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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
Tax hike or not, council aims to build new police HQ
It's not easy to ask voters for a tax increase when city coffers are flush with cash, but that is the awkwardly enviable position that members of the Palo Alto City Council find themselves in as they eye a November ballot measure.[Thursday, January 30, 2014]
Palo Alto hopes to fill garage vacancies
Residential streets in downtown Palo Alto may be filled to capacity with parked cars, but the picture inside several garages couldn't be any more different.[Wednesday, January 29, 2014]
New 'density bonus' law put to immediate test
Just weeks after Palo Alto officials adopted a law that creates a menu of zoning perks that developers of affordable housing can request, the new policy is being put to the test.[Tuesday, January 28, 2014]
Residents to get parking-permit program
After years of dire warnings, angry complaints and impassioned pleas from downtown residents about their once-quiet streets transforming into parking lots for area employees, Palo Alto officials on Monday introduced a powerful, controversial and long-awaited tool aimed at providing relief.[Monday, January 27, 2014]
Palo Alto seeks citizen input on growth, traffic
Faced with a tense political climate, a dearth of parking and a daunting laundry list of traffic-related initiatives, Palo Alto officials are launching a new planning effort aimed at getting the public involved in a deep conversation about the city's future.[Wednesday, January 22, 2014]
City sued over Monroe Park development
A developer building a housing complex at the former site of Palo Alto Bowl has filed a lawsuit against the city, challenging its requirement for affordable housing.[Wednesday, January 22, 2014]
Plan to replace golf course trees moves ahead
With more than 600 trees about to get the axe at the Palo Alto Municipal Golf Course, city officials are looking at nearby marshlands, distant foothills and the golf course itself for possible locations to regain lost canopy.[Tuesday, January 21, 2014]
New plans surface for 27 University Ave.
A year after Palo Alto pulled the plug on a proposed office complex near the downtown train station and committed to more public participation in planning for the site, the rules of the game are once again shifting for 27 University Ave.[Tuesday, January 21, 2014]
Golf course renovation spurs canopy debate
As Palo Alto prepares to chop down more than 500 trees as part of a renovation of the local golf course, city officials are looking far beyond the Baylands in their quest to replace the lost canopy.[Tuesday, January 21, 2014]
City and union deadlocked over salary hikes
Palo Alto and its largest labor union remain nearly $3 million apart on a new contract, with the biggest dispute centering on health care reforms and salary increases for roughly 570 employees, according to documents released Wednesday.[Thursday, January 16, 2014]