tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post428876581724729535..comments2024-03-28T16:54:44.319-07:00Comments on The Emeryville Tattler: Redevelopment Agencies Get AxeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-5373715055674671492011-07-03T10:57:06.849-07:002011-07-03T10:57:06.849-07:00I just hope the Agency has the $13 million extorti...I just hope the Agency has the $13 million extortion payment for the state in order to stay in existence. Well, actually, I hope the legal challenge to the legislation is successful, but if not, I hope they can at least make the extortion payment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-50629513261824171222011-07-02T13:14:51.431-07:002011-07-02T13:14:51.431-07:00alas, the tattler continues to accept "anonym...alas, the tattler continues to accept "anonymous" as a contributor while speaking about transparency etc..<br /><br />more importantly, with browns signing of an end to redevelopment, emeryville ,so the article indicates, has to pay about 13 million dollars... <br /><br />once again , the inept performance of city mgr okeefe, rears its head and the city continues to pay this guy over 200k for all his failed performance thus condoning his refusal to take the responsibility for any of the city's financial difficulties...<br /><br />i continue to say remove him and the council members who are not doing their jobs.<br /><br />walt watmanwalt watmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-52962272462023080962011-07-02T07:56:03.849-07:002011-07-02T07:56:03.849-07:00readers: the emeryville redevelopment agency has ...readers: the emeryville redevelopment agency has been replaced by the community development commission of emeryville. this change was made at the june 21 council meeting. from what i can tell, it is business as usual except changing the name of the bank account and when the cities of california file their lawsuit next week against the abolishment. you can learn more by reading the council agendas and by going to www.sco.ca.gov/ard_locrep_redevelop.html<br />this is the community redevelopment agencies annual report for fiscal year ended june 30, 2009 compiled by controller john chiang's office.shirley enomotonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-55341192394229152222011-06-30T13:37:14.038-07:002011-06-30T13:37:14.038-07:00I would never have voted for Governor Brown if I h...I would never have voted for Governor Brown if I had known he was going to pull this garbage. Here he is cutting funding from cities that need the funding the most. They also happen to be the cities where a lot of his supporters live. I'm not going to vote to reelect anyone who voted for this terrible budget. They are all shirking their responsibility to the people of this state.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-42660603285582102222011-06-30T11:27:55.380-07:002011-06-30T11:27:55.380-07:00This is really sad news! There are so many good pu...This is really sad news! There are so many good public projects in the pipeline right now in Emeryville that now won't get built. We can day goodbye to the bike/ped bridge over the freeway to the Bay Trail at 65th Street, the bike/ped bridge over the railroad tracks at Bay Street, pedestrian safety improvements to the San Pablo/Adeline/Macarthur intersection, etc. All of these things would have dramatically improved pedestrian and bike circulation around town. I guess the state doesn't care about public infrastructure and public well-being and public safety and public health and all of the other ways the public would have benefitted from these and other projects. Thanks, California Legislature, for making my city a worse place to live.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-16661884619199207332011-06-30T11:15:41.340-07:002011-06-30T11:15:41.340-07:00Show me how the people will benefit! They won'...Show me how the people will benefit! They won't. Education isn't getting any additional money out of this. Proposition 98 set the amount of money the state has to spend on education. You can bet that the state isn't giving more money to education than they have to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-11586432525584951852011-06-30T10:56:53.355-07:002011-06-30T10:56:53.355-07:00"No one will benefit from the elimination of ..."No one will benefit from the elimination of redevelopment"? That sounds like hyperbole. In fact the people of California will benifit. To totally disregard any negative consequences of redevelopment is pay blind allegiance to it. If redevelopment were a pure good, there wouldn't be so many bipartisan voices raised against it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-21386095347157229372011-06-30T10:45:18.423-07:002011-06-30T10:45:18.423-07:00That "Sacramento legerdemain" surely is ...That "Sacramento legerdemain" surely is in the budget. Check it. Education surely isn't getting more money. In fact, it stands to have money taken away under the budget that was just passsed. No one will benefit from the elimination of redevelopment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-62947192454841745762011-06-30T10:31:52.515-07:002011-06-30T10:31:52.515-07:00The Redevelopment Agency in Emeryville mostly just...The Redevelopment Agency in Emeryville mostly just built suburban style shopping malls. They didn't help to create a livable city at all...just the opposite. On top of this, they've left us with a mountain of debt. I've noticed the developers have sure made out well. These are the same developers that gave generously to the re-election campaigns of he City Council majority.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-68522299381825595952011-06-29T23:26:40.718-07:002011-06-29T23:26:40.718-07:00It is not an either/or equation. We should be inv...It is not an either/or equation. We should be investing in our communities AND our children. Both are our future. this budget does not provide sufficient funds to do either. Pitting redevelopment against education and public safety doesn't serve anyone well. Our physical communities should be prioritized along with education.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-74401150294632198672011-06-29T23:19:13.875-07:002011-06-29T23:19:13.875-07:00That is not an accurate characterization of the si...That is not an accurate characterization of the situation at all. To date, the state has made up every dollar that went to redevelopment agencies that would have otherwise gone to another agency. The budget, as passed, does not redistribute any of the money taken from redevelopment to education or public safety. In fact, the budget has steep cuts to K-12 education if the overly-rosy revenue projections are not met. That is an all too real possibility.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-20672792766215251882011-06-29T22:58:45.878-07:002011-06-29T22:58:45.878-07:00Redevelopment Agencies funneled funding away from ...Redevelopment Agencies funneled funding away from public schools, police and fire departments statewide and developers (usually the well connected ones) were among the chief beneficiaries. Barring some quixotic Sacramento legerdemain, the public schools and public safety stand to benefit as a result of this vote.Brian Donahuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12705682112476904502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-91850240394543891452011-06-29T22:21:24.102-07:002011-06-29T22:21:24.102-07:00It is a sad, sad day in California history. The l...It is a sad, sad day in California history. The legislature has foolishly eliminated a powerful tool for improving and investing in our communities, while at the same time approving more steep cuts to higher education. Our state is no longer investing in a prosperous future. Redevelopment has proven its effectiveness over the years by drastically improving economically downtrodden communities. It is one of the major funding sources of affordable housing, so we will be seeing a lot less of that get built. Our public higher education system, once the premiere model for public higher education system in this country, is already beginning to lose its competitive edge. This is illustrated by the recent departure of three prestigious cancer researchers from UCSD. The university simply could not compete with the offers of private institutions. The budget the legislature has passed is ill-advised and makes me very concerned for the future of our state.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com