People sometimes wonder how the huge developments get approved. Here is an explanation. Development supporters use the city's Planning Commission as a stepping stone to going to work for developers. Sandas can join previous commissioners for example Bonnie Packer and now openly support them.
I hope she will be replaced with someone whose values are more reflective of the people who live here, not just the developers.

Congrats Paula! You'll do a great job! We'll miss you here at Paly!

Congratulations, Paula! You've been a measured voice on the Planning Commission. We all look forward to your work at the Chamber.

When it happens in Washington it is called the revolving door. People work in the government then go out and lobby for the businesses/developers they were supposed to regulate. It's just as disreputable here.
Bern Beecham does it, Jean McCown (Stanford developer) does it, Bonnie Packer does it, Carol Jansen does it. Larry Klein did it when he was off the council.

I've been trying to remember other Revolving Door city officials who now make bucks or support developers using their city connections, besides Beecham, McCown, Packer, Jansen and Klein.
Now I recall former Planning commissioners Owen Byrd and Jon Schenck who are both developers now, as is Kathy Schmidt.
And from the Architectural Review, David Solnick and Joe Belomo are cashing in on their city positions.

Come on, folks. Why must we resort to innuendos and insults? If you disagree with positions on issues, fine. Address those concerns. But please refrain from questioning people's integrity and motive.

Paula Sandas has been a hard-wording, thoughtful contributor to this community is many ways, over a long period of time, as have many of the other people named in the previous comments.

Call me old fashioned, but if you're going to imply disrepute of others by name, you should at least be willing to attach your own name to the posting.

Are you saying the named former officials have not become developers and used their connections and knowledge to enrich themselves and their friends? And doing it behind the scenes?
Are you saying that is not the truth?
Truth is also an old fashioned virtue.

Last night Sandas joined the architects-developers in approving a block long low income tenement building which may become the ugliest building in Palo Alto if ithe design doesn't improve. I don't think the neighbors there will miss her, and neither will the neighbors around Alma Plaza. The story is on page 1 of the Daily.
There are lots of wolves in sheeps clothing in our government.

Talk about ugly - check out the new Jewish community center. A jumble of geometic patterns painted on a huge block of a building.
Who approved this monster?