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A local group that opposes developer SunCal’s redevelopment plan for Alameda Point has convinced more than 500 people to take their names off ballot initiative petitions the developer circulated this past spring.

The folks from Protect the Point, which opposes the plan, say they have gotten 520 people to take their names off the petitions for a proposed ballot initiative that lays out SunCal’s development plan. Deputy City Clerk Lana Stoker said her office had received 522 removal requests.