Annexation approved for controversial housing development near Pittsburg ridgeline
The Contra Costa Local Agency Formation Commission apporved annexing the 606-acre property into Pittsburg's limits in a 5-2 vote.
Katie Lauer is a reporter for the Bay Area News Group covering local government and community news across Contra Costa County for the East Bay Times and The Mercury News. She joined the Bay Area News Group in 2022 after writing about the COVID-19 pandemic, housing, disability access, the LGBTQ community and everything in between across the South Bay. Prior to moving west, she was anchored at several community newspapers in the Land of 10,000 Lakes, where she graduated with a BA degree from the University of Minnesota’s Hubbard School of Journalism.