Like many, if by now not most, of you, I’ve been interested in learning more about how RHNA works, especially as it relates to us. Digging through the Regional Plan for the Bay Area, I found some things I think are interesting: Spoiler Alert: RHNA Allocations were not affected by town Wildfire Danger Zones: This… Continue reading PV Housing: About our RHNA Allocation
Category: Fire
How Evacuation Orders Actually Work
Separate from whatever is happening with zoning, there is an important point that needs to be emphasized. Once an Evacuation Order is in place, the public (e.g. us) are not allowed into the area. So you can’t go pick up your kids or your pets if you’re someplace else. For extreme situations like a person… Continue reading How Evacuation Orders Actually Work
Stanford’s Option to Develop Large Estates
There has been some discussion of whether Stanford would pursue developing single-family homes on its property in Portola Valley, if not allowed to proceed with the Portola Terrace proposal. For perspective, Stanford does own a growing portfolio of over 700 single-family homes, with a value of over $1B as of 2019, that it offers on… Continue reading Stanford’s Option to Develop Large Estates
Being part of fire and evacuation drills
Ragni — There are drills of one kind or another fairly frequently. There are radio check / communication check drills, emergency responders have their own drills (including lighting & extinguishing controlled burns). There have been larger-scale mutual-aid drills involving a number of agencies. Our schools also have drills. There are limited-scale evacuation drills to help… Continue reading Being part of fire and evacuation drills
Portola Terrace, aka “Stanford Wedge” TL;DR version
The proposed project by Stanford University to develop the property they own in PV between Westridge and Golden Oak is controversial and complex. I’ve been following along the best I can, and thought it might be useful to post my “Cliff’s Notes” (or perhaps what could be called a summary) of my understanding of where… Continue reading Portola Terrace, aka “Stanford Wedge” TL;DR version