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  1. 1
    Name: Alethea Harper on Apr 6, 2011
    Affiliation/Organization: Coordinator, Oakland Food Policy Council
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    Name: Hai Vo on Apr 6, 2011
    Affiliation/Organization: OFPC Member
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    Name: Nathan McClintock on Apr 6, 2011
    Affiliation/Organization: Oakland Food Policy Council / UC Berkeley Geography
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    Name: Sara Weihmann on Apr 6, 2011
    Affiliation/Organization: Oakland Food Policy Council Member
    Comments: In addition to serving on the Oakland Food Policy Council, I am on the board of City Slicker Farms in West Oakland, and own my own business as an edible garden designer and educator.
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    Name: Fernando M on Apr 6, 2011
    Affiliation/Organization: A.C.G.A.N
    Comments: Urban agriculture is the future of this great nation
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    Name: Jenny Huston on Apr 6, 2011
    Affiliation/Organization: Oakland Food Policy Council
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    Name: Heather Wooten on Apr 6, 2011
    Affiliation/Organization: Oakland Food Policy Councilmember
    Comments: Let's be one of the innovative, forward-looking cities that have adopted urban agriculture-friendly land use policies.
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    Name: Aaron Lehmer on Apr 6, 2011
    Affiliation/Organization: Bay Localize
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    Name: Diane Woloshin on Apr 6, 2011
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    Name: Christopher Waters on Apr 6, 2011
    Affiliation/Organization: Oakland Food Policy Council
    Comments: The City of Oakland has bent over backwards – arguably to the detriment of community health and certainly unfairly preferential over small, locally-owned businesses who respect the Planning & Zoning rules, rather than flaunt them – to accommodate unhealthy food purveyors like McDonald’s and Kroger/Ralphs/Foods Co, in the name of revenue retention. Though small business is the backbone of our economy and locally grown and healthy food is scarce, I understand why the city is fixated on large-scale revenue in such a shrunken and desperate economy. What I don’t understand is why the city applies its scarce human resources to selectively enforce against the most grassroots businesses, those that are incubating the operations that may one day scale up and support Oakland’s economy -- people like Novella Carpenter at Ghost Dog Farm, or just neighbors like mine, who grow and sell vegetables from their back yards. Adopting our recommended amendments is an important step toward leveling the playing field and aligning with the reality of current practices, which are commonly accepted in a growing number of progressive municipalities across North America.
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    Name: Anonymous on Apr 6, 2011
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    Name: Elizabeth August on Apr 6, 2011
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    Comments: Oakland is at the precipice of an urban agricultural boom. It would be extremely fool-hardy to pass up the opportunity to be leaders and models for other, smaller cities. I urge the City to take action to update the zoning and start reaping the benefits of this burgeoning new economic development.
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    Name: John Gatewood on Apr 6, 2011
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    Name: Joan Edelstein on Apr 6, 2011
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    Name: Hannah Laurison on Apr 6, 2011
    Affiliation/Organization: resident
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    Name: Nicole Magnuson on Apr 6, 2011
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    Comments: I was an active parent at Peralta Elementary, which has transformed what "once looked like a prison yard," in the words of a former teacher there, into an urban oasis of green, blooms, and food plants. Just one example of what can happen! My daughter now attends an Oakland public middle school and we are working to "green" that one, too.
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    Name: Irene Yen on Apr 6, 2011
    Affiliation/Organization: UCSF
    Comments: I believe this is a wonderful opportunity to support local and seasonal foods. It will be good for public health and the local economyl.
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    Name: Krystal Willis on Apr 6, 2011
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    Name: Y. Armando Nieto on Apr 6, 2011
    Affiliation/Organization: California Food and Justice Coalition
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    Name: Cindy Tsai Schultz on Apr 6, 2011
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    Name: Kari Hamerschlag on Apr 6, 2011
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    Name: Patricia Algara on Apr 6, 2011
    Affiliation/Organization: Foodscaping
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    Name: Ryan Hunter on Apr 6, 2011
    Affiliation/Organization: UC Berkeley, Goldman School of Public Policy
    Comments: Oakland should have sensible policies that favor small-scale urban agriculture and encourage the transformation of empty lots and blighted areas into gardens that provide fresh produce and sources of revenue to low-income neighborhoods. I encourage local policy makers to craft new guidelines that carve out exceptions to local zoning and permitting laws for small urban farmers.
