Dear Members of the Palo Alto City Council and All Concerned Citizens beyond: The Peninsula Peace and Justice Center–(I’m a long time member)–wants to move to amend the constitution to reverse the holding in the recent, U.S. Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v The Federal Elections Commission (2010) I am taking the opposite position...
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And why the need for a Necessity Defense Vehicle Habitation Legal Fund? By some estimates there are now 1.1 million Californians who find themselves unemployed or underemployed. As it stands, over 613,000 Californians have lost all unemployment benefits and it may in fact be years before we see the light of day on any...
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One of the most important community meetings and decisions facing the city of Palo Alto was the discussions last night on the planned Vehicle Habitation Ordinance. What were obviously missing were the three major players in this purposed ordinance. The complaining affluent neighbors, Police and our Human Relations Commission. Time and time again questions...
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Welcome to the Palo Alto Human Relations Commission Now Go Home! Perhaps thousands of emails sent to hrc@cityofpaloalto.org have gone unanswered. And no one in the community has been informed of this change.  So it would appear the community has been left in the dark.  So if you have been sending your heart felt...
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