Editing San Leandro, California

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| population_demonym = San Leandran<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sanleandro.org/civica/press/display.asp?layout=1&Entry=1100 |title=PRESS RELEASE CMO2020-03-16-20 |date=March 16, 2020 |publisher=City of San Leandro}}</ref>
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| subdivision_name2  = [[Alameda County, California|Alameda]]
| subdivision_name3  = [[San Francisco Bay Area]]
| established_title  = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date   = March 21, 1872<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.calafco.org/docs/Cities_by_incorp_date.doc |title=California Cities by Incorporation Date |format=Word |publisher=California Association of [[Local Agency Formation Commission]]s |access-date=March 27, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103002921/http://www.calafco.org/docs/Cities_by_incorp_date.doc |archive-date=November 3, 2014 }}</ref>
<!-- Area------------------>| government_type    = [[Council-manager government|Council–Manager]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sanleandro.org/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?BlobID=31286 |page=vi |title=Comprehensive Annual Financial Report |date=2019 |publisher=City of San Leandro |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003050050/https://www.sanleandro.org/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?BlobID=31286 |archive-date=October 3, 2020}}</ref>
| leader_title       = Mayor<ref name="CC">{{Cite web |url=https://www.sanleandro.org/178/Mayor-City-Council|title=Mayor & City Council |publisher=City of San Leandro |access-date=January 15, 2025}}</ref>
| leader_name        = Juan González III
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# Sbeydeh Viveros-Walton <!--District 1-->
# Bryan Azevedo<!--District 2-->
# Victor Aguilar, Jr.<!--District 3-->
# Fred Simon<!--District 4-->
# Xouhoa Bowen<!--District 5-->
# Dylan Boldt<!--District 6-->
</div>
| leader_title2      = [[City manager]]
| leader_name2       = Janelle Cameron<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sanleandro.org/250/City-Manager |title=City Manager |publisher=City of San Leandro |access-date=January 15, 2025 |archive-date= |archive-url= |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.sanleandro.org/civica/press/display.asp?layout=1&Entry=1140 |title=City Manager Appointed |date=May 4, 2021 |publisher=City of San Leandro}}</ref>
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| leader_title4      = U.S.&nbsp;Representative<br />{{pad|0.7em}}{{nobold|([[California's 12th congressional district|CA-12]])}}
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| elevation_ft       = 56
| population_footnotes = <ref name="CensusQuickFacts">{{cite web |title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: San Leandro city, California |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/sanleandrocitycalifornia/PST045219 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=September 26, 2021}}</ref>
| population_total   = 91008
| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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| population_rank    = [[List of largest California cities by population|97th]] in California
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| postal_code        = 94577–94579
| area_code          = [[Area codes 510 and 341|510, 341]]
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| timezone           = [[Pacific Standard Time Zone|Pacific (PST)]]
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| pop_est_footnotes  = <ref name="USCensusEst2019CenPopScriptOnlyDirtyFixDoNotUse">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2019.html |date=May 24, 2020 |title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=May 27, 2020}}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 40.19
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| area_water_km2     = 5.68
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}}

'''San Leandro''' ([[Spanish language|Spanish]] for "[[Leander of Seville|St. Leander]]") is a city in [[Alameda County, California]], United States. It is located in the [[East Bay]] of the [[San Francisco Bay Area]]; between [[Oakland, California|Oakland]] to the northwest, and [[Ashland, California|Ashland]], [[Castro Valley, California|Castro Valley]], and [[Hayward, California|Hayward]] to the southeast. The population was 91,008 as of the 2020 census.<ref name="CensusQuickFacts" />

== History ==
=== Spanish and Mexican eras ===
[[File:Jose Joaquin Estudillo (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|upright|[[Californio]] statesman [[José Joaquín Estudillo]], founder of San Leandro.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ci.san-leandro.ca.us/slcityhistory.html | title=City History | publisher=City of San Leandro | accessdate=2008-01-27 | archive-date=2020-02-06 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206000520/http://www.ci.san-leandro.ca.us/slcityhistory.html | url-status=dead }}</ref>]]
The Spanish settlers called these natives ''Costeños'', or 'coast people,' and the English-speaking settlers called them [[Ohlone|Costanoans]]. San Leandro was first visited by Europeans on March 20, 1772, by Spanish soldier Captain [[Pedro Fages]] and the Spanish Catholic priest Father Crespi.

