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City of oakland give massive salary increase to sabrina landreth

10/26/2017

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Former State Senator(Pro Tem) Don Perata who introduced legislation (Chapter 542) 2004 "An act relating to the Oakland Estuary)SECTION 1. This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Oak Street to 9th Avenue District Exchange Act.

10/25/2017

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LOVE LIFE!  First welcome to oakland sign

10/16/2017

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Oak to ninth/brooklyn basin developer committs fraud on port owned parcels with option to purchase and ground lease real property

10/13/2017

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Community Facility District-Special Tax District [IS ILLEGAL ON PRIVATELY OWNED PROPERTY]

10/10/2017

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CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 86921 AUTHORIZING A COMMUNITY FACILITY DISTRICT/SPECIAL TAX DISTRICT TO FINANCE THE MAINTENANCE  OF" THREE SMALL PARKS AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS" ARE PRIVATELY OWNED.  THIS PARKS ARE NOT OWNED BY THE CITY!!!!
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Estuary Policy Plan

10/4/2017

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Includes objectives and policies to enhance the Oakland waterfront as a resource for the City.  The Estuary Policy Plan (EPP) is considered part of the General Plan and supersedes the General Plan for the Estuary shoreline, extending from Adeline Street to 66th Avenue, including all of the lands on water side of I-880 within Port and City of Oakland jurisdiction.  See also link to Port of Oakland’s website for additional information about the EPP.
Estuary Policy Plan: Download full plan (10MB, PDF) 

Plan Chapters: 
Cover, Executive Summary + TOC
  1. Introduction
  2. Objectives
  3. District Recommendations
  4. Moving Forward
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City of Oakland Refuses Public Records Request for $128,526 Paid to Oak to 9th/Brooklyn Basin Project Manager.

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FIRST AMENDMENT COALITION vs. CITY OF LOS ANGELES

10/3/2017

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LOS ANGELES SETTLES SUIT FILED BY FAC
Agrees To Retain City Records For At Least Two Years

​September 20, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: David Snyder, Executive Director, First Amendment Coalition
415-460-5060, dsnyder@firstamendmentcoalition.org

The city of Los Angeles has agreed it must retain city records for at least two years as part of a settlement agreement reached today with the First Amendment Coalition--a victory for transparency and government accountability in the nation’s second-largest city, and an assurance that the public will have the access to city records to which it is entitled under California  law.

Under the settlement terms, the city agreed to amend its “records disposition schedules”--rules dictating how long records must be preserved--to specify that city records must be retained for a period of at least two years.  The city’s attorneys had previously taken the position in FAC’s  lawsuit against the city that California law does not impose a “mandatory duty” on government agencies to retain records for any specific period of time.

“The people’s right of access to public records is meaningless if the government destroys those records before the public can see them,” said FAC Executive Director David Snyder.  “This settlement ensures that public records in the city of Los Angeles will be retained for a reasonable period of time so that the public can see them.”

FAC’s lawsuit, filed on August 25, 2016, focused on documents that went missing when a termed-out council member, Tom LaBonge, left office in 2015. Thousands of documents about city business—public records under California law—had been boxed up, marked for destruction, and removed from LaBonge’s council office, according to news accounts at the time.

FAC filed a request under the California Public Records Act for LaBonge’s memos, communications and other records relating to city business in which LaBonge was involved during the final two years of his tenure. These included matters relating to the LA Department of Water & Power, the California Film Commission, and a controversial housing development in Sherman Oaks. FAC’s request was denied on the basis that a search found no responsive records.

Today’s settlement agreement also provides that Los Angeles will pay $20,000 in FAC’s attorneys fees, and further provides that the city may destroy records that are less than two years old only where a specific provision of California permits it..

“The premature destruction of records by government agencies is a large and growing problem in California,” Snyder said.  “With this settlement, it is clear that, in Los Angeles at least, public records will not be destroyed before their time.”

FAC’s lawyer in the case is Kelly Aviles of Los Angeles.
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ComPLAINT TO ATTORNEY GENERALS

10/3/2017

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​Attorney Generals Office
Atten: PUBLIC INQUIRY UNIT
P.O. Box 944255
Sacramento, Ca. 9244-2550
 
Re: Violation of California Code section 6253(c) (d)
 
     On October 6, 2016 I submitted a Public Records Request #17697 to the Office of the City Administrator of the City of Oakland :
 
                “Please provide me all electronic/and written correspondence to to and from
                 Between then City project manager Margaret Stanzion and Signature
                 Properties(aka Michael Ghilmetti) and any other responsible party of the
                 Signature Properties related to the Oak to Ninth Project”.
    
