Residents Defend Los Altos Hills Housing-Site Push Against Shield Lawsuit
City Council • Los Altos HillsNovember 12, 2026
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Two residents used a brief special meeting on Nov. 12, 2026, to defend the Los Altos Hills council's state-mandated housing work against a lawsuit targeting the O'Keefe property. Their remarks came during public comment, just before the council went into closed session on the litigation. No votes were taken and no closed-session outcome was reported.
- Resident Michael Grady calls key Shield lawsuit claim "frivolous" and disputes the CEQA-circumvention charge
- Resident John O'Connell urges the council to fund CEQA analysis despite added cost
- No opposing speakers addressed the council before it moved into closed session
- Council deliberated the litigation privately, and no reportable action was recorded
The basics: RHNA, the Regional Housing Needs Allocation, is California's process for assigning each city a share of new housing it must plan for. CEQA, the California Environmental Quality Act, requires environmental review of certain government decisions.
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