Overview
- City Council voted 4–1 to rezone the site and certify the environmental impact report for the Bridgehead project near Big Break Regional Shoreline and the San Joaquin River.
- The council revised its resolution to prohibit data center uses after hours of public testimony, with developer JB2’s representative requesting their removal during the meeting.
- The plan converts former vineyards into a logistics and warehouse campus on land owned by Fred Cline of Cline Family Cellars through Oxfoot Oakley LLC, with future tenants yet to be named.
- The certified EIR lists three significant and unavoidable impacts: loss of prime farmland, conflicts with regional air-quality plans, and increased air pollution, prompting a dissenting vote from Councilmember George Fuller.
- City staff and union leaders project roughly 3,500 permanent jobs, about 3,700 construction jobs, and a $1.0–$1.4 million annual boost to Oakley’s general fund, with commitments to use union labor.