The San Leandro City Council held its regular meeting starting at 7:00 PM. The agenda and minutes list the date as Tuesday, September 8, 2026, but the timestamp provided with this record is 2026-09-09T15:00:00+00:00; this summary uses that timestamp date. Six councilmembers were present (James Aguilar, Victor Aguilar Jr., Dylan Boldt, Fred Simon, Sbeydeh Viveros-Walton, and Mayor Juan González III); Xouhoa Bowen was absent. The City Attorney reported no reportable action from closed session, but direction was provided to staff. The meeting included two proclamations, a 6-0 consent calendar approval, public comment, one action item on restorative justice/facilitated discussion, and council reports. The Council briefly recessed because of video feed issues, but continued using audio, and adjourned at 7:59 PM.
Okay. So it is seven o'clock, and I'm calling to order the meeting of the San Land or City Council today is Tuesday, September eighth, twenty twenty-six. Madam Clerk, would you please call roll. Council Member Vivero Swalton, present. Council Member Simon. Present. Council Member Bowen is absent. Council Member Bolt. Present. Council Member James Aguilar. Present. 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. A countdown timer will appear for their convenience. And when the time is up, the microphone will be muted. All raised hands outside of public comment will be lowered to avoid confusion. Once public comment is opened, hands may be raised to speak. There will be a 30-minute window for public comment on items not on the agenda, which will take place under item seven public comments as per the published agenda. After this time is up, the council will proceed with the rest of the meeting's agenda. If you have not had the opportunity to speak during the initial 30 minute period, there will be another chance to do so after item 12, City Council reports. Thank you. At this point in time, is there a report? On taken thank you, Mayor. There were no reportable actions taken in closed session, but direction was provided to staff. Thank you. At this point in time, we have two recognition. First recognition is a proclamation to declare September as National Preparedness Month, and then we will have a proclamation to declare Hispanic Heritage Month. So for our first proclamation, we do have Lincoln Kasimir, CERT lead community community emergency response team. Come on down. So in case it wasn't enough of a wake-up call, today is a wake-up call when we had that little rumble just uh what was it, two weeks ago? So it's always a good time to be prepared. So here's our proclamation that I'll pass you the mics. You can say some brilliant words. Whereas National Prepared Mont Preparedness Month observed every September since 2004. Creates an ideal opportunity for everyone, everyone in San Leandro to join people across the United States in preparing their homes, businesses, and communities for any type of emergency, including natural, technological or human-caused disasters. And whereas planning investing in the preparedness of ourselves, our families, our businesses now, before a disaster, can reduce fatalities and economic devastation, can improve economic recovery community recovery. We were prepared. So you always have a backup plan. So let's try that. Whereas again, whereas planning, investing, and preparedness of ourselves or families, or businesses now before a disaster, can reduce fatalities and economic devastation, improve community recovery, and strengthen resiliency in our community and across our nation. And whereas all residents of San Leandro are urged to plan ahead for disasters and encourage their family and their friends to do the same by participating in neighborhood preparedness activities, by registering their contact information in AC Alert and the Nixel Mass Notification Systems, and by visiting the preparedness campaign website, ready.gov. What is that? Ready.gov for essential information. And also as tips. So let's all get ready. So now therefore I Juan Gonzalo is the third member of the City of San Leandro do hereby proclaim September 2026 as national prepared preparedness month in the city of San Leandro and urge all community members and businesses to develop their own emergency preparedness plan.