Latest research on transmission of the corona virus indicates that the primary mode for spreading the infection is droplets from the nose and mouth. These droplets are produced when people breathe, sneeze, cough, or talk. Droplets can travel as much as 6 feet and can stay suspended for a while before falling onto a surface; hence the need for 6-ft social distancing. But maintaining a 6-ft separation isn’t always possible, and even 6-ft may not be 100% effective, so the Alameda County Public Health Department is now recommending,

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Board of Directors of the Rockridge Community Planning Council has voted unanimously that RCPC’s Annual Meeting and Election of Directors, scheduled to be held on April 16, 2020, be POSTPONED.

A new date, once set, will be announced in the next printed issue of The Rockridge News.

Last year, SB 50 drew national news media attention for its attempt to address the state's affordable housng shortage. The bill would result in major changes to zoning in Rockridge.  It has now been revived by its authors, which include principal author Sen. Scott Wiener of San Francisco and East Bay co-authors Senator Nancy Skinner and Assembly Member Buffy Wicks, both of whom represent Rockridge.

Have an idea for enhancing Rockridge? Looking for a way to use your talents and experience in service to our community? Then running for a seat on the Rockridge Community Planning Council (RCPC) just might be right for you. Serving as board member is an excellent way to work on consequential issues relating to transportation, communications, parks, land use, and community-based grant projects.

There will be a short meeting of the land use committee at 7:30 PM on September 25th in the upstairs meeting room of the Rockridge Branch Library.  The purpose of the meeting will be to hear an update on the [lack of] progress on Phase II of the Shops at the Ridge project at the corner of Broadway and Pleasant Valley Boulevard.

Agenda items for this Wednesday's Land Use Committee Meeting (7:30 PM - upstairs meeting room at Rockridge branch library)

1.  Update on California College of Arts Oakland campus redevelopment project - scoping for environmental review process (copy of RCPC's submitted scoping letter is attached)

2.  Update on possible uses of the $400,000 College Ave Safeway settlement funds (copy of post-opening "cut-through" traffic study is attached)

3.  Update on Rockridge Housing Study

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).