San Leandro is located on the [[Rancho San Leandro]] and [[Rancho San Antonio (Peralta)|Rancho San Antonio]] [[Ranchos of California|Mexican land grants]]. Its name refers to [[Leander of Seville]], a sixth-century Spanish bishop.{{sfn|Simons|2008|p=8}} Both land grants were located along [[El Camino Viejo]], modern 14th Street / State Route 185.

The smaller land grant, Rancho San Leandro, of approximately {{convert|9000|acre|ha}}, was given to [[José Joaquín Estudillo]] in 1842. The larger, Rancho San Antonio, of approximately {{convert|44000|acre|ha}}, was given to another Spanish soldier, Don Luis Maria Peralta, in 1820. Beginning in 1855, two of Estudillo's sons-in-law, John B. Ward and [[William Heath Davis]], laid out the townsite that would become San Leandro, bounded by the San Leandro Creek on the north, Watkins Street on the east, Castro Street on the south, and on the west by the longitude lying a block west of Alvarado Street.<ref name="kyle">{{cite book |title=Historic Spots in California |page=14 |first=Douglas E. |last=Kyle |author2=Hoover, Mildred Brooke |publisher=Stanford University Press |year=2002 |isbn=978-0-8047-4483-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AYMPR6xAj50C&q=jose+joaquin+estudillo&pg=PA14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~21427~630041:San-Leandro,-Cal-?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=w4s:/when%2F1878;q:San%2BLeandro;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=4&trs=5 |title=San Leandro, Cal. - David Rumsey Historical Map Collection}}</ref> The city has a historical [[Portuguese American]] population dating from the 1880s, when [[Portuguese immigration to Hawaii|Portuguese laborers from Hawaii]] or from the [[Azores]] began settling in the city and established farms and businesses. By the 1910 census, they had accounted for nearly two-thirds of San Leandro's population.<ref name="rogers">{{cite book |title=The Portuguese in San Leandro |first=Meg |last=Rogers |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-7385-5833-2 |url=http://www.arcadiapublishing.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=VPROD&Product_Code=9780738558332}}</ref>

=== American era ===
In 1856, San Leandro became the [[county seat]] of [[Alameda County]], but the county courthouse was destroyed there by the devastating [[1868 Hayward earthquake|1868 quake]] on the [[Hayward Fault]]. The county seat was then re-established in the town of [[Brooklyn, California|Brooklyn]] (now part of Oakland) in 1872.

During the [[American Civil War]], San Leandro and its neighbor, Brooklyn, fielded a [[California Army National Guard|California militia]] [[Company (military unit)|company]], the [[California State Militia Units 1861-65#Alameda County|Brooklyn Guard]].

San Leandro was one of a number of suburban cities built in the post–World War II era of [[California]] to have [[restrictive covenant]]s, which barred property owners in the city from selling properties to [[African Americans]] and other minorities. As a result of the covenant, In 1960, the city was almost entirely white (99.3%), while its neighbor city of Oakland had a large African American population.<ref name="ReferenceA">''Suburban Wall'', documentary, 1971; ''Invisible Wall'', documentary, 1981; "Not a Genuine Black Man: Or How I Claimed My Piece of Ground in the Lily-White Suburbs" Brian Copeland, 2006</ref> The [[United States Supreme Court]], in ''[[Shelley v. Kraemer]]'', later declared such covenants unenforceable by the state. San Leandro was an 86.4% white-non-Hispanic community according in the 1970 census.<ref name="ReferenceA" /> The city's demographics began to diversify in the 1980s.<ref name="simons">{{cite book |title=San Leandro |first=Cynthia Vrilakas |last=Simons |series=Images of America |publisher=[[Arcadia Publishing]] | year=2008 |isbn=978-0-7385-5937-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5hFuaYgbz64C}}</ref> By 2010, [[Asian Americans]] had become a plurality population in San Leandro, with approximately one-third of the population, with non-Hispanic Whites accounting for 27.1% of the population.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sanleandrobytes.com/archives/013441.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110506205705/http://www.sanleandrobytes.com/archives/013441.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 6, 2011 |title=San Leandro Bytes: New Census Data Puts San Leandro's 2010 Population at 84,950}}</ref>

