Public meetings this week look at bike lanes on Massachusetts Avenue; licensing for New Republik, a Barcelona Wine Bar and 286Broadway, a Housing Affordability petition, after-school program busing, an unarmed public safety program, Margaret Fuller House improvements and more.

Gubernatorial candidate Danielle Allen plans to visit the Cambridge Community Center on Tuesday, including time to speak with people coming to pick up boxes of materials.

Public meetings this week look at bike lane installation issues, a freeze on labs and offices around Alewife, a new universal playground at Danehy Park, a bunch of potential landmarking and property tear-downs, raising developer linkage fees, redesigning Cambridge Street and much more.

Healthpeak’s purchases near Alewife are reminiscent of when the Alexandria real estate investment trust bought up 15 acres in East Cambridge and the East Cambridge Planning Team negotiated for community benefits. This time, let’s start talks with half of built square footage being housing units.

Without real work on our housing issues, Cambridge is at risk of losing its ideals of equity, fairness and inclusion. Burhan Azeem and Joe McGuirk’s have made affordable housing the No. 1 issue on their campaign trails.

Increasing affordable housing and pathways to homeownership for low- and middle-income residents is necessary for retaining diversity in our city.

Housing Authority employees will go door-to-door in October to “walk residents through the process” to sign a release allowing the agency to seek rent relief for them – part of a confusing and cumbersome process.

A mailing from the Massachusetts Housing Coalition warning of tax increases from tenant protection laws is misleading, Cambridge and Somerville state Rep. Mike Connolly said.

Public meetings this week look at a big leap proposed for real estate fees that build affordable housing, “green new deal” zoning for Cambridge, a condominium conversion law and bubble tea and a relocated Ben & Jerry’s for Porter Square.

This petition will change zoning for single- and two-family homes without escalating housing costs or property values or destroying the city’s rich array of sustainable historic housing, adding units while preventing the tearing down of existing stock to build larger, more expensive housing.