January 2010

Carolyn Jones The Navy might have pulled out of Alameda a dozen years ago, but fighting at the former Naval Air Station has never been fiercer. City leaders, environmentalists and an Orange County builder are in a costly, protracted battle over development at Alameda Point, an issue the voters will ultimately decide at the ballot

Rin Kelly SunCal, the developer of Alameda Point, has submitted a last-minute new proposal for the former Navy base just before Tuesday’s election. The weeks leading up to Alameda’s February 2 special election have been as dramatic as ever. On January 15, developer SunCal, whose self-drafted initiative is the sole issue on the ballot, submitted

In its editorial on the redevelopment plan for the former naval air station in Alameda (“Off base,” Jan. 18), The Chronicle got some things right and some things wrong. Greenbelt Alliance agrees that the plan envisions exactly the kind of development that should be encouraged in the Bay Area. It calls for new parks, improved ferry

Michele Ellson City Councilwoman and mayoral candidate Marie Gilmore has said that while she supports redevelopment of Alameda Point, she is taking a “reluctant” stance against Measure B. Gilmore has come under fire in recent weeks from groups who oppose Measure B because she had not taken a stance on SunCal’s Point development plan. She

After careful consideration, Greenbelt Alliance, the Bay Area’s leading advocate of open space protection and smart growth development, has endorsed the plan to redevelop the Alameda Point Naval Air Station in the City of Alameda. Greenbelt Alliance encourages Alameda voters to support Measure B on February 2 to allow the successful reuse of Alameda Point.