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OPT-044 Page 4 • January 1, 2016 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com NOC-8017A_LaunchJrnlAdPaloAltoWeekly_M03.indd 1 12/22/15 2:59 PM UpfrontLocal news, information and analysis PaloP Alto’s year of resistance City Council2015 sets aside its differences to take and forced downtown’s denizens simply parked farther away from the Mobile Home Park’s future to a on a greater force: the free market and businesses into a coalition. The heart of downtown, thus spreading sweeping new law setting an an- goal of the group was to solve the the problem to other neighborhoods. nual limit on new office space; by Gennady Sheyner city’s most complex, frustrating and That shortcoming notwith- from bans on two-story homes urgent problem: a weekday influx standing, the dramatic shake-up in Eichler neighborhoods to new n the morning of Sept. 16, The reason for this “miracle,” as of cars that residents have long com- of downtown’s parking situation ordinances limiting chain stores residents of downtown Palo one downtown resident called it at pared to a “tsunami.” wasn’t just the most impactful on California Avenue; from a new OAlto woke up to a new world. a public meeting days later, was a The permit program proved a event of the year in Palo Alto, it minimum-wage ordinance to the Walking outside their homes in newly implemented parking-permit success, albeit an uneven one. The was also the most emblematic. prohibition of ground-floor retail Downtown North and Professor- program, which effectively ban- number of cars parking on down- Like other issues that captivated space turning into offices — the ville, they couldn’t help but spy a ished cars belonging to Caltrain town’s residential blocks dropped the Palo Alto City Council’s at- Residential Preferential Parking strange, rare and most welcoming commuters and Stanford University by more than 300, according to tention in 2015 — from the pain- sight: open parking spots. students from the residential streets city planners, but many commuters ful tug-of-war over Buena Vista (continued on page 11) YEAR IN REVIEW Palo Alto residents flex their muscle 2015 was a year of successful citizen activism by Sue Dremann itizens united over Palo with perhaps the coolest name of Alto issues affecting their the year — Sky Posse. Members C quality of life in 2015, hold- launched a noise-reporting cam- ing federal authorities, City Hall paign of thousands of calls and and developers accountable for emails to SFO’s noise abatement problems that included airplane office and lobbied city leaders. And Veronica Weber noise, groundwater pumping, leaf they enlisted U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo, blowers, traffic, Airbnb rentals who brought FAA officials face to and the failure to retain a grocer at face in July with leaders of multiple Edgewood Plaza Shopping Center. cities and residents’ groups. Residents turned out in force Also in July, the City Council Gunn High School students Chloe Sorensen, right, and Sarah Reich, left, address the school board, at City Council meetings, held included airplane noise as part of parents and community members on Jan. 27 about the support they’ve received at the school in the round-table discussions with the the agenda for its lobbyist in Sac- wake of several student deaths by suicide and how students face a range of challenges that aren’t Federal Aviation Administration ramento and Washington, D.C. In always related to academic stress. and effectively organized through November, Eshoo co-sponsored social media to get the city and a pair of bills to reform federal other governmental bodies to lis- oversight of the issue, including EDUCATION ten to their concerns. re-establishment of the Office of They seemed to have the ear of Noise Abatement and Control. the council, which this year had By November the FAA agreed to Rebounding from loss, three new members and a renewed review the existing and potentially focus on neighborhood concerns.