East Bay for Everyone
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The Fairyland jolly trolly and County Connection‘s 4 and 5 routes have one thing in common: outdated rolling stock that hampers their ability to run frequent service
November 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The Fairyland jolly trolly and County Connection‘s 4 and 5 routes have one thing in common: outdated rolling stock that hampers their ability to run frequent service
"A lot of the commercial real estate is being turned into housing" maybe you should develop an apartment on land you own, instead of banking on the declining demand for office space?
October 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
"A lot of the commercial real estate is being turned into housing" maybe you should develop an apartment on land you own, instead of banking on the declining demand for office space?
In 2024 Baker Tilly released a report with suggestions for how Oakland should reform its procurement process to deliver better value for Oaklanders, attract more bidders and allocate bids more fairly to applying businesses - eastbayforeveryone.org/wp-content/u...
October 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
In 2024 Baker Tilly released a report with suggestions for how Oakland should reform its procurement process to deliver better value for Oaklanders, attract more bidders and allocate bids more fairly to applying businesses - eastbayforeveryone.org/wp-content/u...
Thank you for giving us a chance to highlight our platform and advocacy work eastbayforeveryone.org/about-2/plat...
October 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Thank you for giving us a chance to highlight our platform and advocacy work eastbayforeveryone.org/about-2/plat...
What could have been
October 8, 2025 at 1:35 AM
What could have been
In Alamo at application hearing for the first multifamily housing application in this CDP in 40 years.
October 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
In Alamo at application hearing for the first multifamily housing application in this CDP in 40 years.
@jwbee.bsky.social you can’t fool us Jeff. we know who you are.
October 2, 2025 at 2:52 PM
@jwbee.bsky.social you can’t fool us Jeff. we know who you are.
Our comment to @cityofoakland.bsky.social Planning Commission on the General Plan update eastbayforeveryone.org/wp-content/u...
September 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Our comment to @cityofoakland.bsky.social Planning Commission on the General Plan update eastbayforeveryone.org/wp-content/u...
You can replace a diesel engine for $35,000 and then run the bus for six more years, about eleven years of revenue service for twelve years of useful life by AC Transit's estimates.
These hydrogen buses cost $1.6 million each and you get three years of useful service out of them.
These hydrogen buses cost $1.6 million each and you get three years of useful service out of them.
September 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
You can replace a diesel engine for $35,000 and then run the bus for six more years, about eleven years of revenue service for twelve years of useful life by AC Transit's estimates.
These hydrogen buses cost $1.6 million each and you get three years of useful service out of them.
These hydrogen buses cost $1.6 million each and you get three years of useful service out of them.
In 2024, AC Transit's hydrogen bus fleet achieved an availability rate of 43% (for the 2018 variety) and 64% (for the 2022 variety). Essentially you need twice as many hydrogen buses as service you want to run actransit.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=...
September 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
In 2024, AC Transit's hydrogen bus fleet achieved an availability rate of 43% (for the 2018 variety) and 64% (for the 2022 variety). Essentially you need twice as many hydrogen buses as service you want to run actransit.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=...
Sort of odd to frame lower home prices in Oakland - a city with more renters than homeowners - as an automatically bad thing.
This story also ignores how the boom in apartment construction in downtown Oakland might be impacting sale prices, and/or whether there are composition effects
This story also ignores how the boom in apartment construction in downtown Oakland might be impacting sale prices, and/or whether there are composition effects
September 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Sort of odd to frame lower home prices in Oakland - a city with more renters than homeowners - as an automatically bad thing.
This story also ignores how the boom in apartment construction in downtown Oakland might be impacting sale prices, and/or whether there are composition effects
This story also ignores how the boom in apartment construction in downtown Oakland might be impacting sale prices, and/or whether there are composition effects
This year a developer is proposing to waive both of these standards - along with nine other development standards - because they make housing infeasible to build in Walnut Creek. This single project would double last year's housing output in the city. walnutcreek.granicus.com/GeneratedAge...
September 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
This year a developer is proposing to waive both of these standards - along with nine other development standards - because they make housing infeasible to build in Walnut Creek. This single project would double last year's housing output in the city. walnutcreek.granicus.com/GeneratedAge...
