Tag Archives: Homelessness

Sounds like a plan

Posted on February 6, 2023 by Robert Sullwold

The City of Alameda loves its strategic plans. At least the staff who propose them and the Council members who vote for them do. And the consultants who get paid to prepare them can’t be too unhappy, either.

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

Johnny, we hardly knew ye

Posted on March 27, 2022 by Robert Sullwold

The decision by Councilman John Knox White not to seek reelection this November will deprive the Merry‑Go‑Round of one of our favorite pastimes: listening to Mr. Knox White enlighten the public every first and third Tuesday about what studies show … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Firefighters, Housing | Tagged Alameda Renters Coalition, ALPRs, Cannabis, Carnegie Library, Complete streets, ERV, Felton Institute, Homelessness, Jim Oddie, John Knox White, Malia Vella, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Police reform, Rent control, Slow streets, Sunshine Ordinance, Tony Daysog, Trish Spencer, Wellness center | 18 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

Spending the ARPA money

Posted on August 1, 2021 by Robert Sullwold

One conclusion is pretty clear from the two meetings at which Council has discussed how to spend the $28.6 million the City will be getting from the federal government under the American Rescue Plan Act: The majority of Council members … Continue reading →

Posted in Budget, City Hall, Housing | Tagged Affordable housing, ARPA, Homelessness, John Knox White, Malia Vella, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Tony Daysog, Trish Spencer | 7 Comments

Stimulus for Alameda

Posted on March 14, 2021 by Robert Sullwold

Imagine, if you will, the following scene: In-person Council meetings now are allowed. The five elected officials, and staff, are sitting, masked and six feet apart, on the dais. The doors to Council chambers burst open, and in comes Vice … Continue reading →

Posted in Budget, City Hall, Development, Firefighters, Housing, Pensions | Tagged Affordable housing, Campaign finance, Climate Action and Resiliency Plan, COVID-19, Homelessness, Infrastructure, Kamala Harris, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, OPEB, Pension/OPEB trust, Stimulus, Transportation Choices Plan, Trish Spencer | 11 Comments

The truth about Trish (2020 ed.)

Posted on October 25, 2020 by Robert Sullwold

To her detractors, former Mayor Trish Spencer, who is running to return to Council this November, is the Candidate of No. She is, they say (or, rather, post or tweet), against everything a Right-Thinking person is for: She’s anti-renter. Anti-homeless. … Continue reading →

Posted in Alameda Point, City Hall, Development, Firefighters, Housing | Tagged 2015-21 IAFF MOU, Alameda Landing, Alameda Marina, Encinal Terminals, Frank Matarrese, Homelessness, Jim Oddie, Malia Vella, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Rent control, Tony Daysog, Trish Spencer | 9 Comments

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