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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
Holiday Fund: With camps shut down, Hidden Villa sends seeds, leaves and lessons to area youth
This year, with the pandemic making it impossible for campers to come to Hidden Villa, it came to them instead.[Friday, December 25, 2020]
Stanford drops legal challenge to Santa Clara County's affordable-housing law
After two years of litigation, Stanford University had withdrawn its challenge to a county law that requires residential developers to devote 16% of their new units to below-market-rate housing.[Saturday, December 19, 2020]
As referendum drive falters, Palo Alto prepares to open Foothills Park to all
The exclusive Foothills Park will officially open up to people from other cities Thursday after a petition was unable to gather enough signatures to maintain the city's long-standing "residents-only" rule.[Wednesday, December 16, 2020]
Palo Alto's 'illegal tax' could lead to $12M refund to gas customers
Four years after Miriam Green challenged city policy of transferring revenues from its utilities to fund other services, the city is facing a court order requiring it to refund about $12 million to gas ratepayers.[Wednesday, December 16, 2020]
Palo Alto looks to adopt safe-storage law for firearms
Gun owners in Palo Alto would be required to keep their firearms safely secured or face penalties under a new law that the City Council is preparing to adopt.[Wednesday, December 16, 2020]
After political slugfest, council backs away from lame-duck appointments
Facing public criticism and a bitter split in its own ranks, the Palo Alto City Council on Monday dropped its contentious plan to allow lame-duck council members to appoint members to the city's Planning and Transportation Commission.[Tuesday, December 15, 2020]
As COVID-19 batters the local economy, Palo Alto plots a comeback
City leaders have found themselves staring at two distinct but related assignments: manage a raging health crisis and try to save the local economy from falling into a rapid downward spiral.[Friday, December 11, 2020]
Palo Alto struggles to forge a common vision in Ventura
Since Palo Alto began its quest for a new plan in the Ventura neighborhood, the debate's terms have dramatically changed. Now, the city is rethinking its options for its most promising housing site.[Thursday, December 10, 2020]
Palo Alto looks past harassment allegations, inks new deal with Downtown Streets Team
The City Council supported the agreement following assertions that the nonprofit has found "absolutely no evidence" of harassment or pay disparities based on gender as alleged by former employees.[Tuesday, December 8, 2020]
Palo Alto to grant incentives for demolishing, replacing seismically shaky buildings
In settling a dispute between city staff and three appellants, the Palo Alto City Council found itself weighing a question with a significant zoning ramification: Should demolition be treated like rehabilitation?[Wednesday, December 2, 2020]