In Memoriam Frank Lockfeld, 1933–2015 Northern News has learned of the death of Frank Lockfield, a Santa Clara County planner and longtime director of the county’s Center for Urban Analysis (1968–1999). Frank was born in New York City and raised on the East Coast. He received an architecture degree from the Carnegie Institute of Technology and a bachelor of architecture with graduate studies in urban planning from the University of Washington, 1963. He had been a resident of Palo Alto since 1969. n
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Providing affordable rents and ownership opportunities for less than $2 million. “Unless we do something to change the rules about housing, we will continue down the path of being home to long-time homeowners and — as older homeowners die — newcomers who can afford the $2+ million median home price or corresponding rent. To buy a $2 million home, the annual cost with a 20% down payment ($400,000+) is about $115,000 and with a 10% down payment is over $135,000 a year. Think about whom that excludes. This is about make housing a priority and seeing how creative we can be in expanding choices within our city.” —Steve Levy, Center for Continuing Study of the California Economy, http://bit.ly/1Rbx1lz
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November 2015