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San Leandro Council Member Handbook | 20212022 79 | Page APPENDIX FG SAN LEANDRO SISTER CITY AND FRIENDSHIP CITY GUIDELINES I. Criteria for Establishing a Sister City and Friendship City Affiliations In adherence to the goals of President Eisenhower’s People to People Program to offer opportunities for people of all ages to experience, explore and absorb other cultures through long-term partnerships, the City of San Leandro sets forth the following guidelines for developing its Sister City and Friendship City affiliations. These relationships are intended to transcend transitory political or social concerns, and lead to ongoing community involvement with Sister City and Friendship City regions and people. It is recognized that Friendship City affiliations are less formal and more limited in scope than Sister City affiliations, consisting of less administrative and financial expectations. II. Sister City Selection Criteria A. A city chosen for a Sister City affiliation should be located in a country that has established diplomatic relations with the United States. There should be the potential for genuine people- to-people contact; communication and visitation should be able to occur freely in both directions. B. The proposed city should be similar in population, and/or role in the region, and/or have cultural, educational, socio-economic, governmental, or other tangible features in common with San Leandro, making it an appropriate Sister City. C. There must be residential community and cultural ties between San Leandro and the proposed city. The relationship should not be economically driven. D. The proposed city must be in a country not already represented by San Leandro’s Sister Cities, and ideally, so as to maintain balance in the program should be of a different linguistic or cultural group than San Leandro’s existing Sister Cities.