We the undersigned, citizens and residents of the State of California, voluntarily associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming, and do hereby form, a nonprofit corporation pursuant to the General Nonprofit Corporation Law of the State of California, and do hereby certify:

That the name of the corporation shall be FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY, SAN LORENZO AREA, INC.

That the corporation is formed pursuant to the General Nonprofit Corporation Law of the State of California.

That the purposes for which this corporation is formed are as follows:

1. Primarily and specifically to maintain an association of persons interested in the free public libraries; to focus public attention on the libraries; to stimulate the use of the resources and services of the libraries; to receive and encourage gifts, endowments and bequests to the libraries; to foster public support and cooperation with libraries in developing free public library services and facilities for the community.

2. To acquire by gift, purchase, or otherwise to own, hold, enjoy, lease, operate, maintain, and to convey, sell, lease, transfer, mortgage, or otherwise encumber, dedicate for public use, or otherwise dispose of real or personal property in connection with the purposes of this corporation.

3. Notwithstanding any of the above statements of purposes and powers, this corporation shall not, except to an insubstantial degree, engage in any activities or exercise any powers that are not in furtherance of the primary purposes of this corporation.

4. No substantial part of the activities of this corporation shall consist of carrying on propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence legislation, and the corporation shall not participate or intervene in any political campaign (including the publishing or distribution of statements) on behalf of any candidate for public office.

That the corporation is organized for the sole purpose to enable the members to carry out the purposes hereinabove set forth, and the exercise of the corporation's powers is limited to such powers as are necessary to enable the corporation to carry out all of the hereinabove specified purposes, and the corporation shall be non-stock and does not contemplate the distribution of any gains, profits, or dividends to the members thereof whatsoever.

That the County in this State where the principal office for the transaction of the business of this corporation is to be located is the County of Alameda.

That an existing unincorporated association is hereby being incorporated. The the name of such association is FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY, SAN LORENZO AREA.

(a) The powers of the corporation shall be exercised, its properties controlled, and its affairs conducted by a board of directors to be known as the Executive Board. The number of directors of this corporation shall be six (6). The number of directors herein provided for may be changed by a bylaw duly adopted by the members.

(b) The names and addresses of the persons who are appointed to act as directors are:

Mary Young	655 via Aires, San Lorenzo, California 94580
Karin Morgan	569 Cornell St., San Lorenzo, California 94580
Doris Frary	16127 via Arriba, San Lorenzo, California 94580
Lois Hohn	15846 via del Prado, San Lorenzo, California 94580
Sallo Salo	15898 via Pinale, San Lorenzo, California 94580
Shirely Fooshee	16167 via Lupine, San Lorenzo, California 94580

That the matters set forth in Sections 9301-9302 of the Corporation Code of the State of California shall be set forth in the bylaws of this corporation.

The property of this corporation is irrevocably dedicated to charitable purposes and no part of the net income or assets of this organization shall ever inure to the benefit of any director, officer, or member thereof or to the benefit of any private individual. Upon the dissolution or winding up of the corporation, its assets remaining after payment of, or provision for payment, of all debts and liabilities of this corporation, shall be distributed to a nonprofit fund, foundation, or corporation which is organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes and which has established its tax exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. If this corporation holds any assets in trust, or a corporation is formed for charitable purposes, such assets shall be disposed of in such manner as may be directed by decree of the superior court of the county in which the corporation has its principal office, upon petition therefore by the Attorney General or by a person concerned in the liquidation, in a proceeding to which the Attorney General is a party.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we, Mary Pauline Young and Lois H. Hohn, respectively president and secretary of the unincorporated association hereby being incorporated, have executed these Articles of Incorporation this 27th day of January, 1977.

_______signed_____________
President, Mary Pauline Young

_______signed_____________
Secretary, Lois H. Hohn

Endorsed and filed by the Secretary of State, Feb. 28, 1977