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15 <br /> <br />Programs last year included a celebration of Lunar New Year, Day of the Dead, Teen Take Over, <br />a concert at the Marina, Chinese and Spanish bilingual classes, the Pumpkin Splash, and – my <br />personal favorite - a Pooch Pool Party. <br />Another highlight was the opening of the Adult Day Care facility operated by the Center for Elders <br />Independence, which provides medical and social services and day programming to individuals <br />and seniors. They totally remodeled their space across from Kaiser Hospital and now quality adult <br />day care has a San Leandro home. Thank you to our Senior Commission for their leadership in <br />this project. <br />Other Human Services highlights include providing Community Assistance Program Grants to ten <br />nonprofit agencies that provide important and needed services to our community such as mental <br />health, food and clothing, and job training. Since I’ve been your Mayor, we have authorized <br />$300,000 per year, or $1.2 million, for community investments, in collaboration with the Human <br />Services Commission. We are so incredibly lucky to have commissioners and staff who care so <br />much about the community. <br />Our library is first class as well, and they offer programs representing a variety of demographics. <br />During the past year, we celebrated <br />● African American History <br />● Lunar New Year <br />● Hispanic Heritage <br />● Arab American Heritage <br />● LGBT Pride <br />● Indo American Heritage <br />● Story Times in Spanish and Chinese <br />● and many San Leandro History Museum activities. <br />There were 738 youth programs provided with a total attendance of over 35,000 <br />people. Additionally, 160 programs for adults were enjoyed by almost 11,000 <br />individuals. Collections are now available in Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Arabic, and <br />Tagalog. The library is home to a very active Veterans’ Resource Center and also a Citizenship