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Menlo Park City Council, District 4: Laura Melahn
By Katherine Langford
Menlo Park candidate pitches alternate housing plan, but the devil’s in the details
Katherine Langford
Katherine Langford
Editor-in-Chief · Edina, MN
Katherine oversees editorial operations across all six brands. Before joining The Meridan Group, she spent 14 years at the Minneapolis Star Tribune, where she led the metro desk through its digital transformation. She holds a Master's in Journalism from Northwestern's Medill School.
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Laura Melahn, a Menlo Park City Council candidate, has a detailed housing plan that she says is a cheaper, more realistic path to providing very-low-income housing units in Menlo Park. But critics of the plan, including her opponent for the District 4 council seat, say the details don't pencil out. The post Menlo Park candidate pitches alternate housing plan, but the devil’s in the details appeared first on The Almanac.
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