CASTRO VALLEY FORUM A COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SERVING CASTRO VALLEY SINCE 1989
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2024
YEAR 36 INSIDE YOUR
CV CITY
TURKEY GIVEAWAY
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CV Cityhood Process Similar To Lafayette’s
Holiday Helpers Kiwanis Club gets an early start on making holiday donations
acquire open space and improve the recreational facilities at the local community park.” Stephen Falk has had a notaFalk began by noting that ble career in municipal govern- government does the things ment. He has served as the city that individuals cannot. It manager for several cities. He doesn’t make sense for every was city manager of Lafayette home to have a firetruck or a for 22 years and interim city police officer. So individuals manager of Richmond (twice), join together to have fire housOakland (twice) and Martines and police stations that serve ez. In 2019, the Metropolitan larger areas. Transportation Commission Many cities use a governpresented Falk with the Bay mental structure that features Area Metro Award. The cita- an elected city council and a tion stated: “Under Falk’s lead- city manager. The city council ership, Lafayette experienced functions similar to the board a modern-day renaissance. of directors for a corporation. He led efforts to revitalize the The board discusses policies commercial downtown area, and directions. The city manimprove the city’s roads, build ager then takes those directions a new state-of-the- art library and tasks city department and Veterans Memorial Center, see CITY on page 10 By Gary Howard
SPECIAL TO THE FORUM
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Harvest Day RCE celebrates Thanksgiving with three banquets
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PHOTO BY MIKE McGUIRE
State Senator Aisha Wahab (at right) and Alameda County sheriff’s deputies were joined by many other volunteers to give away turkeys and other Thanksgiving meal items to some 900 households on Friday, November 22. The turkey giveaway took place at the community kitchen run by the Deputy Sheriffs Athletic League (DSAL) on Fairmont Avenue near Castro Valley.
‘JUST CAUSE’ ORDINANCE Final Column Ten important things I hope you’ve learned from my columns
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Renovations Coming to Four Local Skate Parks “The skate park equipment at these locations has reached the end of its service life due to Adobe Park’s skating area is extensive wear and tear, makexpected to get a facelift early ing replacements essential,” next year as part of Hayward H.A.R.D. board member Peter Area Recreation and Park Rosen said. District’s (H.A.R.D.) plan to The current obstacles at renovate its four above-ground Adobe include two rails, a box, skate parks. a platform with a ramp, and At its meeting this month, a short quarter pipe. AccordH.A.R.D.’s Board of Direcing to comments posted by tors reviewed a plan to spend skateboard enthusiasts who $266,081.33 to cover revitaliza- visit the park, the features are tion of Cherryland Park, Adobe mostly metal, making them a Park, Mervin Morris Park, and bit slicker and causing many Stratford Village Park. injuries. By Michael Singer
CASTRO VALLEY FORUM
Supervisors Side With Renters in New Ordinance
The new designs include replacing the existing features with brand-new materials, resolution process for disputes including an improved quarter By Mike McGuire between landlords and tenants pipe design, a better grind CASTRO VALLEY FORUM that might have otherwise endledge and grind boxes, a skate Renters in unincorporated ed in eviction. It gave initial apbench, bank ramps, and a Alameda County are exproval on a 3-2 vote to a “Just pyramid structure. pected to receive mediation Cause” ordinance that would The upgraded materials of landlord-tenant disputes, further limit evictions beyond are designed to require less frequent repairs and replace- and tenants may be protected what state law allows. The ments, resulting in lower main- against some evictions after the ordinance was based mainly county Board of Supervisors on Community Development tenance costs. The modular took action at its November 12 Agency (CDA) recommendadesign also supports easier meeting. tions. The board must pass it graffiti removal, H.A.R.D. The board gave final apagain at its December 10 said. see RENTERS on page 10 see SKATE on back page proval to setting up a dispute