The $5 million draws from various local and state-awarded funds and is intended to support a broad range of projects, including new construction, rehabilitating old units, and converting existing buildings into affordable housing.
After over four years of negotiations and legal challenges, Superintendent Dr. Don Austin said that the biggest hurdle in approving the project has been securing land in Palo Alto, which is notoriously limited.
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Palo Alto, a city with a median annual income of $158,000, has tree canopy coverage as high as 25% in some neighborhoods, according to the Healthy Places Index. Trees occupy a fourth of the land within the city. Adjacent East Palo Alto, where three in four residents are either Black or Latino, has a median income of $67,000. HPI shows one neighborhood with canopy coverage of 12%. The rest have 6%.
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PALO ALTO— On Nov. 6, Palo Alto voters will decide whether to increase the Transient Occupancy Tax — also known as the hotel tax — from 14 to 15.5 percent, in a ballot initiative known as Measure E.
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PALO ALTO — During large scale crises, Palo Alto would be hard-pressed if all its residents solely relied on the government’s first responders. If a major disaster strikes, officials say the city will also turn to a network of trained volunteers.
PALO ALTO — An organization helping homeless people in the Bay Area find jobs will expand its reach in Palo Alto.
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PALO ALTO — Contrary to neighbors’ wishes, the Castilleja School plans on submitting revised expansion plans to the City of Palo Alto this upcoming February.
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