Editing San Leandro, California (section)

== Economy ==
San Leandro has long been home to many food-processing operations, and is home to many corporate businesses, such as [[Ghirardelli]], [[OSIsoft]], [[21st Amendment Brewery]], Begier Buick, and a [[Coca-Cola]] plant. [[Maxwell House]] operated a coffee roasting plant, where the Yuban brand was produced from 1949 until 2015, when it was closed as part of a cost-cutting plan instituted by parent company [[Kraft Foods]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/08/11/business-park-to-replace-old-kraft-foods-plant-in-san-leandro/ |title=Business park to replace old Kraft Foods plant in San Leandro |first=Darin |last=Moriki |date=August 11, 2017 |work=Bay Area News Group}}</ref> The city has five major shopping centers: the [[Bayfair Center]], Westgate Center, Greenhouse Shopping Center,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://california.hometownlocator.com/maps/feature-map,ftc,2,fid,2107595,n,greenhouse%20marketplace%20shopping%20center.cfm |title=Greenhouse Marketplace Shopping Center (in Alameda County, CA)}}</ref> Marina Square Center,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.marinasquarecenter.com/v2/index.php |title=Marina Square |access-date=August 11, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807051624/http://www.marinasquarecenter.com/v2/index.php |archive-date=August 7, 2011 }}</ref><!--article deleted via AFD: [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marina Square Center]]--> and Pelton Plaza.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sanleandro.patch.com/listings/pelton-plaza |title=Pelton Plaza |website=[[Patch (website)|San Leandro Patch]] | access-date=August 11, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704062759/http://sanleandro.patch.com/listings/pelton-plaza |archive-date=July 4, 2011 }}</ref> [[Lucky Stores|Lucky]]'s flagship store opened in San Leandro.

Under San Leandro Mayor [[Stephen H. Cassidy]], the city set the goal in 2012 of "becoming a new center of innovation in the San Francisco Bay Area."<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2015/01/14/guest-commentary-san-leandro-has-come-a-very-long-way-in-last-three-years/ |title=Guest commentary: San Leandro has come a very long way in last three years |date=January 14, 2015 |work=East Bay Times |access-date=September 10, 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref> San Leandro came "out of the downturn like few places around, attracting tech startups, artists and brewers to a onetime traditional industrial hub."<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2014/08/05/san-leandro-entices-tech-startups-entrepreneurs/ |title=San Leandro entices tech startups, entrepreneurs |date=August 5, 2014 |work=East Bay Times |access-date=September 10, 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref>

In January 2011, Cassidy and Dr. J. Patrick Kennedy, a San Leandro resident and the president and founder of [[OSIsoft]], one of the city's largest employers, "began developing the public-private partnership that would become Lit San Leandro,"<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sanleandro.org/depts/cd/econdev/innovation/lit_san_leandro.asp |title=Lit San Leandro |publisher=City of San Leandro |access-date=September 10, 2018}}</ref> a high speed, fiber optic [[Broadband networks|broadband network]]. In October 2011, the city approved the license agreement that allowed the installation of the fiber-optic cables in the existing conduits under San Leandro streets.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2012/01/16/san-leandro-builds-fiber-optic-loop-in-bid-to-become-a-high-tech-hub/ |title=San Leandro builds 'fiber optic loop' in bid to become a high-tech hub |date=January 16, 2012 |work=East Bay Times |access-date=September 10, 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2012, San Leandro was awarded a $2.1&nbsp;million grant from the U.S. [[Economic Development Administration]] to add 7.5 miles to the network.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://patch.com/california/sanleandro/federal-grant-to-extend-san-leandro-fiber-loop |title=Federal Grant To Extend San Leandro Fiber Loop |date=September 28, 2012 |work=[[Patch (website)|San Leandro, CA Patch]] | first=Tom |last=Abate |access-date=September 10, 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref> By 2014, the network expansion was completed, bringing the total length of fiber in the city to over 18 miles.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://litsanleandro.com/about/ |title=About Us |work=Lit San Leandro |access-date=September 10, 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref> The network is capable of transmitting at up to 10&nbsp;Gbit/s and is currently only available to business users.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://litsanleandro.com/what-its-about/project-overview/ |title=Project Overview |website=Lit San Leandro |access-date=February 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170226181154/http://litsanleandro.com/what-its-about/project-overview/ |archive-date=February 26, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The Zero Net Energy Center, which opened in 2013,<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Zero Net Energy Center |url=https://www.stopwaste.org/resource/zero-net-energy-center |access-date=February 28, 2022 |website=StopWaste}}</ref> is a {{Convert|46000|ft2|m2|adj=on}} electrician training facility created by the [[International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers]] Local 595 and the Northern California chapter of the [[National Electrical Contractors Association]]. Training includes energy-efficient construction methods, while the facility itself operates as a [[zero-energy building]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sfgate.com/business/prweb/article/Assemblywoman-Mary-Hayashi-to-Present-Resolution-3950296.php |website=SFGate |access-date=June 10, 2023 |archive-date=July 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723153926/http://www.sfgate.com/business/prweb/article/Assemblywoman-Mary-Hayashi-to-Present-Resolution-3950296.php |title=Archived}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/10/prweb10011365.htm |title=Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi to Present Resolution to Red Top Electric |date=October 15, 2012 |type=press release |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003114145/https://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/10/prweb10011365.htm |archive-date=October 3, 2020}}</ref>

According to the San Leandro's 2015 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sanleandro.org/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?BlobID=24865 |publisher=City of San Leandro |title=Comprehensive Annual Financial Report |date=2015}}</ref> the top employers in the city are:

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of Employees
|-
| 1
| [[San Leandro Unified School District]]
| 1,380
|-
| 2
| [[Kaiser Permanente Medical Group]]
| 1,032
|-
| 3
| City of San Leandro
| 582
|-
| 4
| [[Ghirardelli Chocolate Company]]
| 487
|-
| 5
| [[San Leandro Hospital]]
| 460
|-
| 6
| [[OSIsoft]] LLC
| 364
|-
| 7
| [[Costco]] Wholesale
| 358
|-
| 8
| [[Reyes Holdings|BCI Coca-Cola Bottling Co.]]
| 325
|-
| 9
| [[Wal-Mart]] Store 2648
| 323
|-
| 10
| Paramedics Plus LLC
| 295
|}