Reply Dec. 16, 2020 Angela Andrews took the oath Tuesday as a newly elected Hayward City Council member, and retiring Councilmember Al Mendall stepped down after two terms of service on the City's legislative body. Subscribe Returning Councilmembers Elisa Márquez, Mark Salinas and Francisco Zermeño also were sworn in to new four-year Council terms following their re-elections in the Nov. 3 municipal election. And Councilmember Aisha Wahab was voted Mayor Pro Tempore by her colleagues on Tuesday and will serve in the vice mayor role on the seven-member Council for the next year. Subscribe Andrews was a member of the Hayward Planning Commission when she won election to the Hayward Council and becomes the City's first African American female Councilmember.