Laura Melahn, a Menlo Park City Council candidate, has a detailed housing plan that she says is a cheaper, more realistic path to providing very-low-income housing units in Menlo Park. But critics of the plan, who include her opponent for…
Menlo Park Mayor Betsy Nash is still hoping state Attorney General Rob Bonta will visit the site of a controversial high-rise project. She extended a second invitation to visit 80 Willow Road, the former Sunset Magazine campus, and learn about the…
Density creates the critical mass that can put local restaurants within walking distance of other shops and neighborhood services and attractions. Lively neighborhoods with restaurants and retail are essential as Columbus grows and redevelops. But new large apartment buildings have…
The city of Palo Alto is teaming up with Menlo Park to fight a Russian billionaire’s proposal for towers reaching 39 stories in height at the former Sunset Magazine headquarters. Palo Alto City Council voted unanimously tonight (Oct. 19) to authorize City…
Palo Alto City Council is wading into a lawsuit between the city of Menlo Park and a developer representing a Russian billionaire who wants to build towers rising 39 stories. The development is proposed at the former Sunset Magazine headquarters at…
By-right means developers get to skip proper Planning and CEQA reviews, and community input entirely. As a community, we were shocked, disheartened and outraged to find out our voices had been silenced by the elected officials of the State that…
The measure is the result of a signature-gathering campaign from Save Downtown Menlo, a group largely organized by downtown business and property owners, who argued that developing the parking lots would impair customers’ ability to access businesses and reduce foot…
The Menlo Park City Council and community members shared their opinions about Lane Partners’ revisions to the Parkline Master Plan at the City Council meeting on Sept. 22. The council held a study session about the project to be built on…
The Almanac Menlo Park voters will soon have the chance to vote on Measure P which, if passed, would require voter approval before the city could issue permits for building affordable housing on parking lots adjacent to the downtown area…
In an apparent effort to impress voters, the No on Measure P campaign boasts a bevy of politicians as supporters. Ironically, they all seem to be on the same bandwagon: that of top-down governmental control over the will of the…
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