Also: San Leandro’s own city manager scandal could be heating up again on Tuesday night.
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San Leandro Councilmember Benny Lee is running for mayor
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 mayor’s state of the city details accomplishments, excludes city manager scandal
San Leandro Mayor Pauline Russo Cutter delivering the state of the city address last Monday at the Senior Community Center. SAN LEANDROSan Leandro Mayor Pauline Russo Cutter, during the annual state of the city address this week, said the city… Read More ›
Alameda Labor Council asked to meet with investigator in San Leandro city manager probe
SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCILThe Alameda Labor Council, one of the most powerful political bodies in the East Bay, made an effort to speak with the independent investigator tapped by the city of San Leandro to look into the sexual misconduct… Read More ›
EBC AGENDA | FEB 16-22 | ALAMEDA, BERKELEY eye ballot measures; ALCO DA candidates meet in SAN LEANDRO; HAYWARD mid-year budget
THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 16-22.–ALAMEDA– Regular council meeting, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 7 p.m. [ENTIRE AGENDA HERE]–INFRASTRUCTURE BOND MEASURE-– A $95 million general obligation bond measure may be coming to the ballot in Alameda this June. Here is the proposal ballot language to… Read More ›
Disgraced Teamsters boss continued to be involved with San Leandro dispensary after two-year ban from union
Powerful Teamsters boss Rome Aloise was banned from the union in December following corruption charges. SAN LEANDRONearly a month after Rome Aliose, a powerful local Teamsters leader was banned by the union for two years following corruption charges, he attended… Read More ›
San Leandro councilmember proposes lobbying ordinance
San Leandro Councilmember Lee Thomas SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCILWith a number of San Leandro housing projects in the pipeline and a potential push for retail cannabis permits in the near future, Councilmember Lee Thomas believes the city needs a lobbying… Read More ›
Dispensary involved in San Leandro political scandal says they’ll repay loan before next week’s deadline, open 4/20
Rendering of the proposed Davis Street Wellness Center at 3081 Teagarden Street. SAN LEANDROIn response to allegations of sexual misconduct, San Leandro City Manager Chris Zapata denied the claims and, instead, asserted they were attempts by the accuser to aid… Read More ›
San Leandro City Council calls special meeting to discuss disciplining city manager
San Leandro City Council’s special closed session begins Tuesday, 6 p.m. SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCILSix days after the San Leandro City Manager Chris Zapata threw the doors open on the city’s dirty laundry, including allegations of sexual misconduct against himself,… Read More ›
San Leandro non-profit leader, who accused city manager of misconduct, will sue the city
SAN LEANDROThe leader of the local non-profit, who last week said San Leandro City Manager Chris Zapata attempted to offer a publicly-financed loan for the Davis Street Family Resource Center in exchange for an intimate relationship, says she plans to… Read More ›
San Leandro city manager’s accuser calls for his resignation after sexual misconduct allegations
Davis Street Family Resource Center CEO Rose Padilla Johnson filed a complaint against San Leandro City Manager Chris Zapata on Dec. 8. SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL The CEO of a prominent San Leandro non-profit, who last month issued a complaint… Read More ›
Locally-based San Leandro dispensary, not yet in business, may lose permit
SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCILOver the past two years, San Leandro has approved three conditional-use permits for medical cannabis dispensaries. None, though, have yet to open for business. But now, the locally-backed group controversially approved by the city council last summer… Read More ›
Despite threat of losing federal funding, San Leandro declares sanctuary city status
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 ›
Favorable polling for San Leandro cannabis tax, two other proposed revenue-generating measures
SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL | A lengthy November ballot could get longer in San Leandro. Three potential revenue-generating initiatives, including one for taxing cannabis, are popular with voters, according to a recent city survey. Two-thirds of likely San Leandro voters… Read More ›
San Leandro eyes potential ballot measure to tax cannabis, parking lots
San Leandro may ask voters to approve a ballot measure that would among other uses, replace its police station. SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL |Over the past three election cycles, San Leandro voters have helped the city bolster its treasury through… Read More ›
