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Tag Archives: COVID-19
Fire out in front
Once again, Alameda firefighters are leading the way. Don’t worry: this isn’t going to be another column about campaign contributions. Instead, our topic today is . . . vaccination rates.
Posted in City Hall, Firefighters
Tagged APD, APOA, Brandon Baley, Coronavirus, COVID-19, IAFF Local 689, Kevin Horikoshi, Nishant Joshi, Vaccine
2 Comments
Alameda next?
First came the cities of San Francisco and Pasadena, which mandated that all of their employees get vaccinated against the COVID‑19 virus (and submit proof thereof) as soon as the federal Food and Drug Administration formally approves one of the … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall, Firefighters
Tagged APOA, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Eric Levitt, IAFF Local 689, Mandate, Nancy Bronstein
5 Comments
Stimulus for Alameda
Imagine, if you will, the following scene: In-person Council meetings now are allowed. The five elected officials, and staff, are sitting, masked and six feet apart, on the dais. The doors to Council chambers burst open, and in comes Vice … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, City Hall, Development, Firefighters, Housing, Pensions
Tagged Affordable housing, Campaign finance, Climate Action and Resiliency Plan, COVID-19, Homelessness, Infrastructure, Kamala Harris, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, OPEB, Pension/OPEB trust, Stimulus, Transportation Choices Plan, Trish Spencer
11 Comments
The City and the virus
Tired of reading about the coronavirus? If so, you should skip this column. But if you’re interested in how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the City of Alameda and its residents – and what the City has done to help … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall
Tagged Coronavirus, COVID-19, Jim Oddie, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Tracy Jensen
18 Comments
Test case
It seemed like a good idea at the time. The City of Alameda would “partner” with a company called CityHealth Urgent Care, which runs urgent-care facilities in Oakland and San Leandro, to offer testing for the coronavirus at the Research … Continue reading
What Alameda is doing to prepare for the coronavirus
Relentlessly (if parochially) focused on all things Alameda, the Merry-Go-Round began to wonder, as we watched and read the stories about the coronavirus (aka COVID-19) crisis, what our local public agencies were preparing to do about it. So we decided … Continue reading
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