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Ordinance No. XXX-XX An Ordinance of the City of San Leandro City Council Approving And Adopting A Military Equipment Funding, Acquisition and Use Policy And Adding Chapter 4-42 “Military Equipment Funding, Acquisition, and Use Policy” To Title 4. “Public Welfare” Of The Municipal Code In Compliance With Assembly Bill 481 WHEREAS, on September 30, 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 481 relating to the use of military equipment by California law enforcement agencies; and WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 481 seeks to provide transparency, oversight, and an opportunity for meaningful public input on decisions regarding whether and how military equipment is funded, acquired, or used by law enforcement agencies; and WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 481, codified at California Government Code section 7070 et. seq., requires law enforcement agencies to obtain approval of the applicable governing body, by an ordinance adopting a “military equipment” use policy, at a regular meeting held pursuant to open meeting laws, prior to taking certain actions relating to the funding, acquisition, or use of military equipment. The term “military equipment” is defined in California Government Code section 7070 subdivision (c); and WHEREAS, the San Leandro Police Department is in possession of certain items of equipment that may qualify as “military equipment” under Assembly Bill 481; and WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 481 requires that a law enforcement agency possessing and using such qualifying equipment prepare a publicly released, written, military equipment use policy. The policy must be a document covering the inventory, description, purpose, use, acquisition, maintenance, fiscal impacts, procedures, training, oversight, and complaint process, applicable to the Department’s use of such equipment; and WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 481 allows the governing body of a city to approve the military equipment use policy for continued or future funding, acquisition, or use of military equipment within its jurisdiction only if it makes the determinations specified in Government Code Section 7071 subdivision (d); and WHEREAS, the military equipment use policy and supporting information must, upon adoption by ordinance, thereafter be approved by the City Council by ordinance and reviewed annually; and WHEREAS, the proposed military equipment use policy, including military equipment inventory, was prepared by the San Leandro Police Department and identified as “SLPD Policy 707 – Military Equipment Funding, Ac quisition and Use Policy” (“Policy 707”); and WHEREAS, the San Leandro Police Department’s Policy 707 was published on the San Leandro Police Department’s Internet website on March 31, 2022 in compliance with Government Code Section 7071 subdivision (b); and