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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
Cliffs at Crown Beach
More than five inches of rain pummeled Alameda on October 24, making it the wettest October day ever. The storm washed away tons of sand along Crown Memorial State Beach and Alameda Beach, leaving cliffs at the edge of the … Continue reading
Crab Cove Park Expansion Options Being Vetted
The East Bay Regional Park District is gathering community input about how to further develop its park at Crab Cove on Crown Beach. The park district acquired an extra four acres there in 2016. The park district has grouped possible … Continue reading
Trial by Data
The verdict is in. Alameda’s current voting system falls short on a number of counts. On April 27, the Alameda League of Women Voters hosted a forum that compared various election methods: Alameda’s current plurality-at-large system, plurality by districts, ranked-choice … Continue reading
Posted in Elections
Tagged Alameda, District Elections, instant runoff, IRV, League of Women Voters, LWVA, Ranked Choice Voting, RCV
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Democracy on Front Burner
Democracy is at the forefront of today’s political debate. Alameda is no exception. Alameda’s plurality voting system allows top vote-getters to win, even when a majority of voters did not vote for them. And lopsided expenditures contribute to the impression … Continue reading
Funding the Police
Alameda is joining numerous cities across the country in rethinking how we provide policing before next year’s city budget is prepared. What level of policing we want and expect from the Alameda Police Department (APD) will determine the funding we … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall, Education, Quality of Life
Tagged Alameda, budget, League of Women Voters, police, reforms
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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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Start Paving the Way to Recovery
There is no better time than now to finish repaving and restriping Park Street. The COVID-19 shelter-in-place directive provides an opportunity to get the job done with the least amount of disruption to our local businesses. Plus, the upgrade would … Continue reading
Posted in Alameda Businesses, Economic Development
Tagged Alameda, COVID-19, Park Street, paving, public works
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Infrastructure Ballot Measures Should be Focused
On March 17, the city council will discuss placing measures on the November 2020 ballot to raise revenue for city-infrastructure needs. Items at issue include upgrades to streets and sidewalks, city buildings, and handling the impacts of climate change and … Continue reading