Peralta Trustees, Oakland City Council, Oakland Planning Commission, BART Directors, Mayor Libby Schaaf, Alameda County Supervisors, State Representatives, Oakland Coliseum Authority Commissioners, Oakland Athletics Corporation,
902 people have signed a petition on Action Network telling you to Peralta & Oakland Officials: Protect East Lake, Laney, Chinatown & Our Students!.
Here is the petition they signed:
We, Oaklanders, long-time A’s fans, Laney and Peralta community members, workers, and supporters of maintaining a diverse Oakland, strongly oppose the proposal to build a new A’s Stadium at the Laney Peralta site. We are glad the A’s are committed to staying in Oakland after almost 50 years, and we want home runs for our team, but announcing Peralta as the preferred site on September 12 without conducting any impact studies or meaningfully engaging directly impacted stakeholders, is a strikeout and a loss for the home team.
The A’s are proposing to place the stadium in the middle of two vulnerable cultural and historic districts already facing major displacement of small businesses and affordable housing for families - Eastlake and Chinatown. This action will wreak further havoc on these Asian, African, Latino, indigenous, immigrant and refugee, artist, student and low-income neighborhoods. The Peralta location is the least equitable option of the three sites considered. We are dismayed that the A’s are completely disregarding serious and widespread concerns from neighborhood stakeholders who have built up these cultural districts over the last century.
To put it simply, this stadium could quickly wipe out one of the most diverse neighborhoods in Oakland and the heart of our Asian immigrant and refugee community.
Additionally, placing a ballpark next to Laney College would obstruct the learning environment at the most affordable higher education resource accessible to our low-income students, as well as nearby public schools. A stadium at this small site would create severe noise disturbance (both at the time of construction and during games), traffic congestion, senior and youth pedestrian accidents, air and light pollution, and trash blight. Altogether, this would significantly impact strained school facilities, with crowds streaming through campuses serving sensitive populations such as re-entry, newcomer, and high school students.
Stadiums across the country have accelerated displacement, spiked land prices, and decimated cultural districts. Oakland deserves better. There is no amount of mitigation that can stop displacement from a project this huge, and it’s irresponsible for the A’s to make an announcement without real engagement or buy-in when they know that speculators will immediately begin to push-out the existing community. As Oaklanders, we pledge to fight this plan that furthers the displacement that is already making Oakland less diverse, driving out families and closing schools, and diminishing the vibrant neighborhoods that make Oakland an incredible town. We demand that the Oakland A's choose another site, and pledge to boycott A’s games and all Major League Baseball products if the project moves forward at Peralta.
We urge Mayor Libby Schaaf not to back down from her publicly stated concern about the Peralta site’s impacts on our small businesses, and to advocate and vote against city approval. We urge our Councilmembers, Planning Commissioners, BART Directors, and State Officials to protect our neighborhoods by not approving land use and planning permits for the Peralta site, and passing immediate legislation to stop current displacement. And we urge our elected Peralta Trustees not to sell off or permanently lease public land for private profit. Now is when we need our public officials to stand up for our neighborhoods, our students, and our working class families.
Education, not gentrification! Public land for public good, not private profit! Don’t upROOT Eastlake and Chinatown!
#StAyTheRightWay
You can view each petition signer and the comments they left you below.
Thank you,
Stay The Right Way
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3. (ZIP code: 94606) This is just a land grab by the real estate developers.
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12. (ZIP code: 94606) I am a resident who lives mere blocks away from Laney. Take it from my neighbors and I-- a stadium in this area DOES NOT MAKE SENSE traffic-wise, parking-wise, or rent-wise. Please pick another location. Do not contribute to the displacement of more poor Oakland residents. The backlash will be huge, we promise.
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15. (ZIP code: 94601) The Peralta location for an A's stadium will have a negative long term impact on Laney and the surrounding communities. Displacement, noise pollution, parking, traffic, and safety are major concerns that will jeopardize the learning environment of Laney College.
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17. (ZIP code: 94619) I'm an A's fan, former East Lake neighbor, and a 3rd generation Oakland resident with family roots in Deep East Oakland since the early 1960s. I strongly urge the Peralta Board of Trustees, the Oakland Planning Commission, and all City Officials to vote no on the proposed development on public lands. Oakland and its lower income residents of color are already dealing with the sweeping impacts of displacement in favor of development right in their home communities, uprooting generations of people who have called this city home. My deep ties to Oakland, my loyalty to justice, and love of the city will not allow me to support harmful private development all in the name of baseball.
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21. (ZIP code: 94610) What Peralta should do with the land is build apartments for students enrolled in Laney and College of Alameda campuses. We are learning institutions, an environment for academic growth. So the needs of our students, some of whom are homeless, must come first. Also, the area does not need more traffic, added noise, displaced elderly and poor people living in the area. NO TO THE A'S - WHO NOW LOOK LIKE BULLIES.
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29. (ZIP code: 94609) This stadium would create a nightmare situation for a community already fighting for its existence. The A's should rebuild their current stadium, instead of destroying an historic neighborhood and adversely affecting the educations of Laney College students.
30. (ZIP code: 94619) I have seen way too much public money go to professional sports and very little value accruing to the City or its citizens. Enough already! Did we learn nothing from the horrible, and repeated deals/negotiations with the Raiders over the decades??!!
31. (ZIP code: 94619)
32. (ZIP code: 94606) More housing is needed. A stadium will destroy any possibility of housing in the area and will make our neighborhoods have less parking when it's already scarce.
33. (ZIP code: 94610) No matter what is promised, a stadium is only profitable for people who own parking. For the rest of us it's a huge negative impact on our neighborhood.
34. (ZIP code: 05207) Do not sell the land to the A's because our education is not for sale
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36. (ZIP code: 94602) A survey of registered voters was done earlier this year asking for opinions about this. I'm curious if the results would be made public.
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39. (ZIP code: 94605) It is already very congested in and around Lake Merritt & Laney. Cannot imagine getting off the 5th ave exit ever again if this plan proceeds. Not to mention it is a slap in the face to the East Oakland neighborhood who have been the A's roommates for 50 years. If you are truly #ROOTEDINOAKLAND than you should be rooted in the neighborhood that roots started in. #STAYtheRightWay 40. (ZIP code: 94577)
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43. (ZIP code: 94546) A new stadium at the Peralta CCD offices would adversely affect Janet College and Chinatown. Jack London Square is a much better area, both short-term and long-term.
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45. (ZIP code: 94618) Please build a new A's stadium at the East Oakland Site. With over 150 acres and great transit and auto access, the A's can develop a new baseball stadium, nearby, play on the old one until the new one is complete; demolish the old one; and build soccer fields plus a mixture of residential and retail on the Coliseum property. A NEW TRANSIT VILLAGE that would be a model for other cities as well as a wonderful asset for Oakland.
46. (ZIP code: 94601) A's stay where you are! Lots of parking and public transportation!
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(ZIP code: 94619) the current site needs economic development and is MUCH better for the A's ballpark. i had mentioned this fact in the Oakland A's ballpark survey do not disturb the EastLake and Laney neighborhood. And this is just an excuse for the PCCD board to spend education $$ to get a fancier HQ,
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(ZIP code: 94619) Oakland community members are opposed to this construction. Please stop plans of development immediately. If the people aren't listened to you won't be favored in the next election. Listen to us and do what's right.
(ZIP code: 94501) Don't build new stadium in Oakland Chinatown, too much traffic
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(ZIP code: 94403) I am strongly opposed to building a stadium near Laney College. Both the construction phase and the subsequent game days would be extremely disruptive and cause faculty, staff and students undue hardship. One example: parking. Parking is already a problem as the Laney lot is not large enough to accommodate everyone who frequents the campus. A stadium would have negative impact on the area and the flow of people in and out of the college. Noise, traffic, litter, crime, and other ills come with a stadium. The projected fiscal impact does not tip the scales in favor or a stadium at this site. These big projects always run over budget and over deadline. Also, the jobs and promised internships could just as well happen at the existing site. No need to move the stadium just to create jobs. Seems more reasonable to tear down the old stadium and build on the existing site.
