Town officials blamed a lack of guidance on endangered species laws from state wildlife officials for the duplex ban.
Following four days of widespread scorn after attempting to block a new state law allowing duplexes on single-family lotsthe wealthy Silicon Valley enclave of Woodside has backed down.
The town of 5,500 is one of the most high-end communities in California and an enclave for tech titans. Oracle founder Larry Ellison reportedly spent $200 million building a Japanese-style 16th century imperial palace across 23 acres in Woodside.The bid to evade the housing law, which took effect Jan.
Even cougar defenders criticized Woodside. Josh Rosenau, a conservation advocate for the Mountain Lion Foundation,that blanket prohibitions against growth in already developed areas isn’t required by the state’s endangered species laws and doesn’t actually protect pumas.
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