With only a 41% turnout of returned ballots, the naysayers at 55% overcame the yeasayers at 45%. By...
LASD Trustees retreat from balanced Engagement Plan
Here is a video of the June 19, 2019 meeting of the LASD board of trustees. The District's video...
LASD Trustees may finally conduct a fair public engagement process
Yes, a fair public engagement process about a long-term BCS-LASD agreement is possible. On May 28...
Rare Footage of LASD vs. BCS – the early years
A blast from the past circa 2012. We lead with a 'video' of former trustee Doug Smith presenting a...
How to Build an ADU in Los Altos
Over 100 people flocked to Los Altos Youth Center to learn how to build an ADU in Los Altos. At the...
Quest for a 10th Site
Yes, a fair public engagement process about a long-term BCS-LASD agreement is possible. On May 28...
As of Sunday, May 5, 2019 we know the LASD Trustees tabled the 10-year Agreement at their April 29...
At the April 8 LASD Board meeting, ex-LASD board President Sangeeth Peruri, was one of 3 out of 40...
The inconvenient truth is that...calling Egan a ‘neighborhood’ school is absurd. To illustrate, I...
LASD trustees are considering entering a negotiated 10-year facilities agreement that would allow...
BCS requested Egan in its Prop 39 Facilities request on Nov, 1... and now LASD twists the language...
Affordable Housing - Residential Zoning
How to Build an ADU in Los Altos
Over 100 people flocked to Los Altos Youth Center to learn how to build an ADU in Los Altos. At the...
Livable California to Amend State Constitution
Livable California - a grass-roots organization opposed to most State Housing bills - held a "town...
CASA at cross purposes with MTC & ABAG on Housing
Joint MTC/ABAG commissions of elected officials met for over four hours on Friday, March 8, 2019...
Missing Middle Housing for Teachers near Los Altos
County Supervisor Joe Simitian and the public heard ~30 local teachers tell their personal stories...
Create your granny unit ADU or pool house in Los Altos ASAP
Los Altos City Council failed to approve a conforming local version of the State Accessory Dwelling...
Can Los Altos ever reach its lower-income RHNA Housing Numbers?
Los Altos is not on track to achieve its RHNA 4-year low income housing goals running to 2023. Our...
Long Path to New Hillview Community Center
Hillview Community Center Project Shows Pedestrian Connection
Architects Tam & Noll are in the schematics design phase now. On March 17 City Council agreed to...
A False Trade-off? Children’s Corner vs. Senior Activities...
Some of our neighbors here in the City of Los Altos are opposed to allowing the 40-year tenant at...
Hillview Task Force Directed to Spend More
At the Sept. 26 joint study meeting of the City Council and the Hillview Task Force, City Council...
Leasing Space for Childrens Corner – a favorable city...
Right now the City has over $30M in cash reserves that earn only about 1.5 percent...last I heard...
Hillview Task Force narrows Space and Site Options
The Tam & Noll (T&N) architects and City Staff took the lead on Aug. 26, "dancing" the Hillview...
Hillview Taskforce decides Space Allocation Aug. 23
On Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017 between 9am and 1 pm the Hillview Taskforce is going to decide on 1) a...