Castro Valley faces a subtle uphill battle when competing for Alameda County resources. We’ve covered how Castro Valley sales tax doesn’t stay in Castro Valley, but what about other allocations? How do we make sure Castro Valley receives allocations from county and state measures? There are a lot of advocacy …
If you’re walking around Castro Valley, one of the first things you notice is that it’s not particularly friendly to pedestrians. At the 2014 Castro Valley Pride event, we asked attendees what mattered to them in Castro Valley, and sidewalks was one of the top mentions. We’ve previously covered how …
On Wednesday, July 29, the Eden Area Livability Initiative (EALI) Joint Leadership met to give the community an update on the progress of each working group. Each update was followed by a chance for Q&A with the attendees. There were also updates on a few of the Phase I EALI …
On Thursday, June 26, the members of the EALI Governance Working Group met to discuss the proposed scenarios and have a straw poll to select scenarios to move forward. Staff from Alameda County and Supervisor Miley’s office had evaluated the legal, political, and economic feasibility of each scenario, as well …
We’ve been reading the developer agreement for the Daughtrey’s Building, trying to understand what Castro Valley will get out of it, and what say, if any, we will have in it. Section 6.2 (page 25) of the agreement stipulates: “The Developer acknowledges that certain proposed uses, and/or tenants of the …
Yesterday, voters across California went to the polls — or trusted that their mailed-in ballots were counted — for the primaries. California’s open primary system means that voters need not stick to one party on their primary ballot. It also means that only the top two vote-getters move on to …
On April 9, the California Senate Governance and Finance Committee will have a hearing on California Senate Bill 1129. We’ve mentioned this bill before, but its passage could be hugely beneficial to Castro Valley, and to the town square proposal. The 2012 dissolution of the California redevelopment agencies has been …
“If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about answers.” – Thomas Pynchon Tuesday night’s Castro Valley MAC Meeting left us with more questions than answers. I will try to list many of these questions here, going from more general questions on governance to …