Oakland Drafts First Revision of General Plan Since 1998

The plan calls for improving transit and pedestrian infrastructure. | BayAreaMetro, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons / Wikimedia Commons

Oakland has released a draft of the second phase of its General Plan update, a Land Use Framework that will guide the city’s development over the next two decades.

According to an article in The Oaklandside by Jose Fermoso, “The General Plan, once completed by the end of 2027, will be the first of its kind in the city since 1998. Already, several parts of phase one were adopted by the City Council, including the Downtown Specific Plan, which provided policy planning blueprints for infrastructure, jobs, and housing in parts of Downtown, Jack London Square, and Lake Merritt.”…

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