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Proposed Policy Places No Restrictions on BearCat Use
If the San Leandro Police Department gets their way, not only will they get a brand new Ballistic Engineered Armored Response Counter Attack Truck (Bearcat), but they will be able to use it in...
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San Leandro Mayor Considers Anti-Tank Protesters to be a Threat
San Leandrans at the January 8, 2015, anti-police militarization rally. Fear is a stone throw away from political repression, literally. Update: The closed session meeting was finally cancelled on the...
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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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Mike Katz-Lacabe on SLPD’s use of Licence Plate Cameras – and on Stingrays
My husband, Mike Katz-Lacabe, is a human rights and privacy advocate. Several years ago, he discovered that the SLPD was secretly using license plate cameras to photograph both cars and the areas...
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San Leandro Talk in Hiatus
You may have noticed that I haven’t updated this blog for a while. After four years blogging, I am taking a break from San Leandro politics to recharge. I will be back blogging in a month or two.
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Vanity Awards Come to San Leandro
And I win for Best Restaurant! You will proud to know that I have just been awarded the “Best of San Leandro 2015” award, in the restaurant category, for Marina Restaurant. You didn’t know that I...
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San Leandro Schools Secondary School Reform Needs More Imput
photo stolen from the Pioneer This letter is written by former Mayor Stephen Cassidy. If you have children at SLUSD schools or are a student there, I urge you to read it. Summary – The school board is...
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This is how the School to Prison Pipeline starts in San Leandro: with Middle...
A couple of weeks ago, I attended a meeting of parents of English learners at my daughter’s middle school, here in San Leandro. I don’t usually go to ELAC meetings, but that night my daughter’s choir...
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Sad Lessons on Racism, Surveillance and Police Intimidation at School Board...
A couple of weeks ago, I got a lesson on how the school-to-prison pipeline works, explained by the two School Resource Officers (SROs) that are assigned to San Leandro schools. Just this week, I had...
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Photos of San Leandro Undercover Police Officers
These are three of the four undercover officers which a parent recognized at the last San Leandro School Board meetings. Parents and children rallied against a program that will put police officers in...
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Mike Honda’s Campaign Hits New Low with Trump reference
Today Mike Honda’s campaign sent an e-mail to Honda’s supporters (and people like me, who somehow ended up in his mailing list), suggesting that his opponent, Ro Khanna, is supported by Donald Trump....
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California Democratic Party to Automatically Endorse Incumbents
The California Democratic Party has just become a little bit more undemocratic. New rules quietly enacted by the Party give Democratic incumbents for state and federal office the automatic endorsement...
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Want to Help Change the Democratic Party? Run for County Central Committee!
It’s no secret that the Democratic Party is in crisis. Nationally, the pro-Wall Street policies of the establishment are being challenged by the insurgent campaign of Bernie Sanders. In California,...
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Busting the Myths on Rent Control
This article has been contributed by Guillermo Elenes. With more and more cities in California grappling with displacement and rising rents, and with 45% of residents renting, it’s time to implement...
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Bernie is Running for President as a Democrat Because Democrats Asked Him To
In recent weeks, I’ve been hearing from quite a few Democrats that they like Bernie Sanders and what he stands for but they’re not sure that he’s really a Democrat. After all, Sanders is the longest...
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Margarita Lacabe Runs for Re-Election to Alameda County Democratic Central...
Plus: Who Else to Vote for in AD 15, AD 18 & 25 Once again, I’m running for re-election to the Alameda County Democratic Central Committee. I’m running for one of the ten seats in AD 18. I am an...
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Information on Candidates Running for Alameda County Democratic Central...
A voter contacted me asking for more information on the the different candidates running for Alameda County Central Committee. To make it easier on voters, here is a list of the candidates, with...
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SLT’s 2016 Alameda County Progressive Voter’s Guide
The following are my recommendations for candidates that will appear on the ballots for voters in Alameda county. The list only includes those races for which I have a strong recommendation. An...
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Barbara Lee is NOT endorsing Peggy Moore
Congresswoman Barbara Lee is not endorsing Oakland City Council At-Large candidate Peggy Moore. And she wants to make sure everyone knows about that. First, there was the e-mail sent to various...
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Election Time: Learn About the Candidates
The November elections are approaching, and with that the work of learning about the many candidates for local office. To help you in this task, I am sending in-depth issue-based questionnaires to...
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