Please join us for EBAYC’s Fishbowl Conversation with District 2 City Candidates on Saturday June 7th

BRT Meeting Reminder 5/21/14 at 3:30 pm at EBAYC

In 2015, International Blvd. Will be Changed Forever  By Ac Transit’s Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)

Don’t Throw OUR Businesses Under the Bus!

We met the Mayor…What happened? What’s next?

Meet Other International Blvd. Merchants on…

Wednesday, May 21, 2014 at 3:30 pm

At EBAYC 2025 E. 12th St.

Come for a discussion on what happened at the meeting with Mayor Quan:

and find out about….

 ·        What we proposed to the Mayor

·        What the Mayor committed to

·        What are our next steps

Hear what local businesses say we need to survive and thrive in the new environment!

For questions, contact: Andy Nelsen at 510-533-1092 x35 or andy@ebayc.org

5-13-2014 Tell the City Council members how you feel about the BRT

Business Owners, Merchants, Renters of Oakland:

During our last meeting with Mayor Quan, she revealed to us the long term plans for the City of Oakland and the proposed BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) along International Blvd. These plans include re-zoning to exclude light industrial businesses, warehouses and auto repair. This plan calls for investors to build many new 5-story buildings for mixed commercial and residential use - available for median income families or at market rate.

Though Mayor Quan has stated that the city and AC Transit have no plans to run out the residents and merchants already present in these neighborhoods, what we know to be true from having watched it happen in San Francisco's Mission District, SOMA, Temescal, Uptown and many many other Bay Area neighborhoods - is that these investors will raise the rental rates sky high, and all the long time residents and blue collar working families... will be forced to relocate. This dislocation is hard on families and businesses, and many will not recover. What is more, they are taking away all of the political power the community possesses by re-districting measures and splitting up powerful voting blocks.

Don't let Mayor Quan and the City of Oakland force these vulnerable minority populations out of their homes and livelihoods! Join us in demanding that they are held accountable. Demand answers, demand justice, demand your rights to live and prosper in Oakland.

Please e-mail or call your local representative. Tell them how the BRT will affect you, and ask them for solutions. Below are the e-mail addresses for the local officials in Oakland. Write them! Ask your friends and family to write too! Do something now, tomorrow might be too late to get involved.

Join the movement on Facebook: 
https://www.facebook.com/BRTforeveryone?ref=br_tf

Councilmember District One

Dan Kalb dkalb@oaklandnet.com

Staff: Olga Bolotina  obolotina@oaklandnet.com.

Council Member District Two

Pat Kernighan PKernighan@oaklandnet.com

Staff: Mandalyn Mendoza mmendoza@oaklandnet.com

Council Member District Three

Lynette Gibson McElhaney    lmcelhaney@oaklandnet.com

Staff: Zack Wald: ZWald@Oaklandnet.com

Council Member District Four

Libby Schaff   lschaaf@oaklandnet.com

Staff: Bruce Stoffmacher: bstoffmacher@oaklandnet.com

Council Member District Five

Noel Gallo
ngallo@oaklandnet.com
 

Council Member District Six

Desley Brooks

dbrooks@oaklandnet.com

Council Member District Seven

Larry Reid       lreid@oaklandnet.com

Staff: Ray Leon RLeon@oaklandnet.com 

Councilmember at large

Rebecca Kaplan rkaplan@oaklandnet.com

Staff: Ada Chan: AChan1@oaklandnet.com 

Mayor Jean Quan

jquan@oaklandnet.com

Staff: Richard Cowan rcowan@oaklandnet.com

City Administrator

Fred Blackwell

FBlackwell@oaklandnet.com

Meeting with the Mayor Jean Quan Wednesday May 7th 2014 @4:30pm

Don’t Throw OUR Businesses Under the Bus!

Mayor Quan: Support Our Proposals To Protect Businesses


Meeting with the Mayor Jean Quan Wednesday May 7th 2014 @4:30pm
Plase: Souk Savanh Restaurant
1927 International Blvd
Oakland, Ca 94601

The BRT will:
     
     Change most of International from 4 lanes to 2 lanes
     Remove 400 to 500 parking spaces from International blvd
     Make left hand turns illegal for most of the route

Small businesses want:

     * Individual meetings with each affected business to find specific solutions
     * Real neighborhood input to parking and loading plans for each neighborhood
     * Consultation to help businesses prepare
     * Compensation for lost revenue or relocation for qualifying businesses.

     For questions, contact: Andy Nelson at 510 533-1092 x35 or andy@ebayc.org