the 240-unit Maple & Main housing development approved by the Hayward City Council Tuesday night. HAYWARDMaple & Main, a 240-unit housing development in North Hayward, which city leaders hope will help kickstart improvement in the downtown… Read More ›
A city survey found 75 percent of residents have a positive image of their city. HAYWARD CITY COUNCILHayward residents consistently voiced concern over the overall lack of affordable housing and job creation in the city, according to a city survey… Read More ›
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Fremont Councilmember Lily Mei registered one of the biggest electoral upsets in the East Bay. FREMONT | MAYOR |ELECTION 2016 |Using a deft campaign to highlight growing unease over development and traffic, Councilmember Lily Mei is Fremont’s next mayor. She… Read More ›
OAKLAND COMMITTEES/Sept. 15, starts 9:30 a.m.Cameras, radios, nobody watching truants THERMAL IMAGE CAMERA POLICY Earlier this year the use of a thermal imaging camera attached to a Oakland PD helicopter was stymied because of a lack of a policy. The Public… Read More ›
Alameda Mayor Trish Spencer and Councilmember Jim Oddie had testy exchange Tuesday. ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL | On the same day the Alameda firefighters union criticized Mayor Trish Spencer for comments she made in private against them and other council colleagues,… Read More ›
GO LARGE: Alameda Mayor Trish Spencer is showing signs of being a political risk-taker. ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL | Alameda Mayor Trish Spencer upset her predecessor Marie Gilmore over one issue: stanching the pace of development on the island. When, in the… Read More ›
ALAMEDA | MAYOR | CITY COUNCIL |Alameda’s decade-long debate over development — especially the development of Alameda Point — is turning out to be the dominant issue in the city’s mayoral and council races this fall. And voters’ views on… Read More ›
Alameda school board member Trish Spencer, Mayor Marie Gilmore. ALAMEDA | MAYOR | Housing is a hot-button issue in many Bay Area communities. In Alameda, the traditionally insular island city, has a different variation on the topic—not only is the… Read More ›
HAYWARD CITY COUNCIL | Hayward is giving the green light to begin dismantling its red-light cameras. The City Council voted, 6 to 1, Tuesday night to direct staff to create a plan to consider immediately terminating its red light camera program,… Read More ›
SAN LEANDRO SET TO APPROVE NEW CONTRACT WITH TRAFFIC CAMERA VENDORBy Steven Tavares Palo Alto Sen. Joe Simitian thinks red light cameras are the technological equivalent of small town speed traps. His bill offered last month in the State Senate would… Read More ›
…OR NOT CREATING ENOUGH REVENUE?By Steven Tavares San Leandro will reduce the numberof traffic cameras to five. Has San Leandro begun to slowly eradicate red light violators or is the the cost of maintaining the small army of cameras lurking… Read More ›
