District IV Supervisor Ken Carlson

Contra Costa County Seeks Applicants from District 4 for African American Holistic Wellness Hub Steering Committee 

 (Martinez, CA) – Contra Costa County is undertaking a process to develop a Feasibility Study for an African American Holistic Wellness Hub. The findings and recommendations of the Feasibility Study will provide guidance to the Board of Supervisors in their decisions regarding next steps in the development of an African American Holistic Wellness Hub for Contra Costa County. The Hub, which may include multiple sites, is intended to provide space for culturally appropriate and community-defined services that will welcome, support, heal and empower the African American community in Contra Costa County.

As part of this process, Contra Costa County will establish a 13-member ad hoc African American Holistic Wellness Hub Steering Committee to guide the Feasibility Study planning effort through a representative, inclusive, and extensive community engagement process. The Steering Committee will provide input and collaboration to County staff and the contracted Feasibility Study developer, ensuring the community voice is represented through the process and the outcomes.

We welcome applications from District 4 residents to serve on the Steering Committee. We are recruiting individuals with direct experience of system harms and inequities who are committed to eliminating racial disparities and improving outcomes for everyone, including the LGBTQ+ community, the faith community, transition-aged-youth, and the formerly incarcerated. 

The deadline to submit applications for consideration is September 28, 2023. Applications will be considered by the Board of Supervisors Equity Committee composed of Supervisors Federal Glover and John Gioia.  To submit online applications, an application form is available at: https://www.contracosta.ca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/6433/. Applications can also be emailed to [email protected] or mailed to the Clerk of the Office of the Board of Supervisors at 1025 Escobar Street, 1st Floor, Martinez, CA 94553.

Contra Costa County Public Works to Install Traffic Control as part of the Marsh Creek Road Bridges Replacement Project

The Contra Costa County Public Works Department will install one-way traffic control on Marsh Creek Road from approximately 1.3 miles northwest of Deer Valley Road near the Clayton Palms Community to approximately 0.6 miles west beginning on Monday, August 14, 2023, through April 2024, barring unforeseen circumstances.

The traffic control will include installing a temporary traffic signal system to allow one direction of traffic at a time through the Marsh Creek Road Bridges Replacement Project work area for the public’s safety. Message boards and signage will alert drivers about the traffic control. Drivers should expect delays up to 15 minutes.

The project will replace two (2) bridges on Marsh Creek Road with two (2) new concrete bridges. Work will take place on Marsh Creek Road at Bridges 143 and 145. Bridge 143 is located approximately 1.5 miles northwest of Deer Valley Road near the Clayton Palms Community. Bridge 145 is located approximately 3.0 miles east of Deer Valley Road near the road transition to Camino Diablo. Work also includes reconstruction of the bridge approach and construction of drainage facilities. The temporary traffic signal system to allow one direction of traffic will be installed at the Bridge 143 site only.

Funding for this project is provided by the federal Highway Bridge Program and local Gas Tax funds. To learn more about this project, please visit: www.contracosta.ca.gov/MCR-Bridge. 

Girls, age 8 to 18, will participate in various aviation-related activities—such as aviation communication, aircraft repair, physics of flying, structure fabrication, and flying in a simulator.  

Girls can bring their lunch and talk to a pilot, inspector, or mechanic. Followed by some of the Pilots giving tours of their aircraft!

For more information, please visit https://awam16.org/giad

Clipper START is a FREE discount program that provides eligible Bay Area residents 19-64 up to 50% off single-ride bus, BART, rail, and ferry transit fares. Public transportation should be affordable to everyone. Clipper START was developed as an effort to increase affordability and to ensure that public transit in the Bay Area remains
equitable and accessible.

Once approved for the START program, riders will receive a Clipper START card that will automatically apply the agency’s discount fare on use—just load value, tap, and go!

For more information about the program, qualifications and available discounts, go to https://www.clipperstartcard.com/s/order.