East Palo Alto neighborhood gets access to open space City, Midpen cut ribbon on gate to Ravenswood preserve.

www.mercurynews.com/2026/04/12/e.... Gate was not included in original plan die to community feedback - fear of homelessness and crime

I have spent several years working to undo bad ideas that were implemented into public works projects via community engagement.

WHY DO YOU HATE THE FARMERS MAX?!? Almonds, Rice, and Alfalfa are essential to our high quality of life in California, and bring more value than your "billion dollar tech businesses" or "cute, walkable neighborhoods."

East Palo Alto has gone two years without a homicide

Those bombs aint gonna aim themselves

East Palo Alto Mayor Webster Lincoln and Midpen Board Member Karen Holman opened up the new entrance to the Ravenswood Preserve on Rutgers Avenue today.

The "Missing Middle" Math Problem: Why We Aren’t Building Small Infill Housing The "Missing Middle" Math Problem: Why We Aren’t Building Small Infill Housing We talk a lot about the "Missing Middle"—those duplexes, triplexes, and townhomes that bridge the gap between massive ap...

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I wrote about this in EPA

Rent control massively impacts the ability of landlords to maintain property. Here in EPA, we also have a 2.5% gross receipts rental tax. The end result is poorly maintained rental properties.

Funky work today

Betrayal of Trust: Councilmember Romero’s Defense of a Predator Charged with child sex abuse, East Palo Alto employee gets character reference from council memberA former East Palo Alto city employee is accused of repeatedly molesting and supplying drugs to a 13-y...

Meanwhile in East Palo Alto:

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When I ran for City Council running on a platform of “Make our Streets Safe for Kids” I thought I would be advocating for speed humps, roundabouts, & bike lanes NOT dealing with a councilman who wants to free an accused child rapist from jail

Max, you would rock that look!

We need a new library in East Palo Alto and anyone who has a spare $50M, HMU

So that you know …

Don’t forget about carnaval/mardi gras!

East Palo Alto is lovely

Probably true, but apparently the software has made massive leaps since December 2025

Tesla's self driving mode is crazy good right now. I rode in one a few days ago, and was very impressed. Too bad that Elon is a psychopath.

Locals will recommend a few old fashioneds to rehydrate

Imagine sports without athletes

The inherent problem is that vetting groups is incredibly difficult and time consuming, which political campaigns do not want. ActBlue is just a payments platform to process donations. I know they are working on tech fixes to make the donation info anonymized.

Is that act blue? Most likely a democratic candidate sold off their donor list to pay down debts.

They say you meet the same people on the way up and on the way down.

Weird how "build more housing" works in theory and practice to address a housing shortage.

I very much enjoyed hearing the academic perspective on high skilled immigration. Although the math formulas flew over my head, the core topic of immigration is something that I encounter every day, both in my job as a software recruiter and as an elected official in East Palo Alto.

Great seminar at Stanford today on US immigration policy.

Terrible.

Good morning from EPA!

Dubler For Guvner

Part of my plan serving on City Council in East Palo Alto is to take over Palo Alto and rename it West East Palo Alto. Territorial expansion is all the rage these days.

30/40/60% AMI.