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  City of Alameda (Verified Official)

  City of Alameda assigned this issue to Development Manager

  07/21/2019 · Flag Flagged
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  Creighton Chang (Registered User)

  I don't own any property, as I am a renter. Therefore, please excuse my very naive questions.

  If the owner of a business property on Park Street has a high monthly mortgage, property taxes, maintenance cost, and insurance cost, and if the city disincentivizes the raising of rents, then how will the property owner be expected to pay their bills each month?

  Alternatively, if a person purchased one of these properties as a business venture to earn a living by renting and maintaining a property, and the city disincentivizes the raising of rents, then how will current property owners ever expect to be able to sell their property if new owners already know that they can not purchase the property and be able to come close to breaking even each month?

  Maybe I'm very naive; but I'm definitely open to learning how other people think.

  07/21/2019 · Flag Flagged
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  Junebug (Registered User)

  I agree! It was a cute place and brought folks to Alameda from all over the Bay. It is now a blight just like Pagano’s former building on Lincoln. Many places that made Alameda desirable and unique got pushed out.

  We stop have so much from the pinball museum to our movie theatre which in my opinion is aesthetically, the best of the Bay.

  I’m eating dinner at a sidewalk cafe in Benicia visiting and it makes me sad because it reminds me of what Alameda used to be. Alameda could be so much more... Mayberry. It’s quickly losing its former charm! Instead of building these ugly mega complexes as the Emeryville-style branded by development as “small” (?) shopping center at Target, focus on Park and Webster and the little neighborhoods in between. That’s what makes (and made) Alameda nice. Mom and Pop shops!

  Take care of what we have now. That means roads, crime, infrastructure before we allow this other homogenized development to come in.

  And, why on heavens are we allowing City Hall to okay all this mega-development?!!! Turning Southshore shopping center into a monstrosity of tall buildings, something like Emeryville (residences with retail below). Word has it that developer will start by removing Sushi House and developing that area. They don’t seem to care much about the earthquake problems with the landfill there, nor the sea level rise, blocking views from the public along the beautiful beachfront drive and blocking light behind these buildings.

  I say we be like Monterrey she say NO to this nasty development.

  07/21/2019 · Flag Flagged
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  TheyreCensoringOurCommentsOnThisSite (Registered User)

  Me and a bunch of other residents have actually been reporting this semi-nomadic homeless encampment on park street for the past several years now. The encampment just recently moved from the corner to the subpar golf building. They used to hang out on the corner in front of the news stand. Unfortunately our worthless city government and corrupt police department dont care about doing their jobs and dont care about our community, so they let these transients defecate on our sidewalks, loiter and abuse d.r.u.g.s while ha.r.a.s.s.i.n.g law abiding alamedans who are unfortunate enough to pass by. this is just sadly what happens when Alameda voters allow a corrupt and worthless city government to retain their power over our city. This is the price you pay for letting corruption take over Alameda.

  07/25/2019 · Flag Flagged

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