Letters: Alameda County must implement Measure C

Letters: Alameda County must implement Measure C

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. Measure C must be implemented I was pregnant in 2020 when Measure C — a voter-approved sales tax initiative to support health and education for children in Alameda County — passed. My son is now 4 years old, and I’ve watched his development stall alongside Measure C delays. The cruelest irony: the resources it promised should have been available to him from his firs…

Alameda County pushes to keep juror pay increase after Newsom cuts pilot program

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget plan terminates the AB 1981 Jury Pilot Program, a “legislative experiment” increasing jurors’ pay to $100 per day in Alameda County. Statewide, juror pay remains $15 per day.