HAYWARD, Calif., , Nov. 7, 2022—Hayward City Manager Kelly McAdoo has appointed Brittney Frye the City’s next Human Resources Director, the City announced today. Frye is coming to the City of Hayward from public-serving Alameda County agencies where she has served in Human Resources Director and Manager roles since 2016. She will begin her new position with the City on Jan. 3, 2023. “Brittney will bring…
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Photo of City Council chambers Hayward voters will elect a new Mayor and two new City Council members in today’s municipal election. Councilmember Mark Salinas is the lone candidate on the ballot to succeed Mayor Barbara Halliday who chose not to seek reelection. Halliday is retiring from City elective office after 32 years of service to Hayward as a Council-appointed commissioner, two-term…
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Image of stars and sparkly lines with text:Light Up the Season 2022 The City of Hayward, Hayward Area Recreation and Park District, Hayward Chamber of Commerce and Eden Area Interfaith Council are teaming with Hayward public schools and local performers to present a special version of the annual Light Up the Season event from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, at City Hall Plaza. Song, dance…
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Hayward Public Library is inviting public feedback and input on its Weekes branch and the planning of future programming, improvements and expansion of the beloved South Hayward community resource. A needs assessment of the Weeks library branch is now under way at Hayward Public Library and part of the project involves community meetings and an online survey available in English, Spanish and…
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Illustration of Pimental Place. The California Department of Housing and Community announced earlier this fall the award of $46 million from the California Housing Accelerator Fund to allow construction to proceed on 57 units of affordable housing for low-income families in Hayward. The project, called Pimental Place, is being built on the corner of 2nd and C Streets by non-profit housing…
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Illustration of clouds, a rocket launching, and an astronaut with text: Hayward e-permits. The City of Hayward is in the final stages of introducing an online system to allow residents, builders and developers to conduct project review, building permitting, code enforcement and related activities with a click of a mouse or touch of a screen. Soon, you will be able to apply for a permit, track…
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The library will be closed from November 21 through November 26 for Thanksgiving Week. We will resume our regular hours on Monday, November 28.
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HAYWARD, Calif., Nov. 17, 2022, —Hayward strategic planning prioritizes responding to the climate crisis and the City’s work and investments in this area have been recognized for the third consecutive year on a prestigious list of local governments cutting carbon emissions. Today, CDP, a United Kingdom-based nonprofit through which cities, states, regions, companies and investors voluntarily disclose emission data and climate…
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Last month, Hayward completed the installation of a new “trash capture device” in the Cotter Way storm drain. The new addition will join the City’s network of approximately 630 devices already installed throughout the stormwater system in an effort to keep litter from flowing into the San Francisco Bay. The Hayward stormwater system consists of approximately 3,000 storm drain inlets and hundreds…
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According to Hayward’s 2020 greenhouse (GHG) inventory, published last month, Hayward achieved a 42.7 percent reduction in overall GHG emissions compared to 2005 levels--exceeding the City’s goal to reach a 30 percent reduction by 2025. The most dramatic emission reduction was experienced in the transportation sector, which saw a 27 percent reduction from 2019 and a 41.6 percent total reduction…
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