In April 2008 the City of Oakland sent out a letter to over 1,500 Jack London District residents and business owners describing the new mixed-use parking permit plan, scope, eligibility criteria, cost and procedure for getting the permit along with an application form. These materials are available from the links below:

• Click here for a copy of the letter
  
• Click here for the map showing the streets it affects.
• Click here for the application form

If you did not receive the letter, lost it or are new to the area and need a parking permit please review the documents above, then print and fill out the application form indicating it is for an Area M permit. Mail the completed form, other supporting documentation as required, and a check for $150 payable to the City of Oakland to:

City of Oakland Parking Division, Administration
250 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza #6300
Oakland, CA 94612

Note that permits are issued for a specific car and must be affixed to the car, there are no transferable permits. For instructions on how to affix the permit once you receive it click here.

If you purchase an annual Area M permit ($150) you may also purchase temporary visitor permits as follows: each 1-day permit costs $1.00 per vehicle and each 14-day permit costs $5.00 per vehicle. No more than five 1-day and five 14-day visitor permits may be purchased at any one time. If you include payment, you may order visitor permits on the application form sent out by the City (see link above).

Please note, JLDA does not issue, administer, or benefit financially from the Area M mixed use parking permit plan - if you have any questions you should direct them to the City of Oakland, specifically Marcela Pardo-Espinoza who can be reached at (510) 986-2690.

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For employees of non-profit organizations to be eligible for parking permits, the non-profit must have a business license. Perhaps you already know this, but it is news to me that all non-profits are supposed to register with the City. Apparently there is no penalty if you don't, so the non-profits I have been associated with haven't bothered. To get a business license, the non-profit must submit an application along with a "one time fee" of $30. After that, an annual tax return must be completed and submitted to the City, but no additional taxes are required. The New Business Application form can be found at: http://www.oaklandnet.com/government/fwawebsite/revenue/pdf/Newbusapp.pdf or you can go to 250 Frank Ogawa Plaza, 1st floor and do your paperwork there.

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The map below shows in blue the streets where the new Jack London District Mixed Use Parking Permit will exempt holders from newly posted 4 hour parking limits (8am to 6pm Monday through Friday). Show in red are those streets where the permit will not exempt holders from posted 4 hour limits. Zoom into the map or view the larger version to see where 4 hour parking applies to both or one side of the street only.


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The streets or portions of streets where signs will be posted limiting parking to four hours from Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., with exemption to the four-hour limit given to vehicles displaying a Jack London District Mixed Used Parking Permit, are:

STREET	FROM	TO	ON
Fourth Street	Castro Street	Martin Luther King Jr. Way	Both sides of street
Fourth Street	Martin Luther King Jr. Way	Jefferson St	North side of street
Fourth Street	Jefferson Street	Clay Street	Both sides of street
Fourth Street	Alice Street	Jackson Street	South side of street
Fourth Street	Jackson Street	Oak Street	Both sides of street
Third Street	Brush Street	Martin Luther King Jr. Way	South side of street
Third Street	Jefferson Street	Clay Street	South side of street
Third Street	Clay Street	Washington Street	Both sides of street
Third Street	Franklin Street	Alice Street	Both sides of street
Third Street	Alice Street	Madison Street	South side of street
Third Street	Madison Street	Oak Street	North side of street
Second Street	Brush Street	Martin Luther King Jr. Way	Both sides of street
Second Street	Martin Luther King Jr. Way	Jefferson Street	South side of street
Second Street	Clay Street	Washington Street	Both sides of street
Second Street	Franklin Street	Harrison Street	Both sides of street
Second Street	Harrison Street	Alice Street	North side of street
Second Street	Alice St	Oak Street	Both sides of street
Brush Street	Third Street	Embarcadero	East side of street
Castro Street	Fifth Street	Third Street	East side of street
Castro Street	Third Street	Second Street	Both sides of street
Martin Luther King Jr. Way	Fifth Street	Fourth Street	Both sides of street
Martin Luther King Jr. Way	Fourth Street	Second Street	West side of street
Martin Luther King Jr. Way	Second Street	Embarcadero	Both sides of street
Jefferson Street	Fourth Street	Third Street	East side of street
Jefferson Street	Third Street	Second Street	West side of street
Jefferson Street	Second Street	Embarcadero	Both sides of street
Clay Street	Fourth Street	Third Street	West side of street
Webster Street	Fourth Street	Third Street	Both sides of street
Harrison Street	Fourth Street	Second Street	Both sides of street
Alice Street	Fourth Street	Second Street	Both sides of street
Jackson Street	Fourth Street	Third Street	West side of street
Jackson Street	Third Street	Embarcadero	Both sides of street
Madison Street	Fourth Street	Third Street	West side of street
Madison Street	Third Street	Embarcadero	Both sides of street
Oak Street	Fourth Street	Third Street	West side of street
Oak Street	Second Street	Embarcadero	West side of street

