Actions You Can Take Today:

  1. Sign the Petition and share widely

  2. Submit online comments or email comments to TermDev@portoakland.com. The CEQA public comment deadline was Monday October 16th but we encourage people to continue to comment. Talking points here and 10 reasons here.

  3. Write a letter to the editor. Here are some tips and examples.

  4. Volunteer for this campaign, all skills needed. If you would like to get involved email us!

  5. Attend events in person or remote and have your voice heard! See calendar below.

  6. Share the campaign. Flyers here. Share on social media #stopOAKexpansion

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Alert: Oakland City Council’s Community Economic Development Committee Set Hearing on OAK Expansion, date TBD
Alert: Oakland City Council’s Community Economic Development Committee Set Hearing on OAK Expansion, date TBD

RSVP to be get updates. When this is scheduled please attend in person or on Zoom, to show your opposition to the proposed expansion of the Oakland airport. Come voice your opposition to more air pollution in East Oakland, more climate crisis, and more jet noise.

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4/11/24 Port of Oakland Meeting
4/11/24 Port of Oakland Meeting

April 11, 3:30pm: The Port of Oakland Board of Commissioners will be voting on the controversial name change of the “Oakland International Airport” to “San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport” at their meeting April 11th, starting at 3:30pm at 530 Water Street, Oakland. Coalition members will attend the April 11 meeting and speak out against efforts to increase passenger traffic without addressing these health and environmental concerns.  Please join us!

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4/17/24 Oakland Airport Community Noise Forum
4/17/24 Oakland Airport Community Noise Forum

April 17, 6:30 pm- The Oakland Airport/Community Noise Forum will meet at 6:30 pm, Port building, 530 Water St. Oakland. You can attend in-person or remotely and sign up for the public comment period, which allows you to speak for 2 minutes. Coalition members will be there, join us!

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2/22/24: Public Comment at Port of Oakland
2/22/24: Public Comment at Port of Oakland

Feb. 22, 2024: Public comment at the Port of Oakland Commissioners meeting was led by airport workers from United Service Workers West (SEIU-USWW) who spoke about ongoing environmental and occupational health hazards at the Airport and opposition to expansion plans. They were followed by speakers from Communities For a Better Environment (CBE) and other Stop OAK Expansion Coalition members, who commented on the negative impacts expansion would have on health in nearby East Oakland, air quality and California’s ability to address climate change.

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10/16/23 Organizational Sign On Letter to the Port of Oakland responding to the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR)

On behalf of our members and supporters, the undersigned groups urge the Port of Oakland to protect our communities, our health, and the planet, and therefore reject the Oakland International Airport Terminal Modernization and Development Project (“Project”) (SCH No. 2021050164). The Project commits the Oakland Airport to a path of expansion at exactly the wrong time. We urge the Port to reconsider how this Project fits into the City of Oakland’s ongoing commitments to protect its residents from air and noise pollution and to comply with city and state climate goals. Because these commitments cannot be squared with a major project to expand operations at the Oakland Airport, the Project should be halted for the following reasons…

Click here to read the full letter signed by 56 organizations

8/15/23 and 8/30/23 Coalition Rally and public comment at the Airport Public Hearing

Link to recorded meetings with over 60 public comments made opposing airport expansion:

2021 Notice of Preparation Response: Comments on the scope and content of the Draft EIR For Oakland Airport Terminal Development

  1. Link to Letter to Port of Oakland Environmental Programs and Planning Division, June 06, 2021 signed by 10 organizations and 83 Individuals with additional individual comments at end of letter.

  2. Link to Letter from Coalition Steering Committee to Port of Oakland Environmental Programs and Planning Division June 06, 2021