Palo Alto
Burt, Kou elected to top council posts following diversity dispute
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto City Council tonight (Jan. 3) elected councilman and former mayor Pat Burt to become mayor for 2022 in a 6-1 vote, with Greg […]
Tom DuBois
Palo Alto
Residents outraged over police dog attack and they want encryption to end
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Altans expressed outrage over the attack of a sleeping man by a Palo Alto police dog and they called upon City Council […]
Palo Alto
Mayor sees recovery, calls for unity in State of the City address
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto Mayor Tom DuBois said people are “cranky” during the pandemic, but told the public the city is “hopeful and heading towards […]
Palo Alto
Council agrees to use automated license plate readers for parking enforcement
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council last night (Feb. 22) unanimously approved spending $140,000 for automated license plate readers to catch cars without parking permits […]
Palo Alto
State agency fines Kniss, DuBois; Kou under investigation; Complaint names Greer
BY EMILY MIBACH AND KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writers The state Fair Political Practices Commission has fined former Palo Alto Mayor Liz Kniss and current Mayor Tom DuBois for […]
Palo Alto
Mayor says that encrypting police radio signals was a mistake
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Palo Alto
Who will be Palo Alto’s vice mayor? Cormack or a slow-growther?
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Who will become Palo Alto’s next vice mayor may be a topic of tonight’s City Council’s meeting. Although the new council will be […]
Palo Alto
Slow-growth faction will get to pick new members of the Planning and Transportation Commission
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto’s slow growth proponents won a fight against the city’s pro-growth leaders tonight and as a result, council won’t make any appointments […]
Palo Alto
Lame-duck pro-growth majority on council will pick new planning commissioners
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer The lame-duck pro-housing majority on Palo Alto City Council will appoint new members to the Historic Resources Board and Planning and Transportation Commission […]
Palo Alto
Council to take another vote on opening Foothills Park following ACLU lawsuit
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Foothills Park could be opening to non-Palo Alto residents sooner than expected. The city released a statement last night (Oct. 22) saying City […]
Palo Alto
Gag order proposed for city board and commission members
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto officials are considering whether to issue a new handbook to members of city boards and commissions that includes instructions telling them […]
Election 2020
School board candidate Ladomirak takes lead in donations
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto school board candidate Jesse Ladomirak has raised $20,444, including money from incumbent Melissa Baten Caswell who decided not to run again […]
Caltrain
Palo Alto Mayor Fine sends letter supporting Caltrain tax, then Vice Mayor DuBois says Fine doesn’t represent council
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer On the eve of a vote by the San Francisco County Board of Supervisors which could sink an eighth-of-a-cent sales tax for Caltrain […]
Palo Alto
Councilman’s proposal to cut salaries to balance the budget goes nowhere
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Councilman Greg Tanaka said at Palo Alto’s council meeting yesterday (May 12) that the city would solve a lot of its budget problems […]
Palo Alto
Eviction, rent cap ordinance advances after power play by councilman
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer An ordinance to stop unjust evictions and rent hikes in Palo Alto will go into effect a week later than planned because Councilman […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto council members want to pass emergency ordinance to deal with unintended consequences of state rent cap law
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council members are trying to pass an emergency ordinance to deal with the unintended consequences of a new state law […]
Palo Alto
Two council members want to raise city fees on new office space to build more housing
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Palo Alto
Palo Alto may not get the rail crossing funds it was expecting from VTA
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto may not be getting as much money as city leaders had expected for Caltrain crossings from the half-cent Measure B sales […]
Palo Alto
Former city manager’s house doubles in value
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Former Palo Alto City Manager Jim Keene’s house has sold for $3.9 million, double what he paid for it in 2010. Keene, who […]
Palo Alto
City to study the idea of adding housing to Cubberley
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council voted Monday (June 3) to rule out the possibility of building as many as 164 homes at Cubberley Community […]
Palo Alto
Housing proposal draws criticism, skepticism from City Council
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A 64-unit condominium development proposed at 788 San Antonio Road would include 10 below-market-rate homes, but still attracted criticism last night about traffic, […]
Palo Alto
Council gets to grill former colleague who is seeking seat on utilities panel
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council got to grill a former colleague, former Mayor Greg Scharff, last night (Monday, April 29) when he interviewed for […]
Palo Alto
MAGA hat critic found safe, sheriff says
By the Daily Post staff Rebecca Parker Mankey, the Palo Alto activist who made headlines after berating a man in a Make America Great Again hat, is no longer missing. […]
Palo Alto
Cloaking the wireless invasion — city, telecoms try to hide small cell antenna systems
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Small cell nodes, attachments to utility poles or light poles aimed at improving wireless service, are going to be popping up in more places […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto to seek millions from Stanford for housing, schools, rail crossings
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council last night (Feb. 4) decided to ask Stanford for $82.4 million for affordable housing along with funds for the […]
Palo Alto
Filseth picked as Palo Alto mayor, Fine as vice as council shrinks from 9 to 7 members
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council paid its respects to three departing members last night (Jan. 7) as it shrunk down in size for the […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto City Council approves $2 million for chambers improvements
This story was originally printed Dec. 19 in the Daily Post. BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto City Council has approved a nearly $2 million upgrade […]
Palo Alto
City manager gets a farewell party — taxpayers pick up part of the tab
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer After a decade as Palo Alto city manager, Jim Keene got a lively send-off into retirement at the Garden Court Hotel last night, […]
Palo Alto
Attempt by Residentialists to delay vote on housing ordinance fails
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Hoping to wait for a new Palo Alto City Council in January, three Residentialist council members tried to thwart a controversial discussion on […]
Palo Alto
5 Palo Alto City Council candidates raise a combined $253,186
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The five candidates for Palo Alto City Council have raised a total of $253,186.70 in campaign contributions — an impressive amount historically, but […]
Palo Alto
Residents vent about traffic to City Council
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Two months after apologizing for a dismissive comment about Palo Alto’s traffic problem, Mayor Liz Kniss did her penance last night: by listening […]
Opinion
Opinion: Cormack, Filseth, DuBois best choices for City Council
DAILY POST EDITORIAL It’s not often that a great city council candidate comes along like Alison Cormack. She’s the Palo Alto woman who led the campaign a decade ago to […]
Palo Alto
A look at where candidates stand in the Palo Alto City Council race
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Until a couple of months ago, the hot issue in the Palo Alto City Council race was whether to cut the city’s cap […]
Palo Alto
Wolbach, Cormack lead in fundraising for council race
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council candidates Alison Cormack and Cory Wolbach are leading the pack in campaign contributions with more than $50,000 each — […]
Palo Alto
Should a tenant making $93,100 a year get relocation assistance?
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Renters who will be evicted from the Hotel President told the Palo Alto City Council last night (Sept. 10) that the housing crisis […]