HeyJaredCapstone Conversation by Jared Asch
The East Bay's best podcast, the Capstone Conversation hosted by Jared Asch. The show interviews political, government, and community leaders in Alameda, Contra Costa, & Solano Counties.
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Securing Grants: Lessons from a Changing Landscape w/ Kristin Cooper from GMA (opens the original)
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Host Jared Asch interviews Kristen Cooper of Grant Management Associates (GMA) about major shifts in the federal grants landscape affecting cities, nonprofits, special districts, and other agencies. Cooper shares GMA’s background and scale, then explains how funding pauses in 2025 created uncertainty that is easing as awards resume in late 2026, alongside unusually short application deadlines that require shovel-ready projects. She highlights a key process change under Executive Order 14332: inc
Martinez's Evolution: A Conversation w/ Mayor Zorn (opens the original)
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Host Jared Asch interviews Martinez Mayor Brianne Zorn at City Hall about her path from environmental scientist to councilmember and mayor (since 2022). Zorn describes major generational and diversity shifts on the council, improved district representation across the city, and a strategic plan that honors Martinez’s past while embracing innovation. She details waterfront redevelopment progress: a 2024 Trust Lands Use Plan, a new marina manager (F3), and a 24-month exclusive negotiating agreement
Workforce, Apprenticeship, & Engineering Careers with Growth Sector (opens the original)
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In this episode of The Capstone Conversation, host Jared speaks with Gabe Hanzel-Sella, national program director at The Growth Sector, a San Francisco-based nonprofit founded in 2008 that helps community college students access high-wage engineering degrees and careers through a structured, supported pathway. Gabe describes the organization’s engineering degree apprenticeship model, including a pre-apprenticeship summer bridge with just-in-time math support, hands-on projects, a $2,000 stipend,
Economic Development in the Bay with Dena Belzer from Strategic Economics. (opens the original)
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In this Capstone Conversation episode, Dena Belzer of Strategic Economics discusses how East Bay cities can drive innovation and economic development while meeting RHNA housing requirements and deciding when to preserve or repurpose industrial and older office properties. She explains that many “warehouse” buildings are flexible assets that can support a range of uses, and advises cities to avoid overly prescriptive zoning, focusing instead on compatibility, hazards, and health and safety while
Preserving Our Water & Flowing Forward East Bay MUD, Chair Luz Gomez (opens the original)
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Host Jared Asch interviews Luz Gomez, board chair of EastBay Municipal Utility District (East Bay MUD), about East Bay water and wastewater issues. Gomez explains East Bay MUD’s mission to provide high-quality, affordable water with environmental stewardship, its 100+ yearhistory, and major infrastructure including the 1927 Pardee Dam on the Mokelumne River and three 90-mile aqueducts nearing 100 years old that requirecement relining to prevent corrosion. She notes East Bay MUD serves 1.5 millio
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