Old Quad Remodel Leads to Debate Over Larger Issue

Santa Clara's Planning Commission recommended the City Council approve plans for a home expansion in the Old Quad, despite outcry from neighbors.

A portion of the Bay Area’s housing crisis played out in front of the Planning Commission on Aug. 23. What seemed like a routine request to add on to a Santa Clara home in the Old Quad neighborhood turned into a larger conversation about the high cost of housing and how local educators could possibly … Read more