Agency clears way for Oakland Athletics B ballpark plan
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California agency on Thursday has cleared the way for the Oakland Athletics to continue planning a $12 billion waterfront ba...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California agency on Thursday has cleared the way for the Oakland Athletics to continue planning a $12 billion waterfront ballpark project.The San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission voted 23 to 2 to reclassify a 56-acre terminal at the Port of Oakland as a mixed-use area where a new ballpark could be built. The vote is the first in a series of legal hurdles the team would have to overcome before it gets permission to break ground for the project. The commission followed the recommendation of its staff, which found the team demonstrated removing the terminal from port use 'would not detract from the region's capability to handle the projected growth in cargo.