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 …

The Week Ahead is a summary of the issues to be discussed at the public meetings that Castro Valley Matters tracks in our Castro Valley Town Calendar. Tuesday, February 17, 2015 The Alameda County Planning Commission meeting on Tuesday, 2/17/2015 will consider a proposed ban on fracking in the unincorporated areas of Alameda …