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78. (ZIP code: 94611) Former Eastlake resident, Laney Alum, and Lifelong A's fan- not a fan of this plan!
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(ZIP code: 94612) The Stadium at Coliseum is where the A's are already known to play...that is what happens there..it's where they belong. We do not support tearing up Laney College District , and our surrounding neighborhoods for such a foolish scheme !!...no ballpark in Laney.
84. (ZIP code: 94545) Yes to Education no to Private corporations
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(ZIP code: 94609) we need the A'a more than they need us
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(ZIP code: 94604) Protect Oakland's Diverse Neighborhoods!
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(ZIP code: 94601) Please: Preserve public land for public good and public profit.
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100. (ZIP code: 94601) Please pray and allow God to show you the way. Any deal done in the dark or in the wrong way, will only hurt others (namely the students). If you are not a praying person, I will pray for you to make the right decision, let it not be out of greed. *Money is the root of all evil.
101. (ZIP code: 94708) I don't know how to answer the question, "Are you an A's fan?" I am neutral to baseball or baseball teams; is this question relevant? What matters is really how a new stadium on the Laney campus would impact the campus and wider community, isn't it?
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103. (ZIP code: 94611) Preserve the downtown communities! Don't exacerbate already dismal traffic problems! Develop the Hegenberger area responsibly, including a new stadium!
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(ZIP code: 94602) Oakland does not need a stadium downtown where it will disrupt traffic, bring more congestion and crime, and drive up the prices for rent and purchase in an already outrageously costly area. Keep sports out side of downtown, where noise, traffic and public transport can be managed. Downtown needs to be more "liveable" and "welcoming" to increase safety and social infrastructure. (ZIP code: 94619) Please stay at the Coliseum site. A big stadium by Laney College would wreck the area and turn it into a sports bar and parking nightmare. This is so wrong in so many ways!
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108. (ZIP code: 94606) Please choose a location which will not displace people.
109. (ZIP code: 94901) Born and raised in Oakland, (1945) father, born and raised in Oakland (1905), Grandma born and raised in Oakland (1879).
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111. (ZIP code: 94510) I believe that revitalizing the current Coliseum site and rebuilding that ball park utilizing existing Bart infrastructure is far better than trying to shoehorn a new stadium near Laney college - there are already significant parking, traffic congestion issues as well as important work being done at Laney college. I am an A's fan and attend at least 2-3 games each month of the season and I do NOT want to see the A's move into the Laney site.
112. (ZIP code: 94606) I have lived within 1 mile of Laney College for 39 years. Do not destroy this neighborhood and the very lives of my neighbors. A's, you already have a place that has everything you need. Greedy, greedy, greedy. Think we don't understand greed? Watch.
113. (ZIP code: 94601) Laney needs that lot. No parking over there. Also, the flea market is an institution.
(ZIP code: 94612) I still like the Peralta/Laney site for a stadium, however, I would like to see a compromise where the A's can do everything possible to help these local immigrant communities remain intact.
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(ZIP code: 94606) Too small of an area, it will cause too much congestion. Would make more sense to build a stadium near the coliseum. (ZIP code: 94612)
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122. (ZIP code: 94044) I love my school!
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126. (ZIP code: 94602) I am a retired Laney faculty member who values Laney's mission and the city of Oakland. While I support the A's building a new stadium, I know that building at the Peralta site will disrupt Laney's educational mission and despite good intentions will result in displacement of the poor and working class people who live in the surrounding community.
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129. (ZIP code: 94806) I am a Peralta CC employee.
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142. (ZIP code: 94501) Do not sell or lease to the A's corporation!
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146. (ZIP code: 93291) I visit friends and work in Oakland frequently. I've seen how other business ventures have not taken the community into consideration and have made it difficult for friends and colleagues to afford housing in the area and how it makes it difficult for visitors to navigate once familiar streets and find affordable lodging. These decisions should never be entered into without tremendous forethought, throrough research and planning, and by all means with the interest of the community in mind.
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stay at the coliseum
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152. (ZIP code: 94606) NEARBY PROPERTY OWNER.
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164. (ZIP code: 94610) Rehab the Coliseum and make it cozy, commercial and chichi like you want for stadiums in a downtown locale. Downtown can be a state of mind--wherever u create a critical mass as a "destination".
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166. Christopher Saechao (ZIP code: 94619) I love the OAKLAND A's, but I also love the LANEY EAGLES and what it has done to help my education as well as it has helped family members and community members excel. No matter what the A's will try to do to keep the community involved, a lot of immigrant families, especially the Asian immigrant families will be displaced and their livelihoods will be disrupted. KEEP OAKLAND ROOTED by putting THE PEOPLE first.
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171. Colleen Kensinger (ZIP code: 94538) Been going to A's games for 30 years. My kids used to go early on BART with their gloves for the practice hitting. Now my grandkids go too. My grandson, Quinn, is singing the National Anthem this Tuesday at the Coliseum with his chorus. Go A's!
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180. (ZIP code: 94618) Use the money to create affordable housing.
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188. (ZIP code: 94611) Huge A's fan! --HUGE LANEY COLLEGE SUPPORTER and INSTRUCTOR! No WAY does a stadium this close to Laney make any sense at all. Nothing can "buy out" that problem, and nothing would stop the intense displacement of our neighbors that would come with such a development. We need to kill this project before it wastes thousands of people's time and energy!
189. (ZIP code: 94610) I am a teacher at Metwest High School across the street from Laney. Building a stadium here would negatively affect our school and the surrounding community.
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195. (ZIP code: 95628) Laney is a very special place for me. It's where I started my academic journey and the student's deserve to have a location that is dedicated to them. The neighborhoods around Laney will also be drastically changed. What does that mean for our communities of color that live there?
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200. (ZIP code: 94606) I live around here and I can see so many people forced to leave our homes and moving far away even more from our family. Because if this is build rent and housing are gonna be higher rates.
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202. t (ZIP code: 94501) a ballpark here is a HORRIBLE idea.
203. (ZIP code: 94580) Peralta Alumnus (Former Student Trustee)
204. (ZIP code: 94607) I work in Jack London, and this proposed build site will congest and ruin this part of oakland
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207. (ZIP code: 94501) Will ruin a college and a neighborhood!
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209. (ZIP code: 94602) This project is not a suitable match for the neighborhood. Residents and local businesses will be severely impacted. This is one of the few remaining Oakland neighborhoods which still has some soul and integrity left. Don't rip it away. My family has lived adjacent to this neighborhood for over 100 years and I have raised my family here. We are barely hanging on, trying to survive the brutal economic forces that are causing home prices and my property taxes to rise to a completely unaffordable level. Situating the ballpark in this neighborhood will drive the knife of gentrification ever deeper. Please look to the existing ballpark area for this project instead of ripping the fabric of our beloved city even further.
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211. (ZIP code: 94607) I live in Chinatown, I am worried about the displacement that this is going to cause. I want to be involve in stopping this project.
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215. (ZIP code: 94610) We have worked toward the goal of calming traffic and congestion around Lake Merritt and the Estuary so that people could have more access and enjoyment of all the lake has to offer. The increase in traffic around the streets bordering the lake on game days will greatly impact the area.Developing an under-utilized parcel of land (such as the Howard Terminal or the Colliseum set) makes SO much more sense . Protect the Lake Environment for all!
216. (ZIP code: 94610) This cannot be allowed to happen. It would cause irreversible damage to our community and environment with increased traffic. I am a long time resident living near lake merritt. I do not want a stadium at the lake. It is the worst possible idea and I will never go to another As game if this happens. Do not allow it!
217. (ZIP code: 94518) No curve balls or change-ups. Be straight forward about what you (A's) want & deal with the the community & workers of Oakland in fair & respectful way.
