Nate Miley

Miley was elected to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors in November 2000. The 4th 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.[1]

As a member of the board, Miley shares the responsibility for creating county laws, hiring county agency and department heads, and controlling land use, open space, county healthcare services, and neighborhood safety.[1]

• Procurement and Contracting Committee - Chair[3]
• Social Services Committee[4]
• Public Protection Committee – Chair
• Transportation and Planning Committee – Chair[5]
• Unincorporated Services Committee[6]
• Remote Access Network Oversight Committee
• Surplus Property Authority

• Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG)
• Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO)[7]
• Oakland/Alameda County Coliseum Joint Powers Authority (JPA)
• ALL-IN Steering Committee
• Alameda County/Oakland Community Action Partnership (ACOCAP)
• East Bay Economic Development Alliance - Alternate
• East Bay Regional Communication System - Alternate
• Alameda County Fair Association Ad Hoc. Committee
• Probation & Conservatorship Committee - Chair
• Alameda County Transportation Commission[8]
• Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD)[9]
• Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC)
• East Bay Interagency Alliance[10]
• Alameda County Meals on Wheels[11]

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.[12] 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.[12] 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.[12] 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.[12]

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[13] 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.[13] 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.[14]

One specific action item included in the reaffirmation is a clause asking cities, law enforcement agencies, and groups that have benefitted from racial inequity to apologize for “complacency as a well as call for them to combat racism and discrimination by initiating policy and providing funding for community reparations.”.[13] The resolution, according to a press release from Miley's office, “detailed the oppressive and lasting effects of racist local policy including the loss of economic stability and gain, comparably worse medical outcomes and life expectancies and psychological suffering.” The resolution calls for “all cities, law enforcement agencies, organizations, institutions and individuals who have advanced or benefited from racial inequality” to apologize and change policy to combat racism as well as providing funding for reparations.[15]

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.".[16]

In 2017, Miley created a regional Illegal Dumping Taskforce from which a three-pronged strategy approach to reduce and prevent illegal dumping was created: Education, Eradication and Enforcement. His goal is to implement local ordinances and fight for greater enforcement of statewide illegal dumping laws.[1]

• 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. This project will improve the air quality, increase cooling, slow traffic, and deter illegal dumping in the neighborhood. Phase 2 took place on Saturday, November 2.[17]
• On April 16, 2019, Supervisor Miley hosted a community meeting to the discuss an illegal dumping pilot in Oakland.
• On April 22, 2019, a pilot program seeking the new methods of addressing chronic illegal dumping in East Oakland was introduced in order to curb illegal dumping in the area.[18]

For many years, Miley has led the Alameda County Violence Prevention Initiative, which has focused on place-based interventions in the Castlemont, Sobrante Park, and Eastmont neighborhoods.[1]

Miley authored the Eden Area Livability Initiative (EALI), and the Ashland Cherryland Healthy Communities Collaborative (ACHCC).[1]

• EALI is addressing issues of governance and increased self-determination through the creation of the Fairview Municipal Advisory Council, the soon-to-be Eden Municipal Advisory Council (for the communities of Ashland, Cherryland, San Lorenzo and Hayward Acres), as well as important changes in how these communities are addressed in the county's budget.[1]
• In addition, the ACHCC is actively addressing issues of economic development, walkability and community engagement. For example, in the area of community engagement, for the first time, more than 140 residents of Ashland, Cherryland, San Lorenzo and Hayward Acres came together to build power through the development of a new community organization. The My Eden Voice! Campaign seeks to develop grassroots leadership to address inequities in the area of affordable housing, economic development, parks & open space, and jobs for youth.[1]
• 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 negotiations[19]
• On February 10, 2020, Supervisor Nate Miley, TURN - The Utility Reform Network and East Bay Community Energy hosted a town hall meeting on the need for a clean, reliable power grid.
• On February 13, 2020 Alameda County Supervisor Nate Miley held a panel discussion in Pleasanton to spotlight the mental health services available in the Tri-Valley and the current state of those services in the public and private sectors.[20] The services discussed included the Alameda County Behavioral Health Services, Axis Community Health, John Muir Health, Pleasanton Unified School District, Stanford Health Care ValleyCare, Sutter Health, and NAMI Tri-Valley (National Alliance on Mental Illness).
• 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.[21]
• On May 20, 2020, Alameda County Supervisors Keith Carson and Nate Miley held a virtual town hall to discuss creative ways to raise awareness about Census 2020 in African and Latinx Communities. In the town hall, challenges such as digital disconnect, seniors sheltering in places alone, disability, homelessness, low interest/survival mode, and mistrust were addressed and discussed.[22]