Woodside is one of the wealthiest cities in the US, and like most (all?) cities in the Bay Area, utterly dominated by the Democratic party. No doubt most of the Woodside residents who voted for this think of themselves as good people who care ever so much about "the poor".
"A town in Silicon Valley has declared itself a "mountain lion habitat" as a move to stop new affordable housing construction projects.
Woodside, California's town council paused all housing projects started under the Senate Bill 9, a new state law that allows up to four housing units to be built in a single-family lot.
Council members decided to block the building of new housing units after a January petition in support to turn Woodside into a habitat for mountain lions was brought to the town council, according to a memo.
"Given that Woodside - in its entirety - is habitat for a candidate species, no parcel within Woodside is currently eligible for an SB 9 project," town planning director Jackie Young wrote in the memo.
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"A town in Silicon Valley has declared itself a "mountain lion habitat" as a move to stop new affordable housing construction projects.
Woodside, California's town council paused all housing projects started under the Senate Bill 9, a new state law that allows up to four housing units to be built in a single-family lot.
Council members decided to block the building of new housing units after a January petition in support to turn Woodside into a habitat for mountain lions was brought to the town council, according to a memo.
"Given that Woodside - in its entirety - is habitat for a candidate species, no parcel within Woodside is currently eligible for an SB 9 project," town planning director Jackie Young wrote in the memo.
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