Opinion

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor This is the time of year when possible City Council candidates begin testing the water to see if they should run in November. […]

Daily Post Editorial The following are the editorial page recommendations of the Daily Post for the June 5 primary. We’re printing them today because the ballots are hitting the mail […]

OPINION BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor The city of Palo Alto unwittingly or intentionally is getting its facts wrong about the encryption of police radios.For 70 years, cities in California […]

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE DAILY POST EDITOR The five-member San Mateo County Board of Supervisors isn’t sure whether to put a parcel tax on the November ballot that would raise […]

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Palo Alto is beginning the search for a new police chief to replace Robert Jonsen, who is retiring. Let me offer five suggestions […]

GUEST OPINION BY ANTONIO LOPEZ The struggle to house all in one of the richest places in the world is Silicon Valley’s greatest social riddle; it flies in the face […]

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Every year, the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce has a gala event to honor the recipients of the Tall Tree awards. The recipients […]

This was originally published Jan. 24 in the Daily Post. OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Why are Redwood City officials keeping secret the locations where cannabis companies want […]

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor When Pets In Need told Palo Alto officials they were canceling their contract to run the Palo Alto Animal Shelter, the reaction of […]

OPINION Originally published Dec. 20, 2021 BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor This is the time of year for gift-giving — and the city of Palo Alto got a big […]

OPINION December 13, 2021 BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Palo Alto should start building affordable housing above city-owned parking lots downtown and in the California Avenue district. The benefits […]

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor It’s bad enough that a veteran Palo Alto police sergeant slammed a handcuffed man into a car windshield and mocked him for being […]

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The community is owed an explanation by members of the Foothill-DeAnza Community College District board about why they didn’t renew the contract of […]

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The city of Palo Alto paid $1.5 million in 2018 to install a system of cameras and sensors to determine if people were […]

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Palo Alto’s pension liabilities continue to grow, and the city needs to take stronger actions. The first rule of holes is: Stop digging. […]

This column was printed Monday, Oct. 19. That evening the City Council voted 5-2 to increase fees developer of office buildings and R&D facilities must pay into a future housing […]

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor California’s new attorney general, Democrat Rob Bonta, has more courage than I’ve seen in a Sacramento politician in years. A little more than […]

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor People should stop criticizing San Francisco Mayor London Breed for going maskless at a Tenderloin jazz club. “The fact that this is even […]

Word Count: 746 Published Sept. 13, 2021 BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Santa Clara County is still in a “state of emergency” due to the Covid pandemic. The Delta […]

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor During the Covid lockdown, beloved local businesses in Palo Alto permanently closed. Many of those that reopened are barely hanging on. So it’s […]