Since California's mandated housing requirements are at the City level and are based on the amount of available office space, and since Menlo Park is said to be behind in it new housing builds, why doesn't Nash and the City Council put a moratorium on the build out of any new office space rather than perpetuating the problem with projects like SRI, Springline, and Middle Plaza? Seems to be a much better alternative than overcrowding our schools and urbanizing our neighborhoods.

What people have to realize is that we have Measure V because council members like Betsy Nash disregarded all input from her constituent home owners and decided that low income, dense housing was going to be the new normal in Menlo Park. Maybe you agree with that. What Menlo Park homeowners need to understand in this election is this is about their community, their property values, and whether they have any voice in what happens to those things. Just think about what this indiscriminate influx of low income, dense housing is going to do to what Menlo Park is today. It’s not a positive development, unless you’re one of the renters, housing activists, or developers that don’t want you meddling with their desires.

Menlo Lifestyle:

People like you keep saying they don't have a say. That is decidedly false. They have plenty of opportunities to have their say in the planning process. The problem is that very few choose to use them. They then complain about the outcome because they were too lazy to engage. Sorry, THAT is what Measure V is about, codifying laziness. People want to try and lock things down and not have to be bothered to participate in an already rigorous planning process. And you and those like you think those folks that are that lazy are going to be bothered when a zoning change comes up for a vote? Only 20 to 25 percent of registered voters in Menlo Park actually bother to vote on local elections and issues.

I would far rather have 25% of the city deciding the shape of our neighborhoods than 3 individuals, likely none of which myself or my district can actually vote for. And yes, we can have input in the planning process. An input the wonderful city council and planning commission can ignore. That’s the entire reason we have Measure V. The organizers tried to have a conversation with the RCSD and they ignored us. Our council member Combs listened to us and shrugged. It wasn’t even worth his time to try to negotiate a project that better fit the community. So if you think thousands of people speaking up to regain their voice and a sense of reason in the process is lazy then you’ve got a odd definition of the word. Measure requires community inout where there was zero accountability.