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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: September 8, 2020 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:20-387 CONSENT CALENDAR <br />Agenda Number:8.L. <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Jeff Kay <br />City Manager <br />BY:Jeff Kay <br />City Manager <br />FINANCE REVIEW:Not Applicable <br />TITLE:Staff Report for a City of San Leandro City Council Resolution Condemning <br />White Supremacy and White Supremacist Hate Groups, Declaring Support for <br />Classifying the Ku Klux Klan as a Domestic Terrorist Organization, and <br />Reaffirming the City’s Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion <br />SUMMARY & RECOMMENDATION <br />Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a Resolution generally condemning white <br />nationalist and white supremacist hate groups, declaring support for classifying the Ku Klux Klan <br />(“KKK”) as a domestic terrorist organization, and reaffirming the City’s commitment to diversity <br />and inclusion. <br />BACKGROUND <br />Nationally, there has been a rise in white nationalist, white supremacist, and other race-based <br />hate groups, such as the KKK. These hate groups place the interests of white people over those <br />of other racial groups for the stated purpose of maintaining dominion over the demographics in <br />the United States, as well as control over the economy and national politics to espouse white <br />supremacist ideals. These white supremacist groups often exhibit animus against other groups, <br />such as Jewish people, LGBTQ+ people, people with disabilities, and non-white racial groups. <br />Following the death of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man who was killed in Minneapolis, <br />Minnesota by police officers in May 2020, communities all over the world, including San Leandro, <br />saw mass demonstrations acknowledging the systemic inequalities Black people experience in <br />the United States. Additionally, there was an increase in racially motivated hate crimes and <br />threats, especially against persons of Asian ethnicity, attributed to white supremacist groups <br />when the COVID-19 pandemic started affecting the United States. <br />This prompted some members of the community to ask the City Council to take action <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 9/2/2020 <br />2411