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04/30/2024
Updates to address improved safety and dark streets.

04/30/2024
The Palo Alto City Council faces hard choices for the redesign of three crossings of the rail corridor.

04/25/2024
A legal ruling by a Los Angeles judge will impact the ability to build duplexes or triplexes on single-family zoned lots in charter cities such as Mountain View, Palo Alto and Redwood City.

04/24/2024
Teachers and supporters attending the April 23 Palo Alto Unified School District board meeting petitioned for cost-of-living increases in teacher salaries.

04/23/2024
In its April 22 meeting, the Palo Alto City Council approved the Stanford University plan to put a transit roadway through El Camino Park on the November ballot.

04/18/2024
The Palo Alto Architectural Review Board voted to approve plans for a four-story apartment building project on University Avenue.

04/17/2024
Homeowner protest results in Palo Alto dropping plans to expand "historic" structure designations.

04/16/2024
In their April 15 meeting, the Palo Alto City Council approved a proposal for a new Housing Element plan to build 6,086 homes by 2031, to be submitted to the state.

04/12/2024
After being rejected twice by the California Department of Housing and Community Development, the Palo Alto City Council is set to consider and vote on a new Housing Element plan.

04/11/2024
The Planning Commission considering a 44 unit Palo Alto teacher housing development in the Ventura neighborhood remains unconvinced as to tenant affordability.

04/02/2024
The Palo Alto City Council voted 6-1 on a bundle of improvements, including elimination of some parking, to improve safety on El Camino Real.

03/26/2024
Katie Causey announced her candidacy for Palo Alto City Council in the November 24 election to fill one of three open seats.

03/26/2024
Having recently raised their monthly salaries from $1000 to $1600, the Palo Alto City Council voted to form a citizen committee to consider another raise.

03/25/2024
The City of Palo and Stanford University are considering an option of converting a strip through El Camino Park into a road for buses.

03/23/2024
A report commissioned by the City of Palo Alto noted serious safety concerns for users of CalTrans designed bike lanes based on the high speed vehicular traffic on El Camino Real.

03/21/2024
Mayer Greer Stone says the city is committed to building 6,000 homes over the next decade, including downtown on California Avenue and in other areas.

03/12/2024
The 7410 square foot building at 445 Bryant Street is city-owned, with rent to be used to fund programs specifically for Palo Alto youth and teens.

03/05/2024
Plans for redeveloping the park at 3980 El Camino Real in Palo Alto calls for dividing the park into two sections, with a proposed a61-unit apartment building in one and coaches and RVs in the other.

02/27/2024
The City Council unanimously agreed to stop enforcing its ban on gas infrastructure to comply with a recent decision by the Ninth Circuit Board of Appeals which struck down a similar prohibition on gas infrastructure in Berkeley in 2023.

02/17/2024
When Palo Alto changed its building code in 2022 to require that every new building be all-electric, city leaders and local environmentalists lauded it as key to meeting their sustainability goals.