Residents packed Monday night’s Brisbane City Council special meeting to share their thoughts on a controversial housing and commercial development that the city is facing pressure from the state to approve.

The meeting was the first of several town halls scheduled to review the Specific Plan for the Brisbane Baylands project, a proposed development to add 1,800 to 2,200 housing units, up to 7 million square feet of commercial space, and more than 100 acres of open space and amenities to the town.

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Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.