Council moves ahead with plan to allow more housing
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council made strides last night toward encouraging denser housing development in town, with fewer parking spaces and more roof decks […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council made strides last night toward encouraging denser housing development in town, with fewer parking spaces and more roof decks […]
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story incorrectly said that Stanford graduate student Alexa Russo opposed the development agreement being negotiated by Stanford and Santa Clara County supervisors. In fact, […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Hoping to wait for a new Palo Alto City Council in January, three Residentialist council members tried to thwart a controversial discussion on […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The five candidates for Palo Alto City Council have raised a total of $253,186.70 in campaign contributions — an impressive amount historically, but […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Two months after apologizing for a dismissive comment about Palo Alto’s traffic problem, Mayor Liz Kniss did her penance last night: by listening […]
DAILY POST EDITORIAL It’s not often that a great city council candidate comes along like Alison Cormack. She’s the Palo Alto woman who led the campaign a decade ago to […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Until a couple of months ago, the hot issue in the Palo Alto City Council race was whether to cut the city’s cap […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Former Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer got a mixed response at Palo Alto City Council last night (Oct. 1) when she pitched her proposal […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council candidates Alison Cormack and Cory Wolbach are leading the pack in campaign contributions with more than $50,000 each — […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Renters who will be evicted from the Hotel President told the Palo Alto City Council last night (Sept. 10) that the housing crisis […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto is barring developer Elizabeth Wong from tearing down the University Avenue building that once housed the Shady Lane […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A citizens initiative to halve office development in Palo Alto was made law tonight (June 30) — a surprise win for the slow-growth […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A citizens initiative to halve office development in Palo Alto was made law tonight (July 30) — a surprise win for the slow-growth […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council is returning from summer vacation Monday (July 30) to consider a ban on vehicle idling and two items for […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto city leaders have killed the planned $1.7 million renovation of the City Council chambers, but not without some back-and-forth about council […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The U.S. Supreme Court decision that government workers can’t be forced to contribute to unions that represent them in collective bargaining will likely […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Those who stayed up until midnight to watch Palo Alto City Council got to see some real-time deal-making as council negotiated over a […]
By the Daily Post staff Eric Filseth, who was elected to Palo Alto City Council in the Residentialist wave four years ago, announced today (June 20) that he will be […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto voters may be asked to decide whether to boost the hotel tax to the highest rate in the state in November […]
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto City Councilman Tom DuBois announced today (May 30) that he will be running for re-election, becoming the third candidate for the three seats […]
By the Daily Post staff The associate pastor of First Baptist Church in Palo Alto has resigned after his controversial and off-color tweets drew the spotlight during a City Council […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer An associate pastor at the First Baptist Church of Palo Alto called the city “disgusting” and an “elitist s*** den of hate” in […]
Update, Monday, May 9, 10 p.m. — Palo Alto City Council approved the transfer of part of the city’s unused allocation of water from the Hetch Hetchy system to East […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer After the city of Palo Alto voted to move forward on a proposal to make union negotiations more transparent by posting offers and […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer As the city of Palo Alto continues to bargain quietly with union leaders on its most recent round of employee contract negotiations, four […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto’s mayoral and vice mayoral election — normally a straightforward coronation ceremony — was accented with controversy last night after Councilman Tom […]
This story was originally printed by the Daily Post on Dec. 30. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto Vice Mayor Liz Kniss may soon be stepping up […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A few dozen Palo Altans turned out to City Hall last night (Oct. 19) to give Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian an […]
BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Palo Alto City Council members voted unanimously early yesterday morning (Oct. 17) to cut 11 Fire Department positions and they heard an explanation from […]
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post correspondent As the city of Palo Alto looks for ways to reduce its massive employee pension shortfall, residents might soon start feeling the impact, officials […]
Compadres Mexican Bar and Grill at 3877 El Camino Real in Palo Alto has been closed since 2008. Post file photo. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A plan […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council fractured into pro- and anti-development factions last night as members debated the 50,000-square-foot annual limit on new office space […]
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