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About Gennady
Gennady Sheyner has been covering Palo Alto since 2008. His beats include City Hall, with a special focus on housing, utilities and transportation. He also covers regional politics for the Palo Alto Weekly, Palo Alto Online and its sister publications. He has won awards for his coverage of elections, land use, business, technology and breaking news.A native of Ukraine, Gennady grew up in San Francisco and graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, with a bachelor’s degree in English and from Columbia University with a master’s degree in journalism. Prior to joining Embarcadero Media, he spent three years covering breaking news and local politics for The Waterbury Republican-American, a daily newspaper in Connecticut. He is a massive fan of English football, marathons and churros.
Stories by Gennady
Santa Clara County and Stanford remain split over 'workforce' housing
With a key decision looming, Santa Clara County is pushing back against Stanford University's claim that building enough housing to accommodate new workers will transform the campus into an "urban apartment complex."[Tuesday, June 18, 2019]
In new budget, city directs more funding toward pensions, traffic relief
Signaling its renewed push to tackle local traffic problems, the City Council approved on Monday a budget that establishes an Office of Transportation and adds funding for a nonprofit charged with shifting drivers to other modes.[Monday, June 17, 2019]
Study: Build a new Newell Road Bridge that's twice as wide
The effort to replace Newell Street Bridge received a boost this month with the release of a long-awaited analysis for the project that aims to reconcile competing views and pave the way for construction to begin next year.[Friday, June 14, 2019]
Stanford fires back at county over new housing requirements
Stanford University pushed back this week against Santa Clara County's proposed housing requirements as part of Stanford's expansion application by arguing the university deserves credit for graduate housing already under construction.[Wednesday, June 12, 2019]
Palo Alto veers away from lawsuit against Federal Aviation Administration
Despite rising community frustrations about airplane noise, the City Council decided Monday after a closed session that litigation would probably not achieve everyone's shared goal: turning down the volume.[Tuesday, June 11, 2019]
Proposal for RV-parking zones gains momentum in Palo Alto
After failing five years ago, Palo Alto is once again exploring the idea of establishing overnight parking zones for recreational vehicles -- this time, using city land as a launch pad.[Tuesday, June 11, 2019]
With bans on straws, produce bags, Palo Alto seeks to curb plastic waste
Palo Alto sharply escalated its war on plastic waste Monday night, when the City Council passed a ban on straws, utensils, produce bags and other single-use items that routinely bypass the sorting process and end up in the creeks.[Tuesday, June 11, 2019]
Lawmaker behind SB 50 makes case for zoning reforms to address state housing crisis
Scott Wiener, whose housing bill has energized housing advocates and galvanized local officials, came to Palo Alto on Friday to push back against local critics and assure a receptive crowd that Senate Bill 50 remains on track to pass.[Friday, June 7, 2019]
City looks to ban plastic straws, produce bags
Plastic straws, disposable utensils and beverage stirrers may soon be on their way out of Palo Alto as part of the city's new effort to protect creeks and reduce the amount of landfill-bound waste.[Friday, June 7, 2019]
Environmentalists cheer as Palo Alto retires incinerators
On Wednesday, the city bid farewell to its incinerators and debuted a new facility where sludge from Palo Alto and surrounding areas gets treated and dumped into trucks that then ship it out of town for further treatment.[Wednesday, June 5, 2019]