Downtown Los Altos

M. commented once that for a small downtown area, there are a surprising number of salons in Los Altos. So it was funny for me to stumble across this article talking about downtown Los Altos:

"Preserving retail space downtown has been a city priority for the council. Shops provide a pedestrian-friendly, browsing element that promotes foot traffic, especially in high-profile areas like Main and State streets. Salons do not, according to the city's General Plan. For those reasons, the city passed a moratorium to limit salons for one year in 2000 believing retail space was becoming threatened..."