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SLPD Shoot at Fleeing Suspects Twice in 3 Days

SLPD Shoot at Fleeing Suspects Twice in 3 Days City Hall, Civil Liberties, Police 1 Response »

Dec 082014

Over the last three days, we’ve had two shootings of women driving allegedly stolen cars by San Leandro Police Department officers. One of them is in critical condition. Police missed the other, a 16 year-old girl, though one bullet wheezed past a bystander and another hit a parked car a block away. Fortunately, nobody was reportedly injured in that incident. Shooting at a fleeing subject who is not a threat to the life of others is against the law. There is no doubt that moral blame lies on the officers who did shoot. But the real culprits, the ones [Continue Reading]

San Leandro City Council Meeting Notes: Homelessness & COPS Grant

San Leandro City Council Meeting Notes: Homelessness & COPS Grant City Hall, Police, Schools No Responses »

Oct 302014

The San Leandro City Council eliminated full minutes of Council meetings several years ago. To make up for this, and keep San Leandrans informed of what the Council is up to, Mike Katz-Lacabe tweets from the meetings. I’ve started compiling his tweets on this blog. You can follow Mike’s tweets at @slbytes. These are the meetings from the 10/20/14 meeting. The Council voted on whether to accept the COPS grant. This provides $500K to fund four school resource officers, but requires the San Leandro School district to pay $1.7 million in matching funds. The following day, the School Board tabled the vote [Continue Reading]

Notes from General Plan Update Meeting

Notes from General Plan Update Meeting City Hall No Responses »

Oct 302014

The following are the tweets sent by Mike Katz-Lacabe from the General Plan Update meeting that took place on 10/28/14 at the Marina Community Center. Though this took place merely a week before the City Council elections, the only candidate in attendance other than Mike was Allen Schoenfeld. Follow Mike at @slbytes San Leandro General Plan update meeting now at Marina Community Center – about 20 attendees. 25 attendees at previous meeting. ABAG projections for San Leandro growth 2010 to 2040: 84,950 to 107,600 residents; 39,980 to 52,920 jobs, 30,717 to 38,290 households. Many people highlight transportation as one of San Leandro’s weaknesses [Continue Reading]

Notes from Town Hall meeting on Transportation & Housing

Notes from Town Hall meeting on Transportation & Housing City Hall, Community, Council Meeting Notes No Responses »

Oct 012014

The following are the tweets sent by Mike Katz-Lacabe from the Transportation & Housing that took place on 9/22/14 at main library. Keith Cooke: San Leandro is currently building a network of Class 2 and 3 bike paths. Limited by funding & because city is older. First meetings for San Leandro’s General Plan update: Oct. 23 at Sr. Comm. Center & Oct. 28 at Marina Comm. Center sanleandro2035.org San Leandro spent $15 million on streets in past 5 years. Just $750k was from general fund. Condition of roads in steady decline. In San Leandro, 9% of all streets require reconstruction, [Continue Reading]

City Council Meeting 9/2: Heron Bay Gate, Massage Parlors, E-cigarettes, Audio Surveillance

City Council Meeting 9/2: Heron Bay Gate, Massage Parlors, E-cigarettes, Audio Surveillance Businesses, City Hall, Civil Liberties, Council Meeting Notes, Legal, Police No Responses »

Sep 032014

The San Leandro City Council eliminated full minutes of Council meetings several years ago. To make up for this, and keep San Leandrans informed of what their Council is up to, Mike Katz-Lacabe tweets from the meetings. I’ve started compiling his tweets on this blog. You can follow Mike’s tweets at @slbytes. My comments on his tweets are on italics. At last night’s meeting, Mike was – as it’s often the case – the only candidate for City Council that was present. Public Comments Al Frates condemns Vice Mayor Benny Lee for advocating for California Waste Solutions Oakland garbage contract. Gating Heron [Continue Reading]

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