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Inside the wacky ways Peninsula communities are trying to avoid building housing

Original post made on Apr 18, 2023

From protecting a "mountain lion habitat" to vote-trading allegations, here are five of the most unique approaches that Peninsula communities have taken to push back against adding new homes within city limits under state mandates.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, April 18, 2023, 11:19 AM

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Posted by Neighbor
a resident of Portola Valley: other
on Apr 18, 2023 at 6:31 pm

Neighbor is a registered user.

Who thought it was a good idea to publish a snarky, rude, nasty article making fun of the communities that support this paper? This is a serious issue, and one that community members are trying to tackle without drastically increasing fire risk, all for a few units of actual affordable housing, and a whole lot of units allocated to Stanford professors or Facebook or some other wealthy corporation. Members of your staff have already expressed disdain for the people of these communities. Thanks so much for doing it in print.


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