Editing Hayward, California (section)

==Government==
[[File:Hayward City Hall (4383281416) (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|Hayward City Hall.]]
Hayward has a [[council–manager government]]. Hayward's mayor is [[Mark Salinas]],<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Mayor Mark Salinas {{!}} City of Hayward - Official website |url=https://www.hayward-ca.gov/your-government/city-council/council-member-mark-salinas#:~:text=Mark%20Salinas%20is%20the%20Mayor,to%20office%20in%20November%202022. |access-date=February 21, 2024 |website=www.hayward-ca.gov}}</ref> elected in November 2022.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=MCC>{{cite web|url=http://www.hayward-ca.gov/CITY-GOVERNMENT/DEPARTMENTS/MAYOR-&-CITY-COUNCIL/|title=Mayor & City Council – Welcome!|publisher=City of Hayward|access-date=March 18, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325043233/http://www.hayward-ca.gov/CITY-GOVERNMENT/DEPARTMENTS/MAYOR-%26-CITY-COUNCIL/|archive-date=March 25, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://newark.patch.com/articles/fremont-bank-foundation-awards-100-000-grant-to-local-nonprofit |title=Fremont Bank Foundation Awards $100,000 Grant to Local Nonprofit|publisher=Newark, CA Patch|date=April 8, 2012|access-date=January 8, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/97-98/bill/asm/ab_0051-0100/hr_82_bill_19980817_introduced.html|title= House Resolution No. 82--Relative to commending the Honorable Michael Sweeney|website=Leginfo.ca.gov|access-date=November 21, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_25893778/halliday-emerges-front-runner|title=Halliday emerges as front-runner|date=June 3, 2014|website=Mercurynews.com}}</ref> City Council and other government meetings are [[cablecast]] on cable TV channel [[KHRT-TV]].

The city received an "AA", and an "AA+" rating for its general obligations, from the [[Fitch Group]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://in.reuters.com/article/idINWNA291320120807|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306222150/http://in.reuters.com/article/idINWNA291320120807|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 6, 2016|title=TEXT-Fitch affirms Hayward, Calif. COPs at 'AA'|website=In.reuters.com|date= August 7, 2012|access-date=January 8, 2013}}</ref>

In July 2012, Hayward began working on an updated 25-year [[General Plan]], which was adopted on July 1, 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hayward2040generalplan.com/intro/gp-prep|title=How was the General Plan Prepared?|website=Hayward2040generalplan.com|language=en|access-date=January 31, 2018}}</ref> The city last updated their General Plan in 2002.

The [[Hayward Hall of Justice]], a branch of the [[Superior Courts of California|California Superior Court]], is the largest full-service courthouse in Alameda County.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alameda.courts.ca.gov/dcs/locations.html|title=Alameda County Courts website|website=Alameda.courts.ca.gov|access-date=November 13, 2011|archive-date=April 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418232811/http://www.alameda.courts.ca.gov/dcs/locations.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Politics===

According to the [[Secretary of State of California|California Secretary of State]], as of February 20, 2024, Hayward has 81,006 registered voters. Of those, 47,679 (58.8%) are registered [[California Democratic Party|Democrats]], 9,850 (12.15%) are registered [[California Republican Party|Republicans]], and 19,130 (23.6%) have [[Decline to State|declined to state]] a political party.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Report of Registration - February 20, 2024 :: California Secretary of State |url=https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/report-registration/15day-presprim-2024 |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=www.sos.ca.gov}}</ref>