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Burt, Kou elected to top council posts following diversity dispute

January 3, 2022 8:23 pm

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 […]

Palo Alto

Residents outraged over police dog attack and they want encryption to end

April 5, 2021 11:45 pm

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

March 4, 2021 9:42 pm

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

February 23, 2021 1:45 pm

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

February 12, 2021 9:39 am

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

January 11, 2021 12:31 pm

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Who will be Palo Alto’s vice mayor? Cormack or a slow-growther?

January 4, 2021 12:50 pm

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

December 14, 2020 9:59 pm

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

November 30, 2020 11:13 pm

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

October 23, 2020 9:44 am

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

October 10, 2020 8:00 am

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

September 26, 2020 8:49 am

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

July 20, 2020 9:41 pm

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

May 13, 2020 12:48 am

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 Councilman Greg Tanaka. File photo.
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Eviction, rent cap ordinance advances after power play by councilman

December 3, 2019 8:00 am

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

November 8, 2019 8:55 am

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

September 19, 2019 4:31 pm

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Palo Alto may not get the rail crossing funds it was expecting from VTA

August 11, 2019 1:19 pm

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

August 3, 2019 9:00 am

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

June 5, 2019 6:30 am

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

May 21, 2019 7:00 am

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

May 1, 2019 9:45 am

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

April 25, 2019 10:46 pm

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

February 19, 2019 4:32 pm

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

February 5, 2019 12:01 am

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

January 8, 2019 4:08 pm

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

January 1, 2019 11:17 am

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

December 8, 2018 10:40 am

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

November 27, 2018 3:15 pm

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

October 26, 2018 12:12 am

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

October 23, 2018 12:43 pm

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

October 5, 2018 8:10 pm

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

October 4, 2018 7:52 pm

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

September 28, 2018 8:50 am

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?

September 11, 2018 12:54 am

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 […]

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