City Hall
Council approves waterfront towers after a 12-hour hearing
A 6-3 vote clears 1,400 apartments on the old municipal pier. Flood insurance, school seats, and who gets the below-market units were left for later.
Mira Chen, City Hall · October 9, 2026
The city council voted 6 to 3 just after 1 a.m. to rezone the municipal pier for two residential towers, ending a hearing that began at lunch and never found a clean pause.
The ordinance allows 1,400 apartments, a public walk along the bulkhead, and a promised 200 units at 60 percent of area median income. It does not say who will run the lottery, how flood insurance will be pooled, or which school will take the new children.
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