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...
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...
Hello- I am not seeing my email on the log. Did it go to spam? Rubye Menlo Park Resident and Property Tax Payer
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
Thank you for your views. I appreciate it. Let’s talk tomorrow. On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 10:43 AM Evan Collins wrote: > Dear Mayor Ohtaki and Members of the City Council, Carol and I are mom and pop landlords with units on Roble Ave. near University...
Dear Mayor Ohtaki and Members of the City Council, Carol and I are mom and pop landlords with units on Roble Ave. near University Ave. We believe the Housing Commission’s proposal is a watered-down version of rent control and just cause eviction. We met with Ms. Grove and had a good discussion. We...
Hi Jason,A little background on the names you mentioned:Linda Kincaid was one of the major players involved from 2012 when Lee Pullen was abusing conservatees at Villa Fontana and the Markham Plaza [https://eahhousingevictionfraud.wordpress.com/villa-fontana-and-markham-plaza/] . Lee Pullen was forc...
Hi, I'm a resident at 1731 Stone Pine Lane in Menlo Park and am writing in regards to the proposed hampton inn construction 1704 ECR (developer Sagar Patel) which is less than 1 block from my home. As with others in my community (>100 residents), I have significant concerns with these plans: - it's...
1.The current proposal would apply to single-family homes.This is a violation of Costa Hawkins, which restricts rent control on single-family properties. Imposing this on single-family homes will only drive up the cost of such rentals, or incentivize landlords of these homes to redevelop or sell the...
“We pick our communities not only for the property taxes and the school system they offer us, but for the identity that the neighborhood gives us,” said Richard Florida, the author of “The New Urban Crisis.” “And when someone changes the identity, you viscerally react.” https://www.nytimes.com/2018...
