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The Oakland A’s Howard Terminal Ballpark Proposal Will Not Cost Taxpayers – Here’s Why

By Zennie AbrahamPosted on May 1, 2021Posted in California, News, Oakland - Oakland News Now - OaklandNewsSide, Oakland Community, U.S. NewsTagged Alameda County Assessor, California Redevelopment Law, City of Oakland, Howard Terminal, Oakland, Zennie Abraham

This is the latest Howard Terminal Oakland blog post effort by Zennie62Media’s Oakland News Now to bat down the wave of completely wrongheaded so-called news “articles” regarding Howard Terminal. Without naming names, the latest of these sad anti-Oakland attempts to kill a ballpark idea the authors clearly don’t understand was titled “What the Oakland A’s […]

2020 Election: Re-Elect Oakland City Councilmember Lynette Gibson McElhaney For District Three

By Zennie AbrahamPosted on October 5, 2020Posted in California, National News, News, Oakland - Oakland News Now - OaklandNewsSide, Oakland Community, U.S. News, usa, WorldTagged 2020 Election, ACCE, Adams Point, affordable housing, Alameda, Alameda County, App, Association Of Bay Area Governments, Barbara Lee, blacks in Oakland, CA, California, California Redevelopment Law, CARES, CARES Act, CES, Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Dan Kalb, Downtown Oakland, economic development, Elihu Harris, Erica, Finance, homeless, Housing, Illegal Evictions, Inc, ISIS, ISSUES, Jean Quan, Jerry Brown, Jesse Arreguin, Keith Carson, LA, Lake Merritt, Lawsuit, Legal, Live, Lynette Gibson McElhaney, Mayor Of Oakland, Measure Q, Media, Moms4Housing, news, NFL, NY Times, Oakland, Oakland City, Oakland City Attorney, Oakland City Council, Oakland Government, Oakland Public Ethics Commission, Oakland Residents, Oaklanders, OPL, OUSD, Pandemic, Presente, Press Release, Public Ethics Commission, Redevelopment Law, RT, Saturday Night Live, SF, SF Bay Area, Sheng Thao, Tech, Uptown Oakland, US, Voting, WE, West Oakland, World, Zennie Abraham

Oakland City Councilmember Lynette Gibson McElhaney has served the residents of perhaps the most complicated Oakland City Council District in our city very well. Understand that while District Three is commonly thought of as being only West Oakland, in reality it’s also Downtown Oakland, Uptown Oakland, and Adams Point / Lake Merritt, where I live. […]

Berkeley Councilmember Ben Bartlett’s And Patrick Kennedy’s Micro Housing Idea Now Reality

By Zennie AbrahamPosted on May 17, 2020Posted in Ben Bartlett Berkeley District 3 Councilmember "The Bartlett Files", Berkeley - Berkeley News Now - BerkeleyNewsNow.com, California, National News, News, U.S. News, WorldTagged affordable housing, App, BART, Ben Bartlett, Berkeley, Berkeley City Council, Berkeley Councilmember, Berkeley Councilmember Ben Bartlett, CA, California, California Redevelopment Law, CES, China, City of Berkeley, Councilmember Ben Bartlett, David Chiu, Erica, homeless, Housing, Inc, Media, Micro Housing, NFL, Patrick Kennedy, Redevelopment Law, RT, San Francisco, Tackett Bartlett, UC Berkeley, US, WE, World, Zennie Abraham, zennie62, Zennie62media

In early 2017, Berkeley Councilmember Ben Bartlett (among others) sounded the call for what are called “micro-homes”. The plan, the brainchild of San Francisco Developer Patrick Kennedy, of Panoramic Interests, remarked to the press that tension among residents was caused by close spaces. Kennedy’s idea for micro-apartments, in contrast, intended to offer privacy as a […]

Hey Matt Haney, SF Twitter Tax Break Hearing Must Focus On Economic Development

By Zennie AbrahamPosted on March 6, 2019Posted in California, National News, News, San Francisco, San Francisco Community, San Francisco Politics, Tech, U.S. NewsTagged California Redevelopment Law, Ed Lee, Jerry Brown, San Francisco, Supervisor Matt Haney, twitter, Zennie Abraham

San Francisco Supervisor Matt Haney has been a friend of mine for some time, so this isn’t personal. Ok Matt? But I am concerned that Supervisor Haney’s call for a hearing on the Twitter Tax Break Deal may degenerate into a name-calling fest with no real professional assessment of the costs and benefits of what […]