Quarry Lawsuit in the 1970’s

I have lived near the intersection of Estudillo Avenue and Lake Chabot Road for 48 years. In the late 1970’s the neighborhood won a lawsuit against the quarry, largely because of the noise generated by large trucks driving down the two lane Lake Chabot Road.

As I remember, it was a long complicated matter. Noise tracking machines were placed in properties on Estudillo, near Lake Chabot Road and Estudillo Avenue. The city would be wise to look at the records from that lawsuit. The quarry lost the suit.

On a personal note, we had a birthday party for our daughter, who was 5 or 6 at that time. One of the children’s father came to pick up his child from the party. He mentioned that he was the lawyer for the quarry. (I don’t remember his name or the law company involved.)  During the time that he represented the quarry he never visited the site!! He remarked to me, and I will never forget my shock, that there was no way that the narrow two lane road could safely handle large trucks coming from the quarry. He had no idea that the road in question was a narrow, two lane, largely residential road.

So, almost 50 years later, the issue is the same. Only, what they are proposing is far worse than what was rejected in the 1970’s. City of San Leandro pay attention! Look at the history of this issue and do not allow EBMUD to bulldoze their way to approval, no matter what pressure or incentives they may offer.

–Ann Jensen, San Leandro