Summary Recommendations
Community Advisory Budget Task Force
3/22/2021
Recommendation
Percent of members
that put this
Recommendation in
their Top Ten
No. Members that
put this
Recommendition
in their Top Ten
Council Objective
1 Create a San Leandro Navigation Center for the unhoused with wrap around services, including services provided by other city departments to be overseen by Human Services with a trained clinician. 82.14% 23 $1.7 Million
2 Create, fund, and sustain an effective independent Police oversight mechanism which should be accompanied by a Civilian Police Review Board. 60.71% 17 $1.7 Million -
3 Dedicate resources to researching, piloting, implementing, and sustaining mental health response to people in crisis such as MH-First, CAHOOTS, piloting AlCo Fire civilian crisis response team. 60.71% 17 $1.7 Million 4 Reallocate activities handled by sworn officers where other experts or lower cost resources could deliver the service. This could include the role of sworn officer in homelessness, crime reports, etc. 57.14% 16 Budget Balancing 5 Hire a Development Director or development consultants which can include grant writing. 53.57% 15 Budget Balancing -
6 Prioritize and increase funding for the maintenance for city buildings and roads. 53.57% 15 Long Term Sustainability 7 Study potential for increased revenue through various strategies including tax on vacant property, increase in housing in lieu fees, more effective collection of existing city fees (in an equitable manner).
Bonds for capital projects 46.43% 13 Long Term Sustainability 8 Establish clear measurable performance measures that guide the evaluation of department performance. (Results based accountability.) This would also include analysis of budget utilization. 42.86% 12 Long Term Sustainability 9 Create a community engagement plan which includes budget creation and revisions through the participatory budget process. This could include adding dedicated resources to allow for focus groups, key informant interviews, town halls and public opinion polls from San Leandro residents to ensure maximum engagement. Available in languages other than English. 39.29% 11 Community Engagement -
10 Pilot a Public Safety Liaison and/or Ambassador program. 39.29% 11 $1.7 Million -
11 Increased funding for community resiliency around natural disasters (fires, earthquakes, etc.) effects of climate change, disaster prep, public health, food pantries 39.29% 11 Community Priority