Palo Alto city leaders are commended for planning housing atop downtown parking lots to address housing shortages. However, property owners oppose these changes, fearing a loss of parking, and are suing the city for not securing their agreement as mandated by state law. The situation has escalated to court, where the judge will decide. The article suggests that similar to Burlingame’s successful conversion of parking spaces into housing while maintaining overall capacity, Palo Alto could adopt a more collaborative approach to benefit all stakeholders.
Palo Alto city leaders should be applauded for wanting to build housing atop downtown parking lots. It will put housing where it is needed in the city.
The property owners are leery of the city's plans, fearing they will lose parking. They're suing, claiming state law requires a vote in favor of changing the use of that parking lot.
Housing downtown is good in theory, but we shouldn't have to sacrifice parking in the bargain.
Palo Alto can do the same thing as Burlingame, where a housing development and a parking garage actually increased the total number of parking spaces.
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