SAN LEANDRO, Calif. – A new lawsuit filed by a former San Leandro city manager accuses city council members of pressuring leadership to declare a homelessness emergency.
The lawsuit was filed in Alameda County Superior Court by Fran Robustelli, accusing city council members Victor Aguilar and Bryan Azevedo and first reported by the East Bay Times.
Robustelli accuses the council members of pressuring her to declare a homelessness emergency that could have benefited the tiny home company of Oakland businessmen David and Andy Duong, who are at the center of a federal corruption case that has also ensnared former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and her partner, Andre Jones. …