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o This includes policy topics such as disaster preparedness, proposals to
<br />provide local law enforcement with additional support, school resource
<br />officers or joint use efforts with school districts, prevention and
<br />intervention funding for at -risk youth, 911 call centers, public safety
<br />answering points (PSAPs), POST mandates, AB 109 Realignment
<br />implementation, stolen vehicles, mental illness counseling services,
<br />juvenile justice programs, technology enhancements and support, crisis
<br />intervention and suicide prevention, new training opportunities, or other
<br />related programs.
<br />• Transportation
<br />o This includes policy topics such as goods movement, safe routes to
<br />school funding, local road repair, regional transportation funds, street
<br />signs, curb paintings, and other efforts to support regional transportation
<br />programs.
<br />• Economic Development
<br />o This includes policy topics such as redevelopment dissolution, measures
<br />providing for new tax increment financing opportunities, infrastructure
<br />financing districts, efforts to encourage local job creation, new business
<br />investment, and other related topics.
<br />• Infrastructure
<br />o This includes policy topics such as funding for roads, sewers, storm
<br />drains, and other public works, engineering, or maintenance
<br />responsibilities.
<br />• Health & Human Services
<br />o This includes general policy topics related health and human services
<br />matters effecting the residents of San Leandro and could include: safety
<br />net services, homelessness and hunger, childcare, and community
<br />health facilities, among others
<br />• Housing and Land Use
<br />o This includes policy topics such as creating new sources of affordable
<br />housing funds, and efforts to protect local authority or oppose unfunded
<br />mandates, and other similar topics.
<br />• Quality of Life
<br />o This includes policy topics such as the development of funding sources
<br />for parks, urban waterways, climate change, clean energy efforts, waste
<br />reduction, multi-lingual outreach, kindergarten readiness programs,
<br />project literacy, veterans, homework/technology centers, library capital
<br />improvement needs, after school sports, park/playground equipment,
<br />and other quality of life programs.
<br />• Constitutional Modifications
<br />o This includes policy topics such as measures that would impact local
<br />governments, such as lowering the voter threshold to 55% for various
<br />bond issuances and local taxes.
<br />• Protecting Local Control
<br />o The City of San Leandro values its ability and authority to exercise local
<br />control, provide excellent public services and protect and enhance the
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