SLCAN News & Views

January 2008
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• City Council Election
  The San Leandro City Council voted on January 22 to hold elections for city council on June 3, 2008. Elections will be held for three council seats: District 2, which includes the southeastern part of town, District 4 in the Washington Manor, and District 6 in the Marina… more>

• The Search for City Manager
  The contract for the City of San Leandro’s City Manager, John Jermanis, is due to expire on June 30, 2008. Jermanis has been an employee of the City of San Leandro since the early 1970s, starting as an assistant financial planner, and has been City Manager since 1997. more>

• San Leandro School District Residency Verification Inefficient and Counterproductive
  The San Leandro Board of Trustees and the San Leandro Unified School District are facing some difficult choices in 2008. The District is currently in negotiations with the teachers’ union (the teachers have been working without a contract since last summer). Governor Schwarzenegger recently announced that state education funding will be cut by 10%. The district will be working with less funding while the teachers—the most important part of the educational process—are asking for more money… more>

• San Leandro Will Get Its Own History Book
  Former San Leandro librarian Cindy Simons has been engaged to write a history of San Leandro for the Images of America book series issued by Arcadia Publishing. The series has included books on the history of San Lorenzo, Castro Valley, and various sections of Hayward and Oakland, among other Bay Area locations. more>

• Burrell Field for Shoreline Landfill?
  The City of San Leandro would like to trade the San Leandro Unified School District land at Oyster Point in exchange for the land currently occupied by Burrell Field. The school district could develop the land at Oyster Point into a new sports facility, while the City developed the Burrell Field land as a commercial enterprise. more>

November 2007
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• Truth, History and Thanksgiving
  As November approached in my twins' first year in preschool, I began thinking about the Thanksgiving holiday and what I had learned in school. I remember a photo of me in Kindergarten wearing either a feather headdress or a buckled hat I made myself out of construction paper… more>

• Social Justice Academy at San Leandro High
  Social Justice is the focus of education for about 35 sophomores at San Leandro High School this year… and it will remain their focus until their graduation in 2010. more>

• Interview With City Councilmember Michael Gregory
  Councilmember Michael Gregory represents District 1, a U-shaped district that includes most of Bay-o-Vista, downtown, Estudillo Estates south of San Leandro Creek, and the area between East 14th and the railroad tracks between Estudillo and 139th Avenue. He's been on the job for less than a year, but has already started to make his imprint with his indomitable energy and enthusiasm. more>
  

October 2007
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• San Leandro Election News
  In San Leandro City Council elections are in June and School Board elections are in November. While it is unlawful to serve both on the City Council and the School Board, it is possible for someone to run for the City Council, lose, and then run for the School Board as well… more>
  

• Another Wal-Mart?
  In July, City Manager John Jermanis announced that San Leandro will soon be home to a second Wal-Mart. It will be located at 15555 Hesperian Blvd., near Lewelling, a site recently vacated by a Target store. The thought of a second Wal-Mart has many people asking how the City of San Leandro could allow such a thing… more>
  

• Shopping Locally
  There are common misunderstandings of what it means to shop locally. Shopping locally is a term commonly used, but rarely explained… more>

• Calendar
  November 1 • War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death
  2008 • Free Local Campaign & Elections Workshop more>