Earlier editions: 2026-09
Title 1 — General Provisions and Administration›Chapter 1-3 — BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
San Leandro Municipal Code Art. 7 Human Services Commission
San Leandro Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · San Leandro
Cite as: San Leandro Municipal Code Article 7 · Text as of 2026-10-04
(Legislative History: Ordinance No. 2001-024, 11/19/01 (Sections 1-3-700 and 1-3-710); Ordinance No. 2018-003, 3/19/18 (Section 1-3-705))
§ 1-3-700. MEMBERSHIP.¶
The Human Services Commission shall consist of nine members.
§ 1-3-705. POWERS AND DUTIES.¶
The Commission shall advise the Council on all matters relating to social conditions within the City, assess and report to the Council the social needs of the people, recommend to the Council methods for meeting such needs, and assist the Council in marshalling the human resources necessary to accomplish the foregoing. In discharge of this responsibility, the Commission shall:
(a) Evaluate social services being provided to communities in need within the City, and provide advice and assistance toward equitable provision and coordination thereof;
(b) Provide motivation for the development of new social services as the need therefor is determined;
(c) Coordinate the efforts of social service agencies to raise funds from the community;
(d) Assist in the procurement of grants from public and private funding sources;
(e) Study proposed programs and proposed budgets of social service agencies requesting City assistance and recommend Council approval or disapproval of such programs, budgets and requests. The Commission shall conduct periodic reviews of such programs and budgets and shall report to the Council on the implementation of such programs and expenditures of City funds and physical resources therefor.
| The Commission shall not be limited to those duties hereinbefore specifically set forth, but shall do all things necessary to identify the role and responsibility of the City of San Leandro in relation to social conditions, needs and aspirations within the City and to assist in the assumption of such role and the discharge of such responsibility by the City of San Leandro. In so doing, the Commission shall work with and seek the cooperation of individuals and public and private entities in bringing to bear the human resources of the community for the foregoing purposes. |
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§ 1-3-710. OVERSIGHT RESPONSIBILITY.¶
The Commission shall be responsible for oversight of the City of San Leandro's Community Assistance Grant Fund Program. In accordance therewith, no grants thereunder shall be made to any agency for which a staff member, whether paid or unpaid, nor any member of the Board of Directors or any officer of such agency, is a member of the Commission.
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