OAKLAND CITY COUNCILOakland’s consistently high levels of violent crime need a noticeable jolt of improvement, said Oakland Councilmember Lynette Gibson McElhaney Tuesday after proposing the creation of a new city Department of Violence Prevention. Oakland Council President Larry Reid is… Read More ›
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McElhaney, Reid propose Oakland city department to curb violence
Oakland Councilmember Lynette Gibson McElhaney and Larry Reid, below, want to create a city department to stop homicides. OAKLAND CITY COUNCILWhile gun violence continues to be a perennial problem in Oakland, two councilmembers believe one solution is to create a… 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 ›
City Hall Insider: agenda notes from around the East Bay, July 14-16
FREMONT/July 14, 7 p.m.All eyes on Fremont’s surveillance cameras SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS APPROVAL Oakland residents fought hard against the type of surveillance the Fremont City Council is set to approval Tuesday night. But this isn’t Oakland. The council will be asked… Read More ›
Already the worst in Alameda County, will San Leandro’s roads improve with additional revenues?
San Leandro Mayor Pauline Russo Cutter says the city will keep its promise to fix its roads with additional sales tax revenues. SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL | Last fall, San Leandro officials said the passage of Measure HH, a new… Read More ›
Cassidy is no longer mayor, but he isn’t leaving San Leandro politics
Stephen Cassidy: Out of power, but not out of things to say. SAN LEANDRO | Stephen Cassidy left the mayor’s office in San Leandro after just one term. There was no specific public reason for why he left thousands of… Read More ›
Former San Leandro Mayor Calls Out Current One for Stance on Tax Measure
San Leandro Mayor Stephen Cassidy and former Mayor Tony Santos are still rivals four years later. SAN LEANDRO | Former San Leandro Mayor Tony Santos says the current mayor should apologize to residents for opposing a quarter percent sales tax… Read More ›
San Leandro Places 30-Year Sales Tax Extension on November Ballot
SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL | Nearly four years after voters in San Leandro approved a much-needed sales tax measure viewed by many to have helped the city escape the worst of the Great Recession, city leaders will again ask them… Read More ›
Cassidy Pads Resume with Falsehoods when Truth is more Compelling
CAMPAIGN 2014 | SAN LEANDRO | Politicians take credit for things. It’s a fact of life that becomes amplified during campaign season. So, it’s no surprise San Leandro Mayor Stephen Cassidy is pumping up his resume over the last four… Read More ›
San Leandro May Spend $110k To Study Potential Tax Measure in 2014
San Leandro may eye a road improvement tax next year. It has struggled in recent years to find money to repair its roads. SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL | With the coming mid-term election season just around the corner, voters in Alameda… Read More ›
San Leandro’s Undercover Conservative Mayor Fights To Raise Taxes, Lower Wages
ANALYSISMar. 6, 2012 | San Leandro Mayor Stephen Cassidy is battling schizophrenia when it comes to taxes. He supports them sometimes, protests them other times. That’s the easy assessment. His uneven record on sales and parcel taxes are also exacerbated by a… Read More ›
Cassidy’s Call For Sacrifice Does Not Jibe With His Reality
BREAKING THE UNION ONE BACK AT A TIME, BUT HOW DO YOU ATTRACT BUSINESS IF YOU SAY THE CITY IS NEAR BANKRUPTCY?By Steven Tavaressteven.tavares@eastbaycitizen.comFollow @eastbaycitizen on twitter As far as ruses go, San Leandro Mayor Stephen Cassidy’s ploy to bolster… Read More ›
Cassidy Promises Balanced Budget For Coming Fiscal Year
DESPITE AURA OF ECONOMIC GOOD NEWS, MAYOR PUTS SPOTLIGHT ON CITY EMPLOYEES TO SACRIFICEBy Steven Tavares San Leandro Mayor Stephen Cassidy promised during Monday night a balanced budget for the coming fiscal year without the use of reserves or other… Read More ›
New Year, New People In Charge of San Leandro
FIVE IMPORTANT NEW FACES WILL NEED TIME TO MESHBy Steven Tavares These are either times of great upheaval calling for a new stewardship or a confluence of rough economic waters navigated by political novices. Either way, 2011 is shaping up… Read More ›
‘A Little Better Than We Expected’
LOW BUDGET FORECASTS AND $1.7 MILLION IN UNEXPECTED REVENUE PERKS UP CITY FINANCIAL OUTLOOKBy Steven Tavares San Leandro’s climb back to financial stability, these days, is measured in hope as much as it is in dollars and cents. The city’s new finance director… Read More ›
Measure Z Tax Revenues Still Within Sacramento’s Grasp
WAS CAMPAIGN RHETORIC KEEPING SALES TAX REVENUES AT HOME CORRECT?By Steven Tavares San Leandro voters easily approved a quarter-cent sales tax increase last month making it one of the stingiest in the Bay Area. Part of the city’s pitch to… Read More ›
San Leandro Easily Passes Two Funding Measures
CITY FOLLOWS LOCAL TREND OF VOTERS APPROVING MEASURES WITH SIMPLE MAJORITYBy Steven Tavares San Leandro High will benefit from improvements to Burrell Field. In times of economic uncertainty, San Leandro voters easily approved a bump in the local sales tax to 10 percent,… Read More ›
Express: The Gloves Are Off in San Leandro
By Steven TavaresThe former mayor of San Leandro summed up Mayor Tony Santos’ chances for re-election with her typical straightforward style. “Tony hasn’t killed his wife and he hasn’t stolen any money,” said Shelia Young. “There isn’t a good reason… Read More ›
Challenger Turns the Heat on Gregory, Current Administration
LOPEZ SAYS MEASURE Z WILL NOT DIVERT SALES TAX DOLLARS AWAY FROM CITYBy Steven Tavares David Anderson has been quiet in his run to unseat San Leandro Councilman Michael Gregory, until he made a run at the incumbent’s record last Thursday… Read More ›
Mayor Suspends Council’s Decision Tabling Measure Endorsement
SAN LEANDRO SCHOOL BOARD UNANIMOUSLY ENDORSES MEASURE Z; AWAITS CITY BACKING OF THEIR OWN INITIATIVEBy Steven Tavares The political winds sweeping across San Leandro abruptly changed Tuesday night once the school board unanimously voted to endorse the city’s 10 percent sales tax… Read More ›
Finance Director Says City Budget Has Hit Bottom
RETIRING CARTER DELIVERS MEASURED GOOD NEWS IN UNSETTLING ECONOMYBy Steven Tavares Interim Finance Director Perry Carter hopes San Leandro has seen the worst of the treacherous Great Recession. Carter is set to officially retire at the end of this month…. Read More ›
Endorsement Standstill in San Leandro
COUNCIL RULES PROHIBIT WEIGHING-IN ON MATTERS OUTSIDE OF CITY, SAYS STAROSCIAK; ‘TABLES’ VOTE ON MEASURE M By Steven Tavares The two main governing bodies in San Leandro can’t find a way to support each others ballot measures. After the San… Read More ›
