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He was very active in the U.S. Conference of Mayors, focusing on transportation issues. He <br />also lobbied Washington, D.C. seeking federal support of local projects. In fact, he helped <br />secure millions of dollars for projects ranging from sound walls on Interstate 880 to a BART <br />parking garage in Dublin. His expertise in transportation earned him an appointment as one <br />of eight mayors chosen for President Clinton’s Transition Team Committee to work on <br />problems of U.S. cities. <br />In July 1989, Mayor Karp signed a proclamation marking Dec. 4-10 Senior Citizens Week in <br />San Leandro. <br />Estudillo Room (Main Library) <br />José Joaquin Estudillo was the first Spanish settler to reside in San Leandro and thus <br />considered the founder of San Leandro. He was born May 5, 1800 at the Presidio of Monterey. <br />His father, Lt. José Maria Estudillo, had been stationed at Monterey in 1799. As a teenager, <br />José Joaquin entered into military service at the Monterey Presidio. Estudillo applied for a <br />grant to Governor Nicholas Guiterrez for the old El Rodeo de Arroyo de San Leandro. <br />Anticipating the receipt of this grant for his 17 years of military service, Estudillo moved his <br />wife and family to the property and built an adobe home near the south bank of San Leandro <br />Creek. It was near the present junction of Brookside and Donovan Drives. Estudillo filed <br />another request for approximately 7,000 acres and included all the land between San Leandro <br />Creek and San Lorenzo Creek from the hills to the Bay, except the lands occupied and <br />cultivated by the Ohlones. He called it Rancho de Arroyo de San Leandro, popularly known <br />as “Rancho San Leandro.” <br />José Joaquin Estudillo built a “fine framework house” for his family at 1291 Carpentier Street <br />(off W. Estudillo). It was a two-story house and included 14 bedrooms, a wine cellar and <br />servants’ quarters. It had a balcony on two sides. St. Leander’s Church acquired the home in <br />1894. Recognizing the historic value of the home, Leslie J. Freeman, who was a member of <br />San Leandro’s Chamber of Commerce, sought to have it registered as a historical landmark. <br />This was done on January 8, 1938 when the Estudillo home was designated as California <br />Historical Landmark No. 279. <br />Mary Brown Room (Main Library) <br />Mary Brown was the first librarian of San Leandro. The Library Board of Trustees appointed <br />Miss Mary Brown as the first official librarian for the City of San Leandro on January 31, 1906. <br />According to one source, her starting salary was $12.50 per month. She completed one <br />course of study for library science at UC Berkeley. <br />In May of 1909, the City’s new Carnegie Library was dedicated and opened to the public. <br />Miss Brown lived only a short distance from the library at 425 Estudillo Avenue. She was <br />highly respected by the entire community and was known to be very well informed and knew <br />her job well. She served as the city’s librarian until she retired in November of 1938. <br />Fred T. Korematsu Campus (SLUSD) <br />Fred Korematsu was awarded the Medal of Freedom for fighting against the injustice of <br />Japanese-American internment during WW II. Refusing to comply with an order for all <br />Japanese Americans to be interned, Mr. Korematsu was arrested and jailed in San Leandro <br />391