PLEASE COPY, PASTE, AND SHARE! ALERT! JERRY BROWN IS AT IT AGAIN! Governor Jerry Brown is waging a war on on the environment and the working class! We must draw the line in Oakland! oaklandchamber.blogspot/2013/10/brooklyn-basin-outreach-and-information.html The Oak to Ninth Project is the definition of gentrification. The Oak to Ninth Project would wall off the waterfront, demolish the historic Ninth Avenue Terminal, build housing next to I-880, and create yet more traffic congestion. This deal, which its opponents point out received virtually no coverage in the corporate media, has been called shady. [1] To add insult to injury they are calling it the Brooklyn Basin attract rich people from other cities![2] This is on top of the daily violence that the working class and poor people face from the police as well as cuts on education , social services, mass evictions, rising rent, and the attacks on bay area unions. It is being expanded into the estuary which the Sierra Club once again uses their privilege to compromise the environment and state Rather than approving the developers request for 3,100 units, the Council should insist on the environmentally superior project of just 540 units. This project is being pushed forward by Gov. Jerry Brown who recently received an award from the Blue Green Alliance and the Sierra Club for catalyzing the clean energy economy This was a complete farce considering Jerry Brown has been attacking unions and the environment for some time now [3] This project may be exactly why he is working to dismantle the California Environmental Quality Act for infill housing development! [4] In 2006 opposition was raised The League of Women Voters, the Sierra Club, the Coalition of Advocates for Lake Merritt (CALM), and the Green Party. They were met with a demand to collect 18,700 signatures in 30 days for the plan for the rejection of this plan to even be considered. [5] History has proven you cannot depend on the Sierra Club. They have compromised too many times and are in bed with Jerry Brown and the developers who are evicting the Albany Bulb of over 60 homeless people.[6] We should raise an immediate grassroots opposition to this Gentrifying project or it will destroy the Estuary and make Oakland a haven for the Bourgeoisie. Grassroots Environmentalists and Rank and File Labor must unite here and draw the line to defend the working class and environment of Oakland! Emergency Mobilization to resist the Oak to Ninth project this Thursday November 7, 2013 3PM, Jack London Aquatic Center, 115 Embarcadero Oakland: public outreach meeting to introduce Phase 1 design & schedule. PLEASE COPY, PASTE, AND SHARE! [1]indybay.org/newsitems/2006/08/09/18295871.php [2] oaklandwiki.org/Oak_to_Ninth_Project [3] counterpunch.org/2013/10/17/jerry-brown-the-wrong-stuff/ [4] caeconomy.org/reporting/entry/ceqa-roundup-a-few-provisions-get-applause-as-governor-quietly-signs-ceqa-r [5] indybay.org/newsitems/2006/07/22/18290601.php [6] albany.patch/groups/around-town/p/albany-bulb-protest-at-sierra-club-in-berkeley
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