Since last year, the city has pushed for denser housing along El Camino Real between Page Mill Road and Matadero Avenue ...

Palo Alto, which has some of the highest-income neighborhoods in California, could be almost entirely rezoned for apartment construction under Senate Bill 50, high-profile state housing legislation.

Southwood is in what’s known as Palo Alto’s Midtown district. The apartment complex has 100 units and was built in 1985, according to the Apartments.com website.

Redco Development submitted a revised application in March 2024 for a three-building project with 382 apartments at 156 California Ave. Courtesy Studio Current/city of Palo Alto.

A dance class last month at the Sheridan Apartments in Palo Alto, a 57-unit complex of one-bedroom apartments subsidized by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Courtesy Alta Housing.

An East Palo Alto homeowner filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the constitutionality of the law, likening it to ...

Palo Alto, like all other Northern California cities, was required to have its housing plan approved by January 2023. It’s among eight Santa Clara County cities not to have certified plans.

View of the entrance to the President Hotel Apartments building in downtown Palo Alto. The historic apartment building was sold to AJ Capital Partners for $65 million in June 2018.