We asked: What do you view as the biggest challenge facing CV San now, and how will you work to address it in the next four years? How does CV San impact Castro Valley, and how will you support a working partnership between your agency and the community? Finally, please …

Local community leaders continue to come out in favor of electing the Castro Valley Municipal Advisory Council (MAC). The latest two are Dennis Waespi, and Andy Frank. Dennis Waespi has served on the East Bay Regional Park District Board since 2014.  He also served on the Castro Valley Sanitary District Board …

Time and again, we have been told that having an elected  Municipal Advisory Council (MAC) would be an expensive and pointless endeavor.  Last year, I wrote an article deflating the arguments floated at the time of an election for MAC costing up to $500,000 every two years.  Although completely without …

What if unincorporated communities could get more local control without having to incorporate? Assembly Bill 3 (AB 3), working its way through the California Assembly, would give Isla Vista, an unincorporated community next to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) campus, an enhanced version of a community service district (CSD), …

If you’ve ever attended a meeting of any local agency, you may have heard of the Brown Act, but do you know what it is, and what it is for?   It has nothing to do with Jerry Brown or UPS, but it has everything to do with keeping meetings …

An update on the Canyonlands trash service from both the recent Board of Supervisors, and Castro Valley Sanitary District Meetings Alameda County Board of Supervisors Planning Committee Meeting – January 6th At the January 6th Alameda County Board of Supervisors (BOS) Planning meeting Liz McElligot, the Alameda County Community Development …