     The Responses to my request are not exempt from disclosure, which have included the following Responses:
 
“A second Microsoft Exchange mailbox search confirmed that there are no documents located responsive to this public records request(#17697).  In addition, staff conducted a physical search for paper records and located no documents responsive to this request”. Than you. Amber Danielle-Rose Todd                               
                                                                                                   15 weeks ago
 
“We are conducting another Microsoft Exchange mailbox search.  Will provide an update once available”.  Thank you  Amber Danielle-Rose Todd
 
                                                                                                     16 weeks ago
 
“Dear Requester, there are no documents found that are responsive to your public records request(#17697) based on a Microsoft Exchange mailbox search. Thank you. Amber Danielle-Rose Todd
 
                                                                                                        16 weeks ago
 
“This request requires a data extraction from IT as the employee no longer works here. This extraction could take a long time as there are many in the queue”.  Amber Danielle Todd
 
                                                                                                           37 weeks ago
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     “Additional time is required to answer your public records request.  We need to
      Consult with another agency before we are able to deliver your record(Government
      Code Section 6253( c)(3)”.  Amber Danielle-Rose Todd
 
                                                                                                                46 weeks ago   
 
 
     Margaret Stanzion has been the project manager from the inception of the Oak to Ninth Project in 2000 to 2006.  The original concept for the project was based upon the City’s Estuary Policy Plan that called a [PROPOSED WATERFRONT PATH] (see Council Agenda Report) To: Office of the City Manager , Atten:  Robert C. Bobb  , From: Community and Economic Development Agency, Date: July 11, 2000
 
“…the Port of Oakland is working to select a developer that will collaborate in developing a specific plan for the Oak-to-Ninth area, where a pathway would be included as part of the development”.
 
“Key recommendations for creating a continuous waterfront pathway from Jack Long Square to the Oakland Airport are…(3)formally request that the Port agree to fund half the cost of one full-time project management position, funded half by the City and half by the Port, to oversee the implementation of the Estuary open space project:…
 
“The estimated total annual cost of this position would be $128,526 to be split between the City and Port”>
 
“The Oakland City Council adopted the Estuary Policy Plan on June 8, 1999”.  Extensive public input and collaboration between various public agencies and the Estuary Advisory Committee created a vision for an extensive network of parks & open space and public access improvements along the Oakland waterfront, estimated to cost more than $150 million to complete.
 
…
 
“The Estuary Policy Plan called for the creation of a continuous roadway, known as the Embarcadero Parkway-Kennedy Tract Parkway-Tidewater Parkway, to serve as the primary means of travel and access along the Estuary.
 
 
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Margaret Stanzion was project manager for the above project.  It is therefore, inconceivable that there are no public records pursuant to my public records request during her tenure from 2000 to 2006 in which the scope of the project  ORDINANCE NO. 12759  An Ordinance rezoning property in the Oak to Ninth Avenue mixed use development project site from heavy industrial(M-40) to Planned Waterfront Zoning District (WD-4) and Open Space Region serving Park (OS-RSP), and from Civic Center/Design Review combining zone (S-2/S-4)to Open Space-Region Serving Park(OS-RSP) with the exception of the Jack London Aquatic Center which will remain S-2/S-4.
 
Additionally, the City Council has approved various ordinances and resolutions , and reviewed various AGENDA REPORTS concerning this project :    Resolution 02-85 [Dec. 03, 2002], Ordinance 12757 [July 18,2006], Agenda Report March 28, 2006, Resolution 2006-0060 [July 18, 2006], Resolution 79981 [June 20, 2006], Resolution 79982 [June 20, 2006], Resolution 79983 [ June 20, 2006],  Resolution 2006-0045 [ June 20, 2006], Resolution 2006-0046 [June 20, 2006], Resolution 79983 [June 20, 2006], Ordinance No. 12756 [July 16, 2006], Resolution 79985 [ June 20, 2006].
 
Ms. Stanzion would have had extensive discussions with the developer(Signature Properties/aka Michael Ghilmetti) and would have had transmitted numerous electronic e-mails. It was during her tenure that the scope of the project went from open-space to residential, that was engineered by then Senate- Pro Tem Don Perata special legislation that removed the 62.82 acres from the State’s Tidelands Trust protection allowing for 3100 units of Market Rate Residential Housing which also suppose to include 465 Affordable Housing units.
 
Based upon the above account of the City Councils actions Ms. Stanzion as project manager to the Oak-to-Ninth/ Brooklyn Basin would have played an integral role.
 
I have yet to receive a positive response to date to my Public Records Request 17697 of October 6, 2016 , a clear violation Government Code 6253 ( c ) (d), requiring your intervention.
 
Respectfully,
 
Gene Hazzard
genehazzard@gmail.com     (510) 418-0501
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      • Charges in massive investment fraud case
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    • Public Record Request [PORT] about the $100,000.00 deposit, NO Straight answer.
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        • NY Times February 14, 2007
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  • Another Tagami scheme - Rotunda Building deal
    • Eight Years Later, Tagami Still Hasn’t Started Rotunda Project City Fails to Hold Developer Responsible
    • 1630 San Pablo - Parcel 2
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    • Post -Tagami Failed to Make Payments on Rotunda Development Loan
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      • Audit of $91 million Fox Theater project
      • Tagami Conflict
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      • Oakland developer Phil Tagami named to state medical board
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