West Gateway project on hold (for now) while City appeals Developers have been attempting to jumpstart an Oakland coal terminal following a ruling against the City of Oakland, but those efforts were derailed today by a ruling from the judge who presided over last year’s bench trial OBOT v Oakland. Her January 2024 judgment reinstating the developers’ lease has been automatically stayed – that is, put on hold – by the City’s appeal contesting the judgment. Alameda County Superior Court Judge Noël Wise confirmed the stay in Tuesday’s ruling, which responded to a motion filed by developers in late May aiming to compel the City to permit ...

UPDATE: The hearing described below has been rescheduled to Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 1:30 pm   OBOT is trying to proceed with plans to build a coal terminal on Oakland’s waterfront even as the City of Oakland is appealing the court ruling that found they may do so. To that end, Phil Tagami – with his hedge fund backer Jon Brooks standing right behind him – has filed a motion to hold the City of Oakland in contempt for failing to immediately produce documents and permitting necessary to restart the coal terminal project following January’s ruling by Judge Noël Wise. The City’s position is that the January 23, 2024 judgment is ...