SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS RADIO) – Although Oakland mayor Libby Schaaf is “very hopeful” that a state agency on Thursday will grant a key approval of the Athletics’ proposed $12 billion Howard Terminal waterfront development project, she believes the stakes couldn’t be higher.
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“If the BCDC does not vote to remove Howard Terminal from port use tomorrow, this whole project is over,” Schaaf said of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission’s scheduled Thursday vote during a Wednesday morning interview with KCBS Radio’s Melissa Culross and Joe Hughes.
The commission is set to vote on whether Howard Terminal should be exempt from port designation. Two-thirds of the commissioners must vote in favor of the exemption for the project to move forward, and agency staff recommended the commission do just that. Approval would allow the A’s to apply for a permit with the commission to develop the site.
The A’s, with …