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Supervisor Holds State New Campaign Of the District Address For Elder Abuse ALAMEDA COUNTY DA’S OFFICE
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By Michael Singer CASTRO VALLEY FORUM
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Alameda County District 4 has a diverse population with its own set of challenges that can only be overcome with the shared contribution of its residents, Supervisor Nate Miley said in his 2022 State of the District address. “I recognize that the work ahead is challenging but it is critical. We must continue to come together as a collective voice because our most in need are dependent on us,” Miley said during the online presentation last Wednesday, June 1. Miley, who has served in the position since 2001, outlined other accomplishments in the last year including securing $14 million in federal funds to help rebuild civic infrastructure in the unincorporated areas, and $3.1 million to spend on supporting those in the deepest need including the unhoused, see MILEY on page 10
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the community,” said James Travari, executive director of Legal Assistance for Seniors, in an October 2020 online The Alameda County forum on elder abuse during District Attorney’s Office is urging seniors and those who COVID. Calls about made-up benelove them to be on the guard for financial abuse, as well as fits, or scams involving actual physical abuse as June is Elder ones, are also increasing, he said. Abuse Awareness Month. To avoid financial abuse, the Schemes to defraud the District Attorney’s Office sugelderly and dependent adults gests being careful about your abound, especially during finances and identification, and the pandemic, along with the danger of their physical abuse, to remember that not all abusers are strangers. An acquaintsaid staff at the district attorney’s Elder Protection Unit in ance or family member who takes a new and sudden interest a statement issued last week. in your finances might have Some of these threats can motives besides your well-beinvolve family members, not just strangers, taking advantage ing, as might a “new friend.” The District Attorney’s of or physically hurting elders, Office has an Elder Protection they added. “We’re seeing a lot of cases Unit fighting physical or financial abuse of the elderly, and with people who are living victims of abuse or their in enclosed living quarters see ELDER on page 5 and aren’t able to get out into By Mike McGuire
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“I recognize that the work ahead is challenging but it is critical. We must continue to come together as a collective voice because our most in need are dependent on us,” Miley said during his 2022 State of the District address last Wednesday, June 1.
Masks are Back in County, Minorities Suffering By Michael Singer CASTRO VALLEY FORUM
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Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the store without a mask. The Alameda County Public Health Department (ACPHD) issued a statement last Thursday requiring the use of masks when visiting most indoor public settings like grocery stores, restaurants, and offices. The number of daily reported COVID-19 cases spiked to more than 10,000 over the Memorial Day weekend, which is drastically higher than the average of 100 daily cases reported during Memorial Day
weekend last year and even during the peak of last summer’s Delta wave. Reported cases are an underestimate of the total due to home testing and unidentified infections, health officials added. As a result, health officials say hospitalizations are also rising after remaining stable during the early weeks of this wave. Daily new admissions of patients with COVID-19 rapidly increased in recent days and now exceed last summer’s peak. Alameda County Health Officer Dr. Nicholas Moss now expects the county to reach CDC’s “High” COVID-19 Community Level soon, given current trends.
“Rising COVID cases in Alameda County are now leading to more people being hospitalized and our action reflects the seriousness of the moment,” Dr. Moss said. “We cannot ignore the data, and we can’t predict when this wave may end. Putting our masks back on gives us the best opportunity to limit the impact of a prolonged wave on our communities.” The other major concern by health officials is that communities of color are now getting even sicker because of the increased spread of COVID-19. Hispanic and Latino residents A major concern by health officials is that communinow have the highest case rate ties of color are now getting even sicker because of see MASKS on page 5 the increased spread of COVID-19.
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