Former San Leandro Mayor Stephen Cassidy dies

Former San Leandro Mayor Stephen Cassidy has died city authorities stated Saturday Cassidy who was described as a devoted population servant was elected mayor in and had an enduring commitment to the locality that helped shape the city s civic and cultural identity according to a comment from the city of San Leandro We mourn the loss of former Mayor Stephen Cassidy a dedicated and experienced residents servant whose impact on our public will be felt for generations commented current San Leandro Mayor Juan Gonz lez in a comment Cassidy s transformative vision and unwavering commitment to the City of San Leandro and to the San Leandro Unified School District leaves an impactful legacy rooted in facility integrity and care for our residents Cassidy began his inhabitants provision career serving on the San Leandro School Board championing educational excellence and equity city executives explained After his time on the school board Cassidy was elected to the San Leandro City Council then later served as mayor As mayor he led with vision and integrity advancing initiatives that promoted economic evolution civic innovation and area engagement city bureaucrats announced His guiding principles of fiscal responsibility transparency in regime and positioning San Leandro as a center of innovation in the Bay Area defined his leadership While serving as mayor Cassidy had a large number of accomplishments from bolstering city guidance to proposing that the pride flag be flown at City Hall to show backing of marriage equality He established a city partnership with records management program company OSIsoft to build Lit San Leandro a fiber-optic broadband arrangement that helped to attract innovation companies to the city bureaucrats disclosed Cassidy also launched Coffee with the Mayor events as well as forums for San Leandro s Chinese-speaking and Latino and Hispanic communities When the San Leandro Hospital the only in the city that provided acute care was threatened with closure Cassidy obtained city funding in collaboration with county bureaucrats to ensure that the emergency room stayed open city agents stated After his term as mayor Cassidy continued serving his city in other capacities He worked on the Arts Values and Library Commission where he pushed for the implementation of a fee on new growth to put toward the arts and he supported the work of a community-led movement to create a parcel tax dedicated to the improvement of San Leandro s infrastructure Related Articles Frank Gehry dies at celebrated architect designed Facebook HQ in Menlo Park LA s Walt Disney Concert Hall RIP Claude Beloved albino alligator at Cal Academy of Sciences in SF dies at Toy inventor Burt Meyer who dreamed up Lite-Brite and Rock Em Sock Em Robots dies age H Rap Brown dies at former Black Panther leader was imprisoned for killing sheriff s deputy Latin singer Delarosa shot dead in Los Angeles Cassidy also served as the co-chair for parcel tax and school bond campaigns on several occasions resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars in funding city functionaries stated San Leandro will fly its flags at half staff for seven days in honor of Cassidy city representatives revealed A society memorial is scheduled for Jan at the San Leandro High School Performing Arts Center The City of San Leandro extends its heartfelt condolences to his beloved wife Amy their daughters his siblings friends and all who were inspired by his institution city bureaucrats added