Dave Kaval, John Fisher and the A’s may skip town rather than build affordable housing in Oakland.
“Affordable housing is such a huge need in Oakland right now,” she said. “Do I expect the Oakland A's to solve the housing crisis? No. Do I expect them to be a part of this community and to be at least a little bit transparent and come to the table with at least some ideas? Sure,” she told me.
Wong recalled one example from a public meeting last July: The Chinatown working group had specific questions about transportation issues around the proposed ballpark. During the public meeting, Kaval said that the team had studies it could share, but Wong never got anything — even after following up with Kaval and fellow A’s representative Taj Tashombe.
Lake, city staffers and contracted negotiators are tasked with giving the city council periodic updates. “Right now, I hear one thing today and next week and the other week, and then I ask the city staff and they just roll their eyes. That's where we are,” Councilmember Noel Gallo told me, adding that he believes the team is using Oakland as leverage to move to Las Vegas.
Councilmember Loren Taylor agreed. “It's important that we hold firm to a serious number in terms of committing to affordable housing. And I think the 15% is where we should be. Honestly, we should be pushing for more, figuring out a way to create more. I think 15% is a reasonable amount to expect to be built into this project,” he told me.
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