*California has 40,000 affordable housing units ready to break ground. One setback is holding them up- NO MONEY.* *see attached*
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 Mayor Combs, Vice Mayor Nash, Councilmember Schmidt, Councilmember Taylor, Councilmember Wise, and City Manager Murphy, *I’m writing to you on behalf of the members of the First Church of Christ, Scientist at 201 Ravenswood to advocate for moving ahead toward a timely approval of the Park...
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
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...
*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...
Hello- I am not seeing my email on the log. Did it go to spam? Rubye Menlo Park Resident and Property Tax Payer
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...
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...
Hi City Council, I am opposed to rent control. The market should dictate the rate of the rental. If you look at towns that have rent control - such as Berkeley - you notice how run down the town is. Owners won't invest in keeping up their properties if there is no "up" side. Best regards, Veronica V...
