The Saratoga Retirement Community hosted an Oct. 4 forum.
The Saratoga Retirement Community faces a controversial expansion plan, and residents who attended an Oct. 4 forum were eager to hear about how the candidates for Saratoga City Council would navigate planning projects and tree preservation.
Five candidates are running for three open council seats in November. The winners will join Mayor Tina Walia and Vice Mayor Kookie Fitzsimmons. Councilmembers Mary-Lynne Bernald and Rishi Kumar, who is running for the 16th Congressional District, aren’t running for re-election. Zhao and Shastri said they were in favor of the limits. Zhao voted with council to put the question on the November ballot earlier this year.
Dalton, Page and Aftab said they were against the measure, largely because of the institutional knowledge that was lost due to turnover on the council. Shastri said that building more houses where appropriate could help boost local property taxes, and that council should make an effort to support local businesses.
“I think it’s important that safety is No. 1, but we also have to make sure that we’re taking care of the roads,” Page said.
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