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People in Menlo Park are fighting to block 345+ low income homes from being built on what is currently a parking lot. (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/bayarea@lemmy.world

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[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 29 points 3 days ago (6 children)

Was curious what their objection was: https://www.savedowntownmenlo.org/

The city is required by the state to build certain amount of high-density, low-income housing near transit (in this case, Caltrain). The city is proposing using land already owned by them -- three parking lots next to a congested downtown strip.

FWIW, looks like the main objection might be losing those three parking lots than straight up NIMBY.

[–] brotahari@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/emilyhoeven/article/menlo-park-affordable-housing-20390001.php

"“Hoping to squeeze large apartment buildings into narrow, heavily used downtown parking lots … is not a path to success,” Save Downtown Menlo organizer Alex Beltramo told me in an email. When I pointed out that the Menlo Park City Council has pledged to replace most, if not all, of the 556 parking spaces that would be impacted, Beltramo argued it wouldn’t be sufficient for residents and shoppers and replacing surface lots with parking garages would be “more difficult to navigate and far less convenient.”"

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