== Geography ==
The [[San Leandro Hills]] run above the city to the northeast. In the lower elevations of the city, an upper regionally contained [[aquifer]] is located 50 to 100 feet (15 to 30&nbsp;m) below the surface. At least one deeper [[aquifer]] exists approximately 250 feet (75&nbsp;m) below the surface. Some [[salt water intrusion]] has taken place in the San Leandro Cone. Shallow [[groundwater]] generally flows to the west, from the foothills toward San Francisco Bay. Shallow groundwater is contaminated in many of the locales of the lower elevation of the city. Contamination by [[gasoline]], volatile organic compounds and some [[heavy metals]] has been recorded in a number of these lower-elevation areas.<ref>[[CH2M Hill]], California Department of Health Services, Toxic Substances Control Division, ''Phase I Remedial Investigation Rpt, 1465 Factor Avenue'', San Leandro, California (1987).</ref><ref>C. Michael Hogan, Andy Kratter, Mark Weisman and Jill Buxton, ''Environmental Initial Study, Aladdin Avenue/Fairway Drive Overcrossing of [[Interstate 880 (California)|I-880]]'', Earth Metrics, Caltrans and city of San Leandro Rpt 9551, 1990</ref>

The trace of the [[Hayward Fault]] passes under Foothill Boulevard in San Leandro. Follow the link in the reference to see a series of photos of the fault cutting the asphalt between 1979 and 1987.<ref>[http://www.geologyfieldtrips.com/haywardsanleandro.htm HAYWARD FAULT CROSSING FOOTHILL BOULEVARD, SAN LEANDRO]</ref>

== Demographics ==
{{US Census population
| 1870= 426
| 1880= 1369
| 1900= 2253
| 1910= 3471
| 1920= 5703
| 1930= 11455
| 1940= 14601
| 1950= 27542
| 1960= 65962
| 1970= 68698
| 1980= 63952
| 1990= 68223
| 2000= 79452
| 2010= 84950
| 2020= 91008
| footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web |url=https://www.sanleandro.org/depts/cd/econdev/demographics/default.asp |title=Census of Population and Housing |publisher=Census.gov |access-date=June 4, 2015 |archive-date=June 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613073049/https://www.sanleandro.org/depts/cd/econdev/demographics/default.asp |url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}

===2020===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''San Leandro, California – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – San Leandro city, California|url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALSF12000.P004?g=160XX00US0668084|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web |title = P2 Hispanic or Latino, and not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – San Leandro city, California|url = https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0668084&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2 |publisher = [[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web |title = P2 Hispanic or Latino, and not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – San Leandro city, California |url = https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0668084&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |publisher = [[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|33,646
|23,006
|style='background: #ffffe6; |17,865
|42.35%
|27.08%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |19.63%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|7,622
|10,052
|style='background: #ffffe6; |9,708
|9.59%
|11.83%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |10.67%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|360
|246
|style='background: #ffffe6; |224
|0.45%
|0.29%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.25%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|18,064
|24,924
|style='background: #ffffe6; |32,365
|22.74%
|29.34%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |35.56%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|627
|596
|style='background: #ffffe6; |712
|0.79%
|0.70%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.78%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Some Other Race]] alone (NH)
|175
|198
|style='background: #ffffe6;|440
|0.22%
|0.23%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.48%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race or Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|3,019
|2,691
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,713
|3.80%
|3.17%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.08%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|15,939
|23,237
|style='background: #ffffe6; |25,981
|20.06%
|27.35%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |28.55%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''79,452'''
|'''84,950'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''91,008'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

[[File:Rancho San Antonio.JPG|thumb|upright|Monument to the Portuguese Immigrant in Root Park.]]
[[File:City of San Leandro.jpg|thumb|upright|City of San Leandro]]

