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= Nate Miley = Nate Miley is a member of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors and represents District 4 in Alameda County, California. Miley was first elected in November 2000 after serving on the Oakland City Council from the 6th district.

Early Life And Education
Miley was born on May 7, 1951 in Suitland, Maryland. Miley graduated from the Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1974, then earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Maryland Law School. Following law school, Miley moved to Oakland, California as a Jesuit Volunteer.

Early Career
Prior to representing District 4, Miley served the residents of Oakland City Council District 6. Miley was re-elected in 1994 and 1998. In 1986, Miley founded the United Seniors of Oakland and Alameda County (USOAC); USOAC empowers older adults to improve their quality of life. Miley has served USOAC for more than 35 years and was elected President of the Board in November 2010.

Current Position
Miley was elected to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors in November 2000 and is serving his sixth consecutive term as of 2020. As a member of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, Miley shares the responsibility for creating county laws, hiring county agency and department heads, and controlling land use, protecting open space, strengthening our healthcare system, and creating more livable and safe neighborhoods. In January 2021, he was appointed Vice-President by his colleagues on the Board of Supervisors.

The Unincorporated Section
The Fourth Supervisorial District includes the city of Pleasanton, including the adjacent unincorporated Castlewood and Happy Valley areas; the Lower Hills, South Hills and Elmhurst areas of Oakland; the unincorporated communities of Castro Valley, Cherryland, and Fairview; and most of the unincorporated community of Ashland.

Achievements and Current Plans
Miley authored the Safe Medication Disposal ordinance, the first such ordinance in the nation to mandate product stewardship from pharmaceutical companies. The ordinance was passed in 2012 and it requires drug manufacturers to take ownership of the disposal costs of unused medicines in Alameda County. Trade associations representing the manufacturers and distributors of pharmaceutical products filed a lawsuit against Alameda County, alleging that the ordinance violated the dormant Commerce Clause of the Constitution of the United States, as it interfered with interstate commerce. The United States District Court for the Northern District of California found that the ordinance does serve a legitimate public health and safety interest and the relatively modest costs to producers do not unduly burden interstate commerce. On May 26, 2015, when the Supreme Court of the United States refused to hear the challenge brought by the pharmaceutical industry against the county without comment, which affirmed the 9th Circuit Federal Court of Appeals decision upholding the U.S. District Court's decision in favor of Alameda County's Safe Drug Disposal Ordinance. Since then, many counties have adopted a similar model, including: San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Marin, Santa Cruz, Santa Barbara, and Los Angeles counties.

Miley also initiated the following community services and projects: the opening of Youth Uprising to enrich the lives of youth 13-24 ; the creation and construction of the Ashland REACH Youth Center ; creating a countywide Violence Prevention Initiative ; opening a Castro Valley library ; enacting an Alcohol Education Ordinance, and bringing community engagement to the urban unincorporated area through the Eden Area Livability Initiative.

Community Reparations, Racial Justice, and Police Reform
More than nine years ago a resolution by the Alameda County Board of Supervisors called for national reconciliation and reparations due to centuries of slavery in the U.S. On October 6, 2020, the Board of Supervisors moved to reaffirm the June 7, 2011 resolution to urge for a formal apology from the U.S. government and economic reparations for African Americans. The reaffirmation of the resolution is being led by Alameda County Supervisors Keith Carson and Miley. Both supervisors signed the original resolution in 2011. Carson said the resolution was an effort to resolve racial divisions, while Miley said it could be used as a springboard to create new policies.

The resolution includes a plan for action and accountability, beginning with a request for Alameda County to “...apologize and expresses remorse for the slavery, segregation and discrimination of African Americans and further pledge to address the legislative, social, and economic inequities faced by African Americans.".

Housing and Homelessness
On October 11, 2019, Miley planned to declare disaster emergency for the homeless in Castro Valley before COVID-19 hit.

On February 13, 2020, Miley finished the three-year long project of building six tiny homes on the First Presbyterian Church in Castro Valley property. Miley supported the Tiny Homes in Castro Valley with First Pres and the Fairmont Parking Project where six mobile housing units in the FirstPres Hayward parking lot helped six people transition from homeless to housed. Miley also supported the safe parking space at Fairmont for people living in their cars and two-thirds of people utilizing the site have found permanent housing. It now being transformed with 34 tiny homes as of 2021.

