Contra Costa Times
From the article:
LIVERMORE -- If at first you don't succeed, try again.
San Ramon developer Sunset Development did just that Tuesday, presenting a revised plan to the Planning Commission that would demolish the decades-old Sunset Office Plaza in South Livermore, and replace it with single-family homes and a two-story office building.
After denying a proposal by the company a year ago, the commission voted 4-1 to rezone the 14-acre site to allow for razing the plaza and building 42 houses and a 19,600-square-foot office building at the intersection of Holmes Street and Concannon Boulevard. There would be a green landscape buffer between the proposed Sunset Crossing neighborhood and existing homes.
"This is a change, and change is oftentimes difficult to deal with," said Planning Commission Chairman Neal Pann. "We have done things like this in the past and it's worked out well. ... Change can have a positive effect. It's not always a negative effect."
The decision came roughly a year after Sunset Development scrapped plans for an 82-unit residential project on the site, including 38 multifamily units. The idea was the subject of intense debate since it was first proposed in 2013. During Tuesday's meeting, a packed crowd of nearby residents and clients of the complex railed against the loss of local businesses, and the resulting traffic, safety issues and additional students generated by the project.