Mayor Green to Join East Bay Leaders in Pro-Redevelopment Rally

Unless Overturned, Vital East Bay Redevelopment Projects and Hundreds of Local Jobs at Risk

What: Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, Union City Mayor Mark Green and local elected officials from the East Bay will gather on July 20, 2011 to announce their support for the League of California Cities and California Redevelopment Association lawsuit seeking to overturn the unconstitutional attempt to eliminate redevelopment with the passage of AB 1X 26 and 27. Unless overturned by the Courts, this legislation would devastate local job-creating redevelopment projects throughout the region.

See a detailed report on how this issue would impact Union City .

When:            July 20, 2011 at noon.

Where:           Leona Crossing at Coliseum Transit Village. 70^th Ave and Snell Street directly behind the Coliseum BART station

Who:              

• Oakland Mayor Jean Quan
• Union City Mayor Mark Green
• Oakland Chamber of Commerce

BACKGROUND: In November 2010, voters passed Prop 22 by an overwhelming majority. The measure stopped State raids of local redevelopment funds. Despite this clear voter mandate, legislators passed and the Governor signed AB 1X 26 and 27 in blatant violation of Prop. 22 and the will of the voters.  AB 1X 26 would abolish redevelopment agencies and AB 1x 27 would allow agencies to exist in some limited capacity only if they agreed to pay a “ransom” payment of $1.7 billion statewide in the first year and $400 million statewide each year thereafter.  The League of California Cities’ and California Redevelopment Association’s lawsuit seeks to overturn the unconstitutional redevelopment elimination bills. 

Unless overturned, AB 1X 26 and 27 will result in the elimination of many redevelopment agencies and/or forced “ransom” payments by local agencies to fund State obligations to schools. The result will be the elimination of many critical local job-creating revitalization projects throughout Oakland and the East Bay.