Come Join No Coal in Oakland Tomorrow as Oakland Community Leaders Rally to Oppose Injection of Toxic Money into the Mayor’s Race Two Weeks Before Election When: Thursday, October 27 at 4:00 PM Where: Rotunda Building, 300 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612 Speakers: Ms. Margaret Gordon, No Coal in Oakland and West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project; […]
New research comparing particulate emissions from trains in Richmond documented significantly more PM2.5 pollution from trains containing coal than from empty coal trains, passenger trains, and other freight trains, as NCIO reported late last month. The three scientists who conducted this study will hold an online (Zoom) meeting with community members to explain their findings […]
OBOT & OGRE v. City of Oakland is set to go to trial in Alameda County Superior Court on July 10, 2023 at 9:00 am. Judge Noël Wise, Department 514, will preside over the case at the Hayward Hall of Justice, 24405 Amador St. The trial consolidates a suit brought by would-be coal developer Phil […]
OBOT & OGRE v. City of Oakland began on July 10, 2023; the testimony phase of the trial ended on August 31, 2023. A "Courtroom Diary" post on this website gives informal reports (some detailed, others not) of this phase of the trial. The bench trial is being heard by Alameda County Superior Court Judge […]
For years, developer Phil Tagami has been pushing to build a massive coal terminal in West Oakland. Tagami was first backed by a coal company, then by a former coal company executive, and now by a hedge fund managed by Vikas Tandon. The people and City of Oakland have always opposed siting a coal terminal on […]
Arguments before Alameda County Superior Court Judge Noël Wise (Department 514, Hayward Hall of Justice) on foundational issues briefed by the opposing parties in OBOT v. Oakland
Closing arguments in OBOT v Oakland are scheduled to be heard before Alameda County Superior Court Judge Noël Wise (Department 514, Hayward Hall of Justice). UPDATE: Due to limited seating, the court has announced public access to the closing arguments will not be in-person, but only via a video streamed to Department 1 at Rene […]
Judge Wise's Order of October 27, 2023 describes the topic of this hearing as follows: "The hearing on November 16, 2023, will only address the remedy phase of the trial, including the nature and scope of the remedy sought, scheduling, experts, etc." The hearing begins at 9:00 a.m. It is not known how long it […]
Judge Noël Wise ruled against the City of Oakland on October 27, 2023 in the "liability phase" of the state trial that began on July 10th, stating “the Court finds the City breached the Parties’ Contract.” The next phase of the trial will determine what remedy or damages are awarded to the would-be coal developers. […]
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 […]