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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
Maybell housing project nears final approval
A long-debated proposal to build 16 homes at a former orchard site on Maybell Avenue could win a key approval Thursday morning.[Wednesday, July 19, 2017]
Proposal to change strict water-leak policy gains traction
Several members of the Utilities Advisory Commission expressed support this week for a new policy that would provide some relief to customers whose bills were inflated by undetected water leaks.[Tuesday, July 18, 2017]
Keene names new deputy city manager
Palo Alto City Manager James Keene went well outside Silicon Valley to hire the latest addition to his leadership team, tapping Michelle Poché Flaherty to serve as one of his two new deputies.[Monday, July 17, 2017]
Five-story hotel eyed for Su Hong site
The latest hotel proposal on south El Camino Real in Palo Alto calls for a five-story hotel to take over a site currently occupied by the popular Chinese restaurant, Su Hong.[Monday, July 17, 2017]
Enforcement reflects the community
More than perhaps any other City Hall program, code enforcement is a custom-built operation that mirrors its community.[Friday, July 14, 2017]
Why the bad rap?
Code enforcement officers deal with all the most vexing issues of the day - zoning violations, gas-powered leaf blowers, too much construction noise, etc. - and are often seen by residents as the last line of defense in resolving problems.[Friday, July 14, 2017]
Code enforcement: one of City Hall's most controversial, and misunderstood, jobs
For a team that consists of just three people, Palo Alto's code enforcers have been facing an unprecedented level of public scrutiny of late.[Friday, July 14, 2017]
New lot lines pave the way for Buena Vista's sale
Palo Alto's planning commission on Wednesday endorsed a change at Buena Vista Mobile Home Park that is both invisible to the naked eye and critical to preserving the park as a site for affordable housing.[Thursday, July 13, 2017]
Plan to add housing, retail on El Camino gets a boost
Palo Alto's planning commission threw its support behind a plan to construct two buildings with 50 apartments at an El Camino Real site that until recently was occupied by Mike's Bikes.[Wednesday, July 12, 2017]
Judge grants Edgewood Plaza developer a break from fines
Sand Hill Property Company won a temporary reprieve in its court battle against the city of Palo Alto on June 27, when a Santa Clara County Superior Court judge allowed it to stop paying fines to the city, pending an October hearing.[Wednesday, July 12, 2017]