Public Comment

What We Demand from the Adeline Corridor Plan

Friends of Adeline
Saturday September 19, 2020 - 09:42:00 AM
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For more than 5 years Friends of Adeline has been working for creating low-income housing and reversing the displacement of African-Americans as a part of the City's Adeline Corridor Plan.

What we demand:

  1. All housing on publicly-owned land MUST be dedicated for 100% low-income housing that our community can actually afford, as well as a guaranteed future for the Ashby community flea market and its vendors.
  2. At least half of all housing in our community, both new and old, must be affordable for low-income people, including family-sized units. Developers should not be allowed to pay a fee to get out of building the low-income housing we need.
  3. One-third of our housing trust fund must go to South Berkley, with at least a minimum of $50 million over 10 years.
Friends of Adeline supports the subcommittee's revisions to the Adeline Plan, and we ask the Planning Commission to adopt all of the subcommittee recommendations, including a goal of 100% affordable housing at the Ashby BART station, a guaranteed future for the flea market, hiring local residents for jobs created in the corridor, and a right to return for people who've been displaced or are at risk of displacement.