[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 20 (Tuesday, February 13, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E154]
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        A TRIBUTE TO STEVEN R. MEYERS, SAN LEANDRO CITY ATTORNEY

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                        HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 13, 2001

  Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I commend Steve Meyers, upon his retirement 
after twenty-three years, for dedicated service to the city of San 
Leandro. Mr. Meyers has served as City Attorney and Redevelopment 
Agency Counsel to the city of San Leandro since 1979. He has worked 
with six mayors and four city managers during his tenure as City 
Attorney and Agency Counsel and has played a central role in many 
projects during his employment with the city. He has negotiated a 
number of real estate transactions for both the city and the 
Redevelopment Agency, which have resulted in achievements such as 
affordable housing and business expansion in San Leandro.
  Mr. Meyers graduated from the University of California at Santa 
Barbara and received his J.D. degree from the University of California 
Hastings College of the Law, where he was a member of the Order of the 
Coif. Upon his graduation in 1973, Mr. Meyers devoted his practice to 
municipal law serving in the Sacramento City Attorney's Office until 
moving to San Leandro in 1977. He is admitted to practice in the State 
courts and the United States Supreme Court.
  Mr. Meyers was Chairman of the Executive Committee of the State Bar 
Public Law Section in 1994 and served as editor of the Public Law 
Journal. He has served on the Legislation Committee of the City 
Attorneys Department of the League of California Cities; served as 
president of the Bay Area City Attorney's Association and is a 
recipient of the John J. McCoy Fellowship in Urban Studies. He is 
currently chairman of the Board of the Bay Planning Coalition.
  Upon his retirement from his position with the city of San Leandro, 
Mr. Meyers assumed the role of Special Counsel to the City on January 
1, 2001. I join his friends and colleagues in thanking him for his past 
contributions and wishing him well in his continued service to the 
community of San Leandro.

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