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October 3,2005 
David Bohne Library Director 
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Dear David, 
With regards to payment for the San Leandro history book, I'd like to propose keeping it simple and splitting the $15,000 into three payments of $5,000. 
I'd suggest the first be made immediately, upon signing of the contract, and the last should be made when I have delivered the final draft of the book to the city. For the middle payment, I can suggest three options, in part depending on how the city would like to review the book. 
If you and John Jermanis would like to read and edit chapters as I work, I'd suggest making the second payment after you receive the sixth chapter from me, since I anticipate 
	that the book will run 10-12 chapters . 	. 
If you would prefer, instead, to read and edit the book as a whole (which does not preclude reading chapters as I write them, but would mean a more time-intensive editing effort at the end), I would suggest the middle payment be made when I submit the first draft of the full manuscript. 
The final option for the second payment would be to split the six-month time frame for writing, and make the payment on or around January 1. 
I'm available at your convenience to discuss any of these options with you. 
Again, I appreciate the opportunity to write the book and I'm excited to move forward with it. 
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San Leandro History Book Draft Chapter Outline 
prepared by Eric Simons October 17,2005 
Chapter 1: Introduction 
I'd like to begin the book with some distinctive description of San Leandro, possibly kids 
touring the history museum or the Casa Peralta, or people playing at the Marina, or 
walking through the library. From there, I'll zoom out slowly to set stage: down Bancroft, 
out Davis, down Estudillo, including the freeways, the houses, the schools, the library, E. 
14th street. 233 years ago, none of this was here. Most of it wasn't even here 50 years 
ago. This is the story of how it all came to be here ... 
Chapter 2: Native American History, Early Explorations and Land Grants (1800s) 
I'll start the chapter with a walk up the part ofthe San Leandro Creek mentioned in the 
Anza expedition diaries, which the National Park Service says is somewhere in the area 
around the 580 freeway. This can lead into a short history of the geology of the Bay Area 
and San Leandro, which I hope to obtain from Doris Sloan, a DC Berkeley professor and 
author of the forthcoming book Geology of the San Francisco Bay Region. 
The geology helps to understand, also, what it would have been like for the first people 
here. I'll piece together what I can about the Ohlone Indians that resided in the San 
Leandro area, relying on books and exhibits in the history museum that describe their 
way of life and culture. I plan to talk to the curator of the Mission Dolores, Andrew 
Galvan, who claims his Miwok/Ohlone ancestors lived in the Hayward-San Leandro area. 

I'll conclude the chapter with the first contact between Europeans and local tribes, with 
some of the diary accounts of the Spanish explorers and missionaries from the Portola 
and Anza expeditions, and then the land grants awarded Estudillo and Peralta. 
Chapter 3: Settlement (1830s-1900) 
With the land grants in place, the third chapter will trace the rise of San Leandro as a 
town and eventually city, beginning with the Gold Rush and squattervilles. It would be 
nice to start at the Mulford housing area, and compare that to the area when Mulford 
established his trading company there (the history museum has some nice photos of the 
Mulford family, who lived at the site until the 1900s). I would also like to walk through 
the Bayfront site of Roberts' Landing, which was also a hotbed of trading during the 
Gold Rush. 
There are some interesting judicial records from the time of miners suing the Estudillo 
family for knocking down their illegally-built houses, and many of the cases, such as the 
ones brought by Oakland founder Horace Carpentier, are rather scandalous. This is also a 
time to mention the brief relocation of the County seat to San Leandro, and the 
Estudillo's role, the earthquake of 1868 that shifted power to Oakland and incorporation 
in 1872. 
In this chapter, some of the more interesting stories of old San Leandro come to light - 
like the oyster pirates, with the account of Jack London, and the history of Roberts' 

Landing. Most ofthe Native Americans in this area were dead by the end ofthe century, 
and several accounts blame this on poisoned squirrels, which is a rumor I would like to 
either confirm or deny. Andrew Galvan, at the Mission Dolores in San Francisco, should 
be a valuable source here, since he has done a considerable amount of studying of Indian 
life after the establishment of the missions. 
Finally, this chapter could talk about the building of Lake Chabot and Anthony Chabot's 
numerous patents and acquisitions (like the telescope still in use at the Chabot Space and 
Science Center in Oakland). If this becomes too much for one chapter, this chapter could 
either be split into two, or this part of the chapter could be added in with parts of Chapter 
5, where Chabot's entrepreneurial spirit and clever engineering fits with the story ofthe 
Best family. 
Chapter 4: Early Immigration (1850-1945) 
Continuing thematically, instead of chronologically, I'd like to use this chapter to talk 
about early immigration to San Leandro. The first immigrants came and squatted in the 
1840s for the Gold Rush. Along with the miners, many Chinese immigrants came to work 
on projects like the Chabot Dam, and I'd like to follow the history of Chinese people in 
San Leandro from this time forward. 
Another major change to the face of the small city began with the Portuguese 
immigration in the mid 1800s, and I'd like to open the chapter with a description of 
lunchtime in a modem Portuguese deli, with shopkeepers speaking in Portuguese and 