=== 2010 ===
The [[2010 United States Census]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0668084 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715032927/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0668084 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 15, 2014 |title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA – San Leandro city |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref> reported that San Leandro had a population of 84,950. The population density was {{convert|5423.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of San Leandro was 31,946 (37.6%) [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 10,437 (12.3%) [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 669 (0.8%) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 25,206 (29.7%) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 642 (0.8%) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 11,295 (13.3%) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 4,755 (5.6%) from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 23,237 persons (27.4%). [[European-Americans|Non-Hispanic Whites]] numbered 20,004 (23.5%).

The Census reported that 84,300 people (99.2% of the population) lived in households, 282 (0.3%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 368 (0.4%) were institutionalized.

There were 30,717 households, out of which 10,503 (34.2%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 14,142 (46.0%) were married couples, 4,509 (14.7%) had a female householder with no husband present, 1,863 (6.1%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 1,706 (5.6%) unmarried couples, and 326 (1.1%) same-sex couples. 8,228 households (26.8%) were made up of individuals, and 3,128 (10.2%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.74. There were 20,514 [[family (U.S. Census)|families]] (66.8% of all households); the average family size was 3.36.

The population was spread out, with 18,975 people (22.3%) under the age of 18, 7,044 people (8.3%) aged 18 to 24, 23,469 people (27.6%) aged 25 to 44, 23,779 people (28.0%) aged 45 to 64, and 11,683 people (13.8%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.5 males.

There were 32,419 housing units at an average density of {{convert|2069.9|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}, of which 30,717 were occupied, of which 17,667 (57.5%) were owner-occupied, and 13,050 (42.5%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.4%; the rental vacancy rate was 5.8%. 50,669 people (59.6% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 33,631 people (39.6%) lived in rental housing units.

=== 2000 ===
According to the 2000 [[census]],<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/ |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] | access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> there were 30,642 households, out of which 28.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.3% were non-families. 28.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average

In the city, the population was spread out, with 22.2% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 32.0% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 16.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $51,081, and the median income for a family was $60,270. Males had a median income of $41,157 versus $33,486 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $23,895. About 4.5% of families and 6.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 7.3% of those under age 18 and 6.5% of those age 65 or over.

== 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
|}

== Parks and recreation ==
The San Leandro Marina, which contains group picnic areas and trails, as well as docking facilities, is part of the San Leandro Shoreline Recreation Area.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sanleandro.org/depts/pw/marina/default.asp |title=City of San Leandro – Marina |access-date=May 31, 2011 |archive-date=October 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002175115/http://www.sanleandro.org/depts/pw/marina/default.asp |url-status=dead}}</ref>
In addition to Marina Park, the City of San Leandro maintains and services 16 other parks throughout the city, all of which are available for use by residents and visitors alike. The Department of Recreation and Parks for the City of San Leandro also staffs and maintains the Marina Community Center, the San Leandro Senior Community Center and the San Leandro Family Aquatic Center. Adjacent [[Lake Chabot Regional Park]] is popular for its scenic hiking trails, camping, and fishing. Although located in [[Castro Valley, California|Castro Valley]],<ref name="communitylocator.acgov.org" /> the Fairmont Ridge Staging Area is the location of the Children's Memorial Grove, which consists of an Oak grove and a stone circle, with annual plaques listing the names of all children who have died as a result of violence in Alameda County.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.acgov.org/board/district2/memorial/ |access-date=October 9, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203193141/http://www.acgov.org/board/district2/memorial/ |archive-date=February 3, 2012  |title=Children's Memorial Project |publisher=Alameda County}}</ref>

== Government ==
[[File:SanLeandroCityHall.JPG|thumb|City Hall]]
San Leandro is a charter city with a Mayor-Council-Manager form of government.<ref>[https://qcode.us/codes/sanleandro/view.php?topic=charter_of_the_city_of_san_leandro-i-125&frames=on San Leandro City Charter, Section 125]</ref> The City Manager is Janelle Cameron. San Leandro city hall was built in 1939.

