A major new housing development on a fallowed art school campus in Oakland’s pricy Rockridge neighborhood can move forward thanks to a recent approval from the City Council.

The decision allows the California College of the Arts to proceed with its 448-unit mixed-use development at the small campus site that has sat vacant since the school moved to San Francisco in 2022.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.