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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
Plan to raise hotel tax takes a turn
The Palo Alto City Council unexpectedly scaled down on Monday night its plans to raise the city's hotel-tax rate after several council members balked at making the local rate so much higher than in other jurisdictions.[Tuesday, June 19, 2018]
Budget takes aim at pension costs in Palo Alto
Alarmed by rising pension costs, Palo Alto's elected leaders made a highly unusual move Monday night when they passed an annual budget that includes $4 million in unspecific cuts.[Tuesday, June 19, 2018]
Palo Alto officials blast poster expressing anti-gay sentiments
A series of posters that lewdly criticize city libraries for displaying literature about LGBTQQ issues circulated around Mitchell Park over the weekend and drew a sharp rebuke from officials.[Monday, June 18, 2018]
City moves to calm anxieties over property takings
Seeking to ease concerns from residents in two neighborhoods about property seizures, Palo Alto officials are preparing to abandon the idea of raising or lowering the rail corridor near the Churchill Avenue crossing.[Friday, June 15, 2018]
Palo Alto approves electric rate increase
Utility rates in Palo Alto are set to go up by 6 percent in July, an increase that utilities officials attribute largely to growing transmission costs and new renewable energy projects.[Wednesday, June 13, 2018]
Residents sound off on Ross Road changes
After installing "traffic calming" measures aimed at promoting bicycling on Ross Road, Palo Alto officials are now facing an equally tough task: calming the residents who are frustrated and enraged by changes to their streets.[Tuesday, June 12, 2018]
Battle over health care costs hits Palo Alto
A crowd of medical professionals packed into the Palo Alto City Council Chambers on Monday to debate the merits of a citizen initiative that would cap how much local hospitals can charge patients.[Wednesday, June 13, 2018]
Plan to curb office growth sparks debate
A citizens' initiative to significantly scale down the amount of office growth sparked debate among Palo Alto's elected leaders Monday night, with some calling it a "moderate" plan and other urging far more analysis before the issue gets formally placed on the November ballot.[Tuesday, June 12, 2018]
Council advances plan for new police HQ, garage
After more than two decades of shattered hopes and frustrating setbacks, Palo Alto officials took a big step Monday night toward constructing a new police headquarters.[Tuesday, June 12, 2018]
Stanford plans to fight health care initiative in Palo Alto
Palo Alto is considering following Stanford Health Care's plans to mount a legal challenge to block an initiative that would cap how much medical institutions in the city can charge for patient services.[Friday, June 8, 2018]