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219. (ZIP code: 94544) As a returning student in my mid-30's I have found the community at Laney to be unique and amazingly supportive. I love Oakland, and regret that I found myself priced out of my previous apartment due to rapidly rising rent. I fear that this pattern of displacement will only be exacerbated by a new stadium on Peralta land. 220.
(ZIP code: 94610) I am much more concerned about the community than I am about a baseball team.
224. (ZIP code: 94605) I can't see how Laney students and faculty could function with 35,000 screaming fans next door. How would the A's shoot off fireworks in such a congested area? I support the Howard Terminal site because most of the area is light industrial rather than residential. Freeway access is close by and West Oakland BART could be connected by buses or light rail.
225. (ZIP code: 94577) Stay the Right Way! We cannot afford more development at the expense of working class people of color.
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230. for the ball team players, trainers, and coaches themselves to what is right by the people, and communities that get played all wrong by the profit driven goals of powerful men. BOYCOTT THIS ATTEMPT! Don't be pawns in this game out of fear for your jobs. You won't be the first humans to act like human beings, and put it on the line.
Laney College is my alma mater. I enrolled at 24 years of age. I was there 1974-1978, when I was able to matriculate to UCB.
The same important role that Laney College played as an institute of learning, LPso does it play now- for those veterans, those formerly incarcerated, those women, those youth, those seniors, those laid off underemployed and unemployed- ALL THOSE who come seeking a gateway to skilled labor certification and employment, and college level degrees- 2 year, 4 year, and beyond. Even baseball players have been nurtured and trained to go on to play with the big leagues.
231. (ZIP code: 94501) We live in Alameda and getting out of the tunnel is difficult enough with the current congestion. Please don't add to it! 232.
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237. (ZIP code: 94611) I also work at OMCA's Friday Nights event regularly, and am concerned about what the choice of this site will mean to the museum.
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(ZIP code: 94606) We support the A's and the A's should support us. This is our home. Don't ruin it with a stadium that will crowd out the treasure of the Chinatown and Eastlake communities
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(ZIP code: 94612) This is a terrible idea. What's wrong with where the A's are now?? The negative impact on the surrounding community is unwanted.
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(ZIP code: 94610) No to any project that displaces working class residents or small neighborhood business; together they are the heart and soul of our communities.
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(ZIP code: 94606) I live in east lake, an incredible community will be displaced by this ballpark. Don't do it!
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(ZIP code: 94606) Build a park, not a ball park that will attract 30,000 drunk jocks from out of town every week.
(ZIP code: 94608) I am a Laney College Alumni, I live in Oakland, and I do not support an A's stadium in East Lake! Please do NOT vote for this!
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260. (ZIP code: 94606) East Lake property owner
261. (ZIP code: 94609) What a mistake it would be to put a stadium on Peralta land. And he didn't even consult the community. How arrogant!
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264. (ZIP code: 94606) This project would be devistating for traffic in the area, which already suffers. The natural habitat would be impacted and the neighborhood dose not need this kind of impact.
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269. (ZIP code: 94609) We have E.7th a major arterial and only fifth ave there. What the hell is Kaval thinking?
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271. (ZIP code: 94619) The A's should take their money and upgrade the coliseum - BART is closeby, plenty of parking, and maybe spruce up the place to invite small business restaurants to come in.
272. (ZIP code: 94605) I believe the Coliseum (that I live two miles away from) needs to be reinvigorated with a new ballpark and sports district. I don't believe Laney will benefit from being overrun by thousands of fans and people trying to park near the ballpark.
273. (ZIP code: 94606) Former Laney Student. What happen to the area Port of Oakland around Jack London that was originally proposed as a potential location for the A's.
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275. (ZIP code: 94606) I live in East Lake. We don't want the stadium here.
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280. (ZIP code: 94606) love the As but moving the As to eastlake would be devastating for our neighborhoods.
281. ri elopment for short term dollars is no solution and in the long run is not good for Oakland.
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(ZIP code: 94609) We MUST prioritize community and education - NOT more profit-based development that pretends to be good for the community, but in actuality further lines the pockets of developers, at the expense of the people, the communities, and the city of Oakland. WE MUST DO BETTER.
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(ZIP code: 94601-4708) If the As want to build good will and help the community, they will renovate the Coliseum - not displace small businesses and marginalized residents in a city undergoing an alarming housing crisis. The economic and environmental impact would be devastating. I for one could not remain a fan.
289. (ZIP code: 94606) Please save our schools!
290. (ZIP code: 94609) I am an Oakland homeowner and taxpayer. I object to the proposed baseball stadium site on public Peralta land. The stadium would displace many families and interfere with Laney college activities. A stadium would divide the neighborhood and create massive traffic problems as well.
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294. (ZIP code: 94501) I am a big fan of the A's and attend the games every year. My suggestion is the remodel and improvement of the existing stadium, which has a great parking lot area, great public transportation and the site is just perfect for sports. Please, let's not have the discardable mind to good structures that can still benefit the community!
295. (ZIP code: 94601) i dont like the A's no more
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298. (ZIP code: 95607) The Oakland A's presence would kill our community and college with gentrification! 299.
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302. (ZIP code: 94559) It's not fair to displace the community. The only population this move is serving will be those promoting this gentrification.
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305. (ZIP code: 94612) Its very hard to teach students while they are destructing by fans.
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308. (ZIP code: 94611) No stadium is worth displacing existing community members for. The money that would have to be spent on freeway ramps etc can be better spent on low-income housing.
309. (ZIP code: 94602) I am a faculty member at BCC. I am a lifelong Oakland resident. I am a big A's fan and I feel that the PCCD site is a horrible idea.
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314. (ZIP code: 94618) Long time resident. Please don't do this!
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316. (ZIP code: 94618) 317. (ZIP code: 94544) Leave the space for the school.
318. (ZIP code: 94603) I think taking the stadium away from East Oakland is a big mistake. The land is already there - it's zoned. It's one of the few things in the neighborhood that is positive. Why not spend money on re- building the stadium and developing the area?
319. (ZIP code: 94605) I just need to say that I seen reps for the developers walking around asking resident what they think. He had no Cantonese translator, no one with him from the community. The questions he asked were closed-ended and vague! Not cool...... not cool at all
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321. (ZIP code: 94702) Why not rebuild the existing Coliseum? Wouldn't it be cheaper since I assumed the land is already owned by the As?
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328. (ZIP code: 94546) If the Oakland A's move onto the Laney Campus, they will demonstrate their disregard and disapproval of the education and revitalization of the true Oakland communities. The A's will become a detriment to Oakland's communal well being, and will go down in history for destroying neighborhoods.
This new development will negatively effect commuters on BART, long time residents in China Town, Museum of OAK. I urge you to stop this development process from progressing any further before any more damage has been done.
329. (ZIP code: 94610) #savelaney 330.
(ZIP code: 94609) I frequently visit friends and patronize businesses in the immediate are of the proposed stadium. I think the scale of a ballpark, the traffic - both foot and car - and the 'event' nature of the games will be difficult for the neighborhood to absorb. This may not be the most beautiful if Oakland's neighborhoods, but it is highly functioning, and has a unique and vibrant culture that would be threatened by a ballpark. I urge you to find a more appropriate location for the project.
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(ZIP code: 94606) Revitalize the area that stadium is currently in. Incentivize small business owners to set up shop there. Bring the life to the stadium.
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(ZIP code: 94605) 348. (ZIP code: 94610) I live close to this site and the area is already horribly congested. This is a very unsuitable site for a new baseball stadium. I suggest that they look elsewhere where the new stadium will be welcome and there will be ample room for parking and everything else they need without disturbing the community.
(ZIP code: 94501) Laney Alum
350. (ZIP code: 94608)
351. (ZIP code: 94502) Please let the A's build the new ballpark in their proposed site! Stop the mindless "protest." This stadium is great for the city and community! Please stop the baseless histrionics! There is no "overwhelming opposition" as you hyperbole suggests.
