Oakland Athletics Ballpark Plan May Be Headed To November Ballot

By Da Lin, CBS San Francisco:

OAKLAND (KPIX) — The Oakland Athletics may face another curveball in their quest to build a new waterfront ballpark. A city council member is now looking at the idea of asking Oakland voters to vote on the project.

At a town hall meeting held by West Oakland councilwoman Carroll Fife this weekend on the proposed ballpark at Howard Terminal, a lot of people said they want to have the final say on the controversial project. The Oakland city council is expected to vote on the construction of the new ballpark sometime this summer.

Councilwoman Fife said the project was moving too fast and ignoring the needs of Black and Brown families in her district.

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