"If the initiative passes and the city conveys the property to a developer, the new laws would make it impossible for Alamedans to predict or control what Alameda will be like in 10, 20, and 30 years. First, a set of extremely permissive development requirements and standards would allow an extraordinarily wide variety of projects to be built at Alameda Point; second, the city would be forced to approve any project that does not conflict with the permissive standards. This combination would entitle the developers to decide what, where, and when projects would be built." (p. 1.)

"The initiative clearly does not require a project to be built that would resemble the slide show project. The SunCal project theoretically could be developed if the initiative passes, but would be unlikely since SunCal has written into the initiative unrealistic limits on project funding of the transportation, park, and public facilities programs that have been so prominent in their workshop presentations. The end result could be another example of low density sprawl just as easily as the smart growth concepts that SunCal has marketed to Alamedans." (pp. 1-2.)