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Despite Stanford objections, county calls for more housing in campus expansion

Original post made on May 24, 2019

Stanford University would be required to build more than 2,000 housing units and to offer nearly half of them at below market rate to secure permission for its expansion plan under conditions that Santa Clara County released Wednesday.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, May 23, 2019, 1:02 PM

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Posted by Happy Resident
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on May 24, 2019 at 2:22 pm

Happy Resident is a registered user.

Build the housing. There is NO downside.


Posted by Menlo Voter.
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on May 24, 2019 at 7:05 pm

Menlo Voter. is a registered user.

"There is NO downside."

Really? A lot more traffic isn't a downside?


Posted by Read the article, please
a resident of another community
on May 25, 2019 at 11:42 am

Upside, definitely....The purpose of the added housing units is to REDUCE TRAFFIC because staff and faculty will live within the campus boundaries or within a short distance from the campus.


Posted by Menlo Voter.
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on May 25, 2019 at 3:53 pm

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" because staff and faculty will live within the campus boundaries or within a short distance from the campus."

I'm sure none of them will own a car, nor will they ever have to travel to areas other than those on campus. Just like the rest of us, they'll own cars, they'll need to go places and they will contribute to traffic. Only in Caliunicornia would people believe that added housing wouldn't add any traffic.


Posted by Concerned
a resident of another community
on May 29, 2019 at 4:51 pm

I live in Los Altos and going anywhere between the hours of 5-6:30 on Juniperro Serra is ridiculous.
Stanford University?!? It’s more like The Winchester Mystery University! If we don’t keep growing, we’re all gonna die!
Complete non-sense.


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