Redevelopment Education and Advocacy Project
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This project is intended to increase community benefits from redevelopment through increased community participation in Oakland's redevelopment process and application of equitable development approaches to redevelopment. As a part of this project, we have developed a popular education-style training on redevelopment, which has been utilized by several resident organizations.
We are developing curriculum and tools on California Redevelopment Law and community benefits assessments of development projects. We publish and disseminate Equitable Development Watch, an occasional e-newsletter which provides information about major projects and policies affecting Redevelopment Project Areas in Oakland. Finally, we are pursuing a partnership with other interested organizations to conduct an analysis of the past use of redevelopment funds in
Oakland Redevelopment Areas
- Acorn
- Broadway Macarthur San Pablo
- Central City East
- Central District
- Coliseum
- Oak Center
- Oak Knoll
- Oakland Army Base
- Stanford/Adeline
- West Oakland
Redevelopment Documents Available
- Vision and Standards for Economic Development in Oakland
- Map of Oakland Redevelopment Areas
- Demographics of all Oakland redevelopment areas
- Equitable Development Watch
- Coming soon: Our online primer on redevelopment in
Inclusionary Zoning Campaign
The Inclusionary Zoning Campaign is organized by Oaklanders for Affordable Housing (OAH), a coalition of community, faith, labor, environmental and housing organizations. In 2006 OAH proposed the Oakland Family Housing Act that would ensure that 20% of ALL new housing developments in Oakland are made affordable to low and middle income households.
Campaign Resources:
- This tool for resident organizing in Oakland explains housing policy terms and links housing prices to hourly wages: Oakland Housing Affordability Guide (PDF, 85 KB)
Industrial Land Use Policy
The City of Oakland’s Planning Department and City Council are currently considering the rezoning of industrial lands to residential and other uses. Urban Strategies Council argued against the zoning conversions until the city had sufficiently studied the short and long range social, environmental, and economic impacts of the loss of the dislocated living wage industrial jobs. Urban Strategies Council also recommends that stringent criteria should guide decision making on proposals for conversion of industrially zoned land in the future.
Letter to Planning Commission (June 1, 2005)
Letter to Planning Commission (January 18, 2006)