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The first phase of the Los Altos Housing Element Update, which focuses on education, awareness and reflection, launched recently.

Faced with multiple lawsuits alleging misuse and misappropriation of investor funds, a Los Altos-based developer has filed for bankruptcy.

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Los Altos preparing for fall community center opening Written by Bruce Barton Construction on the new Los Altos Community Center is scheduled to wrap as soon as June 10, but the new facilities won’t be open to the public until the fall, city council members learned last week. Donna Legge, the city’s recreation and community services director, told the council April 13 that staff members would be moving in to the 24,500-square-foot facility and undergo...

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 c...

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 ...

Eric He/Town Crier The city of Los Altos plans to partner with Santa Clara County to redevelop a property currently owned by the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District into a 90-unit affordable housing project. An all-affordable housing project in Los Altos, the first in the city’s history, is projected to break ground by the end of next year. At a community meeting Jan. 27, officials from the city and Santa Clara County presented a brief overview of the proposed development – which coul...

Los Altos council talks RHNA data, disagrees on housing report Written by Eric He In a debate that could signify a divide in the Los Altos City Council’s approach to housing, the council last week was split on whether to invite representatives from a group that penned a report suggesting state-mandated housing allocation figures in response to the affordable housing crisis are based on faulty data to a future council meeting – sparking an exchange bet...