Support Castro Valley Matters on East Bay Gives 2016
Today, Castro Valley Matters is participating in East Bay Gives, a 24-hour “give-a-thon” for East Bay community non-profits sponsored by the East Bay Community Foundation. Castro Valley Matters is a grassroots, all-volunteer group that seeks to engage more Castro Valley residents in decisions that affect our community. We have three goals …
Sprouts Project Cancelled
Sprouts is no longer coming to Castro Valley, according to an article published in today’s Castro Valley Forum. The developer of the project, Kin Properties, Inc., cited a recently filed evironmental protest against the project for cancelling the project, according to the Forum. Sprouts would have been located at the …
What would you ask the Alameda County Supervisor Candidates?
The two candidates for District Four Alameda County Board of Supervisors seat will participate in a Candidates Town Hall on Tuesday, March 29, at the Castro Valley Library. District Four includes the unincorporated communities of Castro Valley, Ashland, Cherryland, and Fairview. Jointly sponsored by Castro Valley Matters and the Castro …
Governance resolutions, including elected MAC, move forward at EALI
Wednesday night’s Eden Area Livability Initiative (EALI) Governance meeting was a huge win for moving the process of unincorporated governance forward and, coincidentally, for finally extracting any implementation steps from this group who’ve worked very hard for many, many years to gain more local control for all of the “Eden Area” …
Last night was my first exposure to the EALI process, and it was eye-opening
Last night was my first exposure to the Eden Area Livability Initiative (EALI) process, and it was eye-opening. I had attended the Town Hall at Canyon Middle School the previous week and was impressed. As a newcomer, I felt that the presenters took care to explain the situation. Both sides spoke …
Overwhelming support for elected MAC at town hall, but what next?
Over 200 people crowded into the Canyon Middle School cafeteria last Monday for an elected Municipal Advisory Council (MAC) town hall. The audience heard from county staff about different scenarios on how to convert the MAC to an elected body and from opponents and proponents of the proposal. The audience also spent …
How to fight ISIS all the way in Castro Valley
Do you ever get the hankering to battle ISIS, the radical self-declared Islamic State in the Middle East, from your sleepy little town of Castro Valley? There is a way: Get to know your American-Muslim neighbor. ISIS has fewer than 10,000 followers and they are on the other side of …
Castro Valley Educational Leaders Endorse Elected MAC
Castro Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) Board of Education Trustees Gary Howard, John Barbieri, and Charmaine Banther, and Retired CVUSD Superintendent Jim Negri have endorsed an elected Castro Valley Municipal Advisory Council. They join CVUSD Trustee Dot Theodore in their support of an elected MAC. “Castro Valley is one of the largest …
More Community Leaders Endorse an Elected MAC
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 …
Elected MAC Resource Page
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