Housing & the Still Creek Road Controversy — Neighbor vs. State Law
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Even as the whistleblower report alleged that the mayor was pressuring staff to delay housing projects for political reasons, Woodside's most active housing battle is playing out in real time at 10 Still Creek Road. Neighbors of 10 Still Creek Road rallied to oppose a multigenerational affordable housing project proposed by a Woodside couple — Christin New and David Mittelman — at a May 12, 2026 Town Council meeting so packed with experts, comments, and controversy that the Council unanimously agreed to extend the hearing to May 26 to allow members to review new materials, some of which were only available hours before the meeting. The project invokes state housing law provisions allowing multigenerational housing on single-family lots — a right that Woodside neighbors are vigorously contesting on design and environmental grounds. The conflict illustrates the broader tension defining Woodside's housing politics: state law gives individual property owners new rights to build housing that neighbors — and apparently some council members — would prefer to block.
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