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An increase in Bay Area 9-county property taxes called ACA-1 is being proposed that will cost property owners about $190/year for each $1 million in assessed value (or potentially as much as $342/million in assessed value). This is being done to ostensibly “solve” the homeless crisis in the area. ...
As a resident of Menlo Park in the West Menlo neighborhood directly affected by the proposal to change the parking and traffic configuration on Middle Avenue (Item G-1 on the agenda for the meeting on Oct. 18), I cannot express more strongly my opposition to every element in the proposal. I use M...
CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Unless you recognize the sender's email address and know the content is safe, DO NOT click links, open attachments or reply. Dear Menlo Park City Council members, Today, September 11, we remember those in law enforcement who gave the...
Dear Menlo Park City Council members, As a 30-year resident of Menlo Park, I want to express to you, my elected local representatives, my support for, and profound thanks to, the Menlo Park City Police Department. At this time of turmoil, recrimination, violence, and destruction of property in so m...
City Council members, I am a long-term (30+ years) resident of Menlo Park, a law-abiding taxpayer, and a property owner. I feel compelled to insist that the laws and regulations that I am required to follow -- or face penalties and fines — be applied evenly across our city. I am bitterly resentfu...
Mr. Curtin, I appreciate your response to my e-mail and I do hope you shared my message with the Housing Commission. I have just read the draft language for the ordinance that you provided and I am even more outraged. Please pass on these additional comments to the Housing Commission and to the City...
Dear Mr. Curtin, Interim Housing and Economic Development Manager for the City of Menlo Park, I received an e-mail message on July 27 that stated that “the Housing Commission will be reviewing and considering a draft ordinance that would require rental relocation assistance payments for eligible te...
Menlo Park City Council Members, the Menlo Almanac just reported on July 6 the passing of this ordinance: People who favor tenant rights recently won a small victory in Menlo Park, when the City Council on June 19 unanimously and without discussion approved a policy that prohibits landlords of prope...
Ladies and Gentlemen: My husband and I both read the op-ed written by Monica Corman, President of the Menlo Park Library Foundation, that appeared in today's print edition of The Menlo Almanac. This is a valuable and informative piece, and I encourage you to read it if you have not yet done so. Neit...
