Hooray! Sort of
The City Council last night dropped a plan to ban bikes, skateboards and other types of muscle-powered fun on public property, including all of the city’s parks and to allow park directors to cite scofflaws. The proposal, which grew out of plans to prohibit skateboarders and cyclists from flying down the six decks of the [...]
Comment: The end of fun
A few weeks back we told you that in response to concerns about skateboarders in the new Civic Center Parking Structure, the City Council was considering a ban on skateboarding on city property. Imagine our surprise when Mayor Beverly Johnson, listing aesthetic concerns over the legally required posting of signs advertising the ban, suggested the [...]
ALAMEDA HAS A BUDGET … And don’t ride your bike in the park, Jimmy!
At around 10 p.m. Tuesday, the City Council finally began to tackle the final hurdles to approving a budget for next year, chief among them the controversial elimination of over $800,000 in fire department overtime, which would lead to rolling brownouts of the Island’s fire stations. After three hours of deliberations and comments from about [...]
Is skateboarding a crime?
The Alameda Police Department thinks it should be. They’re asking the City Council to ban skateboarding at property owned or leased by the city, specifically in city parking lots and structures. The department is asking for the ban after getting an undisclosed number of complaints about skateboarders at the new Civic Center Parking Structure; Police [...]
