*California has 40,000 affordable housing units ready to break ground. One setback is holding them up- NO MONEY.* *see attached*
Dear City Council, I helped collect signatures to get the hostile takeover of our parking lots on the ballot. We got them! I am so pleased. There are much better places to put public housing, we now have a good list. I hope you will use it. Both the merchants and the customers need the...
Dear Council members, I am thinking about the comment from a Menlo Park voter about what the apartments will actually be like: 1) looking out my new apartment window to the west I see a 5 to 8 story parking ramp. 2) looking South, North and East I see black top roofs with Air Conditioners, 3) I...
City Council Members: I hope you read Former Mayor Schmidts Opinion in todays Post, and follow his excellent leadership. Rubye Menlo Park Resident for 30 years and counting
*RE: One Viable Solution to Affordable Housing without Destroying our Downtown* *Dear Menlo Park City Council Members:* *See attached article from this week’s Palo Alto Weekly where 174 units with 203 parking spots will be built at 800 San Antonio Road.* *Per an AI Google search o...
Dear Council, I am a 27 year resident of The Willows neighborhood of Menlo Park. I am writing in support of the issuing of a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the development of downtown parking lots into high density affordable housing. I do not understand the vehement opposition to this p...
Dear Menlo Park City Council and staff, As a progressive citizen, I am a supporter of bringing more affordable housing into Menlo Park. The lack of housing, and accompanying lack of sustainable infrastructure for transit, is a serious problem here. As a resident of Menlo Park, I am also in s...
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Sunday June 8, I spent the afternoon volunteering at the Save Downtown Parking booth, collecting many more enthusiastic signatures. Each council member should sit quietly at our booth and JUST LISTEN. Here is what you would have heard today: "The whole idea is a Disaster!", "I dont live in Menl...
Council People, Sanctuary city, again! Lawsuit? You are using taxpayers money to pick a fight with the Feds. How smart is that? A few years back mayor R.M. Told me in no uncertain terms that Menlo was NOT going to become a sanctuary city. A month later it was a "safe city". City funds pissed awa...
