Category Archives: Housing

The RHNA and the real world

Posted on February 14, 2023 by Robert Sullwold

Everyone knows (as the saying goes) that the City of Alameda was the first Bay Area city (and, out of 109 cities, one of only two so far) to get its 2023-31 Housing Element certified by the State Department of … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Development, Housing | Tagged Affordable housing, Andrew Thomas, Housing Element, RHNA | 7 Comments

The Princes of Alameda

Posted on November 27, 2022 by Robert Sullwold

For years, the Merry‑Go‑Round believed that the savviest political operator ever to occupy an office at City Hall was former City Manager John Russo. But in our estimation Mr. Russo now has got himself a rival for the crown: City … Continue reading →

Posted in Budget, City Hall, Development, Firefighters, Housing | Tagged 2013-17 IAFF MOU, Affirmatively further fair housing, Andrew Thomas, Ann Marie Gallant, Beverly Johnson, Doug deHaan, Housing Element, John Knox White, John Russo, Lena Tam, Malia Vella, Marie Gilmore, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, RHNA, Rob Bonta, Tony Daysog, Trish Spencer | 22 Comments

We tell it to the judge

Posted on November 13, 2022 by Robert Sullwold

The Court: “Madam Clerk, call the next case.” The Clerk: “Yes, Your Honor. Next on the docket is City of Alameda v. California Department of Housing and Community Development.”

Posted in Housing | Tagged Affirmatively further fair housing, Andrew Thomas, HCD, Housing Element, Paul McDougall, RHNA | 17 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

Electrifying Alameda

Posted on September 25, 2022 by Robert Sullwold

Attention, Alameda homeowners, apartment‑building owners, and renters: The City of Alameda wants you, sooner rather than later, to get rid of your appliances and heating equipment powered by natural gas and replace them with devices powered by electricity. If you … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Housing | Tagged Climate Action and Resiliency Plan, Danielle Mieler, Decarbonization, Electrification, Equitable Building Decarbonization Plan, GHG emissions, Goldman School of Public Policy, Heat pumps, Jim Oddie, John Knox White, Natural gas | 11 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 | 14 Comments

HCD approves Housing Element draft

Posted on August 28, 2022 by Robert Sullwold

Ever since City Planner Andrew Thomas began working on a draft of the 2023‑31 Housing Element for the City of Alameda, he has made clear that his goal is to prepare a document that the state Department of Housing and … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Housing | Tagged Affordable housing, Andrew Thomas, HCD, Housing Element, RHNA | 19 Comments

What the voters think

Posted on June 5, 2022 by Robert Sullwold

Every time City staff decides to recommend what it euphemistically calls a “revenue measure,” it first commissions a public opinion survey.

Posted in City Hall, Housing | Tagged FM3, John Knox White, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Public opinion polls, Surveys, Tony Daysog | 18 Comments

The Harbor Bay Club (and Apartments)

Posted on May 8, 2022 by Robert Sullwold

The Harbor Bay Isle residents who have been fighting to preserve the 10-acre site of the Harbor Bay Club for recreational use only may have relaxed last week when the Council majority endorsed a 2023‑2031 Housing Element draft that left … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Development, Housing | Tagged Andrew Thomas, CHDG Investments, General Plan, Harbor Bay Club, Housing Element, IconFit, Jackson Square Properties, Jeff Petersen, John Knox White, Ron Cowan, Russell Square, Trish Spencer, Zoning | 12 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 | 14 Comments

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