Coliseum Authority Approves Another One-Year Lease for Raiders in Oakland
In addition, she said, infrastructure costs for Coliseum City could partially be paid by $40 million in funds from Measure BB, the transportation sales tax approved by voters last fall. “We didn’t have that last year,” said Kaplan, who along with Alameda County Supervisor Scott Haggerty pushed for the inclusion of Coliseum City in the measure. She believes Measure BB tax dollars can be leveraged into state and federal funding for infrastructure needed for the project.
http://www.eastbayexpress.com/SevenDays/archives/2015/03/06/coliseum-authority-approves-another-one-year-lease-for-raiders-in-oakland
July 2015
East Oakland Residents Spray Paint ‘Fix Me’ On Potholes, Demand Repairs On Rough Roads
She says Oakland is funneling Measure BB funds into wealthier communities. A map of Oakland’s pavement prioritization plan shows purple lines indicating new streets. They’re just about everywhere, except a gaping hole in East Oakland.
Even more concerning, neighbors said a big chunk of Measure BB funds, up to $60 million, could be used to build Coliseum City while the streets of East Oakland are left in shambles.
McRae said it’s proof of what he already knows, that there are two Oaklands. “Over on this side, East Oakland in the flatlands, there’s no money coming over here,” he said.
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2015/07/16/east-oakland-pothole-street-repairs-spray-paint-fix-me/
East Oakland Residents Take Mayor Schaaf on Tour of Neglected Flatland Streets
The first demand in the letter was to work with the newly formed Department of Race and Equity to create a policy that “permanently sets aside a percentage of Oakland’s Measure BB funds for infrastructure repair to Oakland’s flatland communities, based on equity, race and income.”
The group suggested that the city’s current “80-20 model” for determining street pavement prioritization fails to take racial or income demographics into account and results in a great majority of Measure BB funds going toward fixing roads in Oakland’s “more upscale and “emerging” neighborhoods,” rather than in communities that need them most.
“The mayor claims the “80-20 model” is more cost effective because it costs less to fix streets that are not terribly crumbling,” said Kamara Wilson, secretary and treasurer of ACCE.