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359. (ZIP code: 94608) The location for this stadium is very poorly thought out and does not take into account the impact on surrounding structures and traffic patterns and land-use.
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363. (ZIP code: 94606) I live on this neighborhood and don't want to lose my home.
364. (ZIP code: 94606) I live by lake Merritt. I am worried about destruction of the community and the environment.
365.
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369. (ZIP code: 94609) There is no room for a new stadium near laney college and lake Merritt. The team has a stadium already. Be smart. Care about the community not the overpaid athletes who do not care about the community. They go where the money is. Take care of our community. Do not overcrowd this city more. Be responsible.
370.
(ZIP code: 94610) I am tired of pro-sports teams costing taxpayers and not bringing in any money to the community. This is a terrible site for a stadium and will have a negative impact on the college, on current east lake residents, on the downtown community, and will create more traffic for downtown and the Lake Merritt neighborhood which is already too dense and overpopulated. I think they should stay at the coliseum site and pay for any rennovations of their choosing. It would be easy to add restaurants, bars and nightlife to that area if desired.
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378. (ZIP code: 94610) They need to build the ballpark in the Howard Terminal where less residents stand to be affected and where there is less congestion. A move to Eastlake will only hurt the team's image and a vulnerable community. 379.
(ZIP code: 94610) I am a former student of Laney College; An Oakland homeowner for 40 years who visits this area frequently, both on foot and driving; An Architect with planning experience; An Oakland business tax payer. I don't want to see this prime real estate squandered. This is the wrong use for this site. It should be housing--whether luxury or affordable, or a mix. If the A's don't like their present facilities they should improve them and promote the improvement of the area around the Coliseum. This proposal will generate unreasonable amounts of noise, pollution, litter, and traffic in the area between the site and BART. I don't want a dime of my taxes to be used in the development or maintenance of this project. Oakland sports fans are a scarred and callous lot. Though the proposed venue is within walking distance of my house, I would sooner take a plane to Montreal to attend one of their games.
386. ZIP code: 94804)
387. (ZIP code: 94544) Mom of a laney college student. This school is changing my son's life in a very positive way. Having it closed would be devastating for him and the community. There's plenty of land elsewhere in Oakland. Find another location and leave laney college stay
388. (ZIP code: 94710)
389. (ZIP code: 93035) We do not want this stadium built.
390.
(ZIP code: 94602) OUSD
(ZIP code: 22205) (ZIP code: 94611) I'm also a season ticket holder.
396. (ZIP code: 46405)
397. (ZIP code: 94704)
398. (ZIP code: 94610) It seems like it would be more cost effective to revamp existing Oakland Coliseum rather than building a brand new stadium. That money would go to better use: 1)public education in Oakland, 2) local infrastructure, 3) affordable housing, etc.
399. (ZIP code: 94709) It's just not right. Go somewhere else, Mr. Kaval and the As. There's a whole big, wide world out there. Surely Mr. Kaval and the As can find some place else for their stadium.
400. (ZIP code: 94601) don't destroy laney! a stadium downtown would be very very bad for laney!
401.
(ZIP code: 94703) This area is Rich with culture and it would be a crime to take this neighborhood away from the city for the profit of sports.
405.
(ZIP code: 94606)
(ZIP code: 94602) A stadium for the A's will harm Laney College students and staff with heavy traffic, noise, parking problems, crowds going through the campus and interrupting classes.
408.
(ZIP code: 94607-4824) Keep the A's at their current stadium. It works just fine with good public transportation to there.
410. (ZIP code: 94518) My largest concern is traffic congestion. The Highway corridor from the Maze to southbound 880 is already a parking lot during the evening commute. Traffic spills onto the local streets near the port and downtown Oakland. It is gridlock near the Jackson Street exit and both the Chinatown / Webster entrance to Alameda and Broadway entrance to the tunnel from both North and South bound 880. How could you possibly mitigate traffic to accommodate the addition of a baseball stadium with any parking facility whatsoever? I see this as a continuation of increasing the gridlock from a terrible situation and compounding it to impossible.
411. (ZIP code: 94533) Keep the A's stadium where it has been for many years. There's no necessary reason to move it at the expense of the more important needs of people, after all, may or may not already support our team. Just no.
(ZIP code: 94610) I'm a baseball fan who loves attending games, but not at the expense of the surrounding community!
413. (ZIP code: 94606)
(ZIP code: 94606) I live in this neighborhood and feel strongly that this is not the best place for the stadium in regards to the surrounding communities.
(ZIP code: 95618) Oaklander. Activist.
416. (ZIP code: 94610) The slogan "Rooted in Oakland" should mean something more than a technicality of keeping the A's "within city limits." I want to support a team that supports it's citizens and cultural resources, rather than uprooting communities for private profit.
417. (ZIP code: 94605) I support a new stadium, but not on the Peralta / Laney site.
418. ZIP code: 94612)
419. (ZIP code: 94619) Merritt College Faculty
420. (ZIP code: 94610) The stadium should be built closer to Jack London Square, which would bring in final revenue to that area. Building it on Peralta land would destroy the natural beauty of this area. Along with negating the resources already used for improvements.
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(ZIP code: 94602) I would like the A's to stay in Oakland but this site is too disruptive to the community. There are other options.
426.
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430. (ZIP code: 94612) I volunteer with Peacock Rebellion / #Liberate23rdAve
431. (ZIP code: 94601) Look it's just too conjested here
432. (ZIP code: 95060) I work in Oakland & support my friends' and colleagues' concern over this action.
433. (ZIP code: 94703)
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(ZIP code: 94610) & thank you James Vann for speaking out, as always, in the Express on this vital community issue.
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438. (ZIP code: 94612) I am a Laney college student and live in the neighborhood. I am against the ballpark in this location, they should rebuild at the coliseum.
439.
(ZIP code: 94606) Stay and invest in East Oakland communities! 441.
(ZIP code: 94606) Laney and Eastlake Chinatown is historically home to many low income communities of color. Not only is it very accessible for low income students trying to transfer to 4 year colleges and those in career oriented programs, Laney should be able to continue to give educational opportunities to youth in Oakland as it always has been.
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(ZIP code: 94121) I love the A's, but this is not the right location for the stadium. They need to find a place where it would be welcomed. Laney faculty and staff do not want it on our campus. It would most certainly have a detrimental affect on our teaching and on our students' learning. That is the ONLY consideration that should be discussed: will the stadium benefit or impact negatively our students' ability to learn and on teachers to teach. We are an educational institution. All other factors are secondary to this.
449.
(ZIP code: 94606) MetWest High School and Laney flea market are two important communities in the area that will be greatly impacted.
452. (ZIP code: 94606) This will hurt my education
(ZIP code: 94619) 457. (ZIP code: 94611) I feel strongly that an As Stadium down the street from our college will affect not only learning, but will cause enrollment to decrease. Valuable parking will be stolen from students, staff and faculty who have late morning and early afternoon class times. I have never been to an A's game, and am not familiar with fans' habits, but have heard there is always lots of alcohol inside and around stadiums. What kind of educational role models do we want near Laney to engage with our students?
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(ZIP code: 94607) As a long-time Oakland resident, I hope that everyone listens to the communities that would be directly affected by a new A's stadium right in the middle of their neighborhood. By potentially displacing low-income, immigrant and communities of color, this is not the way that the A's should want to stay in the city. We already have too many vulnerable members of our city being priced out/shoved out of their homes. This is not progress. I urge the A's and the city to find another solution and another site if they are not willing to reinvest in the Coliseum area. Thank you very much.
460.
(ZIP code: 94601) strongly oppose
465. (ZIP code: 94703)
466. (ZIP code: 94611) As a Chinatown resident, Ivan tell you, there is NO ROOM for a new stadium. Our children's schooling cannot be disrupted by large scale private infrastructure! Please consider the impact on our already poor and struggling community. Where are we to go? Where are our kids to go?
