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Written by Bruce Barton
A three-member Los Altos City Council majority agreed last week to intervene in the ongoing dispute surrounding an Asian-American council member and a young Black activist. Members plan to place the issue on the agenda at the council meeting scheduled next Tuesday.
Toward the end of the council’s May 11 meeting, Councilmember Sally Meadows suggested the need “to come up with a solution for this council and the public … to get our community back together.”
Meadows told the Town Crier last week her understanding is that Mayor Neysa Fligor and Councilmember Jonathan Weinberg would work on the specifics of the discussion and agendize it for Tuesday’s meeting.
Los Altos council member, activist agree to mediation Written by Bruce Barton
An announced mediation effort to settle a dispute between a young Black leader and a Los Altos City Council member met with a mixture of hope and skepticism from speakers at last week’s council meeting.
Lee Eng
Los Altos Mayor Neysa Fligor March 9 said resident Kenan Moos and Councilmember Lynette Lee Eng have agreed to mediation to resolve differences over Moos’ texts and an alleged racist reaction from Lee Eng at the Nov. 24 council meeting. Moos’ supporters have attended every council meeting since, demanding an apology from Lee Eng.
Divided council opts to regulate, rather than ban, boardinghouses Written by Bruce Barton
The Los Altos City Council capped a two-hour-plus discussion March 9 over a proposed boardinghouse ordinance by rejecting an outright prohibition in favor of a regulatory one. The council majority directed city staff to work on several tweaks to the proposed regulations over the objections of two members who favored a ban.
The discussion was fraught with myriad and complex legal questions regarding the extent to which the city could require and enforce rules about such housing arrangements.
“Boardinghouses” are loosely defined as maximizing use of homes with the intent of bringing in more than two long-term tenants for income. City staff noted that such arrangements can result in overcrowding, excessive noise, traffic congestion and illegal parking, undermining the quality of residential neighborhoods.