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Monthly Archives: January 2016
Closed sessions, closed mind
This was going to be a primarily informational column about which of your neighbors Council selected to make recommendations about who should be appointed as Alameda’s new city manager. We’ll save that report for the end. But, as we found … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall
Tagged Ann Marie Gallant, City manager, Frank Matarrese, Janet Kern, Jill Kleimach, Jim Oddie, John Russo, Marie Gilmore, Tony Daysog, Trish Spencer
4 Comments
Traffic congestion? Who cares?
For those Alamedans whose major concern about new residential development projects arises from their potential impact on traffic congestion at the tubes and bridges, the planners working for State government have a message: It doesn’t really matter.
Posted in City Hall, Development, Housing
Tagged Andrew Thomas, CEQA, John Knox White, John Russo, Traffic
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Alternatives to rent control
Democracy, Winston Churchill once told the House of Commons, is the worst form of government – except for all the others. Can something similar be said about rent control?
Get me rewrite!
Longer than a Wagner opera. Harder to follow than a Faukner novel. Less definitive than a Beckett play. We could go on, but we’re sure our readers realize by now that we’re talking about last Tuesday/Wednesday’s Council meeting devoted to … Continue reading
Rent control, Alameda-style
When Council directed City staff last November to prepare an ordinance imposing rent control in Alameda, our elected officials probably expected to see a proposed law modeled on the rent control ordinances already enacted by seven other Bay Area cities. … Continue reading