Office of Neighborhood Investment
On June 29, 2011 Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation eliminating redevelopment agencies (RDAs) and directing the resolution of their activities while simultaneously creating an alternative voluntary redevelopment program. These bills, titled ABx1 26 and ABx1 27 respectively were sent to the State’s highest court for further consideration.
On December 29, 2011, the California Supreme Court delivered its decision in the California Redevelopment Association v. Matosantos case, finding AB1x26 constitutional and AB1x 27 unconstitutional.
The Court’s decision effectively dissolved all RDAs, as of February 1, 2012, under the constitutional Dissolution Act. Further no RDA will have the opportunity to opt into continued existence under the unconstitutional Alternative Redevelopment Program Act.
As of February 1, 2012, the City of Oakland Redevelopment Agency ceased to exist. The Redevelopment Successor Agency has been created to complete the activities of the former Redevelopment Agency.
The Redevelopment Successor Agency is housed within the Office of Neigborhood Investment.
Oakland Army Base
The Oakland Army Base is poised to become the gateway to Oakland and the East Bay when the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge is completed. The Oakland Army Base Project Area will benefit the community in many ways; through job creation, expanded business opportunities and services, improvements to the visual environment, increased public access to and along the Oakland waterfront, improved efficiency of Port operations and environmental sustainability.
On July 3, 2012, the Oakland City Council approved a master plan for a development project on approximately 130 acres of the former Oakland Army Base. The mixed-use project will include commercial, maritime, rail, and open space uses. The City Council also authorized the City Administrator to negotiate and execute a Lease Disposition and Development Agreement (LDDA) with Prologis CCIG Oakland Global for the development of the project. The LDDA, which was executed October 23, 2012, spells out the financial terms, the scope of development, and other considerations for developing the Army Base. Click here to see the LDDA and related documents.
Recent Oakland Army Base News
- Army Base construction could start in next year
- City Council Greenlights Oakland Army Base Project
- New use for old Army base
- Oakland seals deal to redevelop former Army base
- Congresswoman Barbara Lee Announces $15 Million TIGER Grant Award for the Port of Oakland
- Oakland OKs $1B army base deal
- Council approves $1 billion Oakland Army Base deal
Real Estate
The Real Estate Services Division provides excellent, cost-effective and professional real estate services to all City departments, the Oakland Redevelopment Agency, City Administrator, the Mayor and City Council.
Follow this link to the Real Estate Page
Organizational Changes
Community & Economic Development Agency (CEDA) Dissolved Functions previously performed by CEDA staff are either no longer completed by the City, or decentralized to one of four new offices:
- The Office of Neighborhood Investment will house the Real Estate Division, the Oakland Army Base Project and the Redevelopment Successor Agency which is charged with transitioning qualifying former Redevelopment Agency projects, as outlined in the Enforceable Obligation Payment Schedule (EOPS).
- The Office of Economic & Workforce Development was created to ensure that the City’s economic development priority has adequate resources and is focused on business relations, retention, attraction, and development. This newly formed office will be positioned to grow as legislative activity emerges that supports economic development in light of the dissolution of redevelopment.
- The Office of Planning, Building & Neighborhood Preservation, will house the Planning Division and the Building Services Division, which better reflects the mission and goals of these services.
- The Office of Housing & Community Development, converted from CEDA Housing Services, will provide primary staff support for Housing Successor Agency activities.
Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule
The Department of Finance approved the City of Oakland ROPS. Click here to view the official approval letter.
Enforceable Obligation Payment Schedule
On August 25, 2011, the former Oakland Redevelopment Agency adopted a resolution approving a document entitled, the Enforceable Obligation Payment Schedule (EOPS) which lists all debt, project and staffing obligations.
If you are interested in what projects have been adopted by Council to move forward, you can download the schedule.
The Redevelopment Successor Agency is obligated to resolve the following;
- Bonds
- Loans borrowed by the Agency
- Federal, state or employee pension obligations
- Judgments or settlements
- Consultants under professional services contracts
- Contractors under construction contracts
- Borrowers under commercial and affordable housing loans
- Grantees under the Façade, Tenant Improvement, Basement Backfill and Neighborhood Project Initiative Programs
- Any other costs of the Agency or the City under the Funding Agreement that are enforceable obligations, i.e. third party obligations
Archive: Oakland Redevelopment Agency Information
The Oakland Redevelopment Agency was created on October 10, 1956 and dissolved on February 1, 2012.
For more information about the former Oakland Redevelopment Agency and the numerous projects and programs within its eight active Redevelopment Project Areas, please click here: Redevelopment Successor Agency Page.
