Voters in Los Altos and Menlo Park rejected attempts to take away their city government’s ability to redevelop downtown parking lots, according to early returns.
Measure P in Menlo Park, which was failing 48%-52% in returns posted Wednesday morning, would have stopped the city from building public housing on downtown parking lots. Businesses said they needed the parking for shoppers. The vote was no 3,799; yes 3,474.
Measure D in Los Altos was failing by an even wider margin, 41%-59%. Had it passed, it would have stopped City Council from going forward with a pet project, a performing arts center for live theater. The vote, as of Wednesday morning, was no 4,517; yes 3,160.
Both measures were put on the ballot by residents who gathered signatures on petitions.
Your headline is deceptive. The Measure P returns your article quotes are from 9 pm Nov 3 and represent only mail in ballots.
“Mich” time to let go! Measure P will lose. Turn out the lights, the party’s over. They say all good things must end. Call it a night. The party’s over. And tomorrow starts the same old thing again.”