California Senate Bill 1129 affects the Town Square Proposal
California Senate Bill 1129, which would reduce the hurdles in transferring former redevelopment properties for a public use, will be back in the spotlight on May 5, 2014, when the Senate Appropriations Committee holds a hearing at 1:00 PM in Sacramento to discuss the bill’s fiscal impact. This legislation could make …
Mr. Kusiak goes to Sacramento re: California Senate Bill 1129
California Senate Bill 1129, co-authored by Castro Valley’s State Senator Ellen Corbett, would reduce the hurdles in transferring former redevelopment properties, like the Daughtrey’s Building site, for a public use, such as a town square. The Senate Governance and Finance Committee starts is holding a hearing about SB 1129 at 9:30 this morning. At some point …
California Senate Bill 1129, Castro Valley, and You
On April 9, the California Senate Governance and Finance Committee will have a hearing on California Senate Bill 1129. We’ve mentioned this bill before, but its passage could be hugely beneficial to Castro Valley, and to the town square proposal. The 2012 dissolution of the California redevelopment agencies has been …
Castro Valley Town Square: Analysis of Costs, Uses and Local Support
Prepared by Peter Rosen, Michael Kusiak, Scott San Filippo and Castro Valley Matters March 11, 2014 Castro Valley Town Square Overview At the February 4, 2014 Castro Valley Municipal Advisory Council (MAC) meeting, the MAC passed a motion requesting that the Castro Valley Town Square proponents gather more data about …
It’s not too late
My contact at the California Department of Finance confirmed that as of this morning the currently submitted Long Range Property Management Plan (LRPMP) for Alameda County has not been approved and that it will be sent back to the Redevelopment Successor Agency for revision and approval by the Oversight Board. So, …
L-R-P-M-P, find out what it’s going to mean for me
The Castro Valley Municipal Advisory Council (MAC) will hear the proposal to tear down the Daughtrey’s building and replace it with a town square at Tuesday night’s 6:00 PM meeting at Castro Valley Library. Peter Rosen, a member of the Castro Valley Matters team and Castro Valley community activist, developed …
Late to the party
Castro Valley still has a chance to have a say in the fate of the Daughtrey’s building despite coming to the redevelopment dissolution party really, really late. The first thing you can do to help in tearing down Daughtrey’s and building a town square is to learn a little about a complex phenomenon …