467. (ZIP code: 94607) Laney College, the Oakland Estuary, and Chinatown are all threatened by the proposition of an A's stadium at the Peralta district site. It will destroy the school, the neighborhood, and the natural elements. The A's group are accountable to the Peralta Board of Trustees and everyone involved. The A's must engage neighborhood stakeholders in this discussion. Do not displace the huge community at this site. Laurel Benjamin English Instructor since 2006 Laney College 468.
(ZIP code: 94606) I was born and raised here and seen lots of changes since. These changes includes the bad and the good. Im afraid by building this stadium, we will be loosing the unique culture that makes oakland what oakland is.
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474. (ZIP code: 94602) As a lifetime Oakland resident, I don't see ANY good coming from this project. Do not lease nor sell land to the Oakland A's. Thanks.
475. (ZIP code: 94601) I want full EIR on effects this will have on Laney, family lake access, OMCA Chinatown 880 traffic and downtown access for competing scheduled events. Upgrade the coliseum which is 100% in the right place For Athletics! With so much transportation and infrastructure investment made.
(ZIP code: 94112) No to a new stadium when there's still the colliseum!
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479. will be destructive to Laney students' learning processes. I am a community college teacher at Merritt College.
480.
(ZIP code: 94609) 485. (ZIP code: 94610)
486. (ZIP code: 94606) I just don't think we have the space for it at that area.
487.
(ZIP code: 94619) please not here
489. (ZIP code: 94607) I urge the public officials to stop the massive cultural displacement and threats to the safety of students and seniors a stadium at this site would cause!
490.
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493. (ZIP code: 94610) I am a SEIU member working at BCC. The idea of a ballpark in that area is unthinkable. I was an A's fan back in the days but not now.
(ZIP code: 94609)
495. An (ZIP code: 94609) Why not tear down the existing building and rebuild the A's ballpark of the future? BART is right there, bring in $$ to build up that area, rather than displacing communities in down town.
496. (ZIP code: 94606)
497. (ZIP code: 94607) This is my neighborhood and I have no desire to leave. My family is working class and I am a disabled veteran. This is not a joke to us, this is where we live and enjoy our lives . This is OUR HOME!!!
498. (ZIP code: 94619) There is already the Coliseum lot. If you have to, reuse it. Don't disrupt Oakland any more than it has been for this useless, non-job creating boondoggle.
499. (ZIP code: 94611) I am not against the A. I am a fan only in the sense that they are an Oakland team and add to the city in a positive way. I support the protocol that you suggest so that the A's demonstrate a respect for the city and what the city adds to them 500.
(ZIP code: 94606) The Oakland A's should ABSOLUTELY stay in Oakland. At the same time, the Peralta site is absolutely inappropriate for stadium development. Such development would not only be disruptive to Laney College, it would hamper future growth potential and vitality of this important community education resource, while also exacerbating the local housing and displacement crisis. It is the distinct responsibility of the Peralta Board and Oakland City officials to put the needs of students and residents first.
503. (ZIP code: 942112) Please plan this masssive development and stadium elsewhere! Preserve our neighborhoods! Preserve our diversity! Preserve Oakland for the people who live there!
504.
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511. (ZIP code: 90023) Listen and do what the community says!!!
512.
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514.
(ZIP code: 94546) In no responsible way can a LOUD baseball stadium that holds games in the middle of the day co- exist across the street from an institution of higher learning where classes are held at the same time. 517. (ZIP code: 94601) I love the A's as a team but as a new student on campus trying to obtain my degree I don't wanna see a bunch of people arguing over sports there's already enough traffic as it is
518.
(ZIP code: 94619)
522. (ZIP code: 94602-3809) We all want a beautiful Oakland,one that respects ALL Who live here. Sadly, the proposed site not only endangers communities but will put protected birds near Lake Merritt in peril. We are a sanctuary city for people and wildlife too.
523. (ZIP code: 94606) I love the As but as someone who lives right down the block I know that this is a bad site. Please reconsider either of your other excellent options.
524. (ZIP code: 94611) I grew up taking Chinese classes in Eastlake and Chinatown, and though I did not live there I have very fond memories of the community there. Please, please consider how this will uproot and scatter communities that have been grown over decades and decades as a safe haven, a place where people actually speak your native language, and where you don't have to worry about accidentally offending someone because of different cultural norms.
525.
(ZIP code: 94608) People are really tired of losing public property to private interests, and we don't want it to happen here.
528.
(ZIP code: 94577) Keep the A's away from this vulnerable area.
530.
(ZIP code: 94619) 532. (ZIP code: 94610) We need housing. That site is a perfect place for it.
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534. (ZIP code: 94605) Coliseum site is mote suited for a sports complex.
535. (ZIP code: 94501) I love Oakland, I love the A's, i really hope the team stays, but forcing unwanted things upon us, is wrong, in many ways. Let's work together, lets work hard, to keep our community, in charge, I love Oakland, I love the A's, but don't mess with us; the people, to you rich 1 percenters, that's all i've got to say. <3
536.
(ZIP code: 95121 )
544. (ZIP code: 94601) I am a former Laney instructor and retired union member. Peralta Dist. should not give one inch of land to this project. It will destroy Chinatown and surrounding neighborhoods and greatly (negatively) impact Laney's educational mission.
545 (ZIP code: 94703) I'm currently at Berkeley City College, but was a Laney student last semester (spring 2017). Laney is where I learned how to weld and also where I completed a calculus course that helped me further my goals to apply to grad schools. It's the only affordable place for students to learn welding around here, not to mention one of the few places where students can receive affordable college education. We don't need a baseball stadium to displace our student, working-class, and people of color communities in Oakland. What we need is more access to education and housing, not less.
546. (ZIP code: 94606) 547. (ZIP code: 94606) I live in eastlake and have for many years. I do NOT want a baseball stadium in my neighborhood, disrupting the beautiful wildlife and community. I love the A's and am a fan of baseball, but this is a TERRIBLE location and will disrupt a precious community.
(ZIP code: 94606-2302) Do not do this to our schools!
551.
(ZIP code: 94133) Build in Deep East Oakland where you already have property and the area needs revitalization. Don't build at Laney.
558. (ZIP code: 94611) Communities over corporate sports!
559. (ZIP code: 94610)
560. (ZIP code: 94606) I appreciate the value a major sports team can bring to the city just not this location the costs are to high for our community college student, Chinatown residents and overall culturally rich neighborhoods located by or at the proposed new stadium site!
561.
(ZIP code: 94608) 564. (ZIP code: 94619)
565. (ZIP code: 94609) I am a teacher at MetWest and this stadium will disrupt and potentially displace the education of my students.
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(ZIP code: 94606) Just build the stadium in the parking lot and demolish the original stadium. You already have a dedicated BART station and enough of a buffer from DT oakland to not make traffic on game days hell.
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571. (ZIP code: 94116) I am a graduate student at SFSU, lifelong A's fan and would love to work with you on this project. I would also like to know more about this group's environmental concerns/knowledge.
572. Andrew Culler (ZIP code: 94611)
573.
(ZIP code: 94606) 582. (ZIP code: 94606)
583. (ZIP code: 94608) I enjoy going to A's games, but this proposed new location is cause for concern. Logistically, how do you operate a ballpark next to a college? I've been near AT&T Park before and after games and traffic is gridlocked. I'm also concerned about the sensitive bird habitats of Lake Merritt and the estuary. Lighting spillover from the ballpark, trash from attendees, and excessive noise are a detriment to the wildlife in the area. And the impact of all of those factors to those who live in the area, and add gentrification and it will displace many vulnerable members of of the neighborhood.
584. (ZIP code: 94606)
585. (ZIP code: 94010) I am a former member of the 5th avenue arts community and lived in Oakland for 17 years, and I am familiar with the area in question. Turning Oakland into the nightmare of gentrification that SF has turned into is irresponsible. Jerry Brown listened when he was mayor, please preserve this historical neighborhood.
586.
