ACTION ALAMEDA News

Do you think the mother that is the subect of this San Francisco Chronicle story will be taking the bus with her kids again? Or trying to find a way to use a car?

Remember earlier this year, when the City of Vallejo was filing for bankruptcy? And parallels were being drawn between that city and the City of Alameda? Whatever happened to Vallejo?

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Maria Zanetti was a civilian crane operator at Naval Air Station Alameda for 25 years. She loaded cargo on military ships until an accumulation of back injuries from her work duties put her out of work and on Supplementary Security Income (SSI). She has applied for an exemption to Measure H and has been denied.

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On Wednesday night at Alameda City Hall, the Alameda Point Task force reviewed SunCal and Calthorpe’s latest plans for the redevelopment of Alameda Point. At least, the three task force members that showed up.

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We received comments from a cyclist over this article about formal training for bicyclists - most of it critical.
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The Wall Street Journal today carried a story about San Francisco blogger and City supervisor candiate Rob Anderson. Anderson used the courts to stop the implementation of a bicycle plan in San Francisco that he says would contribute to automobile congestion, and pollution, not reduce it.

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Parents and children showed up at Washington Park yesterday to participate in a carnival sponsored by Justin Harrison, candidate for Alameda City Council.

Attendees enjoyed hot dogs and soda, and bounced in jumpers provided by the candidate.

This year’s Jamaica Association of Northern California’s Independence Celebration Dinner and Dance will be on Saturday, August 23rd, at 8:00pm at The Masonic Hall in Alameda, 2312 Alameda Avenue. Performances by St. Catherine’s Kidz-A-Kulcha, winners of Jamaica’s National Festival Competition. For details, see the JANC website.

We met with Alamedan Justin Harrison over breakfast this week. Justin is running for City Council in this November’s election, and we wanted to speak with him in detail about some of the issues he’s listed on his campaign website.
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Since SunCal’s August 7th meeting to discuss their vision for Alameda Point, wherein Peter Calthorpe presented a scheme for 6,000 housing units served by Personal Rapid Transit (PRT), Alameda residents have been climbing a sharp and fast learning curve on PRT.
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