Rent control protections for 150 units in Alameda have been secured following the city’s successful appeal in court, which city officials said will have far ranging impacts on certain housing across the state.  

Admirals Cove is a community of renovated townhomes between Alameda Landing and the Main Street Alameda Ferry Terminal that were originally created to house naval personnel and their families in 1969. The property was auctioned off by the federal government in 2017 and purchased for $38 million by a developer that turned them into leased units in 2019, the city said.  

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Katy St. Clair got her start in journalism by working in the classifieds department at the East Bay Express during the height of alt weeklies, then sweet talked her way into becoming staff writer, submissions editor, and music editor. She has been a columnist in the East Bay Express, SF Weekly, and the San Francisco Examiner. Starting in 2015, she begrudgingly scaled the inverted pyramid at dailies such as the Vallejo Times-Herald, The Vacaville Reporter, and the Daily Republic. She has her own independent news site and blog that covers the delightfully dysfunctional town of Vallejo, California, where she also collaborates with the investigative team at Open Vallejo. A passionate advocate for people with developmental disabilities, she serves on both the Board of the Arc of Solano and the Arc of California. She lives in Vallejo.