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Oakland A's, city restart discussions on project, according to new mayor

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An appeals court panel last week affirmed a lower court's ruling that the environmental review was adequate for the Oakland A's proposed stadium at Howard Terminal on the city's waterfront.

The First District Court of Appeal in San Francisco on March 30 rejected all but one claim by the East Oakland Stadium Alliance about the inadequacy of the project's environmental impact report. The Oakland City Council certified the report in February 2022.

The appeals court ruling means the project can move forward once the city and A's address what the lower court ruled was an inadequate mitigation measure related to wind. The appeals court upheld the lower court's requirement to revise that measure.

"This is great news for Oakland residents and fans throughout the Bay Area," Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao said in a statement on March 30. "Today's unanimous decision once again confirms that the City not only complied with the law but undertook a thorough and thoughtful environmental analysis of the A's potential ballpark development at Howard Terminal."

Thao said earlier this year that the Oakland A's and the city have started discussing the project again following her election as mayor. The Major League Baseball team has reportedly been exploring Las Vegas as an alternative location for a new stadium amid the lengthy consideration process in Oakland.

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