Bay Briefing: The downtown housing fight that took 20 years
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John Marchand, a former mayor of Livermore, holds a print of the new affordable housing project that is suppose to be built in conjunction with Stockmen s Park in Livermore, Calif. on Wednesday, May 19, 2021.Brittany Hosea-Small / Special to The Chronicle
Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Wednesday, May 26, and Cal could have more students from California by design over the next decade. Here’s what you need to know to start your day.
‘Right place, right time, right now’
A 20-year crusade to build affordable housing in downtown Livermore won a unanimous victory Tuesday when the city council approved a development that had divided the city and fueled accusations of racism and elitism. One council member was 13 years old when the project was first proposed.