https://www.siliconvalley.com/2021/06/24/peninsula-cities-double-down-on-downtown-street-closures-amid-local-support/

PALO ALTO –– For now, downtown streets will remain closed to traffic, allowing outdoor dining that flourished during the pandemic to continue — at least through summer.

A proposal to reopen downtown streets after the pandemic shut them down and turned them from car-centric spaces to community hubs was rejected in Palo Alto on Tuesday, preserving the makeshift public squares until September.