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Author Archives: Robert Sullwold
Council’s slush fund
Our topic today is the residual fund balance in excess of policy or fund balance deficits in the General Fund. Sound boring? We thought so. What if we called it, “Alameda City Council’s slush fund”? Ah, now we’ve got your … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, City Hall
Tagged ARPA, General Fund, Malia Vella, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Reserves, Tony Daysog
16 Comments
The RHNA and the real world
Everyone knows (as the saying goes) that the City of Alameda was the first Bay Area city (and, out of 109 cities, one of only two so far) to get its 2023-31 Housing Element certified by the State Department of … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall, Development, Housing
Tagged Affordable housing, Andrew Thomas, Housing Element, RHNA
7 Comments
Sounds like a plan
The City of Alameda loves its strategic plans. At least the staff who propose them and the Council members who vote for them do. And the consultants who get paid to prepare them can’t be too unhappy, either.
Ms. Jensen goes to City Hall
This Tuesday, Tracy Jensen will be sworn in as Alameda’s newest City Council member.
Posted in City Hall
Tagged City council, John Knox White, Malia Vella, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Tony Daysog, Tracy Jensen, Trish Spencer
4 Comments
United they stand
Hell hath no fury like an Alameda “progressive” spurned.
The Princes of Alameda
For years, the Merry‑Go‑Round believed that the savviest political operator ever to occupy an office at City Hall was former City Manager John Russo. But in our estimation Mr. Russo now has got himself a rival for the crown: City … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, City Hall, Development, Firefighters, Housing
Tagged 2013-17 IAFF MOU, Affirmatively further fair housing, Andrew Thomas, Ann Marie Gallant, Beverly Johnson, Doug deHaan, Housing Element, John Knox White, John Russo, Lena Tam, Malia Vella, Marie Gilmore, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, RHNA, Rob Bonta, Tony Daysog, Trish Spencer
22 Comments
We tell it to the judge
The Court: “Madam Clerk, call the next case.” The Clerk: “Yes, Your Honor. Next on the docket is City of Alameda v. California Department of Housing and Community Development.”
Posted in Housing
Tagged Affirmatively further fair housing, Andrew Thomas, HCD, Housing Element, Paul McDougall, RHNA
17 Comments
Sweet home Alameda
The Merry‑Go‑Round always has been unabashedly – and unashamedly – Alameda‑centric. Whenever we read a story comparing California cities by various metrics, our first instinct is to see whether the City of Alameda is mentioned. And if it isn’t, we … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, City Hall, Pensions
Tagged AUSD, Common Core, Fiscal distress, Smarter Balanced, Susan Davis
9 Comments
Where’s the money? Where’s the beef?
Having posted five columns about the upcoming election, the Merry‑Go‑Round intended this week to turn to another topic. But we couldn’t resist taking at least one more pass at it before November 8. The questions for discussion today are: Can … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall
Tagged Campaign finance, Hannah Groce, IAFF Local 689, Jim Oddie, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Mount Holyoke, Tony Daysog, Trish Spencer
3 Comments
“Chicanery” on Grand Street
For a brief while, it appeared that Mayor Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft once again possessed the temerity – some would call it “fortitude” – to veer off the course prescribed by Councilman John Knox White and go her own way.
Posted in City Hall
Tagged Andrew Thomas, Bike Walk Alameda, CASA, Grand Street, John Knox White, Malia Vella, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Robert Vance, Tony Daysog, Traffic, Trish Spencer
6 Comments
Alameda Merry-Go-Round 