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Benny Lee Blames his Endorsers for City’s Woes

Benny Lee (center) with former Mayor Tony Santos (left) and supporter Hendy Huang. Lee’s mailer highlights bad decision-making by Shelia Young and Tony Santos I am the volunteer campaign manager for...

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Legalize Marijuana Dispensaries Once and For All!

It’s time that our Mayor and City Council do what’s right.  Californians approved medical marijuana collectives fifteen years ago, and they are now ready to legalize marijuana altogether.  Legalization...

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Heron Bay HOA Huffs but Doesn’t Puff

HOA Misses Deadline for CEQA Lawsuit on Halus Wind Turbine For the last half a year or so, the Heron Bay Homeowners Association has been threatening to sue the City of San Leandro if it approved the...

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Jim Prola appointed Vice Mayor; Diana Souza, Chief Whiner

Jim Prola Council Split in Two Camps The last item on last Monday’s agenda of the San Leandro City Council was the selection of the Vice-Mayor.  It had been put off from a previous meeting as the then...

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Is Head Librarian SLPD’s Chief Next Target?

A scene from the movie “Flowers in the Attic.” The SLPD considers the book to be “child pornography”. An Open Letter to Chief Sandra Spagnoli Dear Chief Spagnoli: You have requested that the public...

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Council to Vote to Raise People’s Republic of China flag in San Leandro

San Leandro Actually Considering Honoring Repressive Chinese Government If City Council member Benny Lee has his way, on October 1st San Leandro will awaken under the red banner of the People’s...

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Alameda will NOT Raise Chinese Flag on October 1st.

San Leandro City Council member Benny Lee argued that San Leandro should raise the flag of the People’s Republic of China at City Hall because other cities like “Alameda do it”. It turns out that that...

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Free “Disappeared” Human Rights Defender Cao Shunli

Cao Shunli On September 13th, Cao Shunli was about to board a flight to Geneva to testify about human rights violations in China, when she was questioned and barred from taking the flight. She has not...

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Katz-Lacabe Discusses Chinese Flag & License Plate Cameras in Brian Copeland...

Mike Katz-Lacabe Today my husband, Mike Katz-Lacabe, was a guest of Brian Copeland on his KGO radio show. They discussed the controversy around raising the flag of the People’s Republic of China in San...

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Diana Souza: Will She or Won’t She?

Diana Souza And, more importantly, “Can she win?” San Leandro City Council member Diana Souza is playing the old “will I, won’t I” game vis a vis running for Mayor. On the one hand, she has been...

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

Tweets by Mike Katz-Lacabe 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...

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

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...

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Notes from 9/15 Council Meetings: The Public Speaks

These are Mike Katz-Lacabe‘s tweets from the City Council 9/15 meeting.  Since the Council eliminated minutes, the only written record of what happens are Council meetings are Mike’s tweets.  The Sept....

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Who “owns” Rob Bonta?

Rob Bonta with an APD officer and Councilmember Lena Tam San Leandro’s Assemblymember takes money from insurance companies and police, while supporting Benny Lee and Deborah Cox Campaign finance...

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New City Council Set to Start Year by Violating the Brown Act

City Manager evaluation, new “Hostage Negotiation” vehicle & new Vice Mayor also on agenda Update: I have heard back from City Attorney Richard Pio Roda.  He says that the City does not believe...

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Choices for Art Commission Show Nepotism at Play

Note: this article has been slightly expanded. If you start seeing a lot of sad and mediocre public art in San Leandro, you know whom you have to blame: the past and current members of the City Council...

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Notes from San Leandro City Council Meeting on Police Department

These are Mike Katz-Lacabe’s tweets from this year’s San Leandro Police Department report on itself to the City Council.  While video of the meeting is available online, the Council no longer takes...

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San Leandro Should Wait Before Licensing a Third Marijuana Dispensary

Update: On Sept. 20th, the City Council voted 6-0 (with Benny Lee abstaining) to approve a third marijuana dispensary in San Leandro. Short months after approving licensing a second marijuana...

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Progressives in San Leandro Should Vote for Jeromey Shafer for Mayor and Eva...

San Leandro, like many cities in the Bay Area, is in crisis.  About half of our community members are renters and skyrocketing rents are pushing them out of their homes, either displacing them out of...

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