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Tag Archives: Measure A
They wuz Robbed!
We’ll bet some of the 25,063 Alamedans who voted against Measure Z will be surprised – nay, shocked – to learn that, if State Assemblyman and Attorney-General-designate Rob Bonta gets his way, all of their votes will have gone for … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall, Housing
Tagged Article XXVI, Housing Element, Measure A, RHNA, Rob Bonta
22 Comments
The candidates and Measure Z
Suppose you’re one of those “single-issue” voters who will cast her ballot for only those candidates who take the “right” side on a specific issue. This being Alameda, suppose that issue is Measure Z, the ballot measure to repeal Article … Continue reading
The Measure Z showdown
Those who watched the recent debate between Vice Mayor John Knox White and Alameda Citizens Task Force steering committee member Paul Foreman on Measure Z, the ballot measure to repeal Article XXVI of the City Charter, were treated to a … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall, Development, Housing
Tagged Andrew Thomas, Article XXVI, City of Alameda Democratic Club, John Knox White, Measure A, Measure Z, Paul Foreman
34 Comments
Crashing symbols
Those who have been striving to put before Alameda voters a ballot measure repealing Measure A in its entirety – not just its prohibition of multi-family housing but also its restriction on residential density – will get their last chance … Continue reading
Charter follies
Last week, Council met on three consecutive nights to consider the recommendations made by a subcommittee appointed in December 2018 to propose revisions to the City Charter. Indeed, two of the meetings were devoted exclusively to that topic.
A matter of trust
Having written about the efforts to rip Measure A out of the City Charter and to strip the Open Government Commission of its enforcement powers, the Merry-Go-Round recently watched the videos of the Planning Board and Council meetings at which these … Continue reading
Bashing Measure A
In anticipation of the “public forum” on Measure A at the January 13 Planning Board meeting, the City has posted on its website a paper written by Planning, Building and Transportation Director Andrew Thomas that he describes as an “evaluation” … Continue reading
The end of Measure A?
Ever since July 2012, when Council adopted what it called the “multi-family overlay” and slapped it on 12 separate parcels designated for residential development around town, the Merry-Go-Round has been sounding the death knell for Measure A, the provision in … Continue reading
A design for affordable housing
Here in Alameda, there are two ways to talk about the issue of affordable housing.
Posted in City Hall, Development, Housing
Tagged Affordable housing, Andrew Thomas, David Burton, Debbie Potter, Del Monte warehouse, Density Bonus Ordinance, Encinal Terminals, Frank Matarrese, Inclusionary housing, John Knox White, John Russo, Laura Thomas, Lorre Zuppan, Main Street Neighborhood, Measure A, Middle-income housing, Ron Curtis, Shipways, Tim Lewis Communities, Trish Spencer, Workforce housing
14 Comments
Ban single-family homes? You’ve got to be kidding!
Bring out the cellos. It’s time – yet again – to begin playing the dirge for Measure A, the voter-adopted City Charter amendment prohibiting multi-family housing and capping residential density at 21 units per acre. If the City planners have … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall, Development, Housing
Tagged Andrew Thomas, David Burton, David Mitchell, John Knox White, Measure A, Planning Board, Sandy Sullivan
6 Comments
Alameda Merry-Go-Round 