2025 HIGHLIGHTS Downtown San Leandro,
the place to be!
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Angele Sweet -
Immediate Past Board President
Owner, Friend + Sweet Landscape Design
Katie Bowman Econ. Dev. Manager, City of San Leandro
Matt Holmes
Principal, Retail West LLC
Deborah Cox - Board President Former City Council Member Kevin Norman - Board Vice-President Principal, DES Architects + Engineers Jennifer Delgadillo Manager, Fieldwork Brewing Company Long Van Nguyen - Board Treasurer Founder/Managing Partner, VN Village Center Virginia Harrington
Public Sector Manager, Waste Management Justin Osler - Board Secretary Co-Managing Principal, The Martin Group Emily Griego
CEO, San Leandro Chamber of Commerce Sbeydeh Viveros-Walton Vice-Mayor, City of San Leandro Xouhoa Bowen (Alternate) Council Member, City of San Leandro Susan Poliwka Station Planning Manager, BART 2025 Board of Directors
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Saftey Benamin
Barrientos
Sup. Simon
Kwesigabo
Safety Anthony
Thomas
Safety Mark
Reyes
Cleaning Keenan
Jones Meet Our
Team!
Morgan Mack-Rose
Executive Director
Julia Marquis
Marketing + Graphics
Julia Jacome
Program Coordinator
Matthew Mayo
Operations Manager Alternative Response Unit...
Key Partners in Downtown Safety Efforts!
Cleaning Franciso
Esparza
Cleaning Anthony
Gonzales
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Established in 2013, requires renewal in
2028 by a vote of the property owners.
Administered by San Leandro Improvement
Association (SLIA), a 501c3 not-for-profit
organization.
The SLIA Board is comprised primarily of
property owners or their designees and 1/3
or fewer “At-Large” members.
Assessments determined by physical
measurements of property, not value.
Single-family residences do not receive
services and are not assessed.
Benefit District
Basics
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Assessments: $489,539 Non-Assessments: $602,572
Operational Deficit: ($30,784)
SOBO (Sidewalk, Beautification,
and Order): $704,182
DISI (District Identity & Street
Improvements): $263,782
Admin: $180,886 2025 FINANCIALS 2025 REVENUE 2025 EXPENSES Flat grant funding for the Safety
Ambassador program and
necessary capital expenditures
resulted in an operating deficit
for the first time in five years.
Reserves built up over the past
several years have absorbed
the deficit, but programmatic
cuts will be required if funding
is not fully restored.
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Our Ambassadors are Here to Help! Here to Help!
780 Biological 200 Pressure
Washing 939 Meals
Distributed 253 Hot Spot Spills 29 EMS/PD 1063 De-escalations 2412 Trash Bags 5151 BusinessContacts 481 CartsReturned 67752 InfrastructureCleaned 6723 HospitalityContacts 1113 Welfare Checks 1095 Graffiti & Stickers 190 Watering 4246 Organicss
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Our Ambassadors are
Here to Help! Here to Help!
1053 Safety Escort 2510 Graffiti
& Stickers 2473 MealsDistributed 20312 Litter Removal 25 EMS/PD 3228 De-escalations 1835 Ordinance Violations 2178 Carts
Returned 2376 Agressive
Panhandling 5719 HospitalityContacts 12588 Business
Contacts 3556 Welfare Checks
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Ambassador Outreach
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2025 Downtown San Leandro Events
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DowntownSanLeandro.com Downtown San Leandro @DWTNSanLeandro @DowntownSanLeandro6293 March 2, 2026 - Pg 10
2026 Events
In Partnership with
February 13th - Lunar New Year Celebration
March 13th - Women’s HerStory Fest
April 10th - Swing into Spring Fun
May 8th - AAPI Fest Spring Events
June 6th - Cherry Festival
June 19th - Juneteenth Celebration
July 10th - SL Pride
August 14th - Summer Block Party
Summer Events
September 11th - Latin Heritage Fest
October 9th - Spooktober
November 13th - Neon Night Market
December 4th - It’s A Wonderful Night
Fall/Winter Events
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2025 Public Art
Mural By Julia Marquis
San Leandro Arts Culture &
Library Commission
Downtown San Leandro CBD
Funded By
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2026 Public Art?
Tequila Grill
Breezeway
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Mosaic Damage
On December 19, 2025, a commercial crashed
into the mosaic planter at the intersection of E
14 at Davis St. th
Damages occurred to the planter (approx.
$6,500) and the International House of Pancakes
(IHOP) roof.
This intersection has had a history of vehicle
crashes and resulting property damages.
Remedies to prevent further damages and
serious injury to pedestrians include
hardscaping.
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Part of a Broader Public Safety Initiative
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Proposed Future SafeCity Connect Locations
Washington Plaza
All storefronts except
Safeway and CVS.
Estudillo Breezeway
Rocky’s Burgers
Four storefronts
San Leandro History Museum
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Questions?
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