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John Ebneter Most leading social scientists have determined that housing inequality in the United States, based on racial lines, has led to a host of social and economic disparities that must be addressed to solve our centuries-old segregation problems. The scientists maintain that until we promote and learn to live together, with our shared experiences and differences, our country will habitually be burdened with the tremendous waste of resources and lives required to facilitate, expand and promote an unjust system of oppression. Starting with slavery and the elimination of native people, th...

Draper University’s plan to convert its top three floors from dormitories to offices and add an elevator and staircase is facing pushback from the San Mateo Planning Commission. While most of the Planning Commission was OK with changing dorms to offices, it requested significant revisions to the elevator and staircase portion of the project over concerns the changes would alter the building’s historic nature. Draper University’s building at 44 E. Third Ave. is part of the San Mateo Downtown Historic District and is considered a local historical building. It was built in 1926 an...

Draper University’s plan to convert its top three floors from dormitories to offices and add an elevator and staircase is facing pushback from the San Mateo Planning Commission. While most of the Planning Commission was OK with changing dorms to offices, it requested significant revisions to the elevator and staircase portion of the project over concerns the changes would alter the building’s historic nature. Draper University’s building at 44 E. Third Ave. is part of the San Mateo Downtown Historic District and is considered a local historical building. It was built in 1926 an...