patrons ordering linguica. From there I can lead to the Portuguese influence by talking 
about the farms, and the "Chicken Road," visible on maps from the early 1900s. I'd like 
to continue, following Portuguese heritage in the city all the way through the present time 
with the help of some of the still-active Portuguese groups in San Leandro. 
The city experienced a second immigration boom after World War II, which I'd like to 
discuss in chapter 6. 
Chapter 5: Agricultural and Industrial Development (1900-1950) 
r d like this chapter to be a quick summary of first half of the 20th century, focusing 
mainly on transition to industrial town. I might start with the operation of one of the few 
antique Best tractors still in existence (there's one at Ardenwood farm), which could lead 
to a discussion of Daniel Best and the changes he brought to San Leandro. 
This is also the chapter where the Cherry Festival is introduced, so an introduction 
featuring a modem festival could also be appropriate. Industrialization and increasing 
population led to plenty of changes in the town, though, including railways, the festival 
and lots of new jobs and manufacturing. 
This chapter should also layout the changes that led to modem San Leandro - what 
tracks were set, decisions made, values agreed upon, etc., that led to the big public works 
projects of the end of the 20th century. 

Chapter 6: Development and Demographic Change (1945-2005) 
San Leandro boomed after World War II, and this chapter can talk more generally about 
the city-wide developmental and demographic changes. I could naturally begin with a 
walk down E. 14th street, comparing descriptions ofthe street through the ages. From 
there, it would return to the earlier days when the street was not as well-developed, and 
then build up into what it is now. Much of this can rely on first-person recollection, city 
records and personal interviews. 
As the city developed, it also became more exclusive. This is a good place to talk about 
racism in the 1960s and 1970s, how it played out and how the situation has changed for 
the better. The newest waves of immigration, from the 1970s on, can come in here, which 
I can find with Census reports. I'd like to talk to Brian Copeland, the author of the hugely 
successful play "Not a Genuine Black Man," about growing up black in San Leandro in 
the 1970s, and how it has changed now. Copeland's performance might be an alternative 
way to begin the chapter, and his optimistic last lines, about how he still lives in San 
Leandro today, and how much it has improved, seem a positive way to conclude. 
Chapter 7: The Marina (1960s-1970s) 
This chapter would trace the development of the marina from beginning to end. A good 
starting place would be to talk to and describe people involved in activities at the marina, 
like fishing, walking, boating and golfing. From there, I can lead back to talk about the 
development ofthe project, and how it was decided to proceed with a marina after the 
explosion of the Trojan mill. 

Because many people will remember the decisions and controversies that went into play 
to get the marina built, this chapter will rely heavily on personal interviews with those 
key players who are available to talk, as well as city records from the time. 
Chapter 8: The Library (1906-2006) 
This chapter will cover 100 years of the development of a library system in San Leandro. 
I'll start the chapter with a scene from the modem library - maybe school kids using the 
Internet, or a similar expression ofthe modernity of the new library. Then I'll go all the 
way back to the turn of the century: The struggle to collect books and house them, Mary 
Brown and the Carnegie donation leading to increased interest. 
As I get closer to the present and the construction ofthe modem library in 1960, I expect 
again to rely on first-person account and recollections. I'd like to trace the development 
of the 1960 library through city council records and interviews, leading up to the 
groundbreaking and grand opening. And then I'd like to do the same for the recent 
remodel, following the city's decisions as they led to making the library what it is now. 
Chapter 9: Schools (1900-present) 
San Leandro made a conscious decision to develop and maintain good schools, and I'd 
like to trace the origin and history ofthe schools in the city. A natural starting point is in 
one of the schools itself, where I can possibly start with a history class in session, before 
talking about the development of a school system and the first teachers. 

As this chapter continues, it, like the preceding chapters, will rely heavily on first-person 
accounts, with the advantage that I can also ask prominent former councilmembers their 
own recollections of being schoolchildren in San Leandro. 
Chapter 10: Conclusion 
Bringing it all back home: This chapter should revisit San Leandro's values through the 
ages, trying to tie all the end-of-the-century projects together under a common vision of 
the city. I'd like to close out with another anecdote - possibly the end of a day at the 
Marina, with a sunset and people out on the water.