Sun Mar 20 2016 (Updated 03/22/16)
Oakland Council Approves Second UrbanCore Luxury Tower Proposal for E12th St Parcel
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Housing activists showed up at City Hall to vociferously oppose the new proposal and successfully shut down the meeting. The council and Oakland police, however, responded by forcing activists from council's chamber, then holding their discussion and vote privately in Mayor Libby Schaaf's office, out of the public eye. Critics question whether the city has once again run afoul of public meeting laws and vow to keep the fight alive for "public land for public good." A final vote on the proposed sale to UrbanCore will happen later this year.
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