[BostonCard]

That is probably what Stanford was hoping for when they called off the negotiations with the SC County on the planning document, but Palo Alto resident Joe Simitian of the county and the current Palo Alto City Council are a long way from giving in to Stanford.  Stanford wants to build housing, but it wants the capability to build some academic space
as well.  It will take more than SB9 and SB10 to break this stalemate.

Yeah, I don't think SB9/10 will apply to Stanford, but my sense is that the motivations that gave rise to them will, and that these are not going to be the last pro-housing measures to come from Sacramento.  With regards to academic space, I wonder how much new ways of working and working from home will change the demand for added space.  You could imagine more people doing hybrid work (and even hybrid teaching) and that opening up some office and classroom space on campus.  You'll still have issues with lab space, though.

BC

[BostonCard]

That is probably what Stanford was hoping for when they called off the negotiations with the SC County on the planning document, but Palo Alto resident Joe Simitian of the county and the current Palo Alto City Council are a long way from giving in to Stanford.  Stanford wants to build housing, but it wants the capability to build some academic space
as well.  It will take more than SB9 and SB10 to break this stalemate.

Yeah, I don't think SB9/10 will apply to Stanford, but my sense is that the motivations that gave rise to them will, and that these are not going to be the last pro-housing measures to come from Sacramento.  With regards to academic space, I wonder how much new ways of working and working from home will change the demand for added space.  You could imagine more people doing hybrid work (and even hybrid teaching) and that opening up some office and classroom space on campus.  You'll still have issues with lab space, though.

BC