Alameda Mayor Marie Gilmore Makes the Case for Bringing Berkeley Lab to Alameda Point

Alameda is offering the land for free, giving the lab 45 acres of prime shoreline property with unobstructed panoramic bay views. While the Richmond field station, another site finalist, is already a part of the University of California's real estate portfolio, our offer allows UC to retain its Richmond asset for future development.

Third, the lab can control the pace of development, as the project unfolds and funding becomes available -- something only a public landowner can provide.

Excerpt from Friday, September 23, 2011, Alameda Journal My Word commentary.