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Oakland council member says top officials learned of plans to dock in city on Saturday night

SAN FRANCISCO — Oakland council member Larry Reid, of the city’s Seventh District, said he was informed Saturday night that the cruise ship would dock in the city at a site known as Ports America in West Oakland.

The news surprised city officials — particularly for the council, which Reid said did not have a hand in the decision. Reid said the Oakland Fire Department was expected to play a role in taking passengers off the ship.
Reid was puzzled, however, at the decision to dock the ship in Oakland instead of its original site in San Francisco.

“I just don’t understand why if it’s safe enough for them to offload the passengers into Oakland, why isn’t it safe enough for them to offload the passengers in San Francisco, where they have the facilities for the cruise line that’s docked in San Francisco on a daily basis?” he asked.

Asked whether it seemed the move was a signal of Oakland’s seeming second-fiddle status in political power, Reid said: “That’s something they would say, and a lot of Oakland residents would say” . . . .

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