Pittsburg council scoffs at co-op grocery store proposal

A Pittsburg city councilman’s effort to improve residents’ access to healthy food by funding a grocery co-op feasibility study fell flat when his colleagues declined to second his motion to call a vote on the matter.

The matter before the City Council was whether to discuss the proposal at a future meeting, which they unanimously declined to do, meaning that Councilman Holland Barrett White stood alone on the issue.