Bay Area
Letter to City Council: Let Voters Decide if They Want to Give Billions to a Billionaire
City officials are proposing that Oakland spend almost $1 billion of our state, federal and local tax dollars for a private stadium and real estate development on public land at Howard Terminal.
Editor’s Note: The Oakland Post received the following open letter signed by many local residents:
City officials are proposing that Oakland spend almost $1 billion of our state, federal and local tax dollars for a private stadium and real estate development on public land at Howard Terminal.
Meanwhile, Oakland is struggling with homelessness, keeping schools open, maintaining our roads, improving our Port, adequately paying City employees and more.
Oakland voters should have a say in how our public funds are spent. Councilmembers, please place “Public Financing for the Howard Terminal Real Estate and Stadium project” on the November ballot.
Let Oakland Voters Decide!
Signed by:
- Susan Audap, D-6
- Jahahara Alkebulan-Ma‘at
- Jeff Baker, D-3
- Rick Baum, D-1
- Ann Berlak, D-1
- Doug Blacksher, D-7 (Black Business Roundtable)
- Doug Brown
- Carolyn Burgess, D-1
- Lauran Cherry
- Millie Cleveland, D-4
- Paul Cobb, D-3
- Ken Epstein, D-5
- Kitty Kelly Epstein, D-2
- Janice Ewing
- Jack Fleck, D-4
- Mary Forte, D-7
- Councilmember Noel Gallo, D-5
- Lynette Gailord, D-7
- Rashidah Grinage, D-4
- Corrina Gould, D-7
- Chia Hamilton, (SLAP)
- Brad Henry, D-6
- Henry Hitz, D-3
- Nirali Jani, D-1
- Saru Jayaraman, D-6
- Michael Kaufman, D-4
- Timothy Killings, D-3
- Gwen Knighter-Smith, D-7
- June Ko-Dial
- Barbara Lafitte-Oluwole, D-3
- Cathy Leonard, D-1
- Margie Lewis, D-6
- Margaretta Lin
- Peg Lum, D-4
- Alberta Maged
- Don Macleay, D-1
- Steven Miller
- Kimberly Mayfield, D-7
- Brenda Nelson, D-7
- Clyde Nelson, D-7
- Gus Newport, D-1
- Zach Norris, D-6
- Jessie Ortiz, D-6
- Wanda Ravernell, D-6
- Walter Riley
- Katie Rodgers
- Mercedes Rodriguez, D-3
- Deborah S. Rogers, D-3
- Sharon Rose, D-4
- Margaret Rossoff, D-1
- Naomi Schiff, D-3
- Betsy Schulz, D-4
- Susan Shawl, D-1
- Nancy Sidebotham, D-6
- Dan Siegel, D-6
- Deidre Snyder, D-3
- Eleanore Stovall, D-6
- Chris Stroffolino
- Renee Swayne, D-4
- Stacy Taylor
- Deleign Thompson, D-7
- MonaTreviño, D-6
- James Vann, D-2
- Mary Vail, D-5
- Sheryl Walton, D-7
- Cheryl Denise Ward, D-1
- Allene Warren, D-7
- Patrice Woeppel, D-3
