Demographics and changes in the outer East Bay (Modesto, Concord: zip codes, design)

[Dave Coe]

"The low-density development will provide 1,999 homes but can’t help but be seen as a lost opportunity to reshape a vast expanse with density. If the city were to approve a more high-density masterplan of roughly 50 to 100 units per acre, the project could conceivably create between 10,000 to 20,000 units."



Public Review Period For Suburban Expansion Over Pittsburg Power Plant:

https://sfyimby.com/2022/11/public-r...wer-plant.html

[Dave Coe]

though developer is known for single family sprawl.

"The Bay Area’s largest proposed housing development may be growing quite a bit. It's the latest Bay Area development to ask for more units than originally planned, a necessity for some projects to make money."


https://www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/...g-17627944.php

[Dave Coe]

"A plan to build 16,000 homes on the former Concord Naval Weapons Station may finally pencil out."



"Five months ago, the firm led by the Contra Costa County-based Seeno family had said a proposal to build 13,000 units in the East Bay city wasn’t economically feasible."


https://therealdeal.com/sanfrancisco...ct-in-concord/

[Dave Coe]

As the Bay Area urbanizes around it, Livermore is one of the last ag cities standing
It’s a place where you can find “a physicist, a rancher, and a gravel pit worker all sitting together at the bar”


https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2023/03...ties-standing/

[Dave Coe]

Bay Area school enrollment has plummeted. So why has student population spiked in this East Bay city?
From the Philippines to San Francisco, families are making a beeline for Dublin schools.



https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2023/03...east-bay-city/

[mattja]

Originally Posted by Dave Coe

"The low-density development will provide 1,999 homes but can’t help but be seen as a lost opportunity to reshape a vast expanse with density. If the city were to approve a more high-density masterplan of roughly 50 to 100 units per acre, the project could conceivably create between 10,000 to 20,000 units."



Public Review Period For Suburban Expansion Over Pittsburg Power Plant:

https://sfyimby.com/2022/11/public-r...wer-plant.html

Other than the horrible schools and high crime, what could go wrong?

[mattja]

Originally Posted by Dave Coe

Bay Area school enrollment has plummeted. So why has student population spiked in this East Bay city?
From the Philippines to San Francisco, families are making a beeline for Dublin schools.



https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2023/03...east-bay-city/

That's easy. Indians and Chinese. Once techies discovered the commute from the Tri-Valley to Fremont and San Jose was doable (but painful), and the schools were pretty good, they flooded into the area. This was happening before all the tech companies moved and/or opened offices there. The population growth in that area is almost exclusively the result of Indians and Chinese moving there from the South Bay.

[General I80]

Originally Posted by mattja

That's easy. Indians and Chinese. Once techies discovered the commute from the Tri-Valley to Fremont and San Jose was doable (but painful), and the schools were pretty good, they flooded into the area. This was happening before all the tech companies moved and/or opened offices there. The population growth in that area is almost exclusively the result of Indians and Chinese moving there from the South Bay.

Also, it's a newer region that has cheaper land than the Inner East Bay. As a result, it became a popular place to move to, especially among tech workers, mostly from Asia.

[Vision67]

1,500 homes planned in Contra Costa County hills

Residents, environmentalists objected to, construction workers supported the plan

https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2023/04...0o10s02c0ietne


"A massive housing project in the hills southwest of Pittsburg got the City Council’s nod of approval despite some opposition from residents, conservationists and environmentalists.

Monday’s 4-0 vote – with Councilman Juan Banales recusing himself – came after the Planning Commission agreed in mid-February not to recommend the project and developer Louis Parsons of Discovery Builders appealed that decision.

Two decades in the making, the Faria/Southwest Hills Annexation Project proposes to build 1,500 homes mostly clustered in the valleys in the southwest Pittsburg hills, just out of the city’s limits and overlooking the former Concord Naval Weapons Station.

This week’s approvals included a green light for the housing project’s master plan, an amendment to the city’s general plan and pre-zoning designations, and a development agreement with Faria Land Investors, a Seeno/Discovery Builders associate."

[mattja]

Originally Posted by General I80

Also, it's a newer region that has cheaper land than the Inner East Bay. As a result, it became a popular place to move to, especially among tech workers, mostly from Asia.

Not only cheaper, but a nicer area.