http://www.sanleandrobytes.com/ news & views en-us 2013-05-22T23:52:06-08:00 http://www.sanleandrobytes.com/archives/016543.html Councilmember Prola San Leandro District 6 Councilmember Jim Prola was elected Vice Mayor at the May 20, 2013, meeting of the San Leandro City Council. According to the City Charter, "In the absence of the Mayor, the Vice Mayor shall... Politics mike 2013-05-22T23:52:06-08:00 http://www.sanleandrobytes.com/archives/016542.html At tonight's meeting of the San Leandro City Council, former San Leandro Police Captain Pete Ballew was appointed to the Personnel Relations Board. Ballew, who retired in 2012 after 28 years, was nominated by San Leandro Mayor Stephen Cassidy. Ballew... City Hall mike 2013-05-06T19:36:04-08:00 http://www.sanleandrobytes.com/archives/016541.html San Leandro's population was estimated at 86,666 as of January 1, 2013, according to a press release issued on May 1, 2013, by the Demographic Research Unit of the California Department of Finance. This is a 0.8% increase from San... City mike 2013-05-01T12:21:30-08:00 http://www.sanleandrobytes.com/archives/016540.html Union Pacific is offering to release and indemnify the City of San Leandro if it pays $80,000 for cleanup costs of lead contamination at the former Stege Pistol Range in Richmond, California. In a letter dated March 25, 2013, an... City Hall mike 2013-04-23T23:34:09-08:00 http://www.sanleandrobytes.com/archives/016539.html On April 19, 2013, the Eden Area League of Women Voters held an event to meet your local elected officials. Elected officials ranging from Congressional Representative Eric Swalwell to Chabot-Las Positas Community College Trustee Marshall Mitzman nearly outnumbered the members... Politics mike 2013-04-22T23:57:57-08:00 http://www.sanleandrobytes.com/archives/016538.html At a work session on balancing the budget on April 8, 2013, the San Leandro City Council indicated its desire to suspend San Leandro's utility tax rebate program for two years. The City of San Leandro charges a tax of... City Hall mike 2013-04-14T22:51:54-08:00 http://www.sanleandrobytes.com/archives/016537.html On March 28, 2013, San Leandro Mayor Stephen Cassidy gave his third State of the City speech at the Senior Community Center. During the speech, Cassidy highlighted accomplishments and how they fit into the City Council's goals. These were followed... City Hall mike 2013-04-01T12:33:50-08:00 http://www.sanleandrobytes.com/archives/016535.html The San Leandro City Council unanimously approved a new Memorandum of Understanding with the San Leandro Police Officers Association at its March 18, 2013, meeting. Beginning in 2015, San Leandro Police will pay the entire portion of their retirement contribution,... City Hall mike 2013-03-18T22:39:44-08:00 http://www.sanleandrobytes.com/archives/016534.html Two weeks after San Leandro's Board of Zoning Adjustments (BZA) approved a height variance for a 100-foot-tall wind turbine at Halus Power Systems at its February 7, 2013, meeting, the Heron Bay Homeowners Association filed an appeal with the San... Community mike 2013-03-10T10:34:05-08:00 http://www.sanleandrobytes.com/archives/016533.html The following article appeared in the August 27, 1903, edition of Engineering News. It is about the E. 14th Street bridge over San Leandro Creek next to Root Park near the corner of Hays Street. THE 80-FT. CONCRETE-ARCH BRIDGE OVER... History mike 2013-03-04T22:37:35-08:00 http://www.sanleandrobytes.com/archives/016532.html San Leandro District 2 Councilmember Ursula Reed announced at the February 19, 2013, San Leandro City Council meeting that she is looking to fill vacancies on the Library-Historical Commission and the Board of Zoning Adjustments (BZA). The new BZA member... City Hall mike 2013-02-25T19:48:31-08:00 http://www.sanleandrobytes.com/archives/016531.html Meyers Nave, San Leandro's City Attorney, will continue its role after it received a vote of confidence from the San Leandro City Council at its meeting on February 19, 2013. This appears to come before completion of the City Attorney's... City Hall mike 2013-02-24T22:22:55-08:00 http://www.sanleandrobytes.com/archives/016529.html Lou Filipovich in 2008 San Leandro's perennial political candidate and gadfly, Lou Filipovich, has died at the age of 90. Filipovich frequently attended meetings of the San Leandro City Council, where he asked his signature questions: “How much will it... Politics mike 2013-02-06T22:29:42-08:00 http://www.sanleandrobytes.com/archives/016528.html In the final financial disclosures for the San Leandro City Council elections of November 2012, District 6 incumbent Jim Prola raised a total of $36,405 for his re-election, more than eight times the $4,362 raised by challenger Hermy Almonte, excluding... Politics mike 2013-02-05T07:00:24-08:00 http://www.sanleandrobytes.com/archives/016527.html While San Leandro District 6 Councilmember Jim Prola has re-nominated all of his existing commissioners, newly-elected Councilmember Benny Lee has nominated two new commissioners and re-nominated three existing commissioners. Lee has not yet nominated anyone to fill the vacancy on... Politics mike 2013-02-04T12:46:58-08:00