Last month (June 28), your Menlo Park City Council Members commissioned an independent, objective impact analysis of a November 2022 Menlo Park ballot measure.
That report was released last Friday and the findings are clear – the ballot measure would create big barriers for affordable housing in Menlo Park and block teacher and staff housing for the Ravenswood City School District.
If the ballot measure passes in November 2022, it will:
- Block affordable housing for teachers and school staff at the vacant site of the former Flood School site owned by Ravenswood City School District.
- Lock in and exacerbate racial and economic segregation by blocking future homes in high opportunity neighborhoods which are predominantly upper income and white.
- Limit the city’s ability to plan for housing for people at a variety of income levels, in conflict with the city’s General Plan
- Put the city at risk of being sued by reducing our ability to affirmatively further fair housing (AFFH), as required by law (CA 2018 Assembly Bill 686)
- Block Menlo Park Fire District from redeveloping their headquarters without a public vote.
- Block Menlo Park religious organizations from redeveloping their properties without a public vote.
At the City Council meeting on Tuesday, July 26, council members will most likely vote to put this measure on the November ballot rather than enact it into law without a public vote, which is the only other option. City Council measures can also express their opinions to the measure if they so choose.
To watch a presentation on the report and share your thoughts with the City Council, you can dial in by Zoom or phone.
Here’s the meeting information:
Agenda: Items J1 and J2
Zoom: https://zoom.us/join
Meeting ID: 831 3316 9409
Dial In: (669) 900-6833
Meeting ID: 831 3316 9409
Press *9 to raise hand to speak
The meeting starts at 5pm with a closed session. The Ballot Measure item will likely get started some time after 7pm. If you would like a text message or email when the item starts, rather than waiting, please send a message with your contact information to adina@menlotogether.org
