The Oakland A’s ballpark project at Howard Terminal took a big step forward on Tuesday.
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 in favor of a non-binding resolution that supplies some necessary funding for the project. The vote signifies progress for the plan, and with it continued hope of keeping the team in Oakland.
Quick background: In July, the Oakland City Council approved a term sheet for the Howard Terminal project, but it left a gap in funding compared with the terms the A’s had proposed. The idea to fix that was for the county to opt into a tax district that would earn it extra new revenue, some of which would then be used for the project’s remaining infrastructure costs.