Category Archives: Alameda Point

Andrew Thomas: The exit interview (Part I)

Posted on January 7, 2024 by Robert Sullwold

The Merry‑Go‑Round will begin 2024 with a bit of hyperbole: In the last 20 years, no one has had a greater impact on the “built environment” of the city of Alameda than Andrew Thomas.

Posted in Alameda Point, City Hall, Development, Housing | Tagged ABAG, Affordable housing, Andrew Thomas, HCD, Housing Element, Measure A, Measure Z, Missing middle, Racism, RHNA | 28 Comments

The saga of De-Pave Park

Posted on November 26, 2023 by Robert Sullwold

These days, the term “activist” usually carries a political connotation. Indeed, the Merriam Webster dictionary defines “activist” as a person who “uses or supports strong actions (such as public protests) in support of or opposition to one side of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Alameda Point, City Hall | Tagged Amy Wooldridge, CMG, De-Pave Park, Jim Oddie, John Knox White, Malia Vella, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Precise Plan, Richard Bangert, Seaplane Lagoon, Tony Daysog | 4 Comments

The scorecard on Trish Spencer

Posted on October 9, 2022 by Robert Sullwold

Here’s your Alameda mayoral campaign quiz for the day: During the last two years, which candidate has voted in favor of the following “progressive,” pro‑bicycle, and pro‑development proposals brought before City Council: Renaming Jackson Park to Chochenyo Park; Authorizing planning … Continue reading →

Posted in Alameda Point, Budget, City Hall, Development, Housing | Tagged Automated license plate readers, Big Whites, Bottle Parcel, Chochenyo Park, Climate Action and Resiliency Plan, Council referrals, Emergency response vehicle, Encinal Terminals, Grand Street, Homelessness, Jackson Park, John Knox White, Kevin Kearney, Malia Vella, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Tony Daysog, Transit occupancy tax, Transportation Choices Plan, Trish Spencer, Vision Zero Action Plan | 6 Comments

$10 million+ for the homeless

Posted on September 9, 2022 by Robert Sullwold

During the last three years, the services offered, or planned to be offered, by our City government to the homeless population in Alameda have increased dramatically. So have the funds authorized by Council to be spent for that purpose.

Posted in Alameda Point, Budget, City Hall, Housing | Tagged ARPA, Big Whites, Bottle Parcel, CARES Act, Day center, HEAP, HHAP, Homelessness, Midway Shelter, Mobile outreach, Safe parking | 15 Comments

The fate of the Big Whites

Posted on April 24, 2022 by Robert Sullwold

Whither the Big Whites? We’re referring, of course, to the 18 two‑story single‑family homes, each with four‑plus bedrooms and three‑and‑a‑half bathrooms, located on the northeast corner of the “Historic District” at Alameda Point and occupied years ago by married Naval … Continue reading →

Posted in Alameda Point, City Hall, Housing | Tagged Alameda Point Collaboratiive, ARPA, BACS, Doug Biggs, Homelessness, John Knox White, Lisa Maxwell, Malia Vella, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Trish Spencer, Village of Love | 15 Comments

Missing the Point

Posted on January 9, 2022 by Robert Sullwold

Ever since City Planner Andrew Thomas released the first draft of his plan for enabling the City to meet the 5,353‑housing‑unit quota assigned to it by the regional planning authorities, there’s been a lot of talk about getting the federal … Continue reading →

Posted in Alameda Point, City Hall, Housing | Tagged Alameda Point Collaboratiive, Alameda Point Partners, Andrew Thomas, Brookfield Residential, Catellus, Housing Element, RHNA, Site A, Trammell Crow Residential, West Midway | 7 Comments

Where will the homeless go?

Posted on November 7, 2021 by Robert Sullwold

The Marina Village Inn is out. The Bottle Parcel is in. And so are two of the Big Whites.

Posted in Alameda Point, City Hall, Housing | Tagged Big Whites, Bottle Parcel, Homelessness, John Knox White, Malia Vella, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Marina Village Inn, Tony Daysog, Trish Spencer | 30 Comments

The City and the homeless

Posted on October 10, 2021 by Robert Sullwold

Those of our readers who follow homeless issues undoubtedly have read the stories about state and local governmental agencies conducting “cleanups” of homeless encampments that have sprung up on the streets of Bay Area cities. For example, this March the … Continue reading →

Posted in Alameda Point, City Hall, Housing | Tagged Alameda Point Collaboratiive, Doug Biggs, Homelessness, John Knox White, Malia Vella, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Tony Daysog, Trish Spencer | 17 Comments

Busted

Posted on January 31, 2021 by Robert Sullwold

For years, the Merry-Go-Round has been speculating about whether the City of Alameda would try to convince the federal government to “bust the cap” that restricted residential development at Alameda Point to 1,425 new housing units. Well, it turns out … Continue reading →

Posted in Alameda Point, City Hall, Housing | Tagged Alameda Point Collaboratiive, Alameda Point Partners, Andrew Thomas, Debbie Potter, John Russo, RESHAP, Site A, West Midway | 14 Comments

One for the road

Posted on November 29, 2020 by Robert Sullwold

If departing Councilman Jim Oddie and his re-elected colleague, Councilwoman Malia Vella, get their way, Mr. Oddie will be able to do one more favor for organized labor before he leaves office. The beneficiaries will be the construction trades unions … Continue reading →

Posted in Alameda Point, City Hall, Development, Housing | Tagged Construction industry unions, IAFF Local 689, Jim Oddie, Mali Watkins, Project Labor Agreement, Trish Spencer | 6 Comments

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