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Report: Menlo Park issues permits for hundreds of housing units
Original post made on Apr 11, 2017
Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, April 11, 2017, 8:40 AM
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Posted by Grammar?
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Apr 11, 2017 at 11:17 am
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Apr 11, 2017 at 11:17 am
Is this article about a lot of housing or land on lots around town that has been approved? Please please please read your headline before publishing it!
[EDITOR'S NOTE: Good point. We changed the head.]
Posted by Menlo Voter.
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Apr 11, 2017 at 11:38 am
Menlo Voter. is a registered user.
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Apr 11, 2017 at 11:38 am
Menlo Voter. is a registered user.
Grammar:
did you consider that they were possibly making a play on words?
Posted by More questions
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Apr 11, 2017 at 12:54 pm
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Apr 11, 2017 at 12:54 pm
Fascinating. Several questions occur:
1) Will MP be sued again if they don't issue the allotted permits for each category of low to moderate income?
2) are the permitted units actually occupied by people in those ranges (once built)?
3) Do the income ranges adjust with inflation
4) What incentives can the town offer to ensure units are built and occupied by the target segments?
Posted by Zero Population Growth
a resident of Menlo Park: The Willows
on Apr 12, 2017 at 8:31 pm
a resident of Menlo Park: The Willows
on Apr 12, 2017 at 8:31 pm
Here's a vote for ZPG Bay Area wide (if not statewide). We should be capping total commercial space and/or taxing headcount to stop the demand part of this cycle, not indefinitely increasing housing supply. Let the jobs distribute elsewhere rather than needlessly trying to cram them all into the Bay Area and overrunning infrastructure that was not intended to support this pointless exponential growth.
Posted by Menlo Progress
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Apr 17, 2017 at 9:07 pm
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Apr 17, 2017 at 9:07 pm
Best thing about this is how the residents of these homes will permanently change the Menlo Park political dynamic. The "Hey, I got here first!" caucus hasn't been doing themselves any favors (see: how badly Measure M lost in 2014, or how much Chuck Bernstein failed in his 2012 City Council race), but some races have been close. With 1K+ of new voters that understand 4-story apartments are okay, things are only going to get better. Anyone running for the Council in 2018 has got to acknowledge the new dynamic, or lose big.
