Wednesday, November 27, 2024 Dear Oakland City Council, The Sierra Club Northern Alameda County group strongly urges Oakland to continue to sell Measure U bonds to fund street repaving and improvement projects in Oakland. As a leading...

November 13, 2024 Mayor Sheng Thao and Oakland City Council 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612 Dear Mayor Thao and Councilmembers, The Sierra Club and our members express our strong support for the City’s plan for renovating and...

Dear San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission Members:  We, the undersigned organizations, urge you to reject the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and Caltrans staff’s BCDC permit amendment request to close the...

August 7th, 2024 Dina El-Tawansy District Director Caltrans District 4 111 Grand Ave Oakland, CA 94612 Re: Vision I-980 Study Dear Director El-Tawansy and Vision 980 Team, On behalf of the Sierra Club, I am writing to express our support for...

August 7th, 2024 Oakland City Council 1 Frank H Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, California 94612 Dear Councilmembers, We are writing to provide input to the City of Oakland as it explores inclusionary zoning (IZ) policies to meet the required number...

We understand the importance of incubating or cultivating walkable, bikeable neighborhoods with robust transit options in Oakland, and are writing to express our support of the California College of the Arts (CCA) Redevelopment project.

March 4, 2024 Charlie Ream, Acting Lead Planning & Project Development Team, City of Oakland Department of Transportation RE: Upper Telegraph Avenue Complete Streets Project – Support Concept 2 Mr. Ream: Sierra Club strongly supports...

March 25th, 2024 Mayor Jesse Arreguín and City Council 2180 Milvia Street, Berkeley, California 94704 Dear Mayor and Council, We are writing in strong support of Berkeley’s intent to reform housing regulations to promote “missing middle”...

We ask that Berkeley adhere to NACTO recommendations for street safety when designing new bus-only lanes in high-injury corridors.

We urge immediate action to address dangerous conditions on the International Boulevard bus-only lane for the TEMPO line in Oakland.