SROs

A Quick Primer on San Leandro Candidates’ Attitudes Towards Civil Liberties

Oct 312014

The positions below are based on candidates’ answers to questionnaires and to questions asked at candidate fora and on other public statements from the candidates.

* While the candidate currently holds that position, s/he might consider voting differently.

? The candidate has not indicated their position on this issue.

Mayoral Candidates

Is in Favor of:	Diana Souza	Pauline Cutter	Dan Dillman	Gregg Daly (write in)
Red Light Cameras	Y	N	N	N
Surveillance Cameras	Y	Y	N	N
Long Term Retention & Sharing of License Plate Reader Data	Y	Y*	N	N
SLPD Armored Personnel Carrier	Y	Y*	N	N
SLPD searching private property without a warrant	Y	Y*	N	N
Ban on Medical Marijuana Dispensaries	Y	N	N	N
Making School District Pay for SLPD resource officers	Y	N	N	N
Flying the People’s Republic of China’s Flag Over City Hall	Y	N	N	N

City Council District 1 Candidates

In Favor of:	Deborah Cox	David Anderson	Ken Pon	Mike Katz-Lacabe
Red Light Cameras	?	?	?	N
Surveillance Cameras	Y	Y	Y	N
Long Term Retention & Sharing of License Plate Reader Data	?	?	?	N
SLPD Armored Personnel Carrier	Y	N*	N*	N
SLPD searching private property without a warrant	?	?	?	N
Ban on Medical Marijuana Dispensaries	Y	N	N	N
Making School District Pay for SLPD resource officers	?	Y	?	N
Flying the People’s Republic of China’s Flag Over City Hall	N	N	N*	N
Attends City Council Meetings & Speaks Out on Issues	N	N	N	Y/Y

City Council District 3 Candidates

In Favor of:	Lee Thomas	Allen Schoenfeld	Victor Aguilar
Red Light Cameras	N	N	N
Surveillance Cameras	?	N	N
Long Term Retention & Sharing of License Plate Reader Dataa	?	N	N
SLPD Armored Personnel Carrier	Y*	N	N
SLPD searching private property without a warrant	N	?	N
Ban on Medical Marijuana Dispensaries	Y	N	N
Making School District Pay for SLPD resource officers	Y	N	N
Flying the People’s Republic of China’s Flag Over City Hall	N	N	N
Attends City Council Meetings & Speaks Out on Issues	Y/N	Y/N	N

City Council District 5 Candidates

In Favor of:	Leah Hall	Corina Lopez	Mia Ousley
Red Light Cameras	?	?	N
Surveillance Cameras	?	N	N
Long Term Retention & Sharing of License Plate Reader Data	?	?	N
SLPD Armored Personnel Carrier	N	Y	N
SLPD searching private property without a warrant	?	?	N
Ban on Medical Marijuana Dispensaries	Y	N	N
Making School District Pay for SLPD resource officers	?	N	N
Flying the People’s Republic of China’s Flag Over City Hall	N	N	N
Attends City Council Meetings & Speaks Out on Issues	N	N	Y/Y

San Leandro Candidates Position on COPS Grant

San Leandro Candidates Position on COPS Grant Police, Politics, Schools No Responses »

Oct 302014

sro The San Leandro Police Department applied for a $500,000 COPS grant to fund a total of four school resource officers (SRO’s). The SLPD, however, neglected to let the City Council and the School Board know that they would be on the hook for $1.69 million in matching funds. Any money spent on the SROs would have to be diverted from other uses. In the case of the school district, it might mean further cutting educational programs and not being able to restore counselors and nurses.

I contacted candidates for Mayor, City Council and School Board to ascertain how they would vote on this grant.

SCHOOL BOARD

At-Large Seat

Candidates Jeanne Kinkella and Peter Oshinski are both in favor of accepting the COPS grant and having the school district pay the whole $1.69 million.

Candidate Evelyn Gonzalez believes that the the City should continue to pay for the two current SROs, and that the District should not spend money on the officers.

Candidate Monique Tate did not respond to my request for her position on this issue.

Area 4 Seat

Candidate Leo Sheridan said he did not support the District paying the full $1.69 million but he did not specify how it should be split. He does support keeping just two SROs at the district.

Candidates Chike Udemezue and Latrina Dumas did not respond to my request for their positions on this issue.

MAYOR

Diana Souza favors accepting the grant and splitting he $1.69 million costs between the City and the school district. She did not specify on what ratio. She is endorsed by the Police union.

Dan Dillman opposes the school district accepting the grant, but believes that if it does, it should pay the full amount.

Pauline Cutter supports maintaining the status quo, with the City funding two SROs. If the School District wants more than two, Cutter believes the District should pay for the additional officers.

Gregg Daly opposes accepting the grant.

CITY COUNCIL

District 1

David Anderson favors accepting the grant and splitting the costs between the City Council and the School District.

Mike Katz-Lacabe opposes accepting the grant and notes that research has found SROs do not make schools safer

Deborah Cox and Ken Pon would not take a public stance on this issue. Cox is endorsed by the Police union.

District 3

Lee Thomas favors accepting the grant and splitting the costs between the City Council and the School District. He is endorsed by the Police union.

Allen Schoenfeld and Victor Aguilar favor maintaining the status quo, with the City continuing to pay for the two existing SROs.

District 5

Corina Lopez believes it’s the responsibility of the City, not the school district, to pay for law enforcement. She did not specify whether the City should continue paying for the two existing SROs or accept the grant and pay the whole $1.69 million to bring them up to four.

Mia Ousley opposes accepting the grant.

Leah Hall would not take a public stance on this issue.