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NATIONAL AND STATE OFFICIALS. COUNTY AND LOCAL OFFICIALS SANTA CLARA COUNTY. SCHOOLS. CITY OF PALO ALTO. SPECIAL DISTRICTS (4-year term).

NATIONAL AND STATE OFFICIALS

THE PRESIDENT (4-year term).............Term expires
Barack H. Obama (D) Mr. President.............2012.
The White House, Washington D.C. 20500
(202) 456-1414 Comments line: (202) 456-1111
http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact
U.S. SENATORS (6-year term)
The Honorable Dianne Feinstein (D)...........2012.
One Post St., Suite 2450
San Francisco, CA 94104 (415) 393-0707
Contact: https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-me
331 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
Washington D.C. 20510
(202) 224-3841 Fax (202) 288-3954

The Honorable Barbara Boxer (D)..............2016.
70 Washington St., Suite 203
Oakland, CA 94607
Contact: https://boxer.senate.gov/en/contact/policycomments.cfm
112 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
Washington D.C. 20510 (202) 224-3553

U.S. REPRESENTATIVE, 14th District (2-year term)
The Honorable Anna G. Eshoo(D).............2012.
698 Emerson St., Palo Alto, CA 94301
(650) 323-2984 Fax: (650) 323-3498
Contact: https://forms.house.gov/eshoo/webforms/issue_subscribe.htm
205 Cannon Bldg.
Washington D.C. 20515 (202) 225-8104

GOVERNOR (4-year term)
The Honorable Jerry Brown (D).............2014.
Governor's Office, State Capitol Bldg.
Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 445-2841
http://gov.ca.gov/interact/contact

STATE SENATE, 11th District (4-year term)
The Honorable Joe Simitian (D).............2012.
160 Town & Country Village, Palo Alto 94301
Tel:(650) 688-6384 Fax: (650) 688-6370
Contact: http://www.senatorsimitian.com/contact
State Capitol, Room 2080
Sacramento, CA 95814
Tel:(916) 651-4011 Fax:(916) 323-4529

ASSEMBLYMAN, 21st District (2-year term)
The Honorable Rich Gordon (D).............2012.
5050 El Camino Real #117, Los Altos, CA 94022
Tel:(650) 691-2121 Fax: (650) 691-2120
Contact: http://asmdc.org/members/a21/
State Capitol, P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0021
Tel:(916) 319-2021 Fax:(916) 319-2121

COUNTY AND LOCAL OFFICIALS SANTA CLARA COUNTY

70 West Hedding Street
San Jose, CA 95110-1768 (408) 299-5001

Board of Supervisors (4-year term elected by district) meets some Tuesdays at 9:30 A.M. Check agenda at http://www.sccgov.org
District 1 Mike Wasserman (2014)
District 2 George Shirakawa (2012)
District 3 Dave Cortese (2012)
District 4 Ken Yeager (2014)
District 5 Liz Kniss* (2012)Palo Alto: (650) 965-8737, office (408) 299-5050. E-mail: liz.kniss@bos.sccgov.org http://www.lizkniss.org

County Exec. Jeffrey V. Smith.........(408) 299-5105
County Clerk............................(408) 299-5001

Planning Commission usually meets 1st Thursday at 1:30 P.M. in Board room of Supervisors' Chambers. http://www.sccplanning.org (408) 299-5770

SCHOOLS

Santa Clara County Office of Education
1290 Ridder Park Drive
San Jose, CA 95131-2304 (408) 453-6500
http://www.sccoe.k12.ca.us
Superintendent, Charles Weis

SANTA CLARA BOARD OF EDUCATION (4-year term elected by area) meets 1st and 3rd Wednesdays at 5:00 P.M. in the Board Room. 1290 Ridder Park Dr. San Jose.

Area 1 Grace Mah (2012)Palo Alto, E-mail: grace_mah@sccoe.org
Area 2 Michael Chang (2014)
Area 3 Leon Beauchman (2012)
Area 4 Joseph S. DiSalvo (2012)
Area 5 Anna Song (2012)
Area 6 Craig Mann (2014)
Area 7 Julia Hover-Smoot (2014)

PALO ALTO SCHOOL DISTRICT
25 Churchill Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94306 (650) 329-3700
http://www.pausd.org
Superintendent, Kevin Skelly

The Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) is governed by a 5-member Board of Education, elected for 4-year terms. The School District is independent