[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Alameda (CA) density vote

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Alameda Point issue likely to head to ballot

Carolyn Jones
San Francisco Chronicle (CA)
April 6, 2009


There's been no shortage of optimistic developers who have tried - and 
failed - to transform the former Alameda Naval Air Station into a 
utopian, eco-friendly urban village.

Since the Navy left the sprawling base 12 years ago, no fewer than four 
developers have taken a stab at the project, which encompasses a third 
of the island and could potentially increase the city's population by 14 
percent.

Now it appears the voters will get a say on the future of Alameda Point. 
The current developer, SunCal, began on Friday collecting signatures to 
place an initiative on the Nov. 3 ballot asking voters to waive density 
limits for the development, allowing SunCal to triple the number of 
housing units originally planned for the former base.

"We want to build denser housing on Alameda Point because it's the 
economically and environmentally correct thing to do," said Pat Keliher, 
SunCal's vice president of operations. "It's an amazing piece of 
property, and when the market starts to turn around Alameda Point could 
be an incredible community."

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/04/05/BA4S16SI85.DTL

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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