OAKLAND IS CENTERED AROUND THE COLISEUM, AND COMMUNITY GROUPS WANTED OUT OF JOHN FISHER'S HANDS. THE OAKLAND UNITED COALITION IS CALLING ON THE ALAMEDA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO END THEIR AGREEMENT WITH THE A'S OWNER. >> THEIR AGREEMENT IS ALLOWING THE A'S OWNERSHIP TO BLOCK THE FLOW OF NEEDED RESOURCES INTO THE EAST OAKLAND COMMUNITY. >> DEVELOPMENT GROUPS SUCH AS THE AFRICAN AMERICAN SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, ALREADY HAVE BIG PLANS TO REDEVELOP THE LAND. THE PLANS INCLUDE NEW HOUSING, A NEW ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT, AND POSSIBLY NEW STADIUMS FOR OTHER TEAMS. HOWEVER, FISHER OWNS HALF THE LAND WHICH HE BOUGHT FROM THE COUNTY. >> JOHN FISHER STOP PREVENTING THE USE OF THE COLISEUM BY INTERESTED SPORTS TEAMS AND SPORTING EVENTS. SELL YOUR STAKE IN THE OWNERSHIP OF THE COLISEUM . >> THIS IS A MASSIVE CHUNK OF LAND THAT COULD BE USED FOR SO MANY DIFFERENT PROJECTS, AND THOSE WE SPOKE WITH TODAY SAY A DEVELOPMENT HERE WOULD BENEFIT NOT JUST THIS COMMUNITY, BUT THE ENTIRE CITY AND LAND IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US IS IT'S NOT RIGHT FOR THEM TO REFUSE TO WORK TOGETHER WITH US AND FOR THEM TO HAVE THE RIGHTS TO THE LAND. WE REACHED OUT TO THE A'S AND THEY SAID THEY'RE PLANNING TO MEET WITH AASG IN THE COMING WEEKS ABOUT FUTURE PLANS. IT'S A PROJECT THAT COULD CHANGE THE LOOK OF EAST OAKLAND, BUT THIS GROUP WORRIES FISHER WILL STAND IN THE WAY. >> WE WANT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO CALL ON THE ATHLETICS TO STOP THEIR INTERFERENCE WITH EVENTS AT THE COLISEUM, A PLACE THAT THEY CLAIM IS NO LONGER VIABLE, BUT A PLACE THAT SO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY AND BEYOND HAVE COME TO LOVE. >> THE A'S ARE CURRENTLY NEGOTIATING TO EXTEND THEIR LEASE TO PLAY GAMES AT THE COLISEUM FOR A FEW MORE YEARS, BUT THE LONGER THEY STAY IN OAKLAND, THE LONGER IT WOULD TAKE TO REDEVELOP THE LAND. THAT IS WHY THIS GROUP WANTS FISHER TO GIVE UP HIS SHARE. >> I, FOR ONE, AM TIRED OF BILLIONAIRES BEING ABLE TO DICTATE THE LIVES OF SO MANY, BUT CARE SO LITTLE, CARE SO LITTLE FOR THOSE LIVES
