As the article states, Stanford would be able to build 30% of its housing requirements off campus within 6 miles of the academic campus. Obviously, that includes a big chunk of Mountain View. Since few people (spouses of students, faculty, and staff) would be able to work in Mountain View and live at Stanford, this would aggravate the impact of our jobs-housing imbalance, though it wouldn’t necessarily show up in statistics.

The county proposes to require housing to match the added population at Stanford except that 30% could be built within 6 miles. Why not on campus? It is a big campus. How about requiring twice the housing proposed by the county - all on campus? That way, more Stanford students and employees can live there and create less of a burden on surrounding communities. While the City of Maintain View has not practiced what last year's mayor seems now to be preaching to the county in his post above, it is time for major changes. The state government is in the process of enacting laws that will prescribe high-density housing across cities such as Palo Alto, Los Altos and Mountain View. The most imposing proposed law (SB 50) is on temporary hold. But other bills are on track for passage.