The streets or portions of streets where signs will be posted limiting parking to four hours from Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., with NO exemption to the four-hour limit given to vehicles displaying a Jack London District Mixed Used Parking Permit, are:

STREET	FROM	TO	ON
Fourth Street	Webster Street	Alice Street	Both sides of street

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2007/11	Mixed Use Parking Permit Plan Ordinance cc10.45(PDF)
2007/03	Revised Parking plan (PDF)
2006/11	Business Parking survey form (PDF)
2006/09	White paper on permit parking plan (PDF)
2006/06	New parking proposal (PDF)
2006/06	Cover letter (PDF)
2006/06	Map (PDF)
2006/06	Photos (PDF)
2003/11	Staff report and recommendations on JLD On-Street Parking Improvement Plan (PDF)
2003/09	JLD On-Street Parking Improvement Plan (HTML, Word)
2003/08	Meeting Notes for follow-up meetings (HTML Word)
2003/08	Minutes of the August 14th Community meeting to present and discuss the Draft PlanHTML Word

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May 15th, 2008: Enforcement of the new 4 hour zones began.

April, 2008: The City of Oakland sent out a notification letter to residential and commercial addresses in the Jack London District describing the new Area M Permit, along with an application form. Signs indicating the new 4 hour zones were placed on affected streets

March 24, 2007: After three City-mediated sessions, JLDA and the Chinatown Coalition have agreed on a revised boundary for the Mixed-Use District Permit Parking Program originally proposed in June 2006 [click here to see map with revised boundary]. At the request of the Chinatown Coalition, JLDA agreed to leave about 150 parking spaces on 5th Street unregulated and to prohibit permit parking on 2 blocks of 4th Street. In return the Coalition agreed to remove its opposition to JLDA's proposal. The following points were written down and signed by all parties to the negotiations:

1. Within 12 months, the Chinatown Coalition will come back with a parking management strategy for the unregulated parking spaces east of Broadway and south of 12th Street.
2. Both groups agree this is the proposal they will take back to "sell to"/present to their constituents [click here to see revised map].
3. Both groups agree this is the proposal that Staff will present to the Finance and Management Committee on April 24, with endorsements from both groups, and no opposition from either group at the Committee meeting.
4. This proposal will be reviewed in one year, for modifications if it is not working. In any event, the proposal sunsets in three years.

On April 24 the Finance Committee will decide whether staff should draft an ordinance consistent with JLDA's proposal and the revised map. If you are in favor of implementing the permit parking program proposed by JLDA, please let members of the Finance Committee know by sending an email to ISupportPermitParking@jlda.org.

October 24th 2006: The Finance Committee discussed the Interim Mixed-Use Permit Parking Program proposed by JLDA after hearing from several speakers supporting the proposal (none opposed). The Committee asked staff to return with analysis of an interim permit parking program that has a tighter budget than the one in the staff report with permits costing no more than $100 to $150 each, a program that limits the total number of permits sold to 600-1,000, and a program that limits businesses to no more than two or three permits per year. The proposed limits on business permits is of great concern to JLDA, which has teamed with the Oakland Commerce Corporation (OCC) to survey businesses in the Jack London District to determine what impacts such a limit might have. If you own a business of ANY size in the District, PLEASE complete the OCC survey form and return it as soon as possible. Initial deadline is 6:00 PM, Tuesday, Nov 7. However, late surveys will be tallied.

October 20th 2006: The Mixed-use district parking proposal put forward by the transportation and parking advisory committee of JLDA will be discussed at the October 24th Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency Joint Powers Financing Authority and Finance and Management Committee. The meeting starts at 2pm in Hearing Room 1 at City Hall, the agenda is here and staff report is here.

September 11th 2006: The JLDA Parking and Transportation Advisory Committee has produced a white paper describing the proposed parking permit plan for the Jack London District. Also see the map of the proposed district. June 2006: A new proposal for a mixed-use district permit parking program has been submitted to our District 3 city council representative, Nancy Nadel. The cover letter, proposal, a map and photos of current parking conditions in the district are all available online.

September 24th 2003: Jack London District Community Meeting sponsored by Vice-Mayor Nancy Nadel.

September 2003: Plan presented to City staff and council members

August 2003: Consultant review of plan by Dowling Associates, Inc.

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