Rockridge Roundup
The Rockridge Roundup is a community blog for posting factual articles about or of interest to the Rockridge community. You will also find select articles from previous issues of The Rockridge News.
How to submit Blog articles:
Articles should focus on issues that are important to our community, for example: safety, housing, sustainability and transportation.
Topics will evolve to reflect current concerns of the community.
Articles should be fact-based without bias or opinion.
Submit your articles to rcpcwebeditor@gmail.com for light editing and review to ensure they meet criteria. Please include original images you have the rights to use, your full name, and the street you live on.
Views expressed in published blog articles and events do not necessarily reflect those of The Rockridge News, its editor, or the board of directors of the Rockridge Community Planning Council.
Recent Blog Posts
Should every new house require a new permit for its design? Claremore, Oklahoma does not think so.
Rockridge residents expressed feedback on senior housing project at TJs site at RCPC Land Use meeting.
The latest status on the senior residence at 6230 Claremont Avenue.
The Jewish Community Center (JCC) of the East Bay will realize a long‑held vision with the opening of the East Bay Jewish Community Campus.
An impressive experiment in neighborhood-building that we can learn from.
Oakland's Planning Department has accepted the initial application for a 203-unit senior care facility on Claremont Avenue, and Aaronson walks readers through the State density-bonus rules that constrain local review and the RCPC Consultation Committee now negotiating with the developers.
RCPC unveils its long-anticipated Community Vision Plan at a packed April Town Hall, laying out a five-area framework to guide Rockridge's growth and inviting residents to join the committees that will carry it forward.
Much of America’s mainstream doomsday-readiness culture assumes that preparation begins (and ends) with the individual or the single family. According to the author, that’s not the case. Readiness begins with your community.
Our councilmember’s latest statement about the proposed Trader Joe’s senior living development project.
A website thoroughly discussing transit oriented development (TOD).
Trader Joe’s and its parking lot in the city’s Rockridge neighborhood could be replaced by a pair of towers that would house a 415-unit senior living campus within walking distance of a BART station.
Rents have dropped in Austin. The increase in building is a factor but read on to learn about other factors that also contributed. It’s a model that applies to California.

