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Amid a groundswell of public support, the Portola Valley Town Council on Wednesday voted unanimously to approve its third draft of its housing element. But the battle over its state-mandated housing plan is far from over.
The draft housing element is expected to be adopted in late March.
Since the CZU fires, Cal Fire's San Mateo and Santa Cruz counties division, Cal Fire CZU, as well as other county groups have been working on various projects to protect against wildfires. Woodside and Portola Valley have both stepped up their fuel reduction efforts, said Denise Enea, former Woodside Fire Protection District fire marshal and president of Fire Safe San Mateo County, the organization dedicated to protecting property and the environment for county residents in the wildland/urban interface. “It's not just going to be more engines, it’s not just going to be more hand crews, it...
Typical proposed floor plans for homes at the Portola Terrace. Courtesy Stanford University. Renderings of homes at the Portola Terrace project. Courtesy Stanford University. Previous Next The homes would be painted in muted colors and be all-electric, zero net energy producing, according to a presentation prepared by Stanford for the meeting. The homes would include fire-resistive exterior materials: metal roofs, cement fiber siding and stucco. There would be fire-resistant landscape materials, a fire-safe surface for a play area in the development and underground power lines. There would ...