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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.
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this post was submitted on 05 Jul 2025
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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.
Build on two lots instead and add a multistory parking garage on the third?
Build on all three, but put 2 levels of parking at each? This seems eminently solvable.
The plan is probably already to include parking levels, but for the new residents.