After two previous failures , voters in the city passed a ballot measure in 2000 authorizing a bond measure for construction of a new main library to replace the city 's Carnegie library , damaged during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake . The city also received state funds for the new main library and opened the doors to the new facility in November 2006
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
Alameda, California