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SAN LEANDRO EQUITY PLANRECOMMENDATIONS//CULTURE <br />19 <br />PROBLEM STATEMENT: <br />RECOMMENDATION #3 <br />City provide public acknowledgement of San Leandro’s history and make commit- <br />ment to change through passage of an ordinance and public acknowledgement on <br />City website. <br />RATIONALE FOR RECOMMENDATION Healing and bridging often begin <br />with an acknowledgement of past wrongs, disagreements, and/or abuses. The <br />City’s acknowledgement of its history is part of a healing process that begins to <br />bridge with groups disenfranchised by the City’s past policies, practices, systems, <br />and structures. <br />Failure to publicly recognize San Leandro’s racial history continues to gener- <br />ate tensions and suspicions within some the City’s diverse communities and <br />impacts community trust in the City’s commitment to DEIB. Public acknowl- <br />edgement contributes to healing trauma associated with past acts of injustice <br />and can help bridge to more constructive discussions concerning the City’s <br />DEIB future. Public acknowledgements also provide an opportunity to uplift the <br />many accomplishments and contributions of San Leandro’s diverse residents. <br />There is currently no official acknowledgement of San Leandro’s past as a sundown town and his - <br />tory of redlining, exclusion, and other systemic racism. <br />“We don’t like to acknowledge the fact we were a sundown town or the <br />redlining that took place before. San Leandro has a dark past and we <br />need to acknowledge it before we can move forward from it.”