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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 ...

Frustrations continue as Lee Eng rift lingers Written by Bruce Barton A five-month rift between a Los Altos councilmember and a young Black activist shows no signs of abating, with residents last week expressing disappointment over a canceled mediation effort. Mayor Neysa Fligor announced at the April 13 city council meeting that the mediator agreed to by Lynette Lee Eng and Kenan Moos had “terminated” the mediation, meant to resolve a conflict involv...

Former Los Altos city manager lands new post in SoCal Written by Los Altos Town Crier Report Former Los Altos City Manager Chris Jordan is expected to be hired as the new manager for the Southern California city of South Pasadena. The city council selected Jordan from 50 among applicants and was scheduled to sign off on an employment agreement at today’s council meeting. “I am very excited to get started in South Pasadena and pleased that the council ...

Stop bullying council member This an open letter to Kenan Moos, Justice Vanguard, the Town Crier and Los Altos Mayor Neysa Fligor. Stop bullying and harassing Los Altos City Councilmember Lynette Lee Eng. She has explained how Mr. Moos’ text messages concerned her. She doesn’t need to justify her concern to anyone, nor does she need to apologize for her feelings. To say that she felt that way simply because Mr. Moos is a Black man is ridiculous. This isn’t about race. It is about a young...

‘State of the Cities’ event set for March 26 Written by Town Crier Report The annual Los Altos-Los Altos Hills “State of the Cities” luncheon is scheduled as a virtual event 11:30 a.m. March 26. Hosted by the Los Altos Chamber of Commerce, event attendees include city, county, state and national legislators as well as local leaders. Mayor Neysa Fligor of Los Altos and Mayor Kavita Tankha of Los Altos Hills will each present their respective “Sta...

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Megan V. Winslow/Town Crier File Photo Los Altos Mayor Neysa Fligor will brief senior members of the community during a virtual town hall Feb. 16. LA virtual town hall set for Tuesday Los Altos Mayor Neysa Fligor is scheduled to host a virtual town hall 4 p.m. Tuesday to gauge residents’ feedback on a range of issues. “While the town hall is available to everyone, I want to make sure we cover issues impacting our senior community and hear from you,” she wrote in an open letter Feb. 3. “...

What will we tell kids about pandemic? I have been thinking a lot about how our young people will judge us when they look back on how we responded to this pandemic. Will they ask if we knew in our hearts that many of them were suffering in isolation, but we needed to wait and see the data to prove it? Will we tell them it was so hard that we couldn’t figure out how to safely get them back with their peers in the classroom for a year – or more? Will they ask why we could reopen a restaurant...

Council members spar over dubious RHNA presentation Enander The majority of the Los Altos City Council accused Vice Mayor Anita Enander and Councilmember Lynette Lee Eng of doing an end-around at Tuesday’s meeting by presenting a housing analysis from a nonprofit policy group that three council members had already rejected as controversial. Mayor Neysa Fligor and fellow council members Jonathan Weinberg and Sally Meadows were clearly exasperated over what was intended to be a presentatio...

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...