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Initially, here are the facts:
Here is Ed’s plan to make San Leandro a safer community for all:
Small businesses Are The Heart Of Our Community. Unfortunately, operating a small business in San Leandro today has become increasingly difficult.
Markets, restaurants and retail stores across have been broken into, often multiple times, causing property damage. Money, merchandise and valuable equipment have been stolen.
I Will Help Small Businesses Stay And Thrive In San Leandro.
As a small business owner, myself, I will be a strong advocate for small businesses on the City Council.
Here is what I will do for San Leandro small businesses:
We All Benefit When Our Small Businesses Succeed. Small businesses create jobs and economic opportunities for hard working San Leandro families and generate tax revenue for the City to invest back into the community.
Ed's background is in real estate, finance and organizational development. He has worked as a real estate broker for families seeking new homes and small business owners seeking new opportunities. Ed strongly supports building more housing, both market rate and affordable, to address the Bay Area housing crisis.
Ed will apply his business skills and knowledge to create more housing opportunities that are affordable for all who wish to call San Leandro home.
When Ed served on the City Council, he helped secure $3 million in public funds to support the construction of the Marea Alta and Loro Landing apartments in Downtown San Leandro. These two projects provide affordable housing to several hundred families, seniors and veterans. Ed will continue to find new grants for affordable housing as your Council member.
Ed's opponent has not supported any major housing project that has come before the City Council in the past four years. He even opposed a project for single family homes that the Mayor and every other member of the City Council supported (May 2, 2022 City Council Meeting). His position is if any neighbors object to the project, then he will vote against it not matter how sound the project is or if the developer has worked to meet neighbor concerns.
Ed will insist that developers meet with neighbors and genuinely work to address their concerns. However, if a project meets state and city zoning standards for development, Ed will not allow a small group to exercise a veto over the project. We owe it to all residents, including our children when they become adults and wish to start their own families, to generate more housing, including more affordable housing, for them to live in our city.
Ed served on the City Council in 2019 when the City adopted a climate emergency resolution. Ed
focused staff on working on a plan to reduce greenhouse gases, including but not limited to partnering on reducing our carbon footprint as a city agency and joining East Bay Community Energy (now Ava Community Energy) as a member city to procure and develop clean energy solutions for our community needs.
Since Ed's departure from the Council at the end of 2020, Ed has continued his involvement with Ava Community Energy. Ed serves on the Community Advisory Committee and currently the Chair and Ex-Officio Board Member for this important agency. In this position, he has promoted the expansion of renewable energy sources for San Leandro utility users. In addition, Ed serves on the Eden Health District Board deploying resources from the community grant program.
Ed advocates that San Leandro re-focus and bring on the necessary resources to move the plan forward. The failure by San Leandro to hire a new sustainability manager, upon the departure of the previous sustainability manager, has been a mistake. This position is critical to overseeing and building momentum for the city achieving its climate action goals.
Ed wishes to see a sustained and equitable transition to clean and renewable energy sources by businesses and residents citywide. Ed supports making our streets more pedestrian and bike friendly, including installation of protected bike lanes. Ed also will advocate for the city to sponsor community programs and educational events on resiliency and steps San Leandrans can take to reduce greenhouse emissions.
Ed explains his vision for San Leandro. California Attorney General Rob Bonta and others explain why Ed deserves your support.
Ed is a small business owner. He explains the challenges San Leandro small businesses are facing and how he will support them.
Ed summarizes the compelling reasons to re-open Lake Chabot Road to vehicular traffic.
BY Ed Hernandez for City Council 2024, #1459756
PO Box 223, San Leandro, CA 94577
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