Also: San Leandro’s own city manager scandal could be heating up again on Tuesday night.
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Hayward City Council ‘bummed’ by ballooning budget deficit
Hayward’s proposed budget includes adding 6.6 full-time employees for staffing the new downtown library. HAYWARD CITY COUNCILHayward City Manager Kelly McAdoo didn’t want the City Council to ask many questions Tuesday night after they learned about the fiscal health of… Read More ›
Parker backs use of county reserves for stadium infrastructure
Alameda County Supervisor Nate Miley, right, is facing a well-financed challenge from former Oakland mayoral candidate Bryan Parker. ALCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS | DISTRICT 4 |The Oakland Raiders are about $500 million short when it comes to financing a new… Read More ›
Alameda firefighters’ union boss says mayor, councilmember broke labor laws
Alameda Mayor Trish Spencer and Councilmember Tony Daysog were accused by the firefighters’ union president Tuesday night of breaking labor laws. ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL | What appeared to be a simple administrative staff request to appropriate $3 million to further… Read More ›
San Leandro council seeks five-year pension strategy
San Leandro Mayor Pauline Cutters says setting aside $5 million over 5 years for pensions is doable. SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL | Last year, San Leandro’s tab for unfunded liabilities over the next 30 years was $158 million. The City Council… Read More ›
The Kevins
Were Alameda’s elected financial experts correct about the city’s unfunded liabilities? ALAMEDA | They share the same name and middle initial. Their surnames sound similar. So, too, has the fiscal advice that each has offered the Alameda City Council over… Read More ›
Acrimonious standoff between Hayward and city employees reaches a conclusion
Hayward city employees during a three-day strike in August 2013. Union members get 4.5% wage bump over 3 years HAYWARD CITY COUNCIL | Following a protracted labor dispute between the City of Hayward and over 300 of its employees that… Read More ›
City Hall Insider: City Council agenda notes from around the East Bay, June 8-11
ALAMEDA COUNTY/June 9, 9:30 a.m.County eyes $65m deficit; Santa Rita fills its cells BALANCING THE BUDGET Alameda County Administrator Susan Muranishi will present the board with a budget proposing to balance a $65 million budget shortfall reported last April. While… Read More ›
Schaaf’s proposed budget includes creation of Department of Transportation
OAKLAND | BUDGET | Mayor Libby Schaaf hopes to close projected $18 million budget shortfalls over the next two years without many cuts to city services and staff, while also beginning to pay down unfunded liabilities. The two-year budget proposal… Read More ›
‘This is an Act of War’: Hayward Imposes Five Percent Pay Cut on City Workers
Hayward City Manager Fran David, right, is seen by the union as one of the city’s hard line advocates for imposition. HAYWARD CITY COUNCIL | LABOR | The city council of Hayward, a city once known as the most union-friendly… Read More ›
The Skinny: Oakland City Council Committee Preview, Jan. 28, 2014
Oakland City Council Committee Preview1 Frank Ogawa PlazaTuesday, Jan. 28, begins at 9:30 a.m.Hashtag: #oakmtg >>> PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEEDAC RETURNS In a committee item likely to attract a great deal of attention from Oakland’s vocal privacy activists, the public safety… Read More ›
