SPUR recommends that the Oakland City Council support putting the Oakland Infrastructure Bond on the November ballot. Oakland has a severe shortage of housing that grows more dire each day, a $443 million paving backlog that has put Oakland in 89th place out of 106 Bay Area cities in pavement quality, and a growing number of dated and aging park and library facilities. This November, Oaklanders could have the opportunity to do something about that by voting to approve a $600 million Infrastructure Bond to pay for the repaving crumbling streets, to expand and protect our affordable housing stock and to upgrade and improve community-serving facilities.
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