District 9 State Sen. Nancy Skinner used the social media platform Twitter to “fact check” Los Altos Mayor Lynette Lee Eng, who last week said a bill Skinner helped draft forces small cities to become urban centers comparable to New York City’s Manhattan borough.
As a heavily debated housing development made its final step through the Los Altos City Council, a broader discussion ensued on how to evaluate upcoming residential projects while maintaining the city’s character amid a wave of state affordable housing requirements.
Odds are, the $6.3 billion in funding for Santa Clara County Measure B transportation improvements will soon be available after the state Court of Appeal Nov. 7 refused to rehear the case.
The impact of the current economic boom is readily apparent in the high-profile Silicon Valley community of Mountain View.
New development is ubiquitous, no more obvious than when driving along El Camino Real, where hundreds of new multifamily housing units have been constructed in recent years.
Help is on the way for Los Altos students who walk or bike to and from school along Homestead Road, a route that’s proven to be dangerous as it crosses through six jurisdictions. The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors this month allocated $100,000 toward safety improvements along the corridor.
A Caltrans project in the works for more than 10 years is just now catching the eye of many concerned residents of Santa Clara and San Mateo counties who would be affected by it – toll lanes on Highway 101.
