Making San Leandro more beautiful, affordable, and livable - what does it actually look like?
Making San Leandro climate-friendly and affordable for this and future generations means adding a lot more housing here in years to...
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Patty Breslin, Executive Director
Feb 22, 2022
The Link Between San Leandro’s Housing Problem and Climate Change
Anybody looking to buy a house or rent in San Leandro knows there’s a lack of homes, and especially affordable ones, in our city. In...
Patty Breslin, Exec. Director
Jan 9, 2022
We're Hiring! Apply Now: San Leandro 2050 Outreach Coordinators
Make an impact in our community - Join our team! San Leandro 2050 is seeking two part-time paid Community Outreach Coordinators working...
Patty Breslin, Executive Director
Nov 28, 2021
A Tale of Two San Leandros
Depending on where residents live in San Leandro, they experience two different cities. In some of our most vulnerable neighborhoods,...
Tom Huetteman
Nov 28, 2021
Fifty Trees for San Leandro!
SL2050’s first free tree campaign is complete! Fifty trees will be added to San Leandro neighborhoods with the lowest tree covers. Funded...
Patty Breslin, Executive Director
Oct 15, 2021
Opinion Piece: San Leandro's Climate Action Plan
By Fona Ou The San Leandro City Council voted to approve the Public Hearing Draft of the Climate Action Plan this summer, with all the...
Patty Breslin, Executive Director
Oct 15, 2021
Reflections on Environmental Justice & Intersectionality
By Cheyenne Lin A couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to participate in a creek cleanup at Root Park as a Climate Action Corps...
Patty Breslin, Executive Director
Jul 29, 2021
San Leandro Wildfires: How Can We Reduce Our Risk?
This is part 2 in our series about wildfires and how San Leandro might adapt. Read part 1 here. Wildfires have become a fact of life in...
Patty Breslin, Exec. Director
Jul 29, 2021
San Leandro 2050 is Hosting a Free Tree Program!
Get a free tree to help cool our city, reduce carbon emissions, and beautify your neighborhood! See below for details. Note: Due to the...
Patty Breslin, Executive Director
Jul 29, 2021
Youth Voices: Greening Our City
Joie was one of the San Leandro HS students participating in our online community Open Houses. Here she reflects on some of her takeaways...
Stefanie Pruegel
May 30, 2021
What Would it Take for All Homes to Go Green?
For five months now I’ve had solar panels on my roof. But while that’s the most visible part of my effort to make my own,...
Stefanie Pruegel
May 30, 2021
East Bay Green Home Tour on June 6 & 13, 10AM-2PM
Are you wondering what other East Bay residents are doing to make their homes safer, healthier and eco-friendlier? Spread over two...
Patty Breslin, Executive Director
May 30, 2021
San Leandrans Greatest Climate Fear? Wildfires.
We recently completed nine “community listening sessions” with topics ranging from neighborhood health concerns to whether more green...
Patty Breslin, Exec. Director
Mar 31, 2021
From Model T to Electric Chevy Volt, the incredible journey of a San Leandro centenarian
“I’m overwhelmed to drive something like this! After living through the Great Depression and Pearl Harbor, next thing you know they will...
Patty Breslin, Executive Director
Mar 19, 2021
Incredible April Sustainability Events from our Library and Sustainability Office
Bike Talk with the Bike Mobile Tuesday, April 6 3:30 pm *This is a children's event best for grades 3 and up. Learn about pros & cons of...
Patty Breslin, Executive Director
Feb 17, 2021
Street trees: get one in front of your home for free!
The humble tree offers many good things for cities, and San Leandro 2050 has partnered with the California Air Resources Board and the...
Stefanie Pruegel
Feb 17, 2021
New year, renewed hope.
What a change. After years of near-daily attacks on environmental safeguards and our communities’ social fabric by a toxic president, the...
Patty Breslin, Exec. Director
Feb 2, 2021
The Benefits of Trees
What is a street tree worth? Well, if you have had one put in front of your home, you know it costs $100 to plant a tree provided by the...
Patty Breslin, Exec. Director
Jan 15, 2021
Distinct Variation of Tree Coverage in San Leandro Neighborhoods found through Tree Study
San Leandro 2050 has done an analysis of the CIty Trees to understand how much Tree Coverage exists today across the CIty. ...
Tom Huetteman
Jan 6, 2021
Ms. Dodds' first graders remind us why we need trees.
Ms. Dodd is a first grade teacher at Roosevelt elementary and has been teaching about the environment, trees and animal habitats. They'd...
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