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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
Bills to encourage housing density near transit advance in Senate
Two state bills that would allow more housing density in transit corridors cleared their first legislative hurdles this week, though each proposal will likely see significant changes before either becomes law.[Saturday, April 6, 2019]
Peninsula cities prepare for battle over contentious housing bill
Mayors up and down the Peninsula have characterized state Senate Bill 50 as an affront to local control, a characterization the bill's author, state Sen. Scott Wiener, strongly rejects.[Saturday, March 30, 2019]
County calls on Stanford to ramp up staff housing
Santa Clara County may require Stanford University to nearly quadruple the number of housing units it has to produce for faculty and staff to secure permission for its ambitious campus-expansion plan.[Saturday, March 16, 2019]
Report: Inequality on the rise in Silicon Valley
Despite a sizzling economy and an influx of wealth, Silicon Valley remains a bastion of inequality, with more residents now struggling to afford the growing costs of housing, child care and transportation, according to a newly released snapshot of the regional economy.[Sunday, February 17, 2019]
Newsom scales back high-speed-rail plans
California's decade-long dream of building a high-speed rail system between San Francisco and Los Angeles hit a dead end in Sacramento on Tuesday, with Gov. Gavin Newsom declaring his plan to significantly scale back the hugely ambitious but deeply flawed project.[Tuesday, February 12, 2019]
Police locate missing woman
Mountain View police are searching for a 61-year-old woman with a medical condition who was reported missing on Saturday afternoon and who was last seen in Palo Alto.[Saturday, February 2, 2019]
Regional housing plan splits elected leaders
A sweeping package of proposals to preserve and expand the Bay Area's housing stock is making its way to the state Legislature, despite a flurry of opposition from local leaders.[Thursday, January 17, 2019]
Analysis of Stanford's growth leaves unanswered questions
The final report from Santa Clara County on the likely impacts of Stanford University's proposed expansion is unlikely to satisfy local leaders, who for months have been calling for stronger action from Stanford to compensate for the consequences of its growth.[Friday, January 4, 2019]
Mountain View official chosen to lead Palo Alto Housing
Randy Tsuda, who has served as director of Mountain View's Community Development Department for the past decade, will be the next president and CEO of Palo Alto Housing, the nonprofit announced Wednesday afternoon.[Wednesday, October 3, 2018]
County hikes Stanford fees for affordable housing
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors approved on Tuesday new policies that require Stanford University to pay higher fees to support affordable housing and to construct more such housing as part of planned expansion.[Tuesday, September 25, 2018]