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Artist urges city to inventory and sign privately owned public open spaces
5968185 · October 21, 2025
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Summary
An artist who documented Palo Alto’s privately owned public open spaces (POPOS) urged the council to increase visibility and enforce ordinance details, including signage and clearer terms in development agreements.
Artist and longtime Palo Alto resident Lisa Van Duzen presented research documenting 12 privately owned public open spaces (POPOS) created through development agreements between 1989 and 2013 and urged the city to improve transparency and signage so residents know these spaces exist and can use them.
Van Duzen said she compiled ordinances,…
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