NEWSFLASH: Planning Commission approves JLS project four to one
This evening, the Oakland Planning commissioners voted 4 to 1 to approve the Jack London Square Redevelopment Project. Its was a decision that stunned the public in attendance, as it seem to contradict the prevailing mood of the commission up until that point.

For a significant period of the meeting it appeared that three commissioners were in support of a) having all the final development plans come before the design review committee before approval, and b) allowing one more public meeting on March 31st. In the end only Commissioner Lighty was bold enough to give a resounding "No" when his name was called.

After the decision this evening the current final development plans have been approved and will not come back for any design review unless they are deemed to have changed significantly by Planning Director Cappio. The development plans will now move to the City Council for approval. The first council meeting on this will be the City Council workshop dedicated to the project on March 30th at 6:00pm in City Hall.
Posted 3/17/2004