San Leandro council seeks five-year pension strategy
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 ›
San Leandro offers moral support for keeping East Bay teams in Oakland
A large number of Coliseum workers reside in San Leandro and Hayward. Resolution says city has economic interests for keeping teamsSAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL | City Manager Chris Zapata has experience with the type of ongoing turmoil Oakland and Alameda… Read More ›
San Leandro approves workforce agreement long sought by progressives
San Leandro Councilmember Jim Prola sought a community workforce agreement during his first term, but the proposal failed by one vote. Pact sets $1 mil threshold for construction projects. SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL | For years, progressive members of the… Read More ›
AGENDA NOTES: San Leandro to add more funding for the homeless
San Leandro City Council Preview835 East 14th StreetMonday, April 20, 2015, 7 p.m.[FULL AGENDA HERE] Twitter hashtag: #slmtg HELP FOR THE HOMELESS Last October, the San Leandro City Council established a Homeless Task Force with $150,000 in funding for a warming… Read More ›
Alameda’s interim city manager will earn more than her predecessor, John Russo
ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL | Last month, Alameda City Manager John Russo’s assistant, Liz Warmerdam, was tabbed by the City Council to replace him on interim basis. In March, Russo accepted a $295,000 contract to become the next city manager of Riverside,… Read More ›
San Leandro talks of paying down unfunded debt with new revenues
SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL | The uncertain economic times of year’s past appear in the rearviewmirror in San Leandro. “Things are on a significant uptick in San Leandro,” said City Manager Chris Zapata during a budget work session Monday night…. Read More ›
San Leandro city manager to sign five-year contract; receive $22,500 bonus
San Leandro City Manager Chris Zapata will continue to give $20,000 of his salary to the police chief and assistant city manager. SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL | San Leandro City Manager Chris Zapata is set to signed a new five-year… Read More ›
San Leandro may seek short-term extension of city manager’s contract
San Leandro City Manager Chris Zapata took a pay cut in 2012. SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL | City leaders want an extra six months to come to terms with its current city manager. Chris Zapata’s three-year contract expires at the… Read More ›
Budget Crisis Averted in San Leandro After Oakland Garbage Compromise
San Leandro officials down in the dumps about Oakland’s garbage contract are now relieved by news of a compromise. SAN LEANDRO | CITY COUNCIL | The substantial $500,000 annual hit San Leandro’s general fund would have suffered following Oakland’s decision… Read More ›
Oakland’s New Garbage Contract Will Greatly Affect San Leandro
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 ›
San Leandro Approves First Two-Year Budget
SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL | For the first time in its history, the San Leandro City Council unanimously passed a two-year budget this week forecasting a $124.7 million budget for the fiscal year starting July 1. The city expects using… Read More ›
San Leandro Mayor Pushes For Dropping Long-Time Attorney Firm Meyers Nave
Man on an island: Mayor Stephen Cassidy, left. PHOTO/Natalia Aldana SAN LEANDRO | The San Leandro City Council looked over a legal services analysis report last Tuesday that reviewed the financial costs and drafted options to either stay or not… Read More ›
San Leandro City Manager Takes Cut To Offer Lucrative Five-Year Agreement For Two Top City Officials
SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL | The San Leandro City Council adopted a new five-year agreement starting next year increasing compensation and benefit packages for two top level executives in San Leandro, Police Chief Sandra Spagnoli and Assistant City Manager, Lianne… Read More ›
San Leandro Tables Medical Marijuana Dispensary Ban After Appellate Ruling
SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL | A ruling by the California Second Court of Appeals Monday afternoon overturning a ban on medical marijuana dispensaries in Southern California led the San Leandro City Council to remove its own proposed ordinance from Monday… Read More ›
With New Directive, San Leandro Police To Report Directly To Assistant City Manager
[UPDATE] SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL | San Leandro’s new City Manager Chris Zapata came to the city with a pedigree in grand development projects. With just six months on job, he wants to spend more time of raising the profile of… Read More ›
