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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
Palo Alto to promote from within for key leadership positions
Palo Alto plans to promote three city employees early next month to fill the critical positions of utilities director, chief financial officer and community services director.[Monday, April 29, 2019]
Popular but expensive train-tunnel proposal splits Palo Alto council
As Palo Alto approaches a decision on the best way to separate the railroad tracks from local streets, city leaders remain divided over the most ambitious and expensive option on the table: an underground tunnel stretching from one end of the city to the other.[Thursday, April 25, 2019]
City budget proposes more transportation staff, continued defraying of pension costs
Palo Alto plans to freeze four Police Department positions, raise its stake in employee pensions and take a less central role in Project Safety Net, a community collaboration to promote youth well-being, under a budget that City Manager Ed Shikada presented Monday night.[Tuesday, April 23, 2019]
Palo Alto revives its interest in a business tax
After four years of false starts and sharp disagreements, Palo Alto kicked off on Monday a new effort to place a business tax on the November 2020 ballot.[Tuesday, April 23, 2019]
Palo Alto aligns itself against 'one-size-fits-all' housing bills
Responding to a flurry of housing bills moving through Sacramento, Palo Alto's elected leaders took a stance on Monday night against any legislation that proposes a "one-size-fits-all" approach to land use decision-making.[Wednesday, April 17, 2019]
Over Simitian objections, school board voices support for Stanford agreement
Palo Alto school district leaders on Tuesday lauded a proposed agreement between the district and Stanford University -- a deal that includes an estimated $140 million in benefits and a provision that threatens to upend the entire approval process for the university's expansion plan.[Tuesday, April 16, 2019]
County abruptly halts development-agreement talks for Stanford's expansion
Citing significant concerns about Stanford University’s newly announced deal with the Palo Alto Unified School District, Santa Clara County on Tuesday suspended indefinitely its negotiations with the university over a development agreement that would have governed Stanford’s proposed expansion.[Tuesday, April 16, 2019]
Palo Alto looks to distance cell antennas from homes, schools
Seeking to strike a balance between federal requirements and resident concerns, Palo Alto approved on Monday night new rules for reviewing the flurry of applications that the city has been receiving from telecommunication companies seeking to install antennas on local streetlights and utility poles.[Tuesday, April 16, 2019]
School board, Stanford close in on deal for university's expansion
After months of contentious negotiations, Stanford University and the Palo Alto Unified School District are on the verge of approving an agreement that requires the university to contribute more than $120 million in funding for new district students as part of its ambitious expansion plan.[Monday, April 15, 2019]
Palo Alto offers raises to largest labor union
Citing significant recruitment and retention challenges, Palo Alto is preparing to approve a new three-year contract with the city's largest labor union that would include an immediate 3.5% salary hike and raises as high as 20% for critical utilities positions that have been particularly difficult to fill.[Friday, April 12, 2019]