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That is office space scattered around downtown Palo Alto that once hosted a large variety of small startups. Now those little startups are moving to Redwood Ci
by samcheng 11y ago
That is office space scattered around downtown Palo Alto that once hosted a large variety of small startups. Now those little startups are moving to Redwood City or San Mateo, replaced by opaque gray locked doors without signage.
It has gotten so bad that Palo Alto enacted an ordinance to ban the conversion of downtown retail space into office space. It is nicknamed the "Palantir Ordinance."
http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/47704 http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/477...
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- paulsutter 11y agoYou're conflating two separate issues. Most people would agree downtown Palo Alto needs to keep retail space to retain its character. And they should fix that with proper zoning. But that's between Palo Alto and the landlords.