How the Bay Area s biggest housing development fell apart in 2020
Adam Brinklow
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Overall views of the Concord Naval Weapons Station looking south towards the city of Concord, Calif. Weapons magazines are in the foreground, the city is off in the distance.Kim Kulish/Corbis via Getty Images
How do you kickstart a historically ambitious, multibillion-dollar housing development while the world’s economies remain paralyzed?
That’s the dilemma facing Concord after 2020, a year that not only dashed financial markets and upended everyday life across the Bay Area, but also wrecked this city’s critical redevelopment project at the Concord Naval Weapons Station, a huge disused military facility that could be its only means of significantly expanding housing stock.
UpdatedThu, Dec 10, 2020 at 1:44 pm PT
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The Nov. 3, 2020, election was the first in which both Concord City Council members Carol Obringer and Edi Birsan were elected by district. (Kristin Borden/Patch)
CONCORD, CA Concord City Council on Tuesday certified the results of the Nov. 3 general election. Councilwoman Carlyn Obringer won reelection to her City Council seat representing the City s District 2, and Councilman Edi Birsan won reelection to his City Council seat as the Council member representing the City s District 4.
It was the first election in which both Obringer and Birsan were elected by district. Birsan ran unopposed while Obringer was one of five candidates for the Council seat.