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Lafayette council authorizes mayor to object to Plan Bay Area 2050+ over projections and evacuation gaps
Summary
The Lafayette City Council voted Dec. 8 to authorize the mayor to send a focused letter to ABAG and MTC raising concerns about Plan Bay Area 2050+ population projections, the plan’s methodology, and missing evacuation‑route analysis, attaching Cupertino’s critique and urging clearer justification for divergence from Department of Finance figures.
Mayor Carl Anduri and the council authorized sending a letter to the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) calling for clearer methodology and targeted fixes in the draft Plan Bay Area (PBA) 2050+.
Council members and staff said the decision followed public comment from local students and residents who questioned the plan’s population and housing assumptions. City staff and the legislation subcommittee recommended forwarding comments from the city’s staff report and attaching the city of Cupertino’s…
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