In addition , Ward Allen along with her board members advocated and secured funds to bring Oakland - Jack London Square ( Amtrak station ) to Oakland in the early 1990s after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake . This was the first time in history Amtrak had come to Oakland . The site of the Amtrak station officially opened in 1995 and owned by the Port of Oakland . Ward Allen was involved in much of the contracting and legal work surrounding the Port of Oakland owning the facility where the Amtrak station was built when she headed the Port from 1990 to 1992 , working with two different city mayors ; Lionel J. Wilson and Elihu Harris
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
Carole Ward Allen