A packed house during the Oakland Athletics (A’s) last game at the Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, Sept., 26, 2024. (Tony Hicks/Bay City News)

The sale of the Oakland Coliseum, long characterized by fits and starts, took another incremental step forward this week when the Oakland City Council voted to align its process with that of Alameda County.

In what was basically a scheduling adjustment, council members approved the second reading of an ordinance that allows the city to close the sale of its 50 percent ownership of the Coliseum by June 30, 2026.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.