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Category Archives: Housing
Homeowners Encroach on City Shoreline Property
Around 40 homeowners along the shoreline of Bayview Drive have been extending their backyards onto the city’s shoreline land, which includes wildlife habitat and a popular public path. Some users of the public path find this encroachment alarming.
Posted in Housing, Parks and Open Space, Quality of Life
Tagged Alameda, Bay Conservation and Development Commission, Bayview Drive, encroachment, public land, shoreline habitat
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Encinal Terminals Project Approved
In a nail-biter finish, the Alameda City Council approved the revised Encinal Terminals project, including the proposed land exchange. The project promises to turn a blighted industrial site into a mixed-use development with 589 homes, a Bay Trail waterfront promenade … Continue reading
Posted in Economic Development, Housing, Parks and Open Space
Tagged Alameda, Encinal Terminals, tidelands
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Waterfront Housing Proposal Returns Again
The Encinal Terminals project is coming back before the city council for the third time on January 4, 2022. [Continued to January 18.] The proposed project would be located on an old shipping site along the Oakland Estuary, behind the … Continue reading
Posted in Economic Development, Housing, Parks and Open Space
Tagged Alameda, Encinal Terminals, North Waterfront LLC, tidelands, Tim Lewis Communities
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Shameful Demolition of Homeless Housing
What a shame. What a waste. There is decent former Navy housing for the homeless near the Main Street Ferry Terminal just two blocks from Target, but our city is tearing it down. Meanwhile a for-profit developer has upgraded similar … Continue reading
Posted in Alameda Point, Housing
Tagged Alameda, homeless, Housing Authority, North Housing
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Taking the Initiative
The new year started with a bang at city hall. On January 2, 2019, the city council decided to put a measure on the ballot that challenges the McKay Avenue Open Space initiative previously qualified by citizens wanting to zone … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Housing, Parks and Open Space
Tagged Alameda, April 2019 special election, Friends of Crab Cove, McKay Avenue, open space, seniors
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Fill in the Blanks at Encinal Terminals
We’re almost there. The Master Plan for the Encinal Terminals project near Clement Avenue will be back before the city council on September 4. This time the controversial swap of public tideland is off the table. The revised and improved … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, Parks and Open Space
Tagged Alameda, Encinal Terminals, Tim Lewis Communities
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Medical Respite Facility planned for McKay Ave
Those who prefer housing for senior citizens, over other types of housing that generate more traffic, will welcome the proposed dwelling units on McKay Avenue near Crab Cove. Former federal offices now located there will be rehabbed to create a … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, Quality of Life
Tagged Alameda Point Collaborative, Crab Cove, Crown Beach, East Bay Regional Park, homeless, McKay Avenue, medical, respite
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Coulda Woulda Shoulda at Encinal Terminals
On December 19, the city council will decide whether to approve the proposed Encinal Terminals project located behind the former Del Monte warehouse at Buena Vista and Sherman streets. The project calls for 589 homes with commercial uses and public … Continue reading
Posted in Economic Development, Environment, Housing
Tagged Alameda, climate change, Encinal Terminals, Star Harbor, tidelands, Tim Lewis Communities
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Homelessness in Alameda
It’s good to see the city creating an action plan to find services and shelter for the homeless who have taken up residence in the soon-to-be-built Jean Sweeney Park. But let’s not forget about those living in the encampment at … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Housing, Quality of Life
Tagged Alameda, encampment, Fruitvale Bridge, homeless, railroad, Union Pacific
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A Sign of What’s to Come?
At their first meeting, the new city council unanimously agreed on all the issues before them, including moving forward with the Del Monte Warehouse project. As Councilmember Jim Oddie said at the end of the meeting, “Maybe this is a … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall, Economic Development, Housing
Tagged affordable housing, Alameda, city hall, Del Monte, density bonus, Tim Lewis
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