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File Number: 19-663 community. Approximately 19% of San Leandro’s land area, over 1,300 acres, is zoned industrial. Between 2014 and 2017, an estimated $52 million was contributed to the San Leandro economy from the industrial and manufacturing sector. While some businesses are closing, new ones continue to arrive, with 30 new manufacturing businesses and 213 new manufacturing jobs between 2014 and 2017. Approximately 32% of San Leandro’s jobs, over 14,400, are in the Production, Distribution, and Repair (PDR) sectors. PDR jobs have historically been the cornerstone of the local economy, providing good living wages to persons with a diversity of skill and education levels. The average wage in the PDR sectors is over $68,000, which is above the per capita income for the community. San Leandro is home to three predominant industrial clusters: ·Food Processing (Ghirardelli Chocolate Company, 21st Amendment Brewery, Coca-Cola, and Torani) ·Metals & Machining (PCC Structurals Inc., Scandic, Applied Fusion, Inc., Production Robotics, and Halus Power Systems) ·Instruments and Process Controls (Energy Recovery, Pasteurization Technology Group, American Underwater Products, and the Kaiser Permanente Health Care Innovation Center) San Leandro’s catch-phrase “We Make Things” builds on San Leandro’s deep manufacturing history, with innovative companies working on solutions for business, environmental, and social problems. San Leandrans are proud that this is is a city that makes things and take pride in the City’s transformation into an innovation and advanced-manufacturing hub. San Leandro has taken a number of steps to support and encourage production in the industrial area. Recent Zoning Code updates in conjunction with the Next Generation Workplace District study from 2013 included measures to deter large-facility/low-employee-count businesses, by requiring Conditional Use Permits for warehouse and distribution uses. With the same goal in mind, the City also updated its Business License structure via a ballot measure, determining the license fee for warehouses based upon square footage rather than employee count. In this way, the tax is more closely correlated with the physical size of the business and the impact it will have on roads and services due to truck traffic. Analysis The City’s goal is to promote and support the growth of new and emerging industries, especially industries requiring work space that is consistent with San Leandro’s building stock and industries with the potential to provide quality jobs at all skill levels and wage levels for San Leandro residents. Furthermore, the character of PDR activities will change as land values rise and amenities like high-speed internet attract value-added businesses. Advanced manufacturing in sectors such as food processing, metals and machining, and instrument and process controls may lead the transition to a more technology-focused economy. The total number of jobs in San Leandro’s manufacturing sector has declined since 1998. However, the number of manufacturing businesses has declined at a much slower rate. The average manufacturing business size in the city dropped from 39 employees in 1998 to 28 Page 2 City of San Leandro Printed on 12/23/2019 37