San Leandro Councilmember Benny Lee’s mayoral campaign already has $63,000 in contributions built over the past few years. SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL–ELECTION 2018–Backed by the city’s burgeoning Asian American demographic and already stocked campaign cash reserves, San Leandro Councilmember Benny… Read More ›
SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCILA rash of banking scandals implicating Wells Fargo, in addition, to its controversial investment in the progressive cause célèbre, the Dakota Access Pipeline, has lead another East Bay city to take steps toward ending its banking relationship… Read More ›
An proponent of San Leandro’s ban on flavored tobacco sales address the City Council Monday night with supporters in the foreground. SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCILLike some of its neighboring cities, the San Leandro City Council approved Monday night a prohibition… Read More ›
CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTS–MONEYBALL–It may be only August, but for federal, state and county races, the time for campaigns to raise money in advance of the June Primary is now. Based on mid-year campaign finance reports through June 30, several East… Read More ›
SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCILIt’s taken more than a year for the San Leandro City Council to formulate a tenant relocation payments amendment to its existing rent review ordinance. But following a number of additions to the proposal, some that benefit… Read More ›
San Leandro Councilmember Benny Lee is leading the push for divestment of Wells Fargo. OAKLAND | SAN LEANDROBig banks took a big hit in East Bay politics last week. The Oakland City Council voted to cease its relationship with JP… Read More ›
San Leandro recieves more than $9 million in federal funding, but Trump’s threat to defund sanctuary cities did not make the council pause. SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCILSan Leandro became the fifth sanctuary city in Alameda County and the third local… Read More ›
SAN LEANDROAccess to affordable child care has been on San Leandro’s radar for years. On Monday, the San Leandro City Council backed it up with approval of an $800,000 loan for a 4,850 square foot child care center and adjacent… Read More ›
Bryan Azevedo and Ed Hernandez face-off in the San Leandro City Council’s District 2–the only contested race of three open seats this fall. MEET THE CANDIDATESIn San Leandro, just four candidates filed for three seats this fall. But it gets worse…. Read More ›
San Leandro Mayor Pauline Cutter already has a operator in mind for the city’s potential third dispensary. SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL |San Leandro’s medical marijuana dispensary ordinance was amended Monday to include a possible third permit. The San Leandro City Council… Read More ›
Union members and small business owners packed the San Leandro City Council chambers Tuesday night to discuss raising the minimum wage. SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL |Union members gathered for a group photo in front of the council dais and chanted… Read More ›
San Leandro District 2 City Council race between Bryan Azevedo and Ed Hernandez will take center stage in November. SAN LEANDRO |ELECTION 2016Either San Leandrans are content with how their city government and school district is running or nobody is… Read More ›
San Leandro Councilmember Jim Prola wants the city’s minimum wage to rise to $12 by 2017. SAN LEANDRO | California’s minimum wage could rise to $10.50 by the end of this year, if a bill backed by Gov. Jerry Brown… Read More ›
San Leandro Councilman Benny Lee, second from left, wants a new Chinese translation of the city’s name. SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL | To the ears of San Leandro’s Chinese-speaking residents, the phonetic translation of the city’s name doesn’t quite make… Read More ›
San Leandro Mayor Pauline Cutters says setting aside $5 million over 5 years for pensions is doable. SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL | Last year, San Leandro’s tab for unfunded liabilities over the next 30 years was $158 million. The City Council… Read More ›
SLPD could be getting 15 new police cruisers costing over $739,000 over three years. PHOTO/SLPD San Leandro City Council Preview835 East 14th StreetMonday, Apr. 6, 2015, 7 p.m.[FULL AGENDA HERE] Twitter hashtag: #slmtg SAVING MONEY AND RESOURCES Last week, Gov. Jerry… Read More ›
Some railway tanker lines are up to 1.5 miles long and carry 2.5 million gallons of crude. SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL | Elected officials in San Leandro have often been reticent about making public stands on somewhat ancillary issues. Four… Read More ›
WHITE MAN CAN JUMP: San Leandro’s lone Caucasian council member is named vice mayor despite calls for diversity. SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL | In the past, San Leandro chose its largely ceremonial vice mayor every spring, but a low-level charter crisis… Read More ›
JULY Hayward Mayor Barbara Halliday takes the oath of office in July. >>>Hayward’s Barbara Halliday is sworn-in as mayor. She will be the first of three female mayors elected in the Greater East Bay in 2014. >>>Eighteen Hayward residents apply… Read More ›
SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL | Simmering concern over San Leandro Vice Mayor Benny Lee’s actions over the controversial Oakland garbage contract could boil over at its next City Council meeting in two weeks. San Leandro Stephen Cassidy scheduled an agenda… Read More ›
My story in this week’s East Bay Express on the fallout from Oakland’s garbage contract pinching into San Leandro’s general fund to the tune of around $500,000 annually is reverberating through the city administration and council. It may also end… Read More ›
SAN LEANDRO | When the Oakland City Council awarded a garbage contract to locally owned recycling company California Waste Solutions earlier this month and passed over what seemed like a stronger competing bid from Waste Management, the effects of the… Read More ›
Councilmember Benny Lee, second from left, is a byproduct of the new found strength in San Leandro’s Asian American populace. SAN LEANDRO | MAYOR | It would have been unthinkable a generation ago that any demographic in San Leandro other… Read More ›
First in: Councilmember Diana Souza SAN LEANDRO | MAYOR | After months of chatter speculating San Leandro Councilmember Diana Souza would run for mayor this year, the two-term District 3 representative officially filed papers for a bid to replace Mayor… Read More ›
First term Councilmember Benny Lee is San Leandro’s next vice mayor. SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL | The level of quiet acrimony at the San Leandro City Council is beginning to bubble over. A day after Mayor Stephen Cassidy announced on… Read More ›
SAN LEANDRO | ANALYSIS | Last September, a group of Chinese Americans in San Leandro asked the city to fly the red and gold banner of their homeland at City Hall in honor of the country’s national day on Oct…. Read More ›
Mayor Cassidy in 2010. How many of his colleagues would like to take a shot at the dunking booth today? SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL | Did San Leandro Mayor Stephen Cassidy make light of his apparent unpopularity among council colleagues… Read More ›
SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL | In San Leandro, being mayor is not a full-time job, at least, financially. Earlier this month, San Leandro Mayor Stephen Cassidy offered another in a long line of proposals that appear more suited to molding… Read More ›
A memorial for Tibetans killed during the Chinese occupation of the country was placed outside San Leandro City Hall before Monday night’s discussion of a controversial raising of the Chinese flag over its seat of government. PHOTO/Shane Bond SAN LEADNRO CITY COUNCIL//FLAG FLAP… Read More ›
SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL//FLAG FLAP | San Leandro Mayor Stephen Cassidy will bring the controversial Chinese flag vote back the City Council Monday night, but the council member who first place the item on the agenda last month will not… Read More ›