Mayor Juan González III was elected in November 2022, and serves on the City Council with six Council members. Council members are elected by all voters in the city using [[instant-runoff voting]]. Council members must reside within the district they represent.<ref name="CC" />

=== Politics ===
In 2017, San Leandro had 45,257 registered voters with 26,421 (58.4%) registered as Democrats, 5,271 (11.6%) registered as Republicans, and 11,723 (25.9%) were [[Decline to State|decline to state]] voters.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/ror-pages/ror-odd-year-2017/politicalsub.pdf |title=Report of Registration as of February 10, 2017 – Registration by Political Subdivision by County |date=2017 |website=Elections and Voter Information |publisher=California Secretary of State |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170512174455/http://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/ror-pages/ror-odd-year-2017/politicalsub.pdf |archive-date=May 12, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>

== Education ==
San Leandro is home to two school districts: The San Lorenzo Unified School District includes parts of Washington Manor and the San Leandro Unified School District includes most of San Leandro, plus a small part of [[Oakland, California|Oakland]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sanleandro.k12.ca.us/Page/85 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107115621/http://www.sanleandro.k12.ca.us/Page/85 |title=Trustee Areas |publisher=San Leandro Unified School District |archive-date=November 7, 2014}}</ref>

A number of students residing in San Leandro attend [[San Lorenzo Unified School District]] schools, including [[Arroyo High School (San Lorenzo, California)|Arroyo High School]], Washington Manor Middle School and Corvallis Elementary School, due to proximity to the San Leandro/San Lorenzo border.

The rest of San Leandro is served by [[San Leandro Unified School District]].

==Infrastructure==
=== Transportation ===
San Leandro is served by the [[Interstate 880 (California)|Interstate 880]], [[Interstate 580 (California)|580]] and [[Interstate 238|238]] freeways connecting to other parts of the Bay Area. [[California State Route 185|East 14th Street]] ([[SR 185 (CA)|SR-185]]) is a major thoroughfare in downtown and continues towards [[East Oakland, Oakland, California|East Oakland]] and Hayward. [[California State Route 61|Davis Street]] is also another major street that intersects East 14th Street in downtown before heading towards the San Francisco Bay. Public transportation is provided by the [[Bay Area Rapid Transit]] [[Bay Area Rapid Transit District|BART District]] with the [[San Leandro station (BART)|San Leandro]] and [[Bay Fair station (BART)|Bayfair]] stations serving the city. [[San Leandro LINKS]] provides free bus shuttle service for the western part of the city to the San Leandro BART station and [[AC Transit]] is the local bus provider for the city. A senior-oriented local bus service, Flex Shuttle, also operates within the city, as does East Bay Paratransit, which provides shuttle type transportation to residents with disabilities.

=== Healthcare ===
[[File:Kindred hospital.jpg|thumb|Kindred Hospital on Benedict Dr.]]
The [[Alameda County Medical Center]]'s psychiatric hospital, the [[John George Psychiatric Pavilion]], is located nearby in San Leandro.<ref name="communitylocator.acgov.org">{{Cite web |title=Alameda County Unincorporated Community Locator |url=http://communitylocator.acgov.org/ |access-date=February 16, 2021 |website=communitylocator.acgov.org}}</ref> Fairmont Hospital, also located close by, is an Acute Rehabilitation, Neuro-Respiratoy and HIV care center.<ref>[http://www.acmedctr.org/fairmont.cfm Fairmont Hospital website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090511060508/http://www.acmedctr.org/fairmont.cfm |date=May 11, 2009 }}</ref> San Leandro Hospital is the city's full service hospital.<ref>[http://www.sanleandrohospital.org/ San Leandro Hospital website]</ref>

Also present within the city are [[Kindred Hospital – San Francisco Bay Area]], a [[long-term acute care facility]], and the sub-acute unit of the [[nursing home care]] facility, Providence Group, Inc's All Saint's Subacute. A [[Kaiser Permanente Medical Center (San Leandro, California)|Kaiser Permanente Medical Center]] opened in June 2014, providing [[Emergency Medical Services]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2014/05/kaiser-set-to-open-600-million-san-leandro-campus.html |title=Kaiser set to open high-tech $600&nbsp;million San Leandro hospital on Tuesday |first=Chris |last=Rauber |date=May 30, 2014 |website=San Francisco Business Times |publisher=American City Business Journals}}</ref>

