Posted Nov 11, 2007, 12:25 AM
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From: http://www.abetteroakland.com/
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Oak to Ninth lawsuit dropped!
V Smoothe | oakland, Oak to 9th | Friday, 09 November 2007
The Oakland City Council approved the 3100 unit Oak to Ninth development in July of last year. A month later, a coalition made up of the Oakland Heritage Alliance, the League of Women Voters, the Sierra Club, and several other groups submitted 25,000 signatures to bring the project to a vote before the entire city. On September 7th, 2006, Oakland City Attorney John Russo directed the City Clerk to invalidate their petition because the group had failed to comply with state laws governing referendums. The future of referendum has been tied up in court for the last year. Russo announced today that the referendum committee has agreed to drop their suit over his decision to invalidate the petition.
This means that the development will never come before the voters. But the project isn’t in the clear just yet. Two lawsuits dealing with the Environmental Impact Report are still pending.
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Now I guess we will have to see if this project can work past those two remaining lawsuits and the current conditions in the market. For those who are unfamiliar with this massive project, here is the website http://www.oakto9th.com/
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Last edited by San Frangelino; Nov 16, 2007 at 10:55 PM.
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