Anti-density Oakland NIMBYs are opposing the 13-story office/tech building that would replace the CVS building on Forbes--right in the middle of other recent dense development:
https://www.post-gazette.com/busines...s/201908150200
They are making the usual arguments, such that the proposed height is out of character for the neighborhood and the building would lead to more parking issues. The irony is that the main reason the developer wants to make it so tall is that they are incorporating three levels of parking.
And of course the big picture is that further densifying areas like the core Fifth/Forbes portion of Oakland is a great public policy outcome--good for transit/transportation efficiency, good for walking/biking, good for public health, good for energy efficiency, promotes more rapid economic development, and on and on.
But local incumbents sometimes don't want the competition, or just fear change, so oppose the sorts of developments the general public very much would benefit from.