Protect our Parks.
Vote No on K
Measure K opens the door to developers .
Measure K asks residents to overturn existing laws and sacrifice a community park for a potentially massive development. Vote NO on K to keep the existing laws in place, avoid this unnecessary risk, and meet our housing goals.
The Park Could Be Sold
A deep dive into the text of Measure K shows that it would authorize any real estate transaction, including sale and abandonment by any City Council majority in the future.
Keep big development out of parks
If Measure K is passed, it would cast aside the existing laws protecting parks and permanently open the door for developers to override local size, height, and parking requirements. Even the amount of land given for the project is subject to change.
No Partner, No Feasibility.
The city's claims of a unique partnership with Rotary for integrated, modest-scale affordable housing are not substantiated. Rotary stated there had been no meaningful conversations about the project when the MLK site was selected. Furthermore, Rotary is currently dedicated to costly emergency infrastructure work—including replumbing—at their existing senior housing, raising doubts about their capacity to take on a new partnership.
Keep MLK lease revenue
MLK tenants provide one of the city’s largest revenue streams. Limiting access and parking would threaten this much-needed revenue.
Keep parks accessible
Measure K removes protection from public parking, and would limit access to community recreation areas, including pickleball, field, tennis, baseball, and basketball courts. Development would drastically reduce parking and crowd out families, youth, and senior activities that rely on these spaces.
Avoid 10x overruns
Given the city's history of cost overruns at this site, like the field repair that cost nearly 10 times its estimate. City-led development here could put taxpayers on the hook for millions in infrastructure costs.