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    Name: Nancy Deming on Apr 6, 2011
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    Comments: I am an Oakland urban homesteader~chickens, bees, rabbits, fruit trees, and lots of edibles. I also work with the Oakland Unified School District on developing environmental stewardship. These issues being raised are very important to me. I want to see Oakland flourish to a more sustainable level, our zoning rules need to be adjusted as we make progress.
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    Name: Glenna Anton on Apr 6, 2011
    Affiliation/Organization: UC Berkeley
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    Name: Glenna Anton on Apr 6, 2011
    Affiliation/Organization: UC Berkeley
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    Name: Molly Clinehens on Apr 6, 2011
    Affiliation/Organization: Resident
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    Name: Alejandra Cano on Apr 6, 2011
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    Name: Natalia Margolis on Apr 6, 2011
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    Name: Marguerite Young on Apr 6, 2011
    Affiliation/Organization: resident
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    Name: Alison Alkon on Apr 6, 2011
    Affiliation/Organization: University of the Pacific
    Comments: As a former Oakland resident, and a professor teaching classes on food, environment and inequality, I can't stress how important this is, or what a great opportunity it is for the City of Oakland to demonstrate leadership in an area of growing public interest.
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    Name: Anonymous on Apr 6, 2011
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    Name: Melanie Hunter on Apr 6, 2011
    Affiliation/Organization: Oakland resident
    Comments: OFPC's policy suggestions offer reasonable alternatives to the city's current zoning and CUP regulations. Let's support urban farmers, especially those who provide fresh produce in neighborhoods with limited healthy food access.
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    Name: Marie Beichert on Apr 6, 2011
    Affiliation/Organization: Oakland Resident & Business Owner
    Comments: Urban agriculture is an effective measure to support our local economy, local residents and community health. Penalizing sustainable efforts to increase access to healthy food by outdated regulation makes no sense. Food safety concerns can be effectively managed by local food-related organizations and every effort should be made to support organizations such as OFPC, the Mandela MarketPlace local distribution system, Planting Justice and many other food-related community organizations and committed individuals.
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    Name: Julie Cummins on Apr 6, 2011
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    Name: Jesse Loesberg on Apr 6, 2011
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    Name: Anonymous on Apr 6, 2011
    Affiliation/Organization: EarthTeam
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    Name: Sarah Johnson on Apr 6, 2011
    Affiliation/Organization: Leadership Public Schools
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    Name: Michael-David Sasson on Apr 6, 2011
    Affiliation/Organization: Teamsters Local 2010
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    Name: Mark Bernfield on Apr 6, 2011
    Affiliation/Organization: Redwood Day School
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    Name: Justin Watkins on Apr 6, 2011
    Affiliation/Organization: UC Cooperative Extension- Alameda County
    Comments: These policy proposals are excellent This is change that needs to happen in order to ensure a more just and equitable food system.
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    Name: Jeffrey Steuben on Apr 6, 2011
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    Name: Anonymous on Apr 6, 2011
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    Name: Kristin Reynolds on Apr 6, 2011
    Affiliation/Organization: The New School
    Comments: I have recently moved to New York city from Oakland, where I conducted a study about urban agriculture in Alameda County. This research explored the characteristics of urban agriculture in the county, along with various challenges to its expansion and information/assistance needs mentioned by gardeners and farmers throughout the county. As the urban agriculture movement continues to expand nation-wide, policies that facilitate this are needed. I hope that Oakland will continue to be a leader in this arena.
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    Name: Wilson Riles on Apr 6, 2011
    Affiliation/Organization: Oakland C.A.N.
    Comments: This absolutely necessary!
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    Name: Hillary Sardinas on Apr 6, 2011
    Affiliation/Organization: UC Berkeley
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    Name: Jason A. Harvey on Apr 6, 2011
    Affiliation/Organization: Oakland Food Connection
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    Name: Kimberly Chaney on Apr 6, 2011
    Affiliation/Organization: Sequoia Elementary
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    Name: Phillip Schmidt on Apr 6, 2011
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    Name: Julie Cummins on Apr 6, 2011
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    Comments: this is my 2nd time signing but I forgot to say I think it's important for the Conditional Use Permits to be affordable, and appropriate to the scale of agriculture. Will you include this?
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