Housing or Health Care - Choose One

11 July 2000 - 1:00pm

Palo Alto, CA, planners suggest evicting doctors, dentists, and medical practitioners near Stanford University to make room for housing.

The City of Palo Alto, CA, is facing a housing shortage. The city's planners suggest evicting doctors, dentists, and medical practitioners near Stanford University to make room for more housing. A grass-roots effort started by an orthodontist has begun organizing petitions and fliers to inform patients of the plan. Officials said the evictions might not take place for several years.

Source: San Jose Mercury News, July 11, 2000
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Its very unsuitability for an urban center justifies its current usage as a suburban or ex-urban pattern.