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As Revenues Grow, City Council Pushes for Budget Revisions

05/22/2023
Emboldened by a brightening economic outlook, the Palo Alto City Council signaled its desire to further expand library hours, electrify the city’s vehicle fleet and fund area plans for downtown and San Antonio Road.

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Controversial Housing Bill Splits Palo Alto Council

05/16/2023
For years, Palo Alto officials have opposed state bills that force cities to approve more housing. The council’s discussion of the latest such bill, SB 423, suggests that the local political climate is changing.

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Palo Alto Council Rejects Request to Divide College Terrace Residential Lot

05/02/2023
Though the Palo Alto City Council was sympathetic to homeowners, the request to subdivide a single-family residential lot into two separate substandard lots in the College Terrace neighborhood was rejected.

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Council Adds New Faces to Human Relations Commission

05/01/2023
The Palo Alto City Council added new members to the Human Relations Commission while favoring existing members for the Parks and Recreation Commission.

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Palo Alto Looks to Add Incentives for Building Homes in Affluent Areas

04/28/2023
Seeking state approval for its housing plan, Palo Alto may loosen zoning restrictions on homeowners who want to split their lots.

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Palo Alto Museum Wins Final Approval

04/19/2023
The Palo Alto Museum is set to make the leap from concept to reality after the City Council approved the final agreement required to convert the Roth Building into a center for recognizing local history.

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After Wild Winter, Residents Raise Alarms About Falling Trees

04/14/2023
The City Council is preparing to take a fresh look at Palo Alto's tree-protection ordinance after numerous properties sustained severe damage during recent storms.

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Resident: Tree-Removal Process Needs to Improve

04/14/2023
While some locals are upset with the city for preventing the removal of trees from their properties that then have fallen over in recent storms, others have concerns that heritage trees are being cut down.

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Palo Alto History Museum Is One Vote Away From Reality

04/13/2023
Palo Alto’s effort to build a downtown history museum will hit a critical milestone next week, when the City Council approves the final document that is required before construction can start.

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Palo Alto Expands 2023 Goals; Staffing Is an Issue

04/12/2023
As the City Council formally adopted its list of over 70 projects it wants to see completed this year, some members suggested other new initiatives, including a vacancy tax on retail and housing.

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Clean Energy or Open Space? Baylands Debate Involves Competing Goals

03/30/2023
The future of Palo Alto's most disputed piece of open space will once again be up in the air next week, when the City Council considers two competing visions for sustainability.

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Palo Alto Parklet Program Morphs Again

03/27/2023
Despite opposition from several downtown property owners and disagreement in its own ranks, the Palo Alto City Council came up with new rules—including a size limit and licensing fees—on parklets.

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Palo Alto Bicyclists Push for Safe Streets

02/13/2023
Jolted to action by local bicyclists and a federal grant, the Palo Alto City Council will advance a “safe systems” plan aimed at curbing collisions on city streets.

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New Council, Same Priorities in Palo Alto

01/27/2023
Housing, climate change, economic recovery and community safety will continue to dominate City Council discussions in the coming year after members voted to adopt these official priorities.

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Land Use & Development City of Palo Alto City of Palo Alto City Council

Palo Alto Deals Setback to Planned Foothills Home

01/23/2023
Building in the foothills is, by nature, a sensitive subject in Palo Alto but the design team behind a Los Trancos Road proposal had some reasons to feel optimistic.

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Elections & Politics City of Palo Alto City of Palo Alto City Council

12/27/2022
Every January, the City Council conducts what amounts to a popularity contest among its members to select a new mayor and vice mayor. That tradition would be scuttled under a new proposal.

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Palo Alto Advances Plan to Add 6,000 Dwellings

11/27/2022
More than two years in the making, Palo Alto's ambitious plan to add more than 6,000 housing units by 2031 is finally ready for prime time.

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Palo Alto City Council Unenthused About Housing Proposal

10/16/2022
Too big, too dense and too contentious. So said Palo Alto councilmembers about a developer's plan to build hundreds of apartments on the El Camino Real site now occupied by Creekside Inn.

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To Build or Not To Build: PA Candidates Debate

10/13/2022
Seven Palo Alto City Council Candidates meet for a final debate; the rivals are almost evenly split over a state mandate to create more than 6,000 new homes by 2030.

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Business Tax Measure K Slated for PA Ballot

10/04/2022
The Palo Alto City Council approves business tax Measure K; there’s no formal opposition from area businesses, but some are disappointed it doesn’t go far enough.

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