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 …
East Bay Regional Parks, community leaders respond to anti-Muslim incident at Lake Chabot
A walk around Lake Chabot on a Sunday afternoon provides a glimpse into the stunning diversity of Castro Valley and the Bay Area. Families from around Alameda County, with roots from all over the world, gather for celebrations. You may see children playing or enjoying a birthday party. You may hear …
Olympic Valley incorporation effort halted
Proponents for a “Town of Olympic Valley” in the Squaw Valley area of Placer County withdrew their petition for municipal incorporation last week, citing “hostility” to their proposal. Teton Gravity Research, a company that produces ski, snowboard, and surf films and blogs about the ski industry, traced the start of the Olympic Valley incorporation …
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 …
Agreement with CVUSD teachers’ union would increase salaries, keep smaller class sizes, boost sports
Castro Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) and the Castro Valley Teachers Association (CVTA) reached a tentative agreement that would increase CVUSD teacher salaries by three percent, retroactive to July 1, 2015, according to a bargaining update issued by CVUSD Superintendent Parvin Ahmadi’s office on Monday, November 30. CVTA members will vote …
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 …
#MACmtg: Live-blogging the Castro Valley MAC interviews
“The public is invited to observe” interviews that are being held on August 6, 2015 from 6:00 – 8:00 pm at the Castro Valley Library for the vacancy on the Castro Valley Municipal Advisory Council (MAC). Castro Valley Matters will be live-blogging the event here and broadcasting the audio of the …
Finding Better Governance for Castro Valley and the Eden Area
Back in 2012, I thought all I wanted was an elected Municipal Advisory Council (MAC), Castro Valley’s version of a city council, for 63,000 people whose community remains unincorporated. State law says that MACs can be elected. Why couldn’t mine be elected? My naive question, first to Supervisor Nate Miley, then to …
Castro Valley Unified appoints new superintendent
The Castro Valley Unified School District Board of Education has appointed Parvin Ahmadi as its new superintendent at tonight’s school board meeting. In the employment contact between Ahmadi and CVUSD that was released Friday morning, Ahmadi’s base salary is listed as $256,000. That is an increase over the $220,000 that she currently …
Alameda County Supervisors set to approve Miley’s two choices for MAC
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors (BOS) is set to approve Supervisor Nate Miley’s choices to fill two of three seats on the Castro Valley Municipal Advisory Council (MAC). Items 67 and 68 on Tuesday’s Regular BOS agenda include Miley’s recommendation to the Supervisors that trial attorney Janet Everson and Graceland Equestrian Center owner …