San Leandro Focus

Preventing the closure of St. Rose Hospital is one of the principal reasons why I am running for the Eden Heath District Board.  Let me explain why this is a pressing issue for the community: Only one acute care general hospital serves the 160,000 residents of Hayward: St. Rose Hospital. Located next to Highway 880 at Tennyson Road, St. Rose is the second largest safety net hospital in Alameda County, receiving over 40,000 emergency room visits annually. In addition to an emergency room, the hospital has an intensive care unit, surgery rooms, labor and delivery rooms, women’s health center and cardiac receiving center. Every second counts in an emergency. The loss of St. Rose would be devastating for Hayward resident. Furthermore, residents of Castro Valley and San Leandro would see emergency response times and waiting periods at acute care hospitals in their cities due to the spillover effect of patients previously seen at St. Rose being sent to Eden, San Leandro and Kais

I am proud to have the support of many accomplished leaders in our community, including: Wilma Chan, Alameda County Supervisor Pauline Cutter, San Leandro Mayor Carole Rogers, RN, Director, Desert Healthcare District and former President, Eden Township Healthcare District Aisha Knowles, Trustee, Alameda County Board of Education Kinkini Banerjee, Vice President, Alameda Health System Elsa Ortiz, President, Alameda County Transit Board of Directors Hermy Almonte, former Trustee, San Leandro Unified School District  Rebecca Saltzman, BART Director Evelyn Gonzalez, Trustee, San Leandro Unified School District  Jim Prola, former Vice Mayor, City of San Leandro Victor Aguilar, Jr., Trustee, San Leandro Unified School District  Diana Prola, Trustee, San Leandro Unified School District  Leo Sheridan, Trustee, San Leandro Unified School District  Mike Katz-Lacabe, former Trustee, San Leandro Unified School District Our Revolution San Lean

Our tax dollars can make a real difference in the lives of our children and prosperity of a community. Twelve years ago San Leandro High School was grossly overcrowded leading to discipline problems and undermining academic performance, no theater in the school district existed for student performances, and many restrooms at schools were in such poor condition that the students would not use them. That all changed in August 2006 when the School Board voted to place Measure  B on the ballot. The largest school construction bond in San Leandro’s history, Measure B received overwhelming support and led to the physical transformation of San Leandro public school (combined with the passage of two subsequent bond measures and one earlier measure). With better public schools, San Leandro has become a more desirable city to live, helping attract and retain families who previously would have never moved to San Leandro or moved away when the children were in middle school. Here is a