OAKLAND COLISEUMA report Monday that the Oakland Athletics are interested in buying the Coliseum complex, but the letter sent by Athletics management to city and county officials more notably hints the team views the long-standing stadium issues as the Coliseum or… Read More ›
Peralta ballpark
EBC AGENDA | JAN 5-11 | Oakland library parcel tax on the horizon? No ICE, baby!; San Leandro allocates A1 funding for 62 affordable housing units
THE WEEK OF JANUARY 5-11 –OAKLAND– Regular council committee meetings, Tuesday, Jan. 9, start at 9 a.m. ➤Finance & Management Committee, 9 a.m. [ENTIRE AGENDA HERE]–LIBRARY PARCEL TAX POLL– Budget cuts last year significantly hampered Oakland’s public library system. Unsurprisingly, reduced… Read More ›
2017 Year in East Bay Politics: Sports franchises and elected officials strike out
2017 YEAR IN EAST BAY POLITICSThe Oakland Raiders are gone for Las Vegas. But, wait, they’re still in town for another 2-3 years? So you’re saying there’s a chance? Probably not, but with the Warriors’ new arena in San Francisco… Read More ›
How A’s, Dave Kaval choked on Peralta site still eludes many
The Peralta Community College Board of Trustees delivered a strong blow last week to the A’s plan for a new ballpark near Laney College. OAKLAND In the early 2000s, a young and talented Oakland Athletics ball club appeared on the… Read More ›
A’s strike out looking at Laney College ballpark site
A’s management has long maintained there is no “Plan B” if Laney plan strikes out. OAKLANDThe Oakland Athletics’ dream of building an intimate downtown ballpark near Laney College may have been dashed Wednesday without the team ever stepping up to… Read More ›
Alameda County rekindles idea of selling its share of Coliseum property to Oakland
Oakland Councilmember Lynette Gibson McElhaney, center, speaking at Thursday’s Coliseum JPA meeting at Oracle Arena. COLISEUM JPAOakland and Alameda County representatives on the Oakland Coliseum Joint Powers Authority showed keen interest Thursday for revisiting the idea of the county selling… Read More ›
Coliseum JPA officials question whether A’s interest in Peralta site is a ‘bait-and-switch’
COLISEUM JPAWhen it comes to the Oakland Athletics’ plan for building a new ballpark near Laney College, Alameda County Supervisor Nate Miley said he just wanted to put out in public what some have recently speculated about in private. “I’m… Read More ›
Oakland plan to restrict speculators at proposed A’s ballpark is held in committee
A’s management announced an intention to build a new ballpark in the above area near Laney College in OAKLAND CITY COUNCILLegislation that would have placed short-term controls aimed at hindering speculative real estate moves in and around the proposed A’s… Read More ›
EBC AGENDA | NOV 10-16 | OAKLAND moves to curb ballpark speculators; SAN LEANDRO studies short-term rental effects; HAYWARD pot
THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 10-16 –OAKLAND– City Council committee hearings, Tuesday, Nov. 14, starts at 9:30 a.m. Community & Economic Development Committee, 1:30 p.m. [ENTIRE AGENDA HERE]–PERALTA BALLPARK CONTROLS– “With the Oakland Athletics’ (Oakland A’s) recent announcement that their preferred location… Read More ›
We love the A’s, say community activists, just not a ballpark at the Peralta site
Alvina Wong, right, with a Chinatown business owner who expressed concern about an A’s ballpark near Laney College. OAKLANDAlvina Wong grew up in Chinatown. As a child she walked with her grandmother to buy groceries, learned Chinese calligraphy and made… Read More ›