Tax Increment Financing Revenue

Howard Terminal Update: Error-Filed Oakland Staff Report For July 7th Lacks TIF Revenue Estimates

by
Howard Terminal District At Full Buildout

The City of Oakland released its staff report  (included here at the end of this post) to accompany its upcoming July 7th Special Oakland City Council Hearing.  The Oakland Staff Report is massively disappointing, and shows that Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf’s staff does not understand the proper way to execute the project.  In making the … Read more

Oakland A’s Howard Terminal Ballpark Project: Correcting East Bay Times Post On Costs, Benefits

by
Oakland Howard Terminal Ballpark

Once again, the Oakland A’s Howard Terminal Ballpark Project is the focus of The East Bay Times. And again, The East Bay Times (once the Oakland Tribune) in the article “A’s Howard Terminal proposal: Who pays for what, exactly?” did not correctly explain the financial system that governs the public-private partnership, tax increment financing, or … Read more