‘I’m pissed’: Oakley residents vent over industrial project approved near Big Break

When the Oakley City Council voted Tuesday to approve a controversial industrial development project near Big Break Regional Shoreline, the responses from the tired audience that stayed to the end were mixed.

While the council approved the 164-acre Bridgehead Industrial Project in a 4-1 vote with an amendment to exclude data centers — a point of contention for many residents — some were still unhappy with the decision to convert agricultural land into a logistics center. Project plans had previously included an industrial warehouse, logistics buildings and “potentially” data centers, or facilities that house computing infrastructure for things like artificial intelligence.