From: Cyndy Johnsen
To: CITYCOUNCIL-List
Cc: board; City Clerk; Erin Smith; Ricardo Delatorre
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Item 5-I: Parking in Bike Lanes Ordinance (Consent) Date: Thursday, August 27, 2026 12:22:20 PM
Attachments: 9-2026 CC Consent-Parking in Bike Lanes Ordinance.pdf Dear Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft and Members of the Council,
We hope you will consider our comments for Item 5-I, attached.
Thank you,
Bike Walk Alameda Board
Advisory Board
Denyse Trepanier
Board Chair
Brian Fowler
Treasurer
Tim Beloney
Secretary
Maria Piper
Board Member
Cyndy Johnsen
Board Member
Mitch Ball
Board Member
Lucy Gigli
Founder, non-voting
Bike Walk Alameda is
fiscally sponsored by
Bike East Bay, a 501(c)(3)
nonprofit organization.
bikewalkalameda.org
August 27, 2026
RE: Item 5-I: No Parking in Bike Lanes Ordinance (Second Reading) Dear Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft and Members of the City Council, We reiterate our support for this ordinance and urge you to pass it. It will give the City a clear local enforcement mechanism while the language of the state statute is clarified.
For those interested in the details, our latest blog post, “ The Errant Comma in CVC 21211, ” takes a closer look at the language of the state statute and the ambiguity at issue. The full post is here:
bikewalkalameda.org/2026/08/24/the-errant-comma-in-cvc-21211 .
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Bike Walk Alameda