RCPC Annual Meeting and Board Election
We have fourteen candidates who have stepped up to run for six open spots on the board — so we’ve got a race on our hands!
2024 Rockridge Kitchen Tour Needs Kitchens
Neighbors can volunteer for the KT Committee and serve as docents.
Update on East Bay JCC Site Planning
For the last year and a half, representatives of the Jewish Community Center of the East Bay (JCC) have periodically held joint meetings with representatives of RCPC and neighbors.
RCPC Responds to Release of CCA’s Draft Environmental Impact Report
For those readers not familiar with this project, it is a proposal to construct new rental apartments on the former California College of the Arts (CCA) campus on Broadway at College Avenue.
Alameda County Supervisor District 5 Candidate Forum
Seven candidates participated in the Tuesday, February 13, 2024, candidate forum hosted by RCPC, School Board Member Sam Davis and the Oakland Tech Varsity Debate Team.
RCPC Board Elections in April
Interested in serving your neighborhood? 6 seats are up for election.
State of California Gets More Involved in New Housing Approvals
The nature of new housing development approvals is continuing to evolve as Sacramento gets increasingly involved in what used to be a purely local decision-making process.
Housing and Community Development
The Housing and Community Development’s presentation to the Rockridge Community Planning Council.
Rockridge Halloween Parade
Bay Area kids and Rockridge’s merchants agree, the annual Halloween Parade is the most exhilarating day of the year to be on College Avenue.
Rockridge: Let’s Reduce Our Carbon Footprint
As the impacts of climate change become more severe, we must acknowledge how our actions may contribute to these impacts.
General Plan Updates Continue, RCPC Weighs In
The Board of the Rockridge Community Planning Council analyzed the priority development sites and code changes included in the update.
Twenty-Year Update to City’s General Plan Moves Forward
Three key action items in the Housing Element being implemented through this update are intended to remove barriers to the development of new affordable and mixed-income housing on key sites, as well as to facilitate creation of so-called “missing-middle” housing.
Rockridge Community Planning Council’s July 26 Land Use Committee Meeting
RCPC’s Land Use Committee Meeting will be held: Wednesday, July 26, 2023, at 7:30pm.
Will You Sign Our Petition?
The Rockridge Community Planning Council is demanding that Shell Oil clean up the vacant lot at Claremont & College.
RCPC and NCPC Present an August 10 Community Forum on MACRO
The Mobile Assistance Community Responders of Oakland (MACRO) is a community response program for non-violent, non-emergency 911 calls.
Prominent Rockridge Development Site for Sale
A large piece of land located in the center of our community at 6230 Claremont Avenue has come on the market.
Transit Oriented Development at Rockridge Station
Stop by the open house at Rockridge Station.
Five Incumbents Return to RCPC Board: One New Elected
Congratulations to the new and returning board members who were elected to fill two-year terms in the 2023 uncontested RCPC election.

