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Written by Bruce Barton
State officials assured residents at a Los Altos forum last week that new housing goals imposed on the city, though daunting, could be met.
Colin Cross, a land-use representative with the state’s Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), suggested the city could meet its targets – 1,959 new units by 2031, 789 for very-low and low-income residents – through strategies ranging from encouraging construction of accessory dwelling units to building more high-density housing in areas such as the El Camino Real corridor.
The state officials’ talk was the centerpiece of a Feb. 22 virtual forum, “Understanding RHNA,” hosted by the Los Altos Affordable Housing Alliance and a host of other local nonprofit organizations that support affordable housing.
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Kiyoshi Taylor speaks at a protest in Mountain View last year that drew a large crowd. The 2015 Los Altos High School grad is the son of a Stanford University philosophy professor who he said taught him to “question everything.”
Modeled after Time Magazine’s annual honor, the Town Crier’s Los Altans of the Year, now in its 26th year, recognizes local residents who have spread goodwill through their good deeds, enhancing Los Altos’ reputation as a community.
Typically, the honors have gone to older recipients with a long, demonstrated record of volunteerism and impact. But 2020 was no typical year. It has forced us to see and do things differently.
Public confronts Los Altos council member on claims of threats during meeting Written by Eric He
Los Altos City Councilwoman Lynette Lee Eng faced direct criticism during this week’s council meeting from several public speakers who believed she falsely claimed to have been threatened by a member of Justice Vanguard, a local racial justice organization, in a council meeting last month.
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The public comment session on nonagendized items at the Tuesday s (Dec. 15) meeting turned into a 30-minute back-and-forth, as others later called in to defend Lee Eng.
The issue stemmed from the Nov. 24 council meeting, after Lee Eng didn’t support adding a third-party auditor to take in complaints against the police department. She then claimed she had received threatening messages from members of Justice Vanguard that caused her to be concerned for her and her family’s safety.
Records request reveals no additional messages between Lee Eng, Justice Vanguard Written by Eric He
Los Altos City Councilwoman Lynette Lee Eng didn’t receive further messages from members of Justice Vanguard, aside from an already public chain of texts, regarding her votes on police reform items during a Nov. 24 council meeting.
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Lee Eng stated during the meeting, after she didn’t support adding a third-party auditor to take in complaints against the police department, that she had received threatening messages from members of the racial justice organization that caused her to be concerned for her and her family’s safety.