Menlo Park unveils timeline for housing on downtown parking lots

Facing a proposed ballot measure that could block efforts to add more housing, the Menlo Park City Council on Tuesday laid out a timeline to advance a downtown parking lot development project of mostly affordable units.

For the first time, city staff presented to the public a clear path for advancing the housing project, even as a November citizens initiative that could require voter approval for any future reductions in downtown parking threatens to derail it — a point of contention between councilmembers during the meeting.