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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 Palo Alto's waste goes abroad, city struggles to track its impact
Palo Alto's new trash contract is expected to save money and divert more waste from landfills. Its ethical implications, however, are making some environmentalists cringe.[Monday, May 24, 2021]
Palo Alto takes heat over solar permitting
Contractors and Palo Alto residents are awash with horror stories about the city's permitting process, whether for solar systems, generators or electric vehicle chargers.[Friday, May 21, 2021]
Palo Alto set to appeal regional housing allocation
Palo Alto leaders embarked this week on a possibly risky quest to challenge the city's regional housing allocations, which require planning for more than 6,000 new residences between 2023 and 2031.[Thursday, May 20, 2021]
City Council rebuffs apartment plan in College Terrace
Despite a stated commitment to encourage more housing, city leaders firmly rebuffed on Tuesday a contentious proposal to construct 24 apartments on a site zoned for single-family homes.[Tuesday, May 18, 2021]
Facing a brighter outlook, Palo Alto backs away from budget cuts
Just two weeks ago, Palo Alto's financial picture looked grim and the City Council stared at the prospect of a second year of budget cuts and service reductions. Now, things are looking more positive.[Tuesday, May 18, 2021]
VTA governance reform bill punted to next year
A legislative proposal to reform the governance structure at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority will not advance this year after its author, Assembly member Marc Berman, opted to defer his bill to 2022.[Monday, May 17, 2021]
Palo Alto prepares to tap into federal funds, reserves to avoid budget cuts
Elected leaders moved this week to reverse most of the cuts in City Manager Ed Shikada's proposed budget, which includes library closures, the elimination of art programs and reduced police staffing.[Thursday, May 13, 2021]
Survey shows Palo Alto falls short on diversity
Despite Palo Alto's recent efforts to promote social justice, the percentage of resident who think the city is doing a good job in welcoming people with diverse backgrounds is at its lowest point in nearly two decades, a survey shows.[Friday, May 14, 2021]
Prodded by state mandates, Palo Alto launches new housing vision
As Palo Alto launches the complex process of identifying sites to accommodate more than 6,000 new residences, city leaders plan to zoom in on prominent commercial areas such as Stanford Shopping Center and Stanford Research Park.[Monday, May 10, 2021]
Legal challenge over utility transfers adds to Palo Alto's budget woes
A legal challenge to Palo Alto's practice of moving funds from utilities to its general fund has added to its budget pain, requiring it to cut over $8 million in expenses in each of the next four years.[Friday, May 7, 2021]