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May 30, 2025
Brentwood to ink amendment allowing tattoo parlors downtown By Jake Menez
Calculated Punkture Studio, a tattoo parlor operating on Brentwood Boulevard, has expressed interest in moving into a building on Second Street formerly occupied by The Pink Door.
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Tattoo parlors may soon make their mark on downtown Brentwood after the City Council voted to move forward with an amendment to the Downtown Specific Plan as part of their May 27 meeting. The decision passed 3-2, with Mayor Susannah Meyer and Councilmember Jovita Mendoza dissenting. The Downtown Specific Plan is described on the city’s website as a plan intended “to ensure [downtown] evolves to embody the community’s vision for a vibrant, active, and beautiful city district.” According to Economic Development Manager Erik Nolthenius, there have been discussions as far back as 2017
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about amending the plan. “I also have tattoos. Nothing against them,” Meyer said. “I don’t think anyone here thinks they’re dirty or nasty or evil
or anything like that. That’s not the discussion we’re having.” She outlined her concerns about potentially allowing tattoo parlors into
the core downtown area, which were more about economic opportunities and equitability. According to Meyer, there are other types of businesses that could come downtown instead that would bring in more tax revenue and there are existing businesses downtown that have requested a tattoo license and have not been able to get it. “If there is a discussion happening, it’s not because we think tattoos are evil,” she said. Mendoza expressed concern that the city could not limit the number of tattoo parlors downtown, creating a situation in which there could potentially be several of them in an area that the city see Tattoo page 18
Oakley City Council Antioch considers requiring adopts fiscal year low-income housing from 2025/2026 budget new developments
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The Antioch City Council received a presentation on creating and adopting an inclusionary housing ordinance during a study session on Tuesday evening. The May 27 presentation was informational only, and no action was taken by the City Council. If drafted and adopted, such an ordinance would require new residential development within the city to include a certain percentage of units priced for low-income and very
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Greg Colley, Multi-Faith Action Coalition low-income families. Along with that requirement, the city could incorporate incentives for builders to avoid constraining housing production and zoning requirements. Antioch’s existing housing plan, last updated in 2023, calls for consideration of an inclusionary housing ordinance. Greg Goodfellow of Place-
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The Oakley City Council approved the fiscal year 2025/2026 budget with four resolutions, each approving different aspects of the budget, at their May 27 meeting. The new budget, which takes effect on July 1, totals $96 million, with $35.9 million from the city’s General Fund (including one-time transfers of money) and $38 million expended on capital improvement projects to improve city property, according to Administrative Services Director Jeri Tejeda. The bud-
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get will also establish two new temporary sworn police officer positions. According to Tejeda’s presentation, $4.86 million is to be transferred out of the General Fund for specific use by the city, including: • $2.5 million to pay for the remodeling of City Hall and the reconstruction of Sellers Avenue; • $2.249 million to fund street repair and rehabilitation; • $115,000 to the city storm water fund. General Fund The presentation also not-
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Works – a planning, design and environmental firm – made the presentation, and said the study session was part of that consideration. “There was no intent to make the City Council do anything with the presentation,” Goodfellow said after the meeting. “This project is not see Housing page 18
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