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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
As workers return to offices, city plans parking shake-up
Even before the pandemic changed commute patterns, Palo Alto’s parking policies were in flux as the city adopted new programs. Now, another shake-up is coming.[Wednesday, October 6, 2021]
Palo Alto to shift to virtual permits for parking enforcement
As Palo Alto prepares to shift to automatic license plate readers to enforce parking regulations, hangtags and decals that signify ownership of a parking permit will soon be going out of style.[Tuesday, October 5, 2021]
Palo Alto begins overhaul of design rules for approving new housing
Responding to new state housing laws, the Palo Alto City Council has launched the complex revamp of the city's rules for approving new residential projects.[Monday, October 4, 2021]
City Council poised to hike housing fees for office projects
The Palo Alto City Council will try to strike a delicate balance later this month, when it considers how much the city charges commercial developers in "impact fees" to support affordable housing.[Monday, October 4, 2021]
Newsom signs bill to strip badges from police officers who commit misconduct
In a major victory for advocates of police reform, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed on Thursday a bill that will allow the state to decertify officers who engage in serious misconduct.[Thursday, September 30, 2021]
New residential community eyed next to Greer Park
The new residential community that SummerHill Homes plans to build in Palo Alto bears little resemblance to most of the other housing applications that the city has been fielding over the past year.[Wednesday, September 29, 2021]
Palo Alto City Council to return to in-person meetings in November
After a prolonged period of conducting its businesses over Zoom, the Palo Alto City Council is preparing to head back to City Hall for in-person meetings in early November.[Tuesday, September 28, 2021]
Plan for interim housing facility near the Baylands moves ahead
Inspired by the example of Mountain View, Palo Alto on Monday enthusiastically advanced a proposal to build an interim housing facility that can accommodate up to 136 people.[Tuesday, September 28, 2021]
City Council lauds affordable housing plan next to Mitchell Park
A plan to build 50 apartments for low-income residents and individuals with disabilities passed its first test Monday, when the Palo Alto City Council gave the project its enthusiastic blessing.[Tuesday, September 28, 2021]
After lawsuits and calls for his firing, police agent leaves Palo Alto
A police officer who has been named in numerous lawsuits, including one stemming from his violent arrest of Julio Arevalo in front of Happy Donuts in 2019, is no longer working in the city.[Monday, September 27, 2021]