On the ballot in Hayward’s Nov. 5 municipal election

Hayward voters will get their say on the City's elected leadership and a local sales-tax extension in the upcoming Nov. 5 municipal election.

Four seats on the seven-member City Council are on the ballot as well a 20-year, no-increase extension of the City's half-cent sales tax, which funds City police, 911 dispatch and maintenance services, as well as streets, facility and infrastructure improvement projects.

The half-cent sales tax, authorized by Hayward voters with the passage of Measure C in June 2014, is set to expire in 2034. The extension, appearing on the Nov. 5 ballot as Measure K1, would extend the life of the tax at the same ½-cent rate until 2054.

The contest for four City Council seats-those currently held by Councilmembers Angela Andrews, Ray Bonilla Jr., Dan Goldstein and Francisco Zermeño-marks the last time Councilmembers other than the mayor will be chosen through at-large, citywide elections. Beginning in 2026, Councilmembers will be elected from geographic districts-with only the mayor continuing to be elected citywide.

For more information on Hayward's Nov. 5 municipal election, go online here on the City of Hayward website.