Salute the troops
September 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Salute the troops
Good story that would be much better if it included this bar chart from the print edition showing how much the East Bay counties contribute to BART service compared to San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. www.mercurynews.com/2025/09/03/t...
September 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Good story that would be much better if it included this bar chart from the print edition showing how much the East Bay counties contribute to BART service compared to San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. www.mercurynews.com/2025/09/03/t...
In California you can get a 20% density bonus (and unlimited waivers) with a 55-and-over project, and avoid the need to provide any low-income units at all.
Project like this going up in Danville right now
Project like this going up in Danville right now
August 25, 2025 at 1:34 PM
In California you can get a 20% density bonus (and unlimited waivers) with a 55-and-over project, and avoid the need to provide any low-income units at all.
Project like this going up in Danville right now
Project like this going up in Danville right now
It's great that Oakland has a vision for housing more residents throughout the city, and for getting them around town without increasing congestion or pollution.
Concrete changes to procurement and project delivery are necessary in order to actually deliver these benefits to Oaklanders
Concrete changes to procurement and project delivery are necessary in order to actually deliver these benefits to Oaklanders
August 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
It's great that Oakland has a vision for housing more residents throughout the city, and for getting them around town without increasing congestion or pollution.
Concrete changes to procurement and project delivery are necessary in order to actually deliver these benefits to Oaklanders
Concrete changes to procurement and project delivery are necessary in order to actually deliver these benefits to Oaklanders
Our comments on @cityofoakland.bsky.social's "Oakland for All" vision plan.
Oakland needs a concrete plan, and responsible team, for delivering improvements to avoid repeating its past failures to develop housing and infrastructure throughout the city eastbayforeveryone.org/2025/08/20/o...
Oakland needs a concrete plan, and responsible team, for delivering improvements to avoid repeating its past failures to develop housing and infrastructure throughout the city eastbayforeveryone.org/2025/08/20/o...
August 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Our comments on @cityofoakland.bsky.social's "Oakland for All" vision plan.
Oakland needs a concrete plan, and responsible team, for delivering improvements to avoid repeating its past failures to develop housing and infrastructure throughout the city eastbayforeveryone.org/2025/08/20/o...
Oakland needs a concrete plan, and responsible team, for delivering improvements to avoid repeating its past failures to develop housing and infrastructure throughout the city eastbayforeveryone.org/2025/08/20/o...
This is the sort of thing that is going to lead talented public servants with private sector options to quit
August 20, 2025 at 2:48 AM
This is the sort of thing that is going to lead talented public servants with private sector options to quit
In 1988 the county/state took pity on Lafayette and allocated them 6% of collected property tax revenues.
But this helps explain why Lafayette does not have a downtown park with a playground and needs to periodically beg its community of ex-MLB players and C level tech executives for cash
But this helps explain why Lafayette does not have a downtown park with a playground and needs to periodically beg its community of ex-MLB players and C level tech executives for cash
August 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
In 1988 the county/state took pity on Lafayette and allocated them 6% of collected property tax revenues.
But this helps explain why Lafayette does not have a downtown park with a playground and needs to periodically beg its community of ex-MLB players and C level tech executives for cash
But this helps explain why Lafayette does not have a downtown park with a playground and needs to periodically beg its community of ex-MLB players and C level tech executives for cash
The oped cites this paper. Air pollution is bad - we’ve written letters to support increased density away from pollution sources, and in favor of tighter standards for refineries - but this is about 5-10 hours of one highway lane’s worth of traffic.
August 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The oped cites this paper. Air pollution is bad - we’ve written letters to support increased density away from pollution sources, and in favor of tighter standards for refineries - but this is about 5-10 hours of one highway lane’s worth of traffic.
Very real concerns about growing energy demand in world of constrained supply but Silicon Valley Power residential ratepayers make up about 4% of their demand and pay 19 cents per kWh, less than half of what PG&E customers pay.
August 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Very real concerns about growing energy demand in world of constrained supply but Silicon Valley Power residential ratepayers make up about 4% of their demand and pay 19 cents per kWh, less than half of what PG&E customers pay.