San Jose Mercury News
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ALAMEDA -- Opponents of a plan to build homes near Crab Cove at Robert Crown Memorial State Beach have submitted language for a ballot initiative to the city clerk that they hope to put before voters in November.
Known as the "Initiative for Expansion of Open Space at Crab Cove," the ballot measure aims to prevent the construction of approximately 100 residential units on about four acres of surplus federal property along McKay Avenue near the East Bay Regional Park District's Crab Cove Visitor Center.
The initiative calls for rezoning the neighborhood as open space as part of Measure WW, which Alameda and Contra Costa county voters approved in November 2008 to protect and expand open space at the park district.
Roseville-based developer Tim Lewis Communities secured the property near Crab Cove for about $3 million in 2011 during a General Services Administration auction. The sale has not been completed, however.