(ZIP code: 94621) Please keep it in the current area. Build Coliseum City!
588.
(ZIP code: 94606)
592. (ZIP code: 94606) Former Laney Student.
593. (ZIP code: 94606) I love the A's. I attend many games and at one time was a season ticket holder but putting a new stadium at the Laney site is just wrong. It will displace many who are in fragile rental housing. It will displace Chinatown - a historic and thriving cultural community. Please find another site and stay the right way by honoring and including all of Oakland's community.
594. (ZIP code: 94609)
595. (ZIP code: 94618) Sounds as if a sports executive has acted in a "high handed" manner out of selfish interest. I oppose the give-away or selling off or leasing of public land to special interests, especially without community input. I hope the Oakland Planning Commission and other officials will consult and listen to the community before rendering any kind of decision in this matter.
596.
(ZIP code: 94619) Big money developments push poor folks out of their communities. Don't let it happen again.
603.
(ZIP code: 94706)
606. ve well enough alone. The traffic congestion is getting worse with all this gentrification. The current site already has a proven transportation system and parking, that works. Baseball is for everyone. Oakland has always been down to earth, blue collar happen in' place. We don't need a pretentious, trendy, over priced, small ballpark. The area around the current location could benefit from development. That would be the right thing for Oaklanders who really care about all of Oakland. Thank you!
607. (ZIP code: 94611) We own the Coliseum land! Let's build there!
608.
(ZIP code: 94606) In many ways, the ballpark would be a negative invasion of a community already scheduled to be impacted by the Brooklyn Basin development. In addition to students and residents, the various waterfowl and other birds would be disturbed. 611.
(ZIP code: 94704)
614. (ZIP code: 94703) Having the A's at Peralta will help private profit businesses (bars, restaurants, stores, etc) but it will hurt (displace/erase) our marginalized communities and cultural that is already being attacked by profit hungry businesses. A's have the privilege to choose to go where they WANT (not need; like it's the only option). Many folks in the bay (especially natives) DON'T have option.
615. (ZIP code: 94611) I am a part-time Laney Student, work in downtown Oakland and live 2 miles north.
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621. (ZIP code: 94602) The land where field is now is a great place to replace the cement blocks. Already has transport, parking, other infrastructure and fans from north and south can easily get there. Keep field away from educational institutions, people's homes, the Lake, Oakland Museum and down town. Come visit that area of Oakland. Don't build in our faces. (I'm not mentioning the environmental impact -- but it's there.) I want you right where you are in Oakland.
622.
(ZIP code: 94603) This is awful... people are already being displaced entirely in this area... at least move to east oakland where it wouldn't be removing the last of the families that lived in a neighborhood for years. And it would add nearby job so to the residents... why is a stadium affordable when so many things are "under budget" in Oakland anyways?! There are a lot of people who are NOT fans of pro sports!
625. (ZIP code: 95558) (ZIP code: 94608)
628. (ZIP code: 94549) We need to make sure our college maintains its college atmosphere and the neighborhood maintains its character and dignity.
629.
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631. (ZIP code: 94610 ) This is an awful idea. The original plan to build along the waterfront will displace far fewer people and businesses, and have the beautiful gore to boot.
632. (ZIP code: 94607) Not in Chinatown, build at the Port site!
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(ZIP code: 94610) #savelaney
639. (ZIP code: 94610) #savelaney
640.
(ZIP code: 94611) The current location has EVERYTHING needed: Freeway access, lots of parking, easy access to BART. Rebuild the current site and save a LOT of money too.
642.
(ZIP code: 94609) This is not the right location to build a stadium. Period. It will clearly displace many families and businesses and further gentrify this already `out of control' TOO gentrified town of Oakland. If this kind of rampant, unconscionable development is allowed to continue to happen, pretty soon there will be no multi-cultural, or diverse Oakland to live in. If you want an all white, homogenized culture and environment, I suggest Danville or Grand Rapids, MI
644. (ZIP code: 94606) I live in east lake neighborhood. The stadium here would ruin the side streets that we have ro navigate to avoid 880. All the work put into the lake restoration will be ruined.
645. (ZIP code: 94804)
646. (ZIP code: 94705)
647. ZIP code: 94606) This is a terrible place for the new stadium, and it'll have a hugely negative impact on the surrounding neighborhood(s) if it moves forward. This area's already under resourced and completely lacking in the infrastructure needed for this kind of venture. We need to find another place to build the stadium!!
648. (ZIP code: 94703)
649. ZIP code: 94601) This is a crazy place to put the Stadium. It is so close to Lake Merritt, Chinatown, downtown. I am not a baseball fan, but know that this is not the right place for the Stadium. Once, it's built, we won't have a say.
650. (ZIP code: 94610)
651. (ZIP code: 94612) A campus atmosphere is more important to our community than a behemoth sport arena adding even more traffic and making even more noise and more reasons for sirens to be going off. Super irresponsible!
652.
(ZIP code: 94701) As a Laney faculty member, I am strongly opposed to the A's building a stadium next to Laney College. I support the team in staying rooted at their current location in East Oakland. If they can't remain there, I feel the A's should move out of Oakland. Laney College is for our students and the community. We are Oakland's City College. 656. (ZIP code: 94602) If the A's really love Oakland, they will build their stadium in a place that serves Oakland, that serves the people who make Oakland what it is - a richly diverse mash-up of races, religions, income levels, sexual identity, ages, the newly arrived, refugees, and those whose families have been here for generations.
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659. (ZIP code: 94601) The Coliseum was a great location when it was chosen in 1969, and it's still the best place for a new A's stadium. The Laney site is in a congested area. It won't work. Stop trying to copy the Giants. Oakland is not SF
660. (ZIP code: 94606)
661. (ZIP code: 94602) Save our working and middle-class communities of color. There are other places in Oakland to build a baseball stadium..
662. (ZIP code: 94611) A ballpark at the foot of Lake Merritt will be an eyesore from the lake, adversely affecting one of the jewels of Oakland - Lake Merritt. The noise from the ballpark will adversely affect students at Laney who have day and evening classes at the same hours as many games are played. They will hear loudspeakers, music, chanting and roars from the crowds at the games, while they aretrying to concentrae and learn in classes.
663.
(ZIP code: 94605) Our family has been #RootedInOakland for over 100 years. I am a 3rd generation local business owner. It seems to me that you have forgotten the neighborhood that helped you grow your roots so deeply in Oakland. The Laney/Chinatown neighborhoods do not want more congestion. It is already extremely hard to park, move & navigate. Cannot and will not continue to support my team when they forget where they came from. #STAYtheRightWay
666. (ZIP code: 94602) I am greatly concerned about the impact this stadium will have on the school, the neighborhood (I have friends living nearby), and the environment which includes the estuary.
667. (ZIP code: 94607) I have been a resident of District 2 (outskirts of Oakland Chinatown) since 1979. I have voted in every election since I turned 18 in 1985. I am writing to voice my opposition to the proposed stadium for the A's in District 2.
I am from a working class family as well as an Alumnus of UC Berkeley, yet I am unable to buy a house, and would find it difficult to find an affordable rental in spite of being a research scientist. I live amongst working class and professionals in the same neighborhood, and we all have something to contribute to Oakland. I am the first American born of an immigrant family who still lives among immigrants. I am sure that we will be displaced when the 'gentrification' kicks up to the next level. Already several condos have been built all around me that I have no hope of every buying, and if the stadium is built, I fear that any affordable rentals will disappear as well.
Will Oakland be like Aspen where people who work here can't afford to live here? Are the only people worth having in Oakland millionaires? You know as well as I do that your contributions to society are not necessarily rewarded with riches.
668.
(ZIP code: 94601) I am a Merritt College employee
672.
(ZIP code: 94610) Having the stadium in this neighborhood would displace and disrupt so many important communities in Oakland. As important the A's are to so many people, their stadium can't come before the well- being of community members.
674.
