Council Meeting Notes

Notes from Town Hall meeting on Transportation & Housing

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]

Council Meeting on Marina Development & Police Expansion

Council Meeting on Marina Development & Police Expansion City Hall, Council Meeting Notes, Police 2 Responses »

Jul 292014

These are Mike Katz-Lacabe notes/tweets on the July 28th San Leandro City Council meeting on the Marina/Shoreline development and expansion of the San Leandro Police Department headquarters. These notes are provided because the Council no longer produces minutes of its meetings. Once again, Mike Katz-Lacabe and Mia Ousley were the only two City Council candidates present at the meeting. San Leandro City Council work session on shoreline fund and police space needs starts now – without Councilmember Michael Gregory. Marina Dredging needed for channels to San Leandro Marina every 4 years and berths every 8 years. Siltation rate for San [Continue Reading]

Council Meeting Notes: Surveillance cameras, Links Shuttle, Gating Floresta Gardens

Council Meeting Notes: Surveillance cameras, Links Shuttle, Gating Floresta Gardens Council Meeting Notes No Responses »

Jul 242014

The July 23rd Council meeting went extremely long. Mike had gone to speak in favor of a strong privacy policy for surveillance data, and didn’t get to do so until nearly 11. Before that he tweeted from the meeting. My comments are in italics. The Tweets have been organized by subject. Follow him @slbytes. The only City Council candidates present at the meeting were Mike Katz-Lacabe and Mia Ousley. San Leandro City Council to discuss Heron Bay wind turbine lawsuit in closed session on Monday 7/21. Surveillance camera policy is on the agenda for Monday night’s 7/21 San Leandro City [Continue Reading]

Tweets from San Leandro Townhall Meeting – 7/14/14

Tweets from San Leandro Townhall Meeting – 7/14/14 Council Meeting Notes 3 Responses »

Jul 212014

The San Leandro City Council no longer keeps minutes of its meetings. Anyone interested in what transpired has to listen through hours of recordings. There is no way to search through them either. San Leandro Bytes editor Mike Katz-Lacabe (who is currently running for City Council) sometimes tweets from the meetings. I’m going to start collecting his tweets to serve as the record the City Council does not want to keep. The tweets are slightly cleaned up for ease of reading. Mayor Cassidy notes that San Leandro City Council voted to extend Measure Z (.25% sales tax) and increase to [Continue Reading]