NAPA COUNTY, Calif. — YIMBY Action has launched a petition urging The French Laundry to withdraw its opposition to a proposed affordable housing complex in Yountville, escalating a dispute over workforce housing in one of Napa Valley’s wealthiest communities.
The advocacy group announced the petition this week, calling on the Michelin-starred restaurant to rescind its request that the workforce housing project known as The Commons “slow down,” despite the city having already held 23 public meetings on the proposal.
The French Laundry’s head chef, Thomas Keller, has asked that the project be delayed, according to YIMBY Action. The Commons is intended to provide affordable housing in Yountville, a high-resource town where rents and home prices have long outpaced wages for hospitality and agricultural workers…