Approximately 75 spaces at the Social Security Administration parking lot on South Fourth Street will become available for paid public parking in the evening.

Lanferman had consistently opposed the city’s parking lot plan, which is among the programs that Palo Alto included in its Housing Element, a blueprint for adding 6,086 apartments by 2031.

To participate in this bear hunt, people will need to apply for a bear harvest permit and pay a non-refundable fee.

Locals had used the 3.4-acre lot along the Manatee River as boat ramp parking for years.

While the reality of tariff-driven inflation is arriving in earnest, the worst of it might still be a ways off.