OHA’s efforts to not draw publicity of their plan to have developer Trammel-Crow demolish the historic Courthouse building and sell them the Telegraph Ave. property for their Low Income Housing Project development has now received the attention of the State Office of HIstoric Preservation.

OHA’s attempt to negate procedure and not apply the Section 106 process to their plan has prompted Milford Donaldson, the State Historic Preservation Officer, to advise them that, “does not appear appropriate for OHA to include the demolition of a property as a condition of purchase.”

Below the copy of the email is an OHA document that states “The Authority receives federal funds for its public housing program.”