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NAACP Secures Investigation on Port Deal

OAKLAND, CA-The NAACP has charged that the port did not offer an equal opportunity to minorities in selling a prime Jack London Square property. The port argues that all efforts were made to make the transaction a fair deal.

By Michelle Savage | Updated on January 09, 2002

OAKLAND, CA-Responding to a request by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the U.S. Justice Department has opened an investigation into the Port of Oakland’s process for selling property over the past four years.

The NAACP claims the process does not give minorities an equal opportunity to bid on the property, which is considered prime real estate. Specifically, the NAACP cites the Port’s process for choosing a developer for the purchase and redevelopment of property within Jack London Square,

The Board of Port Commissioners says it selected from a pool of three developers who responded to a solicitation that occurred in 1998. Originally, the port selected LCOR/WDG, a San Francisco firm that is owned by an African American woman. When negotiations with the company failed, the port accepted Jack London Square Partners’ proposal. The partnership is owned by two white developers, who are known to be generous donors to several politicians.

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