Palo Alto Mayor here. I would be really sad and disappointed if @Tesla left @cityofpaloalto, and stand ready to help. I truly appreciate having a cutting edge company based here, employing people, paying taxes, and helping to solve the climate crisis. Happy to help @elonmusk.
Getting criticism from different quarters for tweeting this. Let me be clear: as Mayor, I’m committed to making my hometown as strong as it can be. I am pro housing pro business pro people pro schools pro transit pro environment, and most of all, pro Palo Alto. I love this place.
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Thread on local control and housing: In the past week, a number of major housing bills stalled in the state legislature, and closer to home, the 2019 Homeless count showed a spike of 31% in homelessness in Santa Clara County. kqed.org/news/11748088/…
Much of the opposition to these bills is based upon the theory that “local control” of zoning is a better tool to solve the housing crisis. California has a housing shortage of 3.5 million homes and counting.
Last night, the Palo Alto City Council considered (for the second time) a pre-screening application for a 64 unit housing project along San Antonio Road, including 10 dedicated below market units.