In Hayward, Angela Andrews was re-elected to Hayward City Council as the top vote getter in a field of six candidates who competed for four seats. With all precincts reporting, results showed Daniel Goldstein, who was appointed to the City Council in 2023, retaining his seat. Ray Bonilla Jr. and Francisco Zermeño will fill the other two open seats, pending certification of the results.
With over a decade of serving the Hayward community, Andrews has been a voice on the Economic Development Committee, Keep Hayward Clean and Green Task Force, and the Infrastructure and Airport Committee, among others. She was first elected to the city council in 2020. Andrews’ campaign this year ran on tackling the housing crisis, improving streets and sidewalks to create walkability, public safety, and expanding and beautifying public spaces.
In his 20-year Hayward residency, Goldstein has pursued various opportunities to improve quality of life locally. Prior to being elected onto city council in January 2023, he served on the Hayward Planning Commission for seven years, where he helped get approved over $4 billion for new investments in the city. Some key issues he ran on this election season include safe, clean and walkable neighborhoods, housing and traffic improvement, strengthening schools, economic and environmental stability, and expanding recreational spaces.
A lifelong Hayward resident, Bonilla has taken on multiple leadership roles here, including through his tenure on the Hayward Youth Commission, the Hayward Planning Commission, and the Hayward Community Services Commission, as well as his role as co-chair of the California Earthquake Alliance. At the forefront of his campaign were advancing housing, improving safety, revitalizing the economy and expanding community services.
Veteran council member Zermeño has been serving in this position since 2008. His service record dates to 1971, when he first joined ROTC. Since then, he has served in dozens of leadership positions throughout the city, including president of Greater Hayward Democrats, Hayward Arts Council Board Member, and a Task Force member on the Hayward Public Library. As the founder of the Latino Business Roundtable, Zermeño’s campaign highlighted his continued focus on family and community business by prioritizing public safety, affordable housing, homelessness and the local economy.