(ZIP code: 94619) This will speed the constant increases in rent for poor folks in the area. The minute the stadium becomes real poor people will be larger targets of greedy landlords using the A's as their excuse.
677.
(ZIP code: 94601) Stay at the coliseum site! It's existing infrastructure can be built on and improved rather than starting from scratch.
679. (ZIP code: 94607) 680. (ZIP code: 94579) Im a peralta student and am angry that the Peralta board would even consider another sellout this.
681. (ZIP code: 94702) Rather the A's should give money to Laney!
682. (ZIP code: 94606) I live by Lake Merritt, I've been here 20 years and Lake Merritt has never been so popular for local families to enjoy local nature and public and private events. Traffic is already time consuming to get downtown. Please build somewhere else.
683.
(ZIP code: 94608) I am concerned how the A' s relocation will displace our students, cause price to increase and increase possibility for gentrification in this community.
685.
(ZIP code: 94601) build at current site.
691.
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(ZIP code: 94601) The City has invested millions in the Colliseum which is still a fully functioning stadium. Oakland cannot afford the millions more that would be required for the infrastructure of this proposed new stadium.
695.
(ZIP code: 94110) 697. (ZIP code: 94611) Having gone to Laney, I know the extent of negative impact a stadium would bring, & as a 40-yr resident of Oakland, I'm protective of Chinatown. There is already ample parking & mass transit at the Coliseum site, re-construction would not be invasive, they wouldn't have to compromise or share the new space, & it would be a fantastic opportunity to finally develop the surrounding into more housing (including low-income), shops & other mixed use.
698.
(ZIP code: 94606) I attend Laney College and also live in this neighborhood.
700.
(ZIP code: 94577) I may like the A's, but I LOVE OUR GREAT LANEY COLLEGE!!!
706.
(ZIP code: 94110) Protect education.
713.
(ZIP code: 94606) I live by this and I don't want to see more of my neighbors displaced. The A's already have land. They can do what the Met's did in NYC and build a new stadium in their parking lot. It worked for them and the existing infrastructure that already served their existing stadium. If the A's move here I definitely will NOT be attending any of their games. I won't be able to get the horrible taste of displacement out of my mouth.
715. (ZIP code: 94621) NO NO NO!!! To a Laney area stadium!! As a homeowner in the Coliseum area who's family income DEPENDS on the A's and other Coliseum events, we NEED THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT of a new complex in THIS area! We've already lost TOO MUCH in this part of Oakland! We have the SPACE; We have the TRANSPORTATION NEEDS; and we have the NEED for this to stay HERE, NOT move to downtown where there's NO PARKING, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, OR ABILITY FOR *OUR* community to benefit from this move! STAY OUT OF THE LANEY AREA!!!!!
716. (ZIP code: 94606) As a former Laney student, environmentalist, and lifelong East Bay/Oakland resident, I do not support this location for the new stadium. This location disproportionately affects low income, often immigrant residents, students, and wildlife for the sake of those wealthy enough to attend ball games. The Lake Merritt restoration project has made the area a beautiful open space that anyone can enjoy, free of charge, and the subsequent pollution, traffic, and trash is detrimental to our city's jewel. Oakland is also suffering enough from gentrification and displacement of low income individuals , immigrants, and people of color. Many of Chinatown's residents are elderly and dependent upon the social structure of this neighborhood, and would be subject to joining the countless number of homeless who are already suffering in our town. The current location already had the space and transportation infrastructure to support a new stadium with surrounding mixed-use business and residential properties and would help the economy of East Oakland. I ask the City of Oakland, Mayor Schaffer, the City Council, and residents to support Oakland by keeping the A's at the coliseum and retaining the Peralta site as the beautiful community it is.
717. (ZIP code: 94601) No more displacement of our communities. This project would be a disaster.
718. (ZIP code: 94803)
719. (ZIP code: 94601)
720. (ZIP code: 94606) I'm very much in support of the A's remaining in Oakland, but I think building a new stadium at Laney- or anywhere near there- is a terrible idea.
As a 10 year resident of this neighborhood, I have a pretty strong understanding of the traffic flow in the area. The roads and infrastructure can't accommodate such a dramatically increased volume of traffic flow. This would cause SEVERE gridlock. It's very inconsiderate to residents!
I am also absolutely against the community displacement that this venture is sure to cause. It will also be damaging to the campus and students.
Building a new stadium at Laney is NOT the answer! 721. (ZIP code: 94601) I am a 40 year faculty member of the College of Alameda and I am enraged that the Chancellor and Board of Trustees of the Peralta Community Colleges would entertain this proposal under any circumstances.
722. (ZIP code: 94606 )
723.
(ZIP code: 94605) The stadium should not go where it will unfairly displace folks who live there. Perhaps the waterfront/Jack London Sq. area would be better.
(ZIP code: 94610)
729.
(ZIP code: 94611)
736. (ZIP code: 94703) This will be disastrous for the community and Laney College. Parking is already difficult at Laney, and will be worse with with the stadium.
This area also has a wonderful waterfowl population, that will be totally disrupted. Building a stadium here will be a disaster for the bay ecology.
I will never attend another A's game if the stadium is built here. 737. (ZIP code: 94610) Concerned that the families in this neighborhood would be evicted if the stadium goes through.
738.
(ZIP code: 94601)
746. (ZIP code: 94606) It will impact my school (Metwest high school) which is right across the street.
747. (ZIP code: 94596) This is not right. To use a space that's for learning and developing and community for a stadium for sport and for a selfish boast in the name of money.
748.
(ZIP code: 94611)
755. (ZIP code: 94607) Please do not to build the stadium on the PeraltaProto property. I am a Layni professor, and we need our space for our students. Thank you. 756.
(ZIP code: 94606)
761. (ZIP code: 94618) I teach at MetWest High School, right across the street from the proposed site. This development would put our innovative and successful school at risk, and would destroy the neighborhood that has nurtured our school for the last 15 years.
762. (ZIP code: 94501)
763. (ZIP code: 94606) This area does not support a stadium in terms of traffic and the estuary would be permanently damaged. Laney college needs the space.
764. (ZIP code: 94606)
765. (ZIP code: 94607)
766. (ZIP code: 94502) The traffic and congestion would be horrible. There is a community college with thousands of students trying to get to classes and faculty trying to get to work as well as several other large institutions there asthe OUSD offices. This project injects a transient and large number of fans who have nothing in common with this community.
767.
(ZIP code: 94606) 773.
(ZIP code: 94501) In addition to the issues raised here, the impacts to Alameda residents in the way of traffic, gentrification and displacement will be too great.
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(ZIP code: 94605)
777. (ZIP code: 94606) I have lived in this neighborhood for ten years. I've seen a lot of changes — some good, some bad. I am concerned that this stadium will destroy history in Chinatown by displacing families, merchants and culture; disrupt wildlife just as it's finality coming back to the estuary and lake; increase traffic and litter at the lake, while contributing light and sound pollution to a peaceful neighborhood. Please conduct an independent environmental impact study, pledge to preserve Chinatown with clear and specific action steps, and acknowledge the neighborhood impacts, both positive and negative—how will you ensure that this development is beneficial not just to businesses and wealthy transplants, but also to the most vulnerable members of Oakland?
778.
(ZIP code: 94606) Fifth Ave. Waterfront Community Alliance
780.
RA Alkebulan-Ma'at (ZIP code: 94610) The A's were my first team and employer as a groundskeeper when I was a child in KC. Then they moved from our neighborhood to a place called Oakland in 1968 because that City built them a new stadium. They should stay at the Coliseum! WE are still paying millions a year for it, for less than 90 potential days a year. No need for a new stadium. Our priorities must be justice, affordable housing, public education, nutrition, living wage jobs, health care, infrastructure, transportation, community arts, neighborhood policing and investments and preparations for climate chaos and pending earthquakes.
783. (ZIP code: 94612) Really bad place for a stadium!
784.
(ZIP code: 94606) There are so many reasons that this is a bad location for such a huge undertaking. 786.
