East Oakland Stadium Alliance statement on Howard Terminal EIR lawsuit ruling

The Superior Court of California, Alameda County, released its ruling on the CEQA lawsuit challenging the Oakland City Council’s certification of the Final Environmental Impact Report for the Oakland A's proposed development at Howard Terminal. 

Mike Jacob, Vice President & General Counsel of the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association, on behalf of the East Oakland Stadium Alliance commented:

"The court has agreed that the Howard Terminal EIR was insufficient and should not have been certified without further analysis. Accordingly, we look forward to the next steps necessary to correct the flawed EIR. Unfortunately, because the EIR in our view did not properly address many significant and unmitigated impacts from the A’s project -- including dangerous rail crossings, contaminated soils, traffic issues, port congestion, and air quality -- we will be evaluating our options with respect to an appeal. We will also continue pushing to resolve our concerns from this short-sighted project regardless of the outcome of this case, as the project’s adverse impacts are harmful to the thousands of Oakland residents who live in the neighborhoods near the proposed development or to those whose jobs depend on the ability of the Port of Oakland to grow and thrive."