All Plan Publications

Documents developed as part of the Downtown Oakland Specific Plan process or used in the process of creating the plan, including requests for proposals to develop the plan and other Oakland projects and publications

Plan Documents

• Final Draft DOSP (June 2024)(PDF, 143MB)
• Final Draft DOSP Handbook (April 2024)
  • Downtown Oakland Specific Plan(PDF, 142MB)
    Final Downtown Oakland Specific Plan, adopted July 16, 2024
  • Downtown Oakland Specific Plan (DOSP) Handbook (English)(PDF, 25MB)
    The DOSP Handbook provides an overview of the Plan's vision, goals, equity framework and policies.
  • Downtown Oakland Specific Plan (DOSP) Handbook (Spanish)(PDF, 25MB)
    El Manual de DOSP ofrece una descripción general de la visión, las metas, el esquema de equidad y políticas del Plan.
  • Downtown Oakland Specific Plan (DOSP) Handbook (Chinese)(PDF, 25MB)
    DOSP 手冊概述此計劃的願景、目標、公平框架和政策。
• Final Environmental Impact Report/Response to Comments (May 2024)(PDF, 79MB)
• Final Draft Planning Code Amendments (April 2024)(PDF, 1MB)
• Final Draft General Plan Amendments (April 2024)(PDF, 3MB)
• Final Draft DOSP & Planning Code Amendments FAQ (April 2024)(PDF, 725KB)
• Downtown Oakland Specific Plan (DOSP) - Draft Zoning Amendments (March 2022)
• Zoning Incentive Draft Feasibility Findings (November 2019)(PDF, 328KB)
• Draft Plan and Environmental Impact Report (August 2019)(PDF, 23MB)
• Preliminary Draft Plan (January 2019)(PDF, 28MB)
• Notice of Preparation of Environmental Impact Report on Draft Plan (January 2019)(PDF, 5MB)
• Plan Options Report (November 2018)(PDF, 7MB)
  • Appendix A. Equity Assessment of Plan Options(PDF, 7MB)
  • Appendix B. Disparity Analysis (Final)(PDF, 7MB)
  • Appendix C. Downtown Oakland's Economic Role in the City and the Region(PDF, 378KB)
  • Appendix D. Fiscal Analysis of the Impact of Downtown Oakland Development(PDF, 347KB)
  • Appendix E. Development-Based Tools to Preserve and Expand Arts and Production, Distribution & Repair (PDR) Workspaces(PDF, 80KB)
  • Appendix F. Accessibility Survey Results(PDF, 4MB)
• Draft Affordable Housing and Anti-Displacement Background and Strategies (June, 2018)(PDF, 3MB)
• Downtown Oakland Disparity Analysis Draft (January, 2018)(PDF, 6MB)
• Multimodal Analysis Approach (November, 2017)(PDF, 298KB)
• Tools to Expand Arts & PDR Workspaces (September, 2017)(PDF, 80KB)
• Downtown Fiscal Analysis (September, 2017)(PDF, 347KB)
• Downtown's Economic Role in the City and Region (September, 2017)(PDF, 378KB)
• Transportation Existing Conditions Report Working Draft (July, 2017)(PDF, 11MB)
• Equity SWOT Analysis Draft (May, 2017)(PDF, 1MB)
• Art & Culture Best Practices and Case Studies (March, 2017)(PDF, 1MB)

Related Projects and Publications

Several other studies and projects that impact the Downtown are underway concurrent with the Plan Downtown process, some of which are being managed by partner agencies. The City is working to ensure consistency with these projects and the Downtown Oakland Specific Plan.

City of Oakland

• Oakland At Home (Mayor's Housing Cabinet Findings)
• Top Three Strategies to Stem Artist Displacement (Mayor's Artist Housing and Workspace Task Force)(PDF, 167KB)
• Citywide Impact Fee Nexus Study
• Draft Oakland Downtown Parking Management Plan (Downtown Parking Supply Study)(PDF, 5MB)
• Broadway Transit Circulator Study
• Latham Square Project
• West Oakland Specific Plan Equity Strategy(PDF, 6MB)
• Single Room Occupancy Residential Hotel (SRO) Study(PDF, 9MB)

Other Community Organizations

• Black Arts Movement and Business District information
• Status of Bay Area Nonprofit Space and Facilities(PDF, 223KB)
• Oakland-Alameda Access Project (Alameda County Transportation Commission)
• Core Capacity Study (Metropolitan Transportation Commission)

Requests for Proposals

A request for proposals (RFP) is a formal document the City issues when soliciting proposals from an outside organization to help develop a project such as a specific plan.

Downtown Specific Plan

The City of Oakland released a RFP in January 2015 for a consultant to partner with the City on the Downtown Specific Plan. The Dover Kohl & Partners team was selected to lead the process.

• Plan Downtown RFP

Equity Strategy

The City of Oakland is committed to advancing policy and institutional change to address structural inequality throughout Oakland. To support concrete steps toward this goal, the Planning & Building Department issued a RFP to develop a social equity strategy that will guide this and future specific plans. The strategy will ensure that policies are developed to address the physical environment and economic conditions for all people, including those with the fewest resources, through the promotion of participatory engagement and positive social change.

• Equity Strategy RFP(PDF, 625KB)
• Equity Strategy RFP Addendum(PDF, 225KB)