(ZIP code: 94530)
788. (ZIP code: 94606) I live a block away and the traffic is bad enough as is. We are also facing displacement from the Brooklyn Basin project. This site would make any chance we have to stay in our homes that much more difficult. Please reconsider site location.
(ZIP code: 94606) With only a few streets running across the estuary on the south side of Lake Merritt there is not enough infrastructure to support a stadium.
790.
(ZIP code: 94564)
795.
(ZIP code: 94601) This is a terrible location that will have a negative impact on the community and Laney students. Were the surveys done in several languages? Also, would be too many people at Lake Merritt which would deteriorate.
799.
(ZIP code: 94607)
801. (ZIP code: 94609) I am a long-time Oakland resident, former Laney student, and recently retired Peralta English instructor. Baseball might not be important to me but the land, the neighborhood, the community, are. And should be to you too.
802. (ZIP code: 95363) 803.
(ZIP code: 94601) Save Oakland authencity
806. (ZIP code: 94606) I drive by the area to get to Chinatown to shop and eat, and I can't imagine the vehicular and pedestrian traffic nightmare that will result from A's playing their games in this area.
807. (ZIP code: 94606) I have attended Laney college and use the Lake Merritt Bart station exclusively. I live about 5 minutes away.
(ZIP code: 94603) Please do not bring your A's stadium to the neighborhood. It is so pleasant now. Downtown Oakland has a certain vibe and it will not be your cash cow this time. Move the A's stadium to a neutral location, some place where you can create your utopian sports venue that needs a facelift. Lake Merritt is not the place for you moneyballers! #keepOaklandquaint
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(ZIP code: 94606) There is no case to be made for destroying the college or the neighborhood. Stay where you are, you have acres to do anything you wish by the airport.
813. (ZIP code: 94606) I am a writer and college English teacher who lives near Lake Merritt. I am deeply concerned that this megadevelopment would injure the integrity of the estuary and its beautiful fish, birds, and bat rays. It's the wrong choice for a site, and it must not move forward.
Mitigation is not a sufficient proposal; this is a unique, un-replicable waterway, and Oakland has already only a fraction of the wetlands it used to have. We must preserve the lives of the animals that live in this precious wetland. People also will lose out when the gorgeous creatures who are their companions will die out.
The lack of consultation of the neighborhood also is deeply offensive and shows the true colors of how this development would proceed without regard for the people and creatures who live here.
Find a neighborhood that has open space, not this dense urban and wetland neighborhood.
Thank you, Tiffany Higgins
814.
(ZIP code: 94533) This is yet another attempt to wield financial power over the people who are the reason Dave Kaval has the clout he has. This cannot be done without the consent of, or at the expense of the community. Lower class citizens including People of color are being displaced from their long time homes already. Hell no!
818.
(ZIP code: 94606) I Iive a block away and I am angry about this
820. (ZIP code: 94611) I have taken several classes at Laney and am familiar with the area. Having a huge stadium next to the college would not be good. Laney is a busy, urban learning center with distractions enough without adding more. I urge you not to do this.
821. (ZIP code: 94621) When the people speak this city should listen. Disinvestment from East Oakland has been a thing, even with upzoning to bring in more business. All our sports teams leaving the area that has been their home. And what's going to happen to the area are they still planning on bringing in more tech jobs, high-end shops ans hotels we csmt afford. Continue to build high-rises and displacement to the downtown, East Lake, Chinatown with the mayor and Governor Brown's agenda of moving all the longtime, lifetime residence out of Oakland so it will no longer be our Oakland
822. (ZIP code: 94610)
823. (ZIP code: 94606) This will cause a ripple that likely will change the face of the east lake neighborhood, and push the predominantly Asian population out of they're homes and businesses. It is un-wise and counter productive to keeping oakland diverse and welcoming to all creeds. Please think before taking actions that affect so many.
(ZIP code: 94708-2141) I work in downtown Oakland. I am a social worker in the Alameda County Public Health Department and I care deeply about community input and the process involved in such an enterprise. Public hearings needed!
827.
(ZIP code: 94607) am Laney faculty - disruption, displacement, inappropriate educational environment, ecologically unsound, gentrification....there's nothing in it for Laney except questionable promises!
833. V (ZIP code: 94606) • more traffic • more noise • more vehicles & probably inadequate parking (have you seen all the Laney students and BART riders who park in the area RIGHT NOW?) • gentrification • displacement of long-time low-income residents • location could be used for housing or Laney to expand • benefits mainly the A's and A's fans • little upside and lower quality of life for residents of this and surrounding neighborhoods • slap in the face when they have the coliseum site as an option as well as the Howard Terminal • very disappointing
834.
(ZIP code: 94612) I'm a Lakeside resident that believes this is a very dangerous proposal to build here when affordable housing is in such short supply and there are two much better locations available for them to build on. It would be incredibly dissapointing to see our council members roll over for the A's and ignore the concerns of their constituents.
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(ZIP code: 94606) 839.
(ZIP code: 94605)
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(ZIP code: 94601) While I'm happy to hear the A's have decided to STAY in Oakland, where they belong, I'm not sure that this new proposed ballpark site at Laney College is the best. Honestly, I'm quite surprised, because I was under the impression the A's were more interested in Waterfront Ballpark site near Jack London Square. Still though, I was hoping they would stay at the Coliseum and just renovate that site. The A's could do so much good for the community and surrounding neighborhood at the Coliseum area if they invested their time and money into redoing that site. The Laney College site might not be the best, because it would greatly affect the College Students at Laney and would most likely cause a lot of traffic congestion and gridlock (both with cars and people afoot). It would also add a lot more intoxicated and potentially rowdy people to a fairly quiet neighborhood. I think this conversation is a place to start, and much more discussion and examination of all options needs to be on the table, and everyone in the Oakland Community should have a say and be listened to...
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(ZIP code: 94605) Please don't do this to East Lake community! Think about the people who will be displaced.
(ZIP code: 94606) 15 year resident of neighborhood as well as employee of Met West High School
849.
(ZIP code: 94596)
851. (ZIP code: 94601) I don't see why the A's can't rebuild the current Coliseum to suit their needs. It is near BART & the freeway and would not affect already challenged public education and our neighborhoods.
852. (ZIP code: 94502)
853. (ZIP code: 94702) I want the A's to stay in Oakland, but building adjacent to the Laney campus and next to a vibrant immigrant neighborhood seems extremely misguided.
This past Wednesday, as I attempted to lecture in a warm classroom facing out towards 7th St. to students distracted by the noise of the water chillers, freeway traffic, and trains, I tried to imagine the additional noise and traffic that come with a stadium just on the other side of the street. How can any good come out of this for the Laney Campus?
Our college faces a number of challenges--a baseball stadium as a neighbor would simply add another challenge--it would not be a solution to any of our problems. Moreover, how would selling district property to a private, for-profit entity further the mission of the PCCD and especially the mission of Laney College? Yet another issue to distract us from fulfilling our mission. Why can't the board say "no" now, so we can move on to addressing the core challenges facing our campus?
854. (ZIP code: 94606) Oakland needs space for housing, not another bleed on Oakland tax dollars! Do not ruin Oakland! We need housing! We need affordable housing!!!
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(ZIP code: 94708)
860. (ZIP code: 94610) I believe we should all write letters to mainstream media to ensure our voices are heard, given that the Athletics don't seem to be listening.
861. (ZIP code: 94577)
862. (ZIP code: 94611) The A's already have a place to play and a convenient BART station. There is zero reason to build on Peralta land. As a student and a life long resident I am deeply concerned and opposed to this and the deep harm it will cause the community.
863.
(ZIP code: 94610)
866. (ZIP code: 94805) 867.
(ZIP code: 94607) Laney College needs its focus on education, students need easy public transportation to pursue their education, faculty and staff need easy commute, and the community needs the diverse cultures!!!
869.
(ZIP code: 94606)