== Notable people ==
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* [[Stuart Alexander (businessman and mass murderer)|Stuart Alexander]], sausage maker and mass murderer<ref>{{cite web |title=Sausage king dies in his cell on Death Row / Cause of death not known for man who murdered 3 |author=Henry K. Lee |date=December 28, 2005 |publisher=SFGate |url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/SAN-QUENTIN-Sausage-king-dies-in-his-cell-on-2585387.php |access-date=October 27, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Joe Alves]], film production designer, worked on three of [[Jaws (film series)|''Jaws'' films]], born in San Leandro
* [[Richard Aoki]], activist, charter member of Black Panther Party, born in San Leandro in 1938<ref>{{cite web |title=Film on former Panther Richard Aoki debuts |author=Puck Lo |date=November 12, 2009 |publisher=Oakland North |url=http://oaklandnorth.net/2009/11/12/film-on-former-panther-richard-aoki-debuts-tonight/ |access-date=May 13, 2011}}</ref>
* [[C.L. Best]], co-founder of [[Caterpillar, Inc.]]
* [[Daniel Best]], manufacturer and pioneer in the development of farming equipment
* [[Lloyd Bridges]], actor, film and television star, born in San Leandro on January 15, 1913<ref>{{cite web |title=Lloyd Bridges Biography |author=Tom Weaver |date=n.d. |publisher=IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000978/bio |access-date=October 27, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Brian Copeland]], comedian, writer, moved to San Leandro in 1972; author of "Not a Genuine Black Man," about growing up black in then all-white San Leandro
* [[Ellen Corbett]], state senator (later moved to [[Hayward, California]])
* [[Dennis Dixon]], quarterback for University of [[Oregon Ducks football|Oregon]] and NFL's [[Philadelphia Eagles]]; attended San Leandro High School<ref>{{cite web |title=San Leandro quarterback wants dream finish / Dennis Dixon's goal is to beat De La Salle before he moves on |author=Mitch Stephens |date=November 29, 2002 |publisher=SFGate |url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/San-Leandro-quarterback-wants-dream-finish-2749519.php |access-date=October 27, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Carl Friden]], [[Swedish American]] who started business [[Friden, Inc.]] in San Leandro in 1934
* [[Kathy Garver]], actress, best known for TV series ''[[Family Affair]]'', was raised in San Leandro, where she attended school
* [[Curtis Goodwin]], [[Major League Baseball]] player from 1995 to 1999; graduated from [[San Leandro High School]]
* [[Chuck Hayes]], [[NBA]] basketball player for [[Houston Rockets]], born in San Leandro on June 11, 1983; former [[college basketball]] star for [[Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball|Kentucky Wildcats]]
* [[Leonard Haze]], professional drummer and co-founding member of rock and roll band [[Y&T]], was a longtime San Leandro resident and [[San Leandro High School]] graduate
* [[Pat Hurst]], professional golfer and NCAA women's champion, born in San Leandro on May 23, 1969
* [[Derrick Jasper]], [[college basketball]] player for [[UNLV Runnin' Rebels men's basketball|UNLV Runnin' Rebels]] and [[Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball|Kentucky Wildcats]]; born in San Leandro on April 13, 1988
* [[Fred Korematsu]], see ''[[Korematsu v. United States]]'', resident of, and arrested in, San Leandro
* [[Art Larsen]], professional tennis player, graduated from San Leandro High School, top-ranked in U.S. in 1950; lived in San Leandro until his death on December 7, 2012
* [[Tony Lema]], professional golfer, moved to San Leandro in 1940 at age six; in June 1983, Tony Lema Golf Course was dedicated in San Leandro
* [[Bill Lockyer]], former State Treasurer and [[Attorney General of California]]; served as President pro Tempore of the [[California State Senate]]; graduated from [[San Leandro High School]] and served on the San Leandro School Board from 1968 to 1973
* [[Todd Marinovich]], former quarterback for [[USC Trojans football|USC]] and NFL's [[Oakland Raiders]], born in San Leandro in 1969<ref>{{cite web |title=Todd Marinovich |website=[[Pro-Football-Reference.com]] | url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MariTo00.htm |access-date=May 13, 2011}}</ref>
* [[Dave McCloughan]], NFL defensive back; born in San Leandro on November 20, 1966
* [[Andrew McGuire]], consumer advocate, led 30-year campaign to mandate fire-safe cigarettes worldwide, [[MacArthur Fellows Program|MacArthur Fellow]], attended Pacific High class of 1963, John Muir Junior High, Monroe and Cleveland Elementary Schools
* [[Russell Means]], an [[Oglala]] Sioux activist for rights of [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American people]], whose family moved to San Leandro in 1942; he graduated from [[San Leandro High School]] in 1958
* [[Russ Meyer]], film director, born in San Leandro on March 21, 1922
* [[Natali Morris]], technology news journalist and online media personality, born in San Leandro
* [[Arlen Ness]], custom motorcycle designer
* [[Greg Norton (baseball)|Greg Norton]], [[Major League Baseball]] player, hitting coach for [[Auburn University]]; born in San Leandro on July 6, 1972
* [[Jarrad Page]], starting safety for [[Kansas City Chiefs]]; lettered three years at San Leandro High School
* [[Harold Peary]], actor, comedian and singer in radio, film, television and animation; born in San Leandro
* [[Tony Robello]], Major League Baseball second baseman for [[Cincinnati Reds]]; born in San Leandro in 1914
* [[Katherine Sarafian]], [[Pixar|PIXAR]] producer
* [[David Silveria]], musician (drummer for [[Korn]]), born in San Leandro on September 21, 1972
* [[Jim Sorensen]], track and field athlete, primarily middle-distance races; Masters M40 world record holder at 800 meters and former Masters M40 world record holder at 1500
* [[Dorothy Warenskjold]], [[lyric soprano]], born in San Leandro in 1921
* [[Harry Yoon]], film editor, lived in San Leandro and graduated from [[San Leandro High School]] in 1989
*[[Amen Thompson]] Ameiz XLNC "Amen" Thompson is an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association. Amen was raised in San Leandro until he moved to Florida in the eight grade.

