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AT STANFORD Page 2 • Friday, February 23, 2007 • Palo Alto Weekly UpfrontLocal news, information and analysis Barron Park zoning decision up to Mossar City Council's ‘integrity and Los Angeles Tuesday night as her an architectural matter — against quired five votes because the project colleagues debated the proposed the split, with Mayor Yoriko Kishi- meets all zoning standards and was transparency’ also discussed split, which would divide Ha and moto, Vice Mayor Larry Klein, and already approved by the city’s plan- by Becky Trout Lieu Nguyen’s 16,000-square-foot council members Peter Drekmeier ning director in December and the parcel at 897 Barron Ave. into two and Jack Morton in the majority. Planning and Transportation Com- ollowing two rounds of ap- Councilwoman Dena Mossar. lots, move their existing single-story The outcome fell short of the five mission on Jan. 31. peals, dozens of hours of And she’s giving no hints which house and construct a new house on votes needed, however, so the coun- Neighbors appealed both deci- F planning and debate, and a way she’s leaning. the second parcel. cil voted 6-1, with Councilman Bern sions, saying the split would change petition drive, the decision wheth- “I have to look at the facts as they The council voted 4-3 — minus Beecham opposing, to continue the the character of their rural neigh- er to split a prominent Barron Park exist,” Mossar said Wednesday. Mossar and Councilman John Bar- issue until Mossar returned. borhood, affect property values, set property in two lies in the hands of Mossar was flying back from ton, who once advised the couple on Stopping the proposed split re- (continued on page 7) COMMUNITY Efforts fail to keep Caravan House open Group home will close March 1, despite eleventh-hour campaign by Molly Tanenbaum aravan House will stay open one more week, and despite a C petition and residents’ pleas to the Adolescent Counseling Services Board of Directors to keep the group home in operation, the board said the March 1 closure date is firm. “The state has forced us to give a final date,” said board president Jim Pitkow. Adolescent Counseling Services (ACS) made the announcement on Feb. 5 that it would be closing Car- avan House, the 30-year-old Palo Alto group home for adolescent Norbert von der Groeben girls, on March 1 to focus resources on expanding counseling services for teens in the community. Since learning that they would have three weeks to leave, the three cur- rent residents at Caravan House have made attempts to save the program. One of the girls, Palo Alto High Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Stephen Manley presides over trials for the mentally ill and the drug addicted in his courtroom. School junior Raven Warren, gath- ered 370 signatures through an online and prevent prison overcrowding. never completed anything in their petition to save the group home. COURTS Sometimes, Manley’s court feels lives,” he said. “Caravan has been through a like a support-group meeting. Ev- In the mental-health court lot before and survived. (Caravan eryone gets a round of applause, a model, “the judge takes personal House) is a fundamental part of ACS, A different kind of justice song on their birthday and a hug responsibility for sharing in the and I think it will harm the agency as from the judge when they graduate. outcomes,” Manley explained. a whole to close it, especially at this In mental-health court, Judge Stephen Manley “They’ve been on the streets; “You encourage them, try to urge time,” wrote one petitioner. helps offenders get back on their feet they’ve been homeless. Who sings them, coerce them to believe in “Caravan House is a vital com- by Molly Tanenbaum ‘Happy Birthday’ to a homeless themselves.” munity resource for protecting person? No one,” he said. Through “an incredible amount young women. Please keep it open ot every courtroom has a 40-year Palo Alto resident who For many defendants who come of coordination,” case workers, pro- and funded!” wrote another. judge who hugs you before founded the county’s first mental- from extremely troubled and trau- bation officers, therapists and at- They brought the petition to N he sets you free. In Santa health court, which has become matic backgrounds, Manley’s court torneys come together through the ACS’s Wednesday evening board Clara County’s Department 64, one of the largest in the country. provides more than a much-needed court to help the defendant access meeting to convince board members where those who are mentally There, he sees about 1,200 defen- transition from jail to freedom. It mental-health services, drug-reha- to change their minds or extend the ill or addicted to drugs are given dants a year and works with a team is the first place where someone bilitation treatment, housing and closure date from March 1 to the another chance at life, justice is of psychiatrists, case workers and believed they could succeed. life-skills training, Manley said. end of the school year. anything but impersonal. probation officers to rehabilitate He holds a graduation ceremony “Judge Manley has recreated “It just doesn’t make sense to me. Presiding over the wood-paneled and reintegrate past offenders back this month for those who are ready the court as a medium that sup- Three weeks doesn’t make sense to courtroom in San Jose is Superior into their communities. His ultimate to move on from the program. ports positive transformation,” me,” Warren said. Court Judge Stephen Manley, a goals: to change lives for good — “Many of these defendants have (continued on page 7) Though the girls left the board (continued on page 7) Palo Alto Weekly • Friday, February 23, 2007 • Page 3 PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL CIVIC CENTER, 250 HAMILTON AVENUE BROADCAST LIVE ON KZSU, FM 90.1 703 HIGH STREET, PALO ALTO, CA 94302 CABLECAST LIVE ON GOVERNMENT (650) 326-8210 ACCESS CHANNEL 26 PUBLISHER COUNCIL AGENDA HOTLINE 329-2477 William S. Johnson ReaderReaderWire comments via e-mail, voice mail and U.S. mail EDITORIAL Jay Thorwaldson, Editor Path to safety would not abuse a Taser. These (TENTATIVE) AGENDA – SPECIAL MEETING Jocelyn Dong, Managing Editor We often hear calls for more bike weapons are excruciatingly painful FEBRUARY 26, 2007, 7:00 P.M. Allen Clapp, Carol Blitzer, Assistant Editors Keith Peters, Sports Editor paths and Town Square on Palo and also dangerous. Rick Eymer, Assistant Sports Editor Alto Online has many requests (or Natalie Fisher 1. City Manager Recommendations to Address $3 Million Infrastructure Rebecca Wallace, Arts & Entertainment Editor Don Kazak, Senior Staff Writer demands) for more separated bike Ellsworth Place, Palo Alto Challenge Molly Tanenbaum, Becky Trout, Staff Writers Norbert von der Groeben, Chief Photographer paths. The City of Los Angeles, how- 2. Public Hearing: Consider Approval of a Record of Land Use Action Marjan Sadoughi, Staff Photographer ever, has successfully claimed that But mom, all the other ... Karna Kurata, Photo Intern Photo Intern it is immune from any liability for And lo! It came to pass just as upholding the Director’s decision approving a preliminary parcel map Tyler Hanley, Assistant to the Editor & to create two parcels from one parcel at 897 Barron Avenue. (Item Online Editor injuries occurring on such paths. foretold. The Menlo Park City Coun- continued from 02/20/07 -- PUBLIC TESTIMONY CLOSED) Sue Dremann, Staff Writer, Special Sections Editor As long as bike paths are treated cil levied the utility users tax at the Cammie Farmer, Calendar Editor as recreational facilities and are maximum rate. And how will this 3. Transmittal of a proposal from the Taser Task Force, to extend the Jeanne Aufmuth, Dale Bentson, Lynn Comeskey, Kit Davey, Tim Goode, Jack maintained by Parks and Recreation windfall be spent? The money will go deadline of the written recommendation on tasers. McKinnon, Susan Tavernetti, Robert Taylor, to sweeten the retirement packages Contributors Departments that close paths at Susan Hong, Editorial Intern their whim, they will never meet the of 193 non-safety employees of Caitlin Berka, Arts & Entertainment Intern needs of transportational cyclists.

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