CVSan Board Member Melody Appleton endorses elected MAC
Castro Valley Sanitary District (CVSan) Board Member Melody Appleton, who was the top vote-getter in the 2014 election for one of two seats on the CVSan board and is a member of Castro Valley Matters, has endorsed an elected MAC for Castro Valley. I support an elected MAC for the …
Senator Bob Wieckowski lends support for elected Castro Valley MAC
Senator Bob Wieckowski, whose California Senate District includes Castro Valley, has offered his support for an elected Castro Valley Municipal Advisory Council (MAC). In a statement to Castro Valley Matters, Wieckowski said: “I support an elected Municipal Advisory Council (MAC) in Castro Valley. The residents of this unincorporated community should …
Swalwell Endorses Elected Castro Valley MAC, Urges County Supes’ OK
Congressman Eric Swalwell has endorsed a proposal calling for an elected Municipal Advisory Council (MAC) for Castro Valley. In a statement to Castro Valley Matters, Swalwell, whose 15th Congressional District includes Castro Valley, said: In an unincorporated community like Castro Valley, an election can empower 63,000 residents and give a greater …
CVM Will Be Streaming Tonight’s MAC Meeting
Tonight’s Castro Valley MAC meeting will be concentrating on the proposed new East Bay Regional Parks building proposed to be built overlooking Lake Chabot. It will be held at the Castro Valley Library tonight starting at 6PM. This afternoon over 100 people attended a “field trip” to view the site …
Castro Valley Matters asks Board of Supervisors for elected Municipal Advisory Council
On Tuesday, Castro Valley Matters formally asked the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to help create an elected Castro Valley Municipal Advisory Council (MAC). In a letter submitted to the Board of Supervisors, CVM’s Board of Directors asked that the Board of Supervisors “either pass a resolution changing the Castro Valley MAC to an …
Miley recommends Linda Tangren for Castro Valley MAC, one more seat still to be filled
Supervisor Nate Miley has recommended the appointment of Linda Tangren, former member of the Castro Valley Unified Board of Education and the Chabot–Las Positas Community College District Board of Trustees, to the Castro Valley Municipal Advisory Council (MAC). The Alameda County Board of Supervisors will take up her appointment at the …
MAC Vice Chair departs MAC, council down to five members
Tonight was Cheryl Miraglia’s last meeting as a member and Vice Chair of the Castro Valley MAC. With Miraglia’s resignation there will now be two open seats on the MAC. Supervisor Nate Miley appointed Chuck Moore and Janet Everson to the MAC in May 2015, but a third vacant seat remained …
Civic Toolkit: Make Your Voice Heard at the Castro Valley MAC
The Castro Valley Municipal Advisory Council (MAC) advises the Alameda County Board of Supervisors on issues of land use, development, and planning in Castro Valley. Meeting Time and Place The Castro Valley MAC Land Use Meetings are generally the second and fourth Mondays of the month, and the Castro Valley …
Food truck organizers seek expansion, Village wants new location
Food Truck Mafia and the Castro Valley/Eden Area Chamber of Commerce want to add three more food trucks to the weekly Castro Valley food truck event, while Castro Village shopping center management asserts that long-term businesses and customers have been negatively impacted and the event should be moved to a different …
An Affordable Way to Get an Elected MAC in 2016
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 …