WOCAP Steering Committee Meeting: The plan to fund a major Port expansion

The Port has a new plan to fund a major expansion called Turning Basins. Learn how West Oakland could be affected.
About this Event

At our WOCAP Steering Committee meetings, we get into the nuts and bolts of our . You'll learn how the West Oakland community, led by in partnership with the , is working to improve air quality in West Oakland.

The Port has a new plan to fund Turning Basins

The Turning Basins project is a major construction project at the Port of Oakland that paves the way for more massive megaships (larger than the Salesforce Tower!) to dock in our backyard. More megaships will lead to more cargo, which could lead to more dirty diesel trucks that release toxic emissions.

• The Port is considering instituting a container fee to fund Turning Basins: a fee on every container transported in and out of the Port. Port staff from the Sustainable Port Collaborative will walk us through how a container fee would work. We'll talk about what other community-centered projects a container fee might fund.
  
• How will Turning Basins affect our clean air plans? The Port has a ways to go to reduce emissions to meet the clean air goals laid out in the West Oakland Community Action Plan (WOCAP). Decarbonization projects like Clean Ports are getting us closer to our goals, but Turning Basins has the potential to bring more pollution to our neighborhood. We'll look at the Turning Basins Environmental Impact Report to explore potential project impacts.
  
• A lot of major projects are coming to the neighborhood. How can our community have a voice in them? Multiple confirmed and proposed projects could bring more pollution to the neighborhood, including Turning Basins, the proposed coal terminal, Eagle Rock Aggregates, and the recent announcement about Tesla and AI startup Prometheus. The neighborhood is heating up: how can we come together influence if and how these projects are built?

Location details:

West Oakland Branch | Oakland Public Library
Main meeting room
1801 Adeline St, Oakland

We’ll meet in the main meeting room of the West Oakland Branch of the Oakland Public Library, on the ground floor. The meeting room is wheelchair accessible. Masks are optional.

Getting there: Onsite parking is available. The library is across the street from the 36 bus, 0.3 miles from the 14 bus, and 1 mile from the West Oakland BART station.

Accessibility accommodations: This location is wheelchair accessible. For accessibility requests, please email [email protected] in advance of the meeting and we'll do our best to accommodate you.

Online option

This meeting will be in person, with an option to call in via Zoom.

Food and childcare

Food and childcare will be provided for in-person attendees. Dinner will be served at 5:45 pm. Please email any food restrictions to [email protected].

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• Previous Steering Committee Meetings visit: woeip.org/steering.

• For more information on air monitoring in West Oakland visit: woeip.org/woaq.

• Please email any questions to [email protected].