Residents questioning the safety of the Moraga Canyon Specific Plan by posting “Is it Safe” signs around town were accused of using public safety as a “boogeyman” to conceal their dislike of “poor people” coming to Piedmont. That’s a cheap shot given how poorly the question of how the project could impact emergency evacuation is…
Thank you to the Piedmont Police for shutting down the house party on the 2000 block of Oakland Avenue after the 09/27/2025 PHS homecoming dance. After years of having to listen to screaming teenage parties from this house, the parents of the 2 daughters received a citation for the delinquency of minors. From my understanding,…
Most people complaining about how adding less than 200 housing units is somehow going to make us all die in a fire are completely disingenuous. Just say you don’t want poor people in Piedmont. We all know you’re thinking it. And by the way, the “IS THIS SAFE?” Yard signs are overly busy and poorly…
Holy bloody hell! The school board recently approved a 2025-2026 contract worth $605,250.00 between PUSD and Pine Health for 2 positions: Questions:
The push for a massive development in Moraga Canyon is not just misguided; it is being orchestrated by a City Administrator whose tactics prioritize expediency over public safety. The proposal for 197 units in a high-fire-risk zone, dependent on a narrow, two-lane evacuation route, is a recipe for disaster. This flawed process mirrors the Linda…
I am opposed to the sheer scale of 197 units being installed in our steep-sided high fire zone Moraga Canyon. Moraga is a 2 lane road and always will be no matter how you doctor up the diagrams. It is a very heavily travelled roadway (11,000+ cars daily) which begins and ends in Oakland and…
Having worked for 50 years in the East Bay as an architect and planner I am sure that very few of you understand very much at all of the technical analysis in the Specific Plan; I know that I still do not. To get a more intuitive, even visceral understanding of what is being proposed…
Article 34 of the State Constitution requires a public vote for a state or federally funded low income housing project. While city staff knows this they are spending probably a million dollars on the continuing dog and pony shows they’ve been putting on since 2023 for the MCSP. I think that there’s a better than…
A recent op-ed, “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” despite its curious distractions, inadvertently underscores frustrations shared by many residents. There is clear agreement: the city administrator’s performance is lacking, and the council’s composition is a problem. The author is also correct that the manufactured rivalry between Upper and Lower Piedmont is a distraction from our shared governance…
The people and city Administration are either oblivious or don’t realize how so many of us are burnt out. Sure, quit— get another job, don’t take it personal. But, the sad part is many of us do love being here. There is so many pros to being a part of this city. However, this city…
