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CASTRO VALLEY FORUM A COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SERVING CASTRO VALLEY SINCE 1989
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
YEAR 34
DA Candidates Appeal to Voter’s Sense of Justice
INSIDE YOUR
FORUM NEWS
By Mike McGuire
Field Dedication
CASTRO VALLEY FORUM
Dedication options are being weighed for Coach Brosnan Field
Page 3 WELLNESS
PHOTOS BY MICHAEL SINGER
Being Present Observe what is present in your mental state, then don’t get involved
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Library page Clay Malzkuhn returns books to the shelves in the Children’s section of the Castro Valley Library. The library has returned to hosting more in-person events following a pandemic-influenced two-year hiatus.
Check Out What’s New At Castro Valley Library In a series of announcements this month, the library staff has laid out its special events and programs for readers and knowledge Get ready to turn more than pages at the seekers of all ages, says Chris Selig, the Castro Valley Library this Fall. Some of the Adult Services Librarian at the Castro Valley more popular programs are returning follow- Library. ing a pandemic-influenced two-year hiatus. “A library will always be a center of literAnd some new ones are on the horizon. see LIBRARY on page 10 By Michael Singer
CASTRO VALLEY FORUM
Milking Ban? Supervisors’ decision likely to prohibit milking cows at county rodeos
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Alameda County District Attorney candidates Pamela Price and Terry Wiley squared off in a September 19 debate sponsored by the League of Women Voters. Voters are facing the first open election, without an incumbent, for the first time in decades, after Nancy O’Malley Pamela Price decided not to seek re-election. In fact, according to candidate Price, since 1939 district attorneys in Alameda County have all attained the office by initially being appointed following a resignation, and then got to run for re-election as an incumbent. The election is also notable in that the two candidates are both African American, running to head an office that has sometimes been criticized by civil rights and community groups seeking a more fair Terry Wiley criminal justice system. Wiley, in his opening statePrice stressed her work as a ment, stressed his experience civil rights and women’s rights within the District Attorney’s attorney, including victories in Office, where he is now Chief several landmark cases. Deputy District Attorney. see DA on back page
Keeping Up with County Code Enforcement Code Enforcement office, part of the Community DevelopCASTRO VALLEY FORUM ment Agency and Planning Recent letters to the Forum Department. Code Enforcement officials asking neighbors to maintain their own properties prompt- were educating the public as part of the Planning Departed questions about which ment’s booth at this month’s county department might be responsible for enforcing Fall Festival. Residents found out what that office can and those laws. can’t do. They also got a sense Some Castro Valley residents recently found out that is of what homeowners can and can’t do. the job of Alameda County’s By Mike McGuire
For example, your neighbor really can’t store junked vehicles on his or her lawn. Nor can they repair cars in their driveway if this takes more than a short time, and it must be their own vehicle. More extensive vehicle repairs should be done out of sight. Other rules include homeowners should not let weeds grow taller than 6 feet high,
as that might be a fire hazard. Code Enforcement rules stipulate that every home, occupied or not, needs to be kept in reasonably good repair. Graffiti, if it appears, must be removed. Trash cans need to be out of sight by the day after pickup. If the violation is on private property, Code Enforcement can be asked to visit the site to verify, and the homeowner
gets a specified time to correct it. If it’s still there afterward, a formal hearing can follow, and possibly penalties charged, so solving the problem isn’t always quick. “Our goal is to work with the homeowners as much as possible. We want them to be part of the solution,” county Code Enforcement manager Ed Labayog told the Forum. see CODE on page 11