== Sister cities ==
San Leandro is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with the following cities:<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sanleandro.org/about/sister.asp |publisher=City of San Leandro |title=Sister Cities}}</ref>

* {{flagdeco|PHL}} [[Naga, Camarines Sur|Naga]], Philippines, since 1989
* {{flagicon|Philippines}} [[Calabanga]], Camarines Sur, Philippines, Since 2007<ref>{{Cite web |title=LGU Calabanga {{!}} Home |url=https://lgucalabanga.com/ |access-date=March 11, 2023}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|POR}} [[Ponta Delgada]], [[Azores]], Portugal, since 1970
* {{flagdeco|BRA}} [[Ribeirão Preto]], Brazil, since 1962

'''Friendship city'''
* {{flagdeco|CHN}} [[Yangchun]], China, since 2007

== See also ==
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* [[Casa de Estudillo (San Leandro, California)|Casa de Estudillo]], the final home of [[José Joaquín Estudillo]], since 1938 a [[California Historical Landmark]]

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons}}
{{Wikivoyage|San Leandro}}
* {{Official website}}
* [http://www.sanleandrochamber.com/ San Leandro Chamber of Commerce]

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| North     = [[Oakland, California|Oakland]]
| Northeast = [[Piedmont, California|Piedmont]]
| East      = [[Castro Valley, California|Castro Valley]]
| Southeast = [[Hayward, California|Hayward]]
| South     = [[San Lorenzo, California|San Lorenzo]]
| Southwest = 
| West      = ([[San Francisco Bay]])<br />[[Millbrae, California|Millbrae]]
| Northwest = [[Alameda, California|Alameda]]<br />[[San Francisco]]
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