Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson, District 5

Summertime is finally here!

June marks the beginning of warm weather, community festivals, and

outdoors activities. In District 5 we’ve been looking forward to June,

as it marks the beginning of the County budget process and even

more opportunities to connect with our residents. I hope you enjoy

taking a look at our latest events in this edition of our newsletter. And

of course, look for upcoming summer events on our “Community

Announcements” page.

Sincerely,

Keith Carson

Keeping up with District 5

The Fifth District includes the cities of Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville and Piedmont;

the West Oakland, North Oakland and Rockridge communities and

portions of the Grand Lake, Manzanita, Dimond District and Bella

Vista neighborhoods.

In This Edition…

What’s Current in the County

Our Latest Events

Community Announcements

Connect with us! 1221 Oak St., Suite 536

Oakland, CA 94612

Tel. (510) 272-6695

Fax (510) 271-5151

dist5@acgov.org

Website: http://www.acgov.org/carson

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For Immediate Release June 2016

We got our hands dirty working on gardens at local school sites during our Edible

Gardens Volunteer Day on Saturday, April 9. Pictured above are our site

volunteers at Anna Yates Elementary in Emeryville, one of our several school sites.

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Apply to join a District 5 Board or Commission!

Assessment Appeals Board - 2 seats

Consumer Affairs Commission - 1 seat

Fire Advisory Commission - 1 seat

Human Relations Commission - (none available at this time)

Measure A Citizens Oversight Committee - 1 seat

Mental Health Advisory Board - 1 seat

Public Health Commission - 2 seats

Planning Commission– 1 seat

For descriptions and complete listings please visit http://

www.acgov.org/bc/

Please send resume and application to dist5@acgov.org to

apply.

Alameda County Housing Bond Town Hall

The Board of Supervisors have convened community fo-

rums to discuss our proposed housing bond over the last

few months. On Monday, May 23, I hosted a town hall

about the housing bond for District 5 residents at the North

Berkeley Senior Center. Community members shared their

support and provided valuable feedback about how to

strengthen the bond program. The Board of Supervisors

will vote on the bond resolution on June 28, 2016. If you

would like to learn more, please contact Abigail Mariam at

abigail.mariam@acgov.org or visit http://www.acgov.org/

board/housingbond.htm.

What’s Current in the County?

County Budget Hearings

As the Chair of Alameda County’s Budget Committee,

I have been working with leaders throughout the Coun-

ty to build and present our budget for 2016-2017. Over

the last two months, we have hosted public budget hear-

ings to discuss the current County Budget and learn

about how to plan for economic changes in our county

and state, driven by factors such as the housing market

and local business development. During the month of

June, we will be hard at work finalizing our budget.

Join us for our hearings during the week of June 22-24

at the Board Chambers in the County Administration

Building.

State Controller Betty Yee shared budget updates from the

Governor’s office at our budget work group session on April

26th.

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Our Latest Events

African Americans Making Connections 2016

In the third iteration of our event “African Americans Making Connections,” we had nearly 400 members of the community join us to discuss and collaborate on the major issues affecting African Americans. On April 23, 2016, we began the day’s events with a panel about opportunities for investment and relationship-building in Africa and another about the legacy of the Black Panther Party. After a series of workshops on other topics that impact the African American community, includ-ing health and business development, we concluded the day with a Youth Summit. Youth artists such as Young, Gifted,

and Black, pictured above, performed their thought-provoking spoken word poems, and we had small group discussions with young people about how to address the topics that are most important to them.

Dr. Wade speaks to the audience

on about everyday stresses.

API Boys and Men Forum

On April 14, 2016, we hosted our first forum on Asian and Pacific Islander Boys and Men. The Asian Community Collaborative, in partnership with our office, orga-nized this im-

portant discussion. Sherry Hirota, of Asian Health Services, and Eddy Zheng, of the Asian Prisoner Support Commit-tee, moderated the evening’s discussion on topics, including immigration, migration, deportation, education, the criminal justice system, and mental health.

Our panelists spoke about their experiences, some of them as young men, some as immigrants, and some as formerly incarcerated individuals. As a community, we were able to have a sincere dialogue about where we can partner to ad-dress these challenges that affect our API boys and men.

Reception for the African American Quilt Guild of

Oakland

My office had the privilege of hosting the reception for the exhibition of the African American Quilt Guild of Oakland’s quilts on May 31, 2016. Featured in the New York Times, members of the guild shared the inspiration behind their Oakland-inspired art. Please stop by the Alameda County Administration Building to check out their lovely quilts from May 31-August 19, 2016.

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Community Announcements