Planning Commission to Repeal Downtown Development Cap

Comp Plan, Government Issues, Meetings

The fate of the 75 apartments in the Hotel President building may be impacted this Wednesday evening at 6 pm when Palo Alto’s Planning and Transportation Commission discusses whether to end the Downtown Development Cap, a 32-year old law limiting new hotels, offices,...

Reduce the Office Cap

Comp Plan, Editorials

Are you fed up with Traffic Congestion?  Lack of Parking? Rising Housing Costs?  Increased Taxes? In a recent editorial, The Palo Alto Weekly stated: “There is no constituency other than commercial development interests supporting new office development in Palo Alto,...

PASZ Initiative to Control Office Growth

Comp Plan

Palo Altans for Sensible Zoning (PASZ) have begun a petition campaign to place a measure on the November ballot to reduce the cap on non-residential construction to the long-term historical level of 58,000 sq. ft per year citywide. The new Comprehensive Plan adopted...

PASZ General Meeting

Government Issues, Meetings

Date: Thursday, April 19, 2018 Time: 7 PM Location: Barron Square Community Room 4111 Thain Way, Palo Alto, CA 94306 (see map for location) We will be holding a special “all-hands-on-deck” PASZ General Meeting next week!. We know it is short notice, but we...

Parking in Residential Neighborhoods

Editorials, Transportation

UPDATE (2/21/18) The following letter was sent to the City Council Dear City Council, We respectfully submit the following proposal to improve the Downtown RRP District and enabling Resolution 9473. The recent staff report, if adopted as presented, has the potential...