Pittsburg council approves project that will add 1,500 more homes to city’s hills

With strong union support but against broad environmental opposition, the Pittsburg City Council on Monday night unanimously approved the Faria/Southwest Hills project that will have 1,500 more houses built along the busy state Highway 4 corridor.

The subject of a 2005 city ballot measure that passed by less than 400 votes, the project was proposed by the Seeno Construction group under its Altec Homes subsidiary. The company’s CEO Albert Seeno III attended the virtual meeting Monday night and spoke in support of the project at length with project manager Louis Parsons.