Residents of Alameda need to ship San Francisco’s Portola Music Pageant on its approach as a result of noise complaints.
With its debut version having taken place simply final 12 months, Portola is a newcomer to the Bay Space competition scene, however it has not discovered allies with close by residents. The Pier 80-based occasion ends at 11pm native time, however Alameda neighborhoods located roughly 5 miles from the competition grounds reported disruption all through the day and into the early night.
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Now, a social media submit shared by the Metropolis of Alameda has formally petitioned the San Francisco Leisure Fee to take the decisive motion to discontinue Portola going ahead.
In anticipation of the competition this 12 months, each the Metropolis of Alameda and the Alameda Police Division posted equivalent social media bulletins, alerting residents about potential noise considerations and Portola organizers’ efforts to handle them. Nonetheless, it seems these measures weren’t enough as residents continued to report disturbances.
On the time of writing, neither Portola’s proprietors nor the San Francisco Leisure Fee have addressed the Metropolis of Alameda’s request to discontinue the competition.
