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Emergency Food Program in Jeopardy?

Published

13 years ago

April 26, 2013

Oakland Post

EFPAC Chair Barbara Gibson

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor

The chairperson of the City of Oakland’s Emergency Food Providers Advisory Committee is concerned that her program is being eliminated in Mayor Jean Quan’s proposed budget cutbacks, but a spokesperson for the mayor says that this is not so, and the program money is still in the budget.
EFPAC Chair Barbara Gibson said in an interview this week she first heard earlier this month that the City of Oakland is considering eliminating the $100,000 line item from the food distribution budget to help meet the city’s looming financial shortfall.
The money is used to purchase food that volunteers distribute at 13 sites around the city on the third Friday of the month for nine months of the year. An average of 200 people are served at each site distribution.
The distribution program is coordinated through the Alameda County Food Bank and is run by the Human Services Department of the City of Oakland.
“If they take the funds away, it’s going to have a devastating effect on people,” Gibson said. “People have come to depend on it, especially when we include things like chicken. They’ll come up and ask ‘do you have chicken today?’”
Gibson said she learned about the possible loss of the food distribution funding from the city’s Human Services Department.
But Quan Communications Director Sean Maher says that no cuts to the program have been made in the budget recently submitted by the mayor to City Council.
“There is $100,000 in the budget for emergency food,” Maher said “and that is not proposed the mayor’s budget to be cut.” Maher said he reviewed both the budget documents and confirmed it with department staff.
Maher said confusion may have come because the program providers applied for a different amount of Community Development Block Grant money but were turned down.
As of now, the Oakland free food distribution is still scheduled to take place next month at the following locations: Wings of Love Church, 7007 Mac Arthur Boulevard; The Oakland Food Pantry, 1624 Peralta Street; Ephesian Missionary Baptist Church 1423 34th Street; Friendship Christian Center, 1904 Adeline Street; Unity Outreach Church, 9941 “D” Street; Elmhurst Presbyterian Church, 1332 – 98th Avenue; Cornerstone Missionary Baptist Church, 3535 38th Avenue; Downs Memorial Church, 6026 Idaho Street; Telegraph Ministry Center, 5316 Telegraph Avenue; Agnes Memorial Church, 2372 International Boulevard; St. Elizabeth’s School, 1500 34th Avenue; and St. Anthony’s Church, 1535 16th Avenue.
Only proof of Oakland residency is required to receive the bags of food, and food is distributed on a first come, first served basis.
More information on the food distribution program can be obtained from the City of Oakland Department of Human Services, Hunger and Homeless Program at 510 238-7754.

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Oakland Housing and Community Development Department Awards $80.5 Million to Affordable Housing Developments

Published

8 months ago

June 17, 2025

Oakland Post

Special to The Post

The City of Oakland’s Housing and Community Development Department (Oakland HCD) announced its awardees for the 2024-2025 New Construction of Multifamily Affordable Housing Notice of Funding Availability (New Construction NOFA) today Five permanently affordable housing developments received awards out of 24 applications received by the Department, with award amounts ranging from $7 million to $28 million.

In a statement released on Jan. 16, Oakland’s HCD stated, “Five New Construction Multifamily Affordable Housing Development projects awarded a total of $80.5 million to develop 583 affordable rental homes throughout Oakland. Awardees will leverage the City’s investments to apply for funding from the state and private entities.”

In December, the office of Rebecca Kaplan, interim District 2 City Councilmember, worked with HCD to allocate an additional $10 Million from Measure U to the funding pool. The legislation also readopted various capital improvement projects including street paving and upgrades to public facilities.

The following Oakland affordable housing developments have been awarded in the current round:

Mandela Station Affordable

238 Affordable Units including 60 dedicated for Homeless/Special Needs
Award: $15 million + previously awarded $18 million
Developer: Mandela Station LP (Pacific West Communities, Inc. and Strategic Urban Development Alliance, LLC)
City Council District: 3
Address: 1451 7th St.

