Once the overall place of the General Plan and the Transportation Element are understood. The next step in coming to terms with the Transporation Master Plan is to understand the existing Transportation Element and how they apply to the streets. This posted is also located here as a Static Page, but I’ve pasted it...
A lot is being written and said, and passed along about the proposed policy changes for the Alameda General Plan, Transportation Element update. In the interest of providing a full understanding of the issue, an issue that directly affects every street in Alameda, I decided to create a repository of information and links about...
As mentioned yesterday, cities around the entire bay area are undergoing a Housing Element update. It’s a state mandated process. Once again, I will rely on the Piedmont staff report, as I can’t sum the process up any more succinctly than they did. Succinct isn’t always one of my strong points! The state has...
Nothing strikes fear in the heart of all right-thinking Alamedans than the words “housing element.” It almost seems as if there are teams of people (albeit very small teams) who sit around preparing for this once every seven year process. Alameda’s current housing element is one of 6 out of 109 bay area cities...
Happy first day of school! Nevermind the calendar, Summer is over! (take that solstice!) and the Alameda City Council is jumping into the big issues right away. Tonight (Tuesday 9/4), the council will consider forming an ad-hoc subcommittee to look at the Alameda City Charter and identify areas of conflicting, obsolete, and antiquated languages....
