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Quality of Life

• Spent Measure C funds and built the new Hayward Public Library; renovated firehouses and started building the new firehouse and training center; and invested in protective services.
• Partnered with Hayward Area agencies and started designing the new Eden Youth and Family Center on Tennyson Road.
• Invested in murals across the city and landscaped and beautified the Jackson Street and Tennyson Road corridors.
• Established the Community Advisory Committee to the Chief of Police.
• Directed funds in the 2020-21 budget to invest in family wellness activities, mental health services, and to evaluate service call and police officer dispatch assignments.
• With the Hayward Promise Neighborhood, invested $55 million dollars in the Jackson Triangle and in the Glassbrook, Tyrrell, and Ruus school communities.
• Issued a state of emergency in Hayward and the Hayward Fire Department quickly implemented the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Testing Center.
• Created the Hayward Promise Neighborhood Promise Plate program and connected hundreds of deserving families to nutritious meals on Saturdays during the Shelter-in-Place.
• Participated in raising $200,000 dollars for Chabot College students for COVID-19 relief and laptops.
• Invested in St. Rose Hospital and enhanced services for Hayward families and their children.
• Co-Founder of the Hayward Early Learning Committee, with the mission to establish policies that make early learning programs and activities free and accessible to all families.
• Contributing Author to the Early Learning Action Plan for families with children 0 to 10 years old.

Housing and Protecting Tenants 

• Mayor appointee to the Hayward Housing and Homeless task Force.
• Invested over $1.5 million dollars in the Hayward Navigation Center to help individuals experiencing homelessness transition to stable housing.
• Established policy to incentivize housing production so families of all income levels can afford to purchase a home and live in Hayward.
• Per California Senate Bill 35, established policy to accelerate the approval process for affordable housing projects.
• Prioritized affordable housing and required developers to build affordable units on-site.
• Per California State Senate, established the policy so homeowners can build ‘granny units’ in their backyards.
• As a member of the Housing and Homeless Task Force, worked on the current Rent Stabilization and Tenant Protection Ordinance.
• Voted for the moratorium on evictions during COVID-19 Shelter-in-Place.

Development and Growing our Economy

• Voted for the Downtown Specific Plan and set clear policies for future development and retail in Downtown Hayward.
• 21 Developments are in the development pipeline.
• To fill empty buildings, established the Vacant Property Monitoring Program.
• Two new hotels on Mission Boulevard and two new hotels at the Hayward Executive Airport are under construction and slated to be built.
• Launched the COVID-19 Small Business Resiliency Grant Programs and dispersed COVID-19 relief to local businesses
• A new car dealership will be built on Mission Boulevard.
• CALTRANS parcels are getting developed and will continue to work with Mission Boulevard corridor neighborhoods to plan future projects.

Combating climate change 

• Hayward joined East Bay Community Energy and today we are powered by cleaner energy sources.
• Establish a goal of achieving cumulative zero net energy for Hayward municipal facilities by 2025.
• The City of Hayward generates enough renewable energy to meet half of our electricity demand in public facilities.

Infrastructure achievements

• Hayward’s planned Heritage Plaza (across the street from the new library) is currently being built.
• Old City Center building is demolished and ready for economic development.
• Hayward Fire Stations have been renovated and the new Fire Station #6\Training Center will be built.
• La Vista Park (above Tennyson Road) will be built.
• The Mission Boulevard\238 Corridor Improvement Project finished phases one and two, and phase three (Mission Boulevard from A Street to Rose Street) will be next.
• Adopted the new Downtown Hayward Specific Plan.
• Adopted the Bike and Pedestrian Master Plan and implementing it today.
• Developing Main Street (From McKeever to C Street) into a complete street so cars, bicycles, pedestrians, and businesses can coexist and benefit together.

Protecting Neighborhoods and Families

• Measure C is delivering the protection services neighborhoods voted for and expect.
• The Community Advisory Committee to the Chief of Police is meeting and building better protection services for Hayward.
• In 2020-21 budget year will invest in mental health services and strengthen community policing.
• Evaluating police department personnel and service calls, and dispatching patrol officers and mental health professionals appropriately to calls.
• Voted to conduct independent investigations on all officer involved shootings that result in death.