In Sasha Zbrozek’s telling, it’s a tale of a young man’s dream home being ruined by the region’s notorious red tape — and his decision to “rage against the machi…
To hear Sasha Zbrozek tell it, the story behind his plans to tear down his four-bedroom house in tony Los Altos Hills and replace it with an apartment complex is a simple tale of a young man’s California dream home being ruined by the region’s notorious red tape — and his decision to “rage against the machine.”
As of Saturday afternoon, Los Altos Hills was just one of the 105 of 109 Bay Area cities and counties that hadn’t gotten the state to sign off on their every-eight-year plans due Jan. 31. And advocates aren’t optimistic the billionaire haven of Los Altos Hills, where the average home value according to Zillow is around $5 million, will get approval any time soon.
Zbrozek and his wife moved into the home, on a 2-acre property in a quiet neighborhood dotted with mansions near Foothill College, in hopes of raising a family there. But if he gets to move forward with the apartment complex project, he’d likely sell it off to a developer to build it and move back to the Southeast where he grew up.
He’s also filed a second, smaller proposal, which would just include the five townhomes. If that project is approved, he might decide to stay put.
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