Vote No on Menlo Park's Measure V

Thank you to the Almanac for this comprehensive, balanced assessment of Measure V. I will definitely be voting NO ON V and sharing this helpful overview with all my neighbors.

This says it all. Support the No on V campaign at www.protectteacherhousing.org.
No on V is endorsed by:
Anna Eshoo, United States Congressmember
Josh Becker, California State Senator
Marc Berman, California State Assemblymember
Kevin Mullin, California State Assemblymember
Don Horsley, San Mateo County Board of Supervisors President
Dave Pine, San Mateo County Board of Supervisors Vice President
Warren Slocum, San Mateo County Board Supervisor
David Canepa, San Mateo County Board Supervisor
Joe Simitian, Santa Clara County Board Supervisor
Chris DeCardy, City of Menlo Park Planning Commission Chair
Cynthia Harris, City of Menlo Park Planning Commission Vice Chair
Linh Dan Do, City of Menlo Park Planning Commissioner
David Ackerman, Menlo Park City School Board Vice President
Sherwin Chen, Menlo Park City School Board Trustee
Stacey Jones, Menlo Park City School Board Trustee
Francesca Segrè, Menlo Park City School Board Trustee
Mele K. Latu, Ravenswood City School District Board President
Bronwyn Alexander, Ravenswood City School District Board Clerk
Jenny Varghese Bloom, Ravenswood City School District Board Trustee
Heather Hopkins, Las Lomitas Elementary School District Board Clerk
Molly Finn, Las Lomitas Elementary School District Board Trustee

and far too many more to fit within the character limit here!

I'll definitely be voting No on V. Glad to see all these necessary clarifications about what it does and doesn't do.

If you’re a homeowner in Menlo Park and you vote “NO” on Measure V, you have zero business complaining when the city council votes to screw up your neighborhood and property values. You won’t have a voice - you will have given it away.

Or you can “trust us” as so many are saying. Sure. Go ahead, trust the council and the developers opposing your voice. See how that works out. On the plus side, maybe the council will grant you a property tax reduction after they get done making Menlo “affordable.”

Yes or No, I do not understand why Measure V should involve teachers. Higher pay seems reasonable. Why count on handouts for subsidized housing? Benefit: teachers, without the bias for homeowners & developers.

Menlo Lifestyle:

If you're a homeowner in Menlo Park and you vote yes on V, don't come crying to me when 4/5s of the voters decide they're just fine with higher density in YOUR neighborhood because they want to be good people and help with the housing shortage AND not have it in their neighborhoods. You will have ZERO recourse and that is what you voted for.

October 14, 2022



CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® issues formal apology for past discriminatory policies

LOS ANGELES (Oct. 14) The CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) formally apologizes for its past discriminatory policies, including Proposition 14 — a successful 1960s ballot initiative that overturned the State of California’s first fair housing law.

Regrettably, the California Real Estate Association (CREA), now known as C.A.R., once played a leading role in segregation and exclusionary practices in housing. California communities still grapple with wealth and homeownership inequities. For decades, CREA promoted policies that encouraged discrimination and the idea that neighborhood integration would negatively impact property values. The Association endorsed racial zoning, “redlining” and racially restrictive covenants.

“The Association was wrong. We not only apologize for those actions, we strongly condemn them, and we will continue working to address the legacy of these discriminatory policies and practices,” said C.A.R. President Otto Catrina.

CREA was behind Article 34, a law passed in the 1950s that remains in place that makes it very difficult to build affordable housing in California. The Association also excluded women and people of color from membership.

In the 1960s, California’s first fair housing law, the Rumford Fair Housing Act, was passed. CREA actively encouraged its members to support Proposition 14, a law that overturned the Rumford Act and modified California’s constitution so that the state could not prohibit private property owners from engaging in discrimination. The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the proposition as unconstitutional.

In the years since the passage of the federal Fair Housing Act of 1968, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act and other fair housing laws, C.A.R. has prioritized understanding and addressing the unique homeownership barriers impacting communities of color and other historically e