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Planning staff present draft land‑use framework for Oakland General Plan update emphasizing neighborhood centers, transit and green industry
Summary
Staff presented a draft Land Use & Transportation framework that prioritizes neighborhood centers, increased density near transit, new 'technology and research' and 'green low‑impact industry' areas, and a Greenway network; commissioners pushed for a stronger public-lands policy and continued transit coordination.
Planning Department staff on April 1 presented the draft Land Use & Transportation (LOUT) framework — the preferred option emerging from Phase 2 of Oakland’s General Plan update — and sought Commission feedback on strategies for neighborhoods, corridors, parks and employment areas.
Daniel Finley and Khalilah Haines of the Strategic Planning Division described the framework as a ‘city of neighborhoods’ approach that focuses new density and mixed uses near BART stations and major corridors, adds a transit‑oriented mixed‑use designation, and creates technology and research nodes in parts of East and West…
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