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vol . I, no. 4 2 : June 22-28, 2022 : losgatan.com
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COUNCIL NARROWLY REJECTS PLAN THAT MIGHT VIOLATE HOUSING RULES Staff directed to study limiting growth in low-density areas
Live entertainment fills North Santa Cruz Avenue
Drew Penner, Reporter
The hard-won consensus achieved by the Planning Commission about what housing should be built in Los Gatos was shattered by multiple stones as Council took up the General Plan Monday. It included a broadside by Mayor Rob Rennie, who proposed introducing an entirely new zoning category in some areas in order to prevent any additional development on the more-traditional suburban parcels. And it also included a gambit by Councilmember Matthew Hudes to get Council to agree to a housing target staff said could violate State housing rules. These were just two of many ideas considered by elected officials, about everything that could affect the town in the years to come—from environmental concerns to traffic patterns to social justice. But, as expected, the bulk of discussion and disagreement centered on the development outlined in the Land Use Element. And all Council members sought to reduce the housing construction that would be ➝ Council, 6
PROMENADES JUMP START WITH BANDS, JUGGLERS Drew Penner, Reporter
Barbara Hinman, 82, just moved to Los Gatos to live with her daughter Karen Shields. Along with hundreds of others, they took to the blocked-off North Santa Cruz Avenue on the evening of June 16 to soak up the first in a series of Thursday Promenades. “The music down there was great,” she said, referring to the performance by the Summit Sisters. “This was my first time here, but it won’t be my last.” Hinman says it was nice to be out among people—and with➝ Promenades, 8
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BRINGING THE SOUL Legally Blue keyboardist Pamela Charlles Arthur jams with her band as one of the main acts to kickstart the 2022 Promenade series in downtown Los Gatos on June 16.
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