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Civic issues
Topics getting the most attention in San Leandro public meetings, ranked by how frequently they come up.
Casa Peralta Historic Preservation and Assessment Costs
The city's 1901 historic house museum is red-tagged and unsafe, with restoration costs potentially hitting $15 million against only $1.3 million left in the project budget. The committee is leaning toward offering the property back to the Brooks family, who donated it in 1971, possibly with a preservation nonprofit taking it over. Residents packed the room to demand the building be saved, not demolished.
Commission Multi-Year Project Planning
Commissioners brainstormed creative, low-cost community projects for the upcoming year, including a library bike tour, Latinx youth reading programs, public poetry installations, art shows, and a local Fred Korematsu oral history project. These ideas will be refined and prioritized at the February meeting.