The Gentrifying Side of "Coliseum City" - Part One

The Gentrifying Side of "Coliseum City" Part One

A new stadium - That's cool. The rest of the plan - not so much.

Oaklanders declared a long time ago that we did not want to become

a bedroom community for San Francisco. Two completely

unnecessary aspects of the new plan move us in that direction 1. The

proposal going to the City Council will change the General Plan so

that residential development is permitted in the only dedicated

business park in Oakland. There are 8000 people, including lots of

Oaklanders, working there now in 100 businesses. Allowing

residential development in a business area causes property prices to

rise, which pushes out the businesses. That is not a guess; it's a

certainly 2. The plan includes 6000 "market rate" housing units

available only to those who can pay $3000 a month which means that

we will be building housing for people who don't live in Oakland.

Trickle down housing doesn't work any better than trifle down

economics.

My message to City Council members: 1) Keep the teams and build a

stadium. 2) AND Protect 8000 jobs and 100 businesses by NOT

changing the General Plan for the Business Park area. 3) AND build

housing affordable for people who live in Oakland