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"If SunCal had limited its initiative to the issue of multifamily housing —
and perhaps asked voters to sign off on the concept of its plan — we may
well have supported it. But the developer went much further, presenting
voters with an up-or-down decision on a highly detailed, nearly 300-page
development agreement that would provide it with a huge hammer over the
city in future negotiations. [¶] Alameda voters should guard their wallets, and their say in the city's future, by defeating Measure BSunCal's ballot measure to redevelop Alameda Point. It was defeated by a vote of 85 to 15 percent on February 2, 2010. ."