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Annual Report | 2025

Annual Report | 2025 #HaywardForward is a new public information project of the City Hayward. It is the place, channel and social media hashtag at and through which we report on and share news and progress we are making as a City and Community. Image Dear Hayward Residents,  Each fall since 2018, we have produced this Annual Report mailer to highlight the priorities and progress of your city government. This year, we want to use the Annual Report to inform community members about a transition to a new form of electing Hayward City Council members. Starting with our next municipal election on Nov. 3, 2026, Councilmembers will be chosen through a geographic district-based election system. Once fully implemented, each of the six recently created Council districts will have one Councilmember who lives in the district and who was elected by registered voters living in the district. Only

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Annual Report | 2025 #HaywardForward is a new public information project of the City Hayward. It is the place, channel and social media hashtag at and through which we report on and share news and progress we are making as a City and Community. Image Dear Hayward Residents,  Each fall since 2018, we have produced this Annual Report mailer to highlight the priorities and progress of your city government. This year, we want to use the Annual Report to inform community members about a transition to a new form of electing Hayward City Council members. Starting with our next municipal election on Nov. 3, 2026, Councilmembers will be chosen through a geographic district-based election system. Once fully implemented, each of the six recently created Council districts will have one Councilmember who lives in the district and who was elected by registered voters living in the district. Only

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According to City of Hayward’s public record item, Annual Report | 2025, Annual Report | 2025 #HaywardForward is a new public information project of the City Hayward. It is the place, channel and social media hashtag at and through which we report on and share news and progress we are making as a City and Community. Image Dear Hayward Residents,  Each fall since 2018, we have produced this Annual Report mailer to highlight the priorities and progress of your city government. This year, we want to use the Annual Report to inform community members about a transition to a new form of electing Hayward City Council members. Starting with our next municipal election on Nov. 3, 2026, Councilmembers will be chosen through a geographic district-based election system. Once fully implemented, each of the six recently created Council districts will have one Councilmember who lives in the district and who was elected by registered voters living in the district. Only

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