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Residents press Los Altos Hills council to protect O'Keefe Open Space amid housing‑site debate
Summary
Dozens of residents urged the council to preserve the O'Keefe Open Space Preserve and to avoid rezoning protected open space for multifamily housing; commenters raised CEQA and Brown Act concerns about a proposed citizen initiative and asked for alternative, distributed housing sites.
Dozens of Los Altos Hills residents spoke during the Jan. 15 public‑comment period to oppose proposals that would rezone the O'Keefe Open Space Preserve for housing and to urge the council to pursue other housing‑element options.
Speakers described the preserve as essential wildlife habitat and a community asset; several recounted sightings of hawks, bobcats, owls and other wildlife and warned that development there would cause permanent, hard‑to‑reverse ecological damage. Others emphasized a narrow single egress in the neighborhood and said adding high density housing would create…
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