Members of the Alameda County Chapter of the California Civil Grand Jury Association, a nonprofit organization of former members of the grand jury, review and rate the pending ballot measures for fairness and accuracy. The group says a 2021 Alameda County Civil Grand Jury report — “The Need for Accuracy and Impartiality of Ballot Measure Questions” — drove their effort to develop a “Yelp”-like ratings system, on a scale of 1 – 5 with 1 being the lowest and 5 the highest, to assess all 34 Alameda County local ballot measures scheduled for the November 5, 2024 election. (Piedmonter Michael Henn is one of the organization’s board members.)
From the ACCGJA website:
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Measure II
City of Dublin, Traffic Relief, Clean Air, Open Space
“Dublin Traffic Relief, Clean Air/Open Space Preservation Measure. Shall an ordinance be adopted amending the Open Space Initiative of 2014, at no cost to taxpayers, allowing Dublin to accept land donation to connect Dublin Boulevard 1.5 miles east to North Canyons Parkway, including bike lanes, pedestrian access, improved 911 response/ traffic flow, and preserve 100 acres of open space while maintaining voter approved housing development restrictions, in exchange for potential limited commercial development on the adjacent 80 acres?”
Vote Required: 50%+1
SCORE: 2.1
Comments: The score was lowered from the maximum of five because of the lack of clarity as to what the measure would accomplish and why the measure was needed. There is an implication that a new road, bike lanes and pedestrian access may occur, but no statement as to whether the city or a developer would pay for those improvements. There also is no explanation as to whether there would be financial impacts from the change, and what those impacts might cost. The title is misleading. From what is proposed the title should say: “Amend the existing open space initiative to allow 80 acres of open space land to be developed” since that is what is proposed.
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