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Page | 1 <br /> <br />Oscar rOmerO and simOne weil cathOlic wOrker hOuse <br />A division of People Without Borders Justice Temple <br />a 501 (c) (3) corporation <br /> <br />Hayward, CA 94541 <br /> Rev. Silvia A. Brandon Pérez, Director <br /> <br />Pauline Cutter, Mayor <br />San Leandro City Council <br />Councilman Victor Aguilar <br /> <br />March 5, 2019 <br /> <br />Honorable Mayor and Council members, Councilman Victor Aguilar <br /> <br /> Re: Inequality of bargaining power and other comments on last night’s meeting: <br /> <br />1. On Councilman Victor Aguilar’s spirited defense of our most vulnerable: <br /> <br />My gratefulness and admiration for Councilman Victor Aguilar’s spirited defense of both <br />inclusion of “just cause” for eviction in the ordinance and a moratorium. He is doing the <br />work Ralph Waldo Emerson commended when he said: <br /> <br />“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be <br />compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” <br /> <br />Or, since we just celebrated the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human <br />Rights, which represented a worldwide compact to be the best that we can be as human <br />beings, here is what Ban Ki-moon, Eighth Secretary-General has to say about it: <br /> <br />“Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth… <br />these are one and the same fight.” <br /> <br />Victor Aguilar is in fact doing the work that is required of the City Council. In the <br />Councilmembers’ Handbook, Section VII, the following is stated as ROLE OF THE CITY <br />COUNCIL: <br /> <br />Policy Development – A sense of Mission: <br /> <br />Local officials need to listen to the community as well as help the community visualize <br />where it wants to be in the future. <br /> <br />Policy Making: <br />