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In a recent City Council meeting, members began the process that would put amendments to the city’s charter on the 2024 ballot, that would let voters choose their own mayor for either a two- or four-year term.
When the City Council named climate change one of its top priorities a year ago, it approved an ambitious list of green programs that it wanted the city to achieve before the end of 2023. Now, however, most are running behind schedule.
When Palo Alto passed an ambitious tree-protection law in 2022, its aim was to shield the city's treasured canopy from destruction. But as the council pared back the law Monday, some called for more radical measures.
Castilleja School, which won the right to redevelop its Bryant Street campus in 2022 despite neighborhood opposition, will return to the public spotlight next week when the city considers its plan to relocate an easement.
Here's a preview of government meetings the week of Jan. 15.