Thursday, November 5, 2009
SunCal's Alameda Point Project on February Ballot
Business / People / Politics Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 1:54 PM
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A deeply divided Alameda City Council voted 3-2 last night to hold a special election in February for the controversial ballot initiative backed by developer SunCal for its planned massive housing project on Alameda Point. According to Alameda journalist Michele Ellson, councilmembers Lena Tam and Marie Gilmore voted against the February special election because it will cost the city $325,000 to run. But the three other councilmembers voted for it, after the city attorney noted that the city may have no legal choice but to hold the February election. Tam and Gilmore wanted to wait until June. — Robert Gammon
A deeply divided Alameda City Council voted 3-2 last night to hold a special election in February for a controversial ballot initiative. The initiative is backed by developer SunCal and concerns its planned massive housing project on Alameda Point. According to Alameda journalist Michele Ellson, councilmembers Lena Tam and Marie Gilmore voted against the February special election because it will cost the city $325,000 to run. But the three other councilmembers voted for it, after the city attorney noted that the city may have no legal choice but to hold the February election. Tam and Gilmore wanted to wait until June. — Robert Gammon
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Before the final vote passed, Lena Tam motioned to set the election date to June 8, 2010, in the face of advice to the contrary from the Alameda City Attorney. The City Attorney advised council that a date in June or later would likely violate election law. Tam made the motion anyway.
http://actionalameda.org/actionalamedanewsblog/2009/11/04/alameda-point-revitalization-initiative-election-date-set-for-february-2-2010/
David Howard, Alameda
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