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Oakland planners present draft land-use framework to Youth Commission, highlight transit and equity goals
Summary
City planning staff briefed the Youth Commission on a newly released draft land-use framework, emphasizing mixed-use neighborhoods, transit coordination (including long-term interest in an infill BART station) and targeted investments in underserved parks and climate resilience.
City of Oakland planning staff presented a draft land-use framework to the Youth Commission that lays out strategies intended to guide growth, equity and infrastructure investments over the next 20-plus years. "The general plan is the guiding document for how the city grows and develops. It's kind of like the constitution in the city," said Phoebe, a planning staffer with the City of Oakland Planning & Building Department's Strategic Planning Division.
The draft framework, which planners said was developed after outreach that began in 2024 and a 2025 report of big-picture ideas, proposes mixed-use, walkable neighborhoods; improved bicycle and pedestrian connections; targeted neighborhood centers; and investments in parks and open space in underserved…
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