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Sen. Wiener uses ‘gut and amend’ maneuver to introduce legislation to help move housing projects along; SB50 is still on hold

June 17, 2019 6:00 am

BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent A 37-year-old California housing law is receiving a fresh wave of attention from Sen. Scott Wiener, one of the biggest housing proponents in the […]

Menlo Park

Opinion: Housing moratorium would be a disaster

June 11, 2019 6:00 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Traffic and development in Menlo Park may have reached the tipping point. The two members of the Menlo Park City Council who were […]

Palo Alto

State Sen. Scott Wiener makes his case for SB50 in Palo Alto

June 8, 2019 6:30 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, on Friday (June 7) defended his controversial Senate Bill 50 in Palo Alto — a hotbed of […]

Opinion

Opinion: SB50 — Not a victory but an opportunity

May 21, 2019 10:23 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor I’m sure many mid-Peninsula residents who have been fighting Senate Bill 50 breathed a sigh of relief when they learned the Senate Appropriations […]

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In the news

Local reaction to temporary demise of housing bill SB50

May 17, 2019 6:00 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Senate Bill 50, state Sen. Scott Wiener’s controversial pitch to preempt local zoning and allow denser housing near transit and jobs, has been […]

In the news

SB50 dies in this year’s session of the Legislature

May 16, 2019 12:33 pm

State Sen. Scott Wiener’s bill to build denser housing in single-family neighborhoods and closer to transit stations and jobs died this morning (May 16) in the state Legislature. The Senate […]

In the news

Housing bill SB50 goes to local lawmaker’s committee today (May 16)

May 16, 2019 7:00 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer State Sen. Jerry Hill, who represents the mid-Peninsula including Palo Alto, will consider Senate Bill 50 at the Senate Appropriations Committee today (May […]

In the news

Leaders of three cities meet but don’t agree about housing bill SB50

May 7, 2019 6:51 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer At Palo Alto City Hall Monday night, some visiting East Palo Alto City Council members did something unthinkable for many Palo Altans: voice […]

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East Palo Alto

Menlo Park, EPA and Palo Alto councils meet tonight (May 6) to talk about housing

May 6, 2019 7:16 am

By the Daily Post staff For the first time in recent memory, the city councils of Palo Alto, East Palo Alto and Menlo Park will get together to hold a […]

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Opinion

Opinion: A practical way to respond to SB50

April 30, 2019 9:25 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor State Sen. Scott Wiener’s Senate Bill 50 — which would pre-empt local zoning to allow for more housing near transit and in “job […]

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San Carlos

Housing bill SB50 called ‘terrifying’

April 11, 2019 5:03 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer San Carlos residents and the city’s mayor are weighing in on the controversial housing bill SB50, which could pre-empt city zoning rules and […]

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In the news

SB50 will make housing development more profitable here, study says

April 7, 2019 11:19 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer If Senate Bill 50 passes, a developer building a four-story apartment building in Menlo Park would net 3.5 times more profit than would […]

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Palo Alto

Two community meetings planned on housing bill SB 50

March 11, 2019 5:43 pm

By the Daily Post staff The controversy over building more housing will result in two town hall-style meetings in the next few days sponsored by local groups with different perspectives. […]

Palo Alto

San Mateo County supervisors may come out in support of SB 50, a controversial housing bill

March 11, 2019 1:16 am

BY EMILY MIBACH AND ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writers Two San Mateo County supervisors are proposing that the board approve a resolution that supports the divisive Senate Bill 50, […]

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Opinion

Opinion: Don’t punish a city for its good schools

March 8, 2019 5:59 pm

Originally published Feb. 4, 2019 OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Should the state punish a community because it has high-quality schools? State. Sen. Scott Wiener’s new bill to […]

Palo Alto

Palo Alto mayor blasts Senate Bill 50, which would allow high-density housing

March 6, 2019 12:37 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto Mayor Eric Filseth, in his State of the City address last night (March 5), came out with guns blazing against Senate […]

Opinion

Opinion: Why a ‘closed door’ meeting on housing policy?

January 15, 2019 8:25 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The invitation looked suspicious. Carl Guardino, head of the lobbying outfit Silicon Valley Leadership Group, sent invitations on Friday to select elected officials […]

In the news

New regional agency wants more taxes for housing

January 11, 2019 3:48 pm

This story was originally published in the Monday, Jan. 7, edition of the Daily Post. BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent As lawmakers in Sacramento prepare to attack the state’s […]

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