Public Land for Public Good!

Speak Up Speak Out! We Want Public Lands for 100% Public Use *
* Hands Off East Oakland! Don’t Sell Our Land to Market Rate Developers *
* Build Housing Affordable to Oakland’s Unhoused Now *
* Use Public Funds to Prevent Displacement NOT Facilitate Tenant Evictions! * 

DID YOU KNOW?

• There are close to 50 publicly owned vacant or underutilized parcels in Oakland that the City of Oakland had deemed were suitable for housing development?  These 50 parcels could produce over 7,300 new housing units IF the City stops prioritizing market rate development over affordable housing!
• As of December 2017, there are over 20,000 market rate housing units that the City of Oakland has approved that are under construction or in the pipeline, compared to less than 1,500 affordable units.
• That the City Council in June 2017 allocated $2.2 million to prevent displacement and homelessness of low-income homeowners and tenants?  Councilmember McElhaney now wants to use $300,000 of those funds to pay landlords who are evicting tenants!

We are DEMANDING that Oakland’s Community & Economic Development Committee (CED) ADOPT:

• A resolution approving a 180-day moratorium on the sale of public land. No public lands can be sold or leased for 180 days.
• A public lands policy that is for 100% public use that includes affordable housing options for no to low income residents and the working poor in Oakland facing displacement and homelessness.

We are DEMANDING that Oakland’s Community & Economic Development Committee (CED) DOES NOT:

• Take $300,000 of Anti-Displacement Funds AWAY FROM low income homeowners and tenants and instead GIVE to The Hardship Payment Schedule Program for Landlords Evicting Tenants. This resolution is proposing that $300,000 goes towards funding lower income landlords who are required to pay tenant relocation when they are evicting even lower income residents! Ask CED to VOTE NO on this proposed resolution.

How you can HELP:

• Attend and speak at the Community & Economic Development Committee (CED) on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, 1:00 PM, City Council Chamber, 3rd Floor. View the CED agenda for June 26, here.
• Can’t attend? Submit eComments! Click on the eComment link on the top of the webpage to comment on the following agenda items: (Item 3)  18-0522 Subject: Receive A Report On The Public Lands Policy Process And Analysis. (Item 4) 18-0533 Subject: Resolution Approving A Moratorium On The Sale Of Public Land. (Item 5)  18-0663 Subject: Hardship Payment Schedule For Lower Income Homeowners (BUT REALLY LANDLORDS!)
• Email and/or call the CED members and demand that we want public lands for 100% public use and don’t want anti-displacement funds used to help landlords evict tenants:

            President Reid, District 7
Email: lreid@oaklandnet.com
Phone: (510) 238-7007

Lynette Gibson McElhaney, District 3
Email: LMcElhaney@oaklandnet.com
Phone: (510) 238-7003

Noel Gallo, District 5
Email: Ngallo@oaklandnet.com
Phone: (510) 238-7005

CED Chairperson: Vice Mayor Annie Campbell Washington, District 4
Email: ACampbellWashington@oaklandnet.com
Phone: (510) 238-7004

Feel free to copy/paste and/or edit the following text when emailing the CED members:

I am writing to demand that the City of Oakland and administration use public lands for 100% public good and use. It it is time to end the prioritization of market rate development in Oakland. (RE: Agenda Item 4) This Tuesday, VOTE YES on a resolution approving a 180-day moratorium on the sale of public land. (RE: Agenda Item 3) This Tuesday, VOTE YES on a public lands policy that is for 100% public use that includes affordable housing options for no to low income residents and the working poor in Oakland facing displacement and homelessness. (RE: Agenda Item 5) This Tuesday, VOTE NO on the proposed resolution to take $300,000 of anti-displacement funds AWAY FROM low income homeowners and tenants and instead GIVE to the hardship payment schedule program for landlords evicting tenants.

Stand up for the people this Tuesday, June 26.