Posted by ¿Que Guevara?
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Jan 22, 2018 at 9:22 pm

So the whole point of this was to make sure the predominant Hispanic/Latino population in Belle Haven wasn't discriminated against, but no one seems to be from that constituency- what am I missing?

Posted by Lynne Bramlett
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Jan 23, 2018 at 1:17 am
Lynne Bramlett is a registered user.

The communication system in Belle Haven needs improving. There are few free newspaper racks, unlike cental/downtown MP. Starbucks has a community posting spot, but I believe it now closes at 6 pm so areas to meet in for word of mouth updates are also limited. The city could better use existing available places to post and develop new ones. Residents in that area are also more likely to be non-native speakers and potential applicants may not have felt confident enough of their English abilities to apply. ESL classes have been limited in BH too. Now that the library has hired someone to replace the retired Project Read coordinator, we should be able to look forward to improvement in ESL offerings in BH. Making applying even more challenging, residents of BH often work multiple jobs so they have less leisure time to attend meetings.