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About Gennady
Gennady Sheyner has been covering Palo Alto since 2008. His beats include City Hall, with a special focus on housing, utilities and transportation. He also covers regional politics for the Palo Alto Weekly, Palo Alto Online and its sister publications. He has won awards for his coverage of elections, land use, business, technology and breaking news.A native of Ukraine, Gennady grew up in San Francisco and graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, with a bachelor’s degree in English and from Columbia University with a master’s degree in journalism. Prior to joining Embarcadero Media, he spent three years covering breaking news and local politics for The Waterbury Republican-American, a daily newspaper in Connecticut. He is a massive fan of English football, marathons and churros.
Stories by Gennady
Bay Area extends stay-at-home order to May 3, adds new business restrictions
With the number of coronavirus cases rising and health systems bracing for a surge of patients, Bay Area health officials extended on Tuesday the regional stay-at-home order until May 3 and announced new restrictions on businesses.[Tuesday, March 31, 2020]
Income inequality reaches a 'historic high' in Silicon Valley, new report shows
Despite a hot economy and a slight dip in home prices, 2019 was a year of reckoning for Silicon Valley's high-tech giants, according to a new report from Joint Venture Silicon Valley.[Wednesday, February 12, 2020]
Senate candidates clash over housing policies, PG&E's future at forum
The seven candidates vying to succeed state Sen. Jerry Hill in Sacramento clashed on Wednesday over housing policies, charter schools and a new proposal to have the state take over PG&E at a forum in Palo Alto.[Thursday, February 6, 2020]
Update: Contentious housing bill SB 50 dies on the Senate floor
A last-gasp attempt to resurrect state Senate Bill 50, a divisive housing bill that would have relaxed zoning standards for residential developments, fizzled on the Senate floor this morning (Jan. 30).[Thursday, January 30, 2020]
Controversial housing bill SB 50 hangs by a thread after failing to get needed Senate votes
Senate Bill 50, a contentious proposal to relax height and density restrictions for housing developments, suffered a serious blow Wednesday afternoon (Jan. 29) when it failed to get the votes it needed for Senate approval.[Thursday, January 30, 2020]
Senate Bill 50 returns -- and so does Peninsula's housing debate
Responding to local concerns about the top-down mandates of his contentious bill, SB 50, state Sen. Scott Wiener in early January revised the bill to allow cities to craft their own zoning laws to facilitate home construction.[Wednesday, January 15, 2020]
Inside Stanford's bid to expand -- and how it came undone
The largest project in Santa Clara County's history got the axe just before noon on Nov. 1, a casualty of fundamental disagreements between county and Stanford University leaders and accusations of "lack of good faith."[Friday, November 8, 2019]
Stanford withdraws application for campus expansion
Stanford University abruptly abandoned on Friday its contentious plan to expand its campus by 3.5 million square feet, citing ongoing disagreements with the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors over the approval process.[Friday, November 1, 2019]
Hundreds call for more contributions from Stanford for expansion plan
With Stanford University's ambitious expansion plan nearing the finish line, hundreds of Stanford students, public school advocates and elected leaders from surrounding communities rallied in Palo Alto on Tuesday night.[Wednesday, October 23, 2019]
San Mateo County cities fume as Stanford rebuffs their funding requests
In a stinging rebuke, a coalition of San Mateo County cities has issued a statement Friday criticizing Stanford for rejecting their requests for funding to address the impacts of its dramatic campus expansion.[Saturday, October 19, 2019]