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Hello all! On Oct. 8, The Almanac will host a candidate forum for the Menlo Park City Council race! All six candidates from Districts 1, 2, and 4 have agreed to attend. The forum will be open for in-person attendance at the Menlo Park City Council chambers and livestreamed to YouTube. We publ...
Dear Menlo Park City Council, We, as downtown businesses, oppose the use of parking lots for high-density housing because it would impede our ability to serve the community. We hope you will consider alternative locations for affordable housing. Our businesses depend on it. Respectfully, 36...
Hello, I appreciated being able to zoom this evening’s Council Meeting with public comments/concerns about the oversized building project proposed for the former Sunset Magazine property. I live on Middlefield Road in Palo Alto, 3 blocks from the Willow Road intersection. I can’t fathom what traf...
September 15, 2026 (via email) The Honorable Betsy Nash The Honorable Jennifer Wise The Honorable Drew Combs The Honorable Jeff Schmidt The Honorable Cecilia Taylor Mayor, Vice Mayor, and Menlo Park City Council Members, I spoke at the last council meeting but wanted to more formal...
Mayor Combs and City Council Members, I support more affordable housing in Menlo Park. In the right locations, it will strengthen our community. But our community is built around a shared downtown — and the downtown depends on the public parking plazas. Repurposing those plazas would be a o...
Dear Friends and Neighbors, We just have one week to go, folks -- are you joining us? Next Thursday, October 30th, the District 3 Board office with the County of Santa Clara is partnering with Silicon Valley Youth Climate Action to host a community roundtable focused on the climate crisis and our ...
Greetings, My wife and I support the annexation of our neighbors literally across the street from us. I’d like to highlight one reason in particular, the ability to reduce bicyclist risk on SCA - a designated class III bike route. If I recall correctly, it’s also a "safe route to school.” I love ...
City Council - I am a Menlo Park resident and am shocked that you continue to move forward with the downtown development on the parking lots. Businesses will never survive without easy access to parking, let alone during the construction phase. I don’t understand why, knowing this proposed ...
Hello, I really think it is important to keep the Menlo-Atherton Coop! It is a valuable part of the community. Our kids went there and we learned so much about effective parenting in the parenting classes. We made life long friends all made life long friends. It is right around the block from us...
Dear Menlo Park City Council, I’m writing to share how deeply meaningful the Menlo Park Co-op has been for our family and to urge you to extend its lease for another 10 years, aligning it with the lease terms of Little House. Our three children attended the Co-op over 20 years ago. We lived ne...
