This legal battle has been going on for years. In that amount of time they could have built more affordable housing as a backup plan however Palo Alto has been

This legal battle has been going on for years. In that amount of time they could have built more affordable housing as a backup plan however Palo Alto has been stubborn about that. They portray this as a fight between a greedy landlord and low income residents but it's really caused by Palo Alto's stagnant zoning and land use policies.