Welcome To The Hayward Rotary Club!
Hayward Rotary Club is a non-partisan, non-political service organization. Our members are leaders in business, education, government, nonprofit, and community service. Rotarians come from many diverse walks of life, and we are united in giving back to our community. Hayward Rotary Club and Foundation have contributed millions of dollars of support to vital projects and programs that build a stronger future for Hayward and the world. Do you want to give back to the community in an organized way, in the company of distinguished community leaders? Do you have what it takes to become a Hayward Rotary Club member? Find out by attending our weekly luncheons, by talking to Rotarians, and by browsing this website. Learn more
 
 
 
 
New Hayward Chief of Police Bryan Matthews, a Hayward Rotarian, will address the Hayward Rotary Club at its lunch meeting on Monday, March 18. He is a career Hayward police officer and has taken command of a department he led in a temporary and acting capacity since September 2022.
 
Matthews, whose appointment was effective Wednesday, Jan. 3, succeeds Chief Toney Chaplin, who retired after a 33-year career in policing.  
 
Chief Matthews takes charge of a department with 197 sworn police officer and 136.5 non-sworn professional staff positions.
 
"I am grateful for the opportunity to continue to give back to the community that, in many ways, raised me," the new chief said after his appointment by the Hayward City Council. "Hayward holds a very special place in my heart."
 
At the Rotary meeting, Matthews will talk about how he plans to move the Hayward Police Department forward through, "listening, strengthening relationships, implementing problem-solving strategies, and providing high levels of customer service.” 
 
 
 
 
 
 
What will happen to East Bay real estate in 2024 is a mystery, but we do know that the median price of a home in the entire Bay Area rose 10.6% between January 2023 and January 2024 to $1.1 million. 
 
Bay East Realtors Association Chief of Public Affairs David Stark will help Hayward Rotary Club members make sense of an often-confusing real estate situation at our noon lunchtime meeting on Monday, March 11. His organization represents Realtors throughout Alameda and Contra Costa counties, but as a longtime member of the Hayward Chamber of Commerce, Stark has a particular interest in our city.  He manages the association’s communications, media relations, political activities and works with elected leaders and government staff in the development of housing policies.

Prior to joining the Bay East staff he worked in municipal government managing a variety of housing and community development programs.
 
 
 
 

 

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Celebrated artist Andrew Jonstone will present a keynote to the Rotary Club of Hayward on Monday, March 04.

A British artist now living and working in the San Francisco Bay Area, he is a muralist specializing in photo real trompe l’oeil ( deceive the eye), and has been a professional artist his entire life.

Following a classical European education in the arts, he became the apprentice and protégé of William Holgate (1931-2002), the world's finest master of the decorative arts in the last 150 years, working on cathedrals, Royal Palaces and international architectural treasures. His clients recently have included The Smithsonian Washington DC, Chabot Space and Science Center, US Department of Justice, Alameda County Supervisors. Stanford Medical Center and NASA. He was a faculty member at University of California, Berkeley, where he lectured in and wrote the curriculum for the course “mural and decorative arts” and continues his calling to pass along his knowledge with The Big Picture Project, mentoring graffiti offenders towards “making without victims”.

Since 2005 He worked with the legendary architect/artist Rod Garrett on designing of ”The Man”, the centerpiece of the Burning Man festival, the world's largest art event held every year in Black Rock Desert, Nevada. Andrew continued as the designer of The Man after Rod's passing in August 2011 and was given the title of “Steward Of The Man” by Burning Man's founders.

In October 2011 he was honored by winning the Alameda County Board of Supervisors 2011 Arts Leadership Award and was subsequently appointed by the Supervisors to two four-year terms as a board member and President of the Alameda County Arts Commission representing District 4. He also holds a position on the board of the Alameda County Arts Education Commission and is President of the Executive Committee.

In the Summer of 2020 Andrew was also the subject of a feature film by BBC Director Gerald Fox called "Art On Fire" based on a book of the same name by Jennifer Raiser.

 

 

 

 

 
Hayward Rotarians will come together  for a special evening meeting on Monday Feb 12. Live music, social hour and a buffet dinner will add to the merriment. Rotarians kindly register themselves and their guests here:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Editorial: Elect Phong La as new Alameda County assessor
Alameda County Assessor Phong La will be the keynote presenter at the Feb. 5 luncheon meeting of the Hayward Rotary Club. 
The position of assessor is to locate and identify ownership of all taxable property in the county and decide if it is subject to reappraisal when it changes ownership. He has orchestrated a massive reorganization for his office to address historic highs in real estate construction and business development. 
He was first elected in 2019 and became even more popular locally by right away joining the Hayward Chamber of Commerce and speaking to the Hayward Rotary Club. He won re-election outright in the primary of June 2022 when he had no opposition and his current term ends Jan. 4, 2027.
He has lived in Alameda County since 1980, when his family moved to the U.S. as refugees from Vietnam and he was two years old. They started a small business and supported Phong, his brother, and a sister as they went through James Logan High School in Union City. He went on to earn a bachelor's degree from UC Davis in 2000 and a law degree from UC Hasting's Colleges of the Law in San Francisco.
He lives with his wife and daughter in the city of Alameda.
 
 
 
The Rotary Club of Hayward will be dark in observance of Presidents' Day. Our next meeting will be on Feb 26.
 
 
Presidents Day Vector Art, Icons, and Graphics for Free Download
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The featured presenter at the Hayward Rotary Club on Monday, Jan, 29, will be Satish Narayan, project developer for the new Hyatt Hotel to be constructed this year. A former San Jose city planner and a Hayward resident, he will discuss plans for the new Hyatt, that will be located near the Hayward Executive Airport. According to city of Hayward staff members, the hotel is expected to generate generate $500,000 in annual economic impact for the city in addition to $210,000 annual rent. Since the hotel will be located on airport property, the rent will go to support that facility. 
 
A unique feature of the hotel will be a full-service restaurant. According to the Hayward Area Historical Society, there have been just four hotels with full-service restaurants located in the city since William D. Hayward opened his Hayward's Hotel back during the gold rush days. The most recent was the Green Shutter Hotel, that closed its full-service restaurant more than 50 years ago. 
 
 
 
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Masonic Lodge
1074 B Street,
Hayward, CA 94541
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