I live in the Oakland diocese.  Strategically situated across from Lake Merritt, the cathedral fits in well with the modern glass and steel architectural motif of today's Oakland cityscape.  Architecturally, the overwhelming use of exposed steel superstructure and glass really does a good job of using sunlight interiorly recalling the name of the cathedral ["Christ the Light"].

Here's the rub:  Now retired longtime Oakland bishop John Cummins had banked all the money intended to pay for the cathedral even before they broke ground [around $120 million].  Subsequently, the diocese embarked on a fundraising campaign - wait for it: apparently, the diocese had spent upwards of $60 million of the cathedral funds settling sexual abuse cases.

Besides, the clerics are clueless that the design of their new cathedral actually images female genitalia - nothing wrong with that especially since most great European cathedrals traditionally were built to be representations of "the womb of God."