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Dear Menlo Park City Council, I just learned that the City plans to eliminate the Quiet Zone from its budget planning. This is shocking and completely unacceptable. Menlo Park residents and businesses have been advocating for a Quiet Zone for years. The engineering designs are now nearly com...

Dear Councilmembers, Im writing today, June 3, to add my voice in strong support of the proposed affordable housing in downtown Menlo Park. These homes are not just a policy win; they are a moral and economic necessity. When an anti-housing push happened in 2022, I wrote publicly in response t...

I am a 28 year Menlo Park resident who moved from a 5th floor downtown Palo Alto mixed use building. I also lived in a downtown Burlingame apartment building before Palo Alto. Downtown MP remains smaller than both and it is even sleepier now with a growing number of closed / empty storefronts (by ...

Hello council members, My wife and I are homeowners on College Avenue with kids at Oak Knoll and Hillview, and we wanted to register our full throated support of the proposal to build apartments on the downtown parking lots. The parking lots are a decrepit, unattractive waste of space, and can...

My wife and I remain supportive of building more housing at maximum density on our city-owned parking lots. Wed like to see a mix of housing, at market, below-market and affordable levels for prioritized MP city and school workers, seniors (too many "empty nesters" in family-sized houses in MP) an...

Dear Mayor Taylor and Menlo Park City Councilmembers, As you renew your investment policy for the fiscal year of 2024-2025, I urge you to consider improving your policy to prevent any future investments in fossil fuels. Fossil fuel companies continue to perpetuate the climate crisis and prevent...

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Adding recommendations for for Pickleball in MP: > If the city will build new courts, build no fewer than 4 Pickleball courts at any location to align with Pickleball as a community activity > If a survey is conducted, include community preference for Pickleball locations (would anyone from We...

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Flaw in ACA 13 Leaves Counties, Most Other Cities, Special Districts, and Local School Districts Behind ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ...

Author of ACA 13 Refuses to Fix Flaw that Leaves Counties, Most Other Cities, Special Districts, and Local School Districts Behind ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ...