The San Leandro City Council held a special meeting on June 9, 2026, at 7:06 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers. The meeting included approval of a consent calendar and a presentation and public forum on a potential November 2026 revenue measure to modernize the business license tax by shifting to a gross receipts model. Council also discussed the fiscal challenges, outreach efforts, and potential mitigations for impacted businesses.
All right. All right. Oh. Okay. Okay. Okay. Oh. Well, Thank you for your patience as our closed session ran a little bit long. The current time is 7 06, and I'm calling the meeting of the San Leandro City Council to order. This is a special meeting, meaning it's outside of our standard sequence. It's not the first or the third Monday. It is the second Monday. And we've called a special meeting so we can take at least a small set of actions. Today is Monday, June 8th. Um Madam Clerk, would you please take the roll and then I will lead us in the pledge of allegiance after that? Council member James Aguilar. Present. Councilmember Victor Aguilar. Present. Councilmember Fred Simon. Present. Councilmember Bowen. Present. Vice Mayor. Council Councilmember Bolt. Thanks for the promotion. Present. Vice Mayor Vivero Swalton. Present. And Mayor Gonzalez. Present. Okay, please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance. Stand if you're able to. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands. Indivisible with liberty and justice for all. The City of San Leandro connects orderly meetings to fulfill its mandate. And so discriminatory statements or conduct that would potentially violate the Federal Civil Rights Act of 1964. Or conduct or and or the California Fair Employment and Housing Acts, California Penal Code sections 403 or 415 are per se disruptive to a meeting, our meeting in particular, and will not be tolerated. Please see the city council handbook and city council meeting rules of decorum for more information. Madam Clerk, your announcement, please. If you would like to make a public comment during the meeting, you can do so in person or via Zoom. If you are present at the meeting, please complete a speaker card and submit it to the city clerk before the item is presented. Then wait for public comment on that item to be called. If you wish to participate in public comment via Zoom, you can use the raise your hand tool when the item is called during the public comment session. Speakers will be invited to speak and will have a set time to share their comments. Thank you, Mayor. Um I do not like to move the consent calendar. Okay, so we'll take the motion right after we hear from the public, and I will come to you first on that. Uh no, I'd like to recuse myself from item 4B. Item 4B.