Posted on December 14, 2009 by Becks
Tomorrow’s committee meetings are going to be packed with some exciting, forward thinking transportation projects, including an update on BRT and another discussion of the citywide parking study at the Public Works Committee. But the transit item I’m most excited to will be heard before the Community & Economic Development Committee (CED) – a free [...]
Filed under: City Council, Community, Economy, Environmentalism, Oakland, Public Transit, Urban Planning | Tagged: Broadway shuttle, CED, DASH, downtown Oakland, Jack London Square, Los Angeles, Uptown | 17 Comments »
Posted on December 8, 2009 by Becks
Tonight’s Council meeting will cover a large array of issues, some of which I’ve described below.
Item 14.1: Eleven Mills Act Contract
Ignacio De La Fuente has forged an uncommon alliance with historic preservationists to propose the approval of eleven properties under the Mills Act two-year pilot program and the expansion of the Mills Act. Via the [...]
Filed under: City Council, Economy, Environmentalism, Oakland, Politics, Urban Planning | Tagged: Desley Brooks, Ignacio De La Fuente, Jane Brunner, Mills Act, Rebecca Kaplan, solar financing, stimulus | 1 Comment »
Posted on November 19, 2009 by Becks
Last night’s Planning Commission hearing on the College Avenue Safeway went well overall. Sure, the neighbors showed up in force to try to stop the project or at least to greatly reduce the scale of the project. But it was just a scoping session so staff and commissioners repeatedly reminded them to stick to scoping [...]
Filed under: Community, Economy, Environmentalism, Oakland, Urban Planning | Tagged: John Gatewood, planning commission, Safeway on College, ULTRA | 38 Comments »
Posted on November 15, 2009 by Becks
Monday, November 16th – Oakland Local Community Meetup
Via the Facebook event: “Oakland Local is one month old! Come join us at our first community meetup in downtown Oakland–community partners, OL bloggers & reporters, people interested in being involved with OL and anyone else who wants to support us are invited to our first meetup at [...]
Filed under: Activism, Blogoaksphere, City Council, Community, Economy, Environmentalism, Oakland, Politics, Public Transit, Urban Planning | Tagged: AC Transit, BRT, Safeway on College, Walk Oakland Bike Oakland, budget, planning commission, Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee, League of Women Voters, Oakland Local, Oakland Climate Action Coalition | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 26, 2009 by Becks
Tuesday, October 27th – Walk Oakland Bike Oakland Meeting
You may not have thought about it this way, but walking and biking are climate action! Attend WOBO’s October Volunteer Meeting this Tuesday night to discuss opportunities for advancing walking and biking within Oakland’s Energy and Climate Action Plan. The discussion will be led by WOBO Board [...]
Filed under: Activism, Art, Community, Entertainment, Environmentalism, Food, Music, Oakland, Public Transit, Urban Planning | Tagged: BRT, Climate Action Plan, Dia De Los Muertos, Fox Theater, Fruitvale, Halloween, Piedmont, San Leandro, Sierra Club, Uptown Masquerade Bash, Walk Oakland Bike Oakland | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 19, 2009 by Becks
Tuesday, October 20th – Oakland City Council Meeting
Woo! The Council has been having a series of long and intense meetings since recess, and this week’s meeting looks like it will follow in that pattern. First, the Council will swear in Police Chief Anthony Batts. Then, among other items, they’ll be receiving an update on the [...]
Filed under: Activism, City Council, Community, Entertainment, Environmentalism, Food, Music, Oakland, Politics, Public Transit, Urban Planning | Tagged: 40th Street bikeway, AC Transit, Anthony Batts, BEAST Bloggers Camp, BRT, East Bay Bicycle Coalition, municipal ID cards, National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum, Oakland Civic Orchestra, Oakland Food Connection, parking, San Leandro | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 11, 2009 by Becks
Tuesday, October 13th – Final Vote on EBMUD Water Supply Management Plan 2040
Via EBMUD Director Andy Katz: “The EBMUD Board of Directors will consider adopting the Water Supply Management Plan 2040 to meet our water needs over the next 30 years on Tuesday afternoon, October 13. While the Plan includes increased water conservation programs, recycled [...]
Filed under: Activism, Art, Community, East Bay, Entertainment, Environmentalism, Food, Music, Oakland, Politics, Public Transit, Urban Planning | Tagged: Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee, Black Panthers, Democracy for America, EBMUD, Greenbelt Alliance, Kidical Mass, library, Linden Street Brewery, Loma Prieta earthquake, Nancy Skinner, Pacific Coast Brewery, Sierra Club, Temescal, Walk Oakland Bike Oakland | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 21, 2009 by Becks
Tuesday, September 22nd – Oakland City Council Meeting
After a two month long recess, the Council is back in action this week and this first meeting is full of important and contentious issues. Among many other items, the Council will discuss and vote on an emergency moratorium on nail salons and laundromats, the Public Works Agency [...]
Filed under: Activism, City Council, Community, Economy, Entertainment, Environmentalism, Music, Oakland, Politics, Public Transit, Urban Planning | Tagged: AC Transit, Alameda County Democratic Central Committee, budget, City Council, Dancing Under the Stars, Dunsmuir Hellman Historic Estate, Jack London Square, League of Women Voters, Measure DD, Oakland Parks Coalition, parking, Public Ethics Commission, Rockridge Out and About, Sundays in the Redwoods, Walk Oakland Bike Oakland, Wellstone Democratic Club | 2 Comments »
Posted on September 5, 2009 by Becks
I spent last weekend in San Diego, and as usual when I travel, I couldn’t help myself from comparing the city to Oakland. It’s been a couple years since I’ve visited San Diego, and I realized that though I’ve been there at least a dozen times, I’ve never spent even 24 hours there in one [...]
Filed under: Environmentalism, Oakland, Urban Reflections, Walking | Tagged: San Diego, sprawl | 1 Comment »
Posted on July 16, 2009 by Becks
So I was planning to write about the Public Works Committee hearing on the Oakland Airport Connector today, but that’s going to have to wait until tomorrow because I’m fired up after last night’s Safeway EIR Scoping Session at the Planning Commission.
During the public comment section, I was sure I had entered an alternate universe [...]
Filed under: Activism, Community, Environmentalism, Oakland, Politics, Public Transit, Urban Planning, Walking | Tagged: Annie Mudge, Blake Hunstman, Madeleine Zayas-Mart, Michael Colbruno, planning commission, Pleasant Valley, RCPC, Safeway, Sandra Galvez, STAND, ULTRA | 41 Comments »
