Over a decade Alameda Point has gone from a mothballed navy base to a bustling waterfront neighborhood.
Nearly 700 housing units have been completed. Residents and workers are whisked to and from San Francisco from a ferry terminal. Playing fields and gyms attract pickleballers and youth soccer and basketball teams. A food bank provides grains and veggies for more than 1,200 families. Meanwhile “Spirits Alley” features distilleries, breweries and wineries.
But city officials say the next phases of development — which could include as many as 2,300 additional housing units, 25% of which would be affordable — are in jeopardy because of a dispute with the Alameda Housing Authority about how federal rent assistance vouchers can be transferred…