OAKLAND — Oakland’s City Council gave its blessing Wednesday to two pieces of state legislation that would allow the A’s to cut through red tape and move forward with their plan to build a 35,000-seat ballpark by 2023.
Council members stressed, however, that they are not ready to give the green light to the project itself.
The City Council voted unanimously at a special meeting Wednesday to support SB 293 from Senator Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, and AB 1191 from Assemblyman Rob Bonta D-Oakland. Councilwoman Lynette Gibson McElhaney was absent from the meeting.
SB 293, which passed the Senate and has gone to the Assembly, would allow the city to create a special tax district to finance the infrastructure around the ballpark.