Permit services are especially useful to the commercial trucking industry to expedite processing and to coordinate multiple permit applications. Permit services are always optional and never mandatory. The City of Hayward gives no preferential treatment to permit service companies or their applications.
In response to AB 2533 Government Code Section 66332, the City of Hayward is offering an ADU Amnesty Program to help property owners bring unpermitted ADUs and JADUs, built before January 1, 2020, up to the standards of Health and Safety Code 17920.3. This program aims to ensure these spaces are safe, healthy, and habitable.
“Post-entitlement phase permit” includes all nondiscretionary permits and reviews required by the City after the entitlement process has been completed to begin construction of a development that is intended to be at least two-thirds of the square footage designated for residential use. AB 2234 permits exclude discretionary and ministerial planning permits, entitlements, and other permits and reviews that are covered under Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 65920).
In accordance with the Water Shutoff Protection Act (SB 998), you may view the number of annual residential service discontinuations for inability pay below:
Dear Hayward Residents, One of our Strategic Priorities at the City of Hayward is to Preserve, Protect and Produce Housing for All—and there’s good reason for it.
Dear Residents, Next June will mark 10 years since Hayward voters passed the Measure C half-cent sales tax to enhance public safety and maintenance, improve roadways, seismically protect and update fire and emergency response facilities, and build a new downtown library.
Dear Residents,
Most every organization has a mission, a vision statement of what accomplishing the mission looks like, and a strategic plan for getting there. Your Hayward city government is no different.
At the City of Hayward, our strategic plan is called the Strategic Roadmap. It was developed and first adopted by the City Council in January 2020. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we dipped back in and updated the plan to incorporate new needs and challenges.
Dear Residents,
The cover of last year’s Annual Report mailer featured Hayward Sustainability Specialist Nicole Grucky flashing the heart sign at our weekly COVID-19 food distribution site. It reflected the spirit of our extraordinary City of Hayward pandemic relief effort and the resilience of the Hayward community.
A Food Action Plan is a roadmap for an equitable, sustainable, and resilient local food system that supports healthy, vibrant communities.
Goal of the Hayward Food Action Plan
The goal of the Hayward Food Action Plan is to help Hayward’s non-profit and educational partners develop a list of action steps to close services gaps in Hayward.
What is "100 Books Before Graduation"? A reading challenge for grades 7 to 12! The goal is to read 100 different books by the time you graduate high school.
100 books?! But that's so many! It might sound like a lot, but it's doable if you set aside just a few minutes to read every day. It's okay if you don't reach100; the goal is just to read more.
The City of Hayward is at your service! Access Hayward is an online tool that connects you directly to the people, services, and resources that make our city great.
Graffiti, abandoned cars or public safety concerns: report these and other issues directly to us and we’ll get to work on them.
You have questions, we have answers. Use Access Hayward to make sure your question is routed to the right person and handled properly by our team.
We want to hear from you! This is a quick and easy way to make a suggestion, compliment a member of our staff or share an idea with us
