(or “whoops there goes another….”) Assumed to be happening for a while now, the US Navy officially put the Coast Guard Housing on Alameda’s West end on the block on Monday. Here’s the full release. Here’s the “interesting” bits: ” The property described herein was originally planned as a Federal Agency transfer to the...
Absent all the sturm und drang of last spring’s Hospital Board Director appointment process, you’ll be excused for not knowing that at Tuesday night’s meeting, the latest vacancy was filled by Rob Bonta. (At least, that’s why I feel ok about not realizing it.) As the overseers of all the glory that is our...
After last night’s city council/Housing Authority meeting, I think that the housing Authority is going to remove parking at Independence Plaza. But I’m getting ahead of myself, so let’s rewind to the beginning of the meeting.
Parking tops tonight’s council and housing authority meetings. First, the Housing Authority (HABOC) is finalizing a deal to take 10,000sq. ft of parkland and convert it to parking for Independence Plaza. Yep, it’s the old green space to oil slicks trade. But hey, there won’t be housing on it, so nobody will mind!
A couple of weeks ago, I visited family out of town. Flying out of Oakland Airport early in the morning and sitting in an window seat, I watched as the greenbelt of the east bay passed by. In recent weeks, I’ve listened to some of the stalwarts from the church of “A” talk about...