Illegal Dumping
In 2017, Miley created a regional Illegal Dumping Task Force from which a three-pronged strategy approach to reduce and prevent illegal dumping was created: Education, Eradication and Enforcement. On October 31, 2019, AB&I Foundry teamed up with County Supervisor Nate Miley and the Alameda County Illegal Dumping Project to complete Phase 1 of a tree planting project in East Oakland. On April 22, 2019, a pilot program addressing illegal dumping in East Oakland was introduced in order to curb illegal dumping in the area.

Violence Prevention
Miley has led the Alameda County Violence Prevention Initiative in order to implement the countywide blueprint for violence prevention.

Sobrante Mini Park and Tyrone Carney Park Revitalization
In January 2021, it was announced that the Sobrante Mini Park and Tyrone Carney Park revitalization efforts funded by Proposition 68 are slated for completion in Spring of 2022.

The renovations are the result of Miley's office, Alameda County Probation, the City of Oakland, Oakland Unified School District, and community organizations including Roots Health Center.

The Sobrante Mini Park renovation will involve the construction of a 1,626-square-foot community services center, a children’s play area, par course equipment, picnic tables and barbecue pits, multiple walking paths, and two lawn areas. The existing restroom will be restored, and landscaping and art will be added throughout the site.

Tyrone Carney Park, which has been closed since 2002, will be reopened and the renovation will construct four children’s play areas that include a zip track, a net climbing structure, ball climbers, and musical play equipment with chimes and drums. The renovation will also add two par course areas, paved walking paths, a circular central plaza with ornamental paving, a memorial feature, a lawn area, and wrought iron perimeter fencing with gates.

Community Development
Miley authored the Eden Area Livability Initiative (EALI), and the Ashland Cherryland Healthy Communities Collaborative (ACHCC).

The Eden Area Livability Initiative is a strategic effort to involve the community in helping to identity projects that make the Eden Area more livable. On November 5, 2013, Miley and Wilma Chan held a community meeting where Eden Area residents would vote on important issues in the areas of Public Safety & Realignment, Education, Agriculture and the Environment, Governance, and Economic Development.

On March 9, 2016 the EALI Governance Working Group passed two resolutions that were recommended by Miley.

Resolution 1 - MAC progression for the Eden Area: A proposal for the entire Eden Area around Municipal Advisory Councils (MACs) that over time includes the following potential progression


 * Allow the areas covered by the Eden Area General Plan (San Lorenzo, Cherryland, and  Ashland) and Fairview to establish their own MACs. If the Castro Valley MAC becomes elected, this does not affect whether these other MACs or the existing Sunol MAC would be elected or appointed
 * Reduce the Alameda County Unincorporated Services Committee to a role of only addressing issues affecting the entire Eden Area that need consensus/consistency across MACs/areas
 * Dissolve the West County Board of Zoning Adjustments (BZA) and give BZA powers to each area MAC

Resolution 2 - Elected Castro Valley MAC: Give Castro Valley General Plan residents the right to vote on whether or not they want an elected MAC.

The first phase of the EALI spanned the period from 2004 to 2012, and the second phase of EALI was initiated in 2012. Community-led Visioning Groups and a Blue Ribbon Steering Committee were tasked with developing and prioritizing goals related to five topics of community concern: Agriculture & Environment, Economic Development, Education, Governance, and Public Safety & Realignment. These goals were put to a community-wide vote at a Charrette, and were advanced through working groups and priority projects. EALI Phase II ended in 2019. One result of this work was the Cherryland Community Center.

On May 28, 2005, Castro Valley received its own farmers market, which was implemented by Bob Swanson, an association director and aide to Miley, who spearheaded a year of on and off negotiation. On February 24, 2019, Miley announced the launch of the Joy and Justice Campaign, a nonpartisan voter registration and advocacy initiative. This campaign is a collaboration among Miley, The Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center, 100 Black Women, Black Women Organized for Political Power and the local Alpha Kappa Alpha Chapter.

Seniors
In 1986, Nate discovered his passion – advocating for older adults who do not often have a voice--and created the United Seniors of Oakland and Alameda County (USOAC). USOAC empowers older adults to improve their quality of life. Nate served as the Executive Director of the United Seniors for more than 20 years and was elected President of the Board in November 2010. In 2020, USOAC celebrated the 17th annual Healthy Living Festival (HLF), one of the largest free health resource fairs for seniors.

2021 Priorities
Miley's priorities will be redrawing the supervisorial districts to accommodate population shifts, continuing his efforts on “racial justice and police reform, bringing community reparations to African Americans and other historically marginalized groups within Alameda County, addressing long standing inequity, continuing to fight illegal dumping, and rally more groups across our state.

Personal Life
Miley is a father of two children and three grandchildren and has lived in Oakland, California for more than 30 years.