Lights on in Bay-O-Vista
One way to make your home safer at night is very simple:  KEEP YOUR OUTSIDE LIGHTS ON ALL NIGHT!!!  The San Leandro Police who patrol our neighborhood have told us that when driving up Bay-O-Vista at night, it is always dark. Very few houses keep their outside lights on which is a real deterrent to criminals.

This is a simple and inexpensive step particularly with LED outside lights.  You can get the kind that goes on automatically when it is dark and turn off when it is light, so you don’t even need to think about; you just keep them turned on all the time.  Plus, it will help protect your home when you’re away.  Motion detector lights are good, but do not light up a street or act as a deterrent until the criminal is on your property. 

So, help us light up Bay-O-Vista at night!  We will inquire as to whether the City has any grant money available to help purchase outside LED lights for our residents.

Private Security for Bay-O-Vista
We lost a little steam in trying to find the right security company for our neighborhood as Re-Opening Lake Chabot Road and Fire Evacuation Planning Tool became the most important priorities for our community.  However, we are checking whether there are still City funds to help pay for flock cameras and possibly even private security (Council Member Fred Simon has introduced this idea).

We will hold one more meeting with the potential private security companies to ask more questions to make a final selection of the company we think would be best.  If you want to join this next meeting and are not currently on the list, please contact Kat at katwellman54@gmail.com  or call or text her at 510-427-3173 to provide your contact info.  No commitment is needed at this time as we are still in the investigation stage.