The Rockridge Housing Study, begun last spring, seeks to provide information that the community can use to guide decisions about how Rockridge might best help address the City’s housing needs.  Five alternative scenarios have been developed.  As noted in last month’s report, Darin Smith, a Rockridge resident and a principal of Economic & Planning Systems, Inc., has volunteered some of his time and the use of modeling software his firm developed to help the Committee analyze each scenario’s effects on housing – both amount and affordability – and t

The June 26th meeting of the Land Use Committee will have two items on its agenda:

1.  Discussion of preliminary feasibility analysis for scenarios in the Rockridge Housing Study. The Committee will hear about and discuss a proposed preliminary feasibility analysis for the study.  The analysis will consider:  1) single typical residential lot in lower Rockridge, 2)  combining four typical single-family lots in lower Rockridge to build a multifamily project, 3) building on a sample two-acre underutilized lot (currently in commercial use).

In a somewhat surprising move, the Senate Finance Committee placed SB 50, authored by Senators Wiener and Skinner, in the "suspense" file.  That action is reserved for bills that could have significant fiscal impacts and need  further study or modification.  In the case of SB 50, the committee report for the bill had flagged significant costs for analyzing and then preparing maps of the "job rich" areas across the state that would be subject to automatic u

The April 18th Town Hall was primarily devoted to a high-interest program: explaining California Senate Bill 50 – a bill to promote housing near train and ferry stops, along major bus routes, and in major job centers – and how it might affect Rockridge.  The program, expertly moderated by Ms.

Here is the agenda for the land use committee meeting set for Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at 7:30 PM in the upstairs meeting room of the Rockridge Branch Library (5366 College Ave, corner of Manila Ave.) 1. Possible short update on Rockridge Housing Study 2. Discussion of SB 50 and possible recommendations to Board of Directors.

At RCPC's January 2019 Town Hall Meeting, an overflow crowd of over 100 listened intently as Marc Babsin of Emerald Fund showed,described, and explained current plans for redevelopment of the Oakland campus of California College of Arts (CCA).  The campus, located on the east side of Broadway just north of the half-constructed "Shops at the Ridge" project (currently being rethought by Southern California developer TRC, Inc.) presently serves incoming CCA students before they "graduate" to CCA's expanding San Francisco campus.  Two years ago, CCA announc

The RCPC Land Use Committee will meet this Wednesday, December 26th starting at 7:30 PM in the upstairs meeting room of the Rockridge Branch Library on College Ave.  The meeting will be open to the public.

There will be two items on the agenda:

A full-house crowd attended the RCPC- Oakland League of Women Voters joint Town Hall on October 4th at the Rockridge Library.   Kathleen Cha, the Oakland League's communications director and a veteran presenter, went through the state and local ballot measures that will be on the ballot November 6th.  She briefly summarized what each measure was about, told what groups were supporting and opposing each measure, and gave the major pros and cons for eah measure.

It's August, when people take vacations, and not much tends to happen.  With that in mind, the August 22nd land use committee has been cancelled.

The next regular meeting will be Wed., September 26th, when we'll hear an update on plans for the reuse of the California College of Art's Oakland campus.