#port-of-oakland

#port-of-oakland

Now, the city's top staffer said Tagami's firm, Oakland Bulk and Oversized Terminal LLC, will be "treated like any other developer that comes into the city." "At this point, it's just another development project," City Administrator Jestin Johnson said in an interview. "The city has exercised all its legal options." The word "coal," he added, did not even come up during a recent meeting between the administrator and Tagami.

The appeals court ruling, authored by Judge James Richman, declares none of the arguments lodged by the city against allowing Tagami more time at the proposed terminal site have merit.

Wong will finish out the term of Yui Hay Lee, while Muhammad will replace Michael Colbruno, the board's current president and member for 12 years.