Liberation Park Residences

118 Affordable Units including 30 dedicated for Homeless/Special Needs
Award: $28 million
Developer: Eden Housing and Black Cultural Zone
City Council District: 6
Address: 7101 Foothill Blvd.

34th & San Pablo

59 Affordable Units including 30 dedicated for Homeless/Special Needs
Award: $7 million
Developer: 34SP Development LP (EBALDC)
City Council District: 3
Address: 3419-3431 San Pablo Ave.

The Eliza

96 Affordable Units including 20 dedicated for Homeless/Special Needs
Award: $20 million
Developer: Mercy Housing California
City Council District: 3
Address: 2125 Telegraph Ave.

3135 San Pablo

72 Affordable Units including 36 dedicated for Homeless/Special Needs
Award: $10.5 million
Developer: SAHA and St. Mary’s Center
City Council District: 3
Address: 3515 San Pablo Ave.

The source of this story is the media reltations office of District 2 City Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan.

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Oakland Housing and Community Development Department Awards $80.5 Million to Affordable Housing Developments

Published

12 months ago

January 30, 2025

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Rebecca Kaplan, interim District 2 city councilmember. File photo.

Special to The Post

The following Oakland affordable housing developments have been awarded in the current round:

Mandela Station Affordable

238 Affordable Units including 60 dedicated for Homeless/Special Needs
Award: $15 million + previously awarded $18 million
Developer: Mandela Station LP (Pacific West Communities, Inc. and Strategic Urban Development Alliance, LLC)
City Council District: 3
Address: 1451 7th St.

Liberation Park Residences

118 Affordable Units including 30 dedicated for Homeless/Special Needs
Award: $28 million
Developer: Eden Housing and Black Cultural Zone
City Council District: 6
Address: 7101 Foothill Blvd.

34th & San Pablo

59 Affordable Units including 30 dedicated for Homeless/Special Needs
Award: $7 million
Developer: 34SP Development LP (EBALDC)
City Council District: 3
Address: 3419-3431 San Pablo Ave.

The Eliza

96 Affordable Units, including 20 dedicated for Homeless/Special Needs
Award: $20 million
Developer: Mercy Housing California
City Council District: 3
Address: 2125 Telegraph Ave.

3135 San Pablo

72 Affordable Units including 36 dedicated for Homeless/Special Needs
Award: $10.5 million
Developer: SAHA and St. Mary’s Center
City Council District: 3
Address: 3515 San Pablo Ave.

The source of this story is media reltations office of District 2 City Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan.

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Oakland Acquisition Company’s Acquisition of County’s Interest in Coliseum Property on the Verge of Completion

The Board of Supervisors is committed to closing the deal expeditiously, and County staff have worked tirelessly to move the deal forward on mutually agreeable terms. The parties are down to the final details and, with the cooperation of OAC and Coliseum Way Partners, LLC, the Board will take a public vote at an upcoming meeting to seal this transaction.

Published

1 year ago

January 11, 2025

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Alameda County Board of Supervisors Chairman David Haubert. Official photo.

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The County of Alameda announced this week that a deal allowing the Oakland Acquisition Company, LLC, (“OAC”) to acquire the County’s 50% undivided interest in the Oakland- Alameda County Coliseum complex is in the final stages of completion.

Oakland has already finalized a purchase and sale agreement with OAC for its interest in the property. OAC’s acquisition of the County’s property interest will achieve two longstanding goals of the County:

The Oakland-Alameda Coliseum complex will finally be under the control of a sole owner with capacity to make unilateral decisions regarding the property; and
The County will be out of the sports and entertainment business, free to focus and rededicate resources to its core safety net

In an October 2024 press release from the City of Oakland, the former Oakland mayor described the sale of its 50% interest in the property as an “historic achievement” stating that the transaction will “continue to pay dividends for generations to come.”

The Board of Supervisors is pleased to facilitate single-entity ownership of this property uniquely centered in a corridor of East Oakland that has amazing potential.

“The County is committed to bringing its negotiations with OAC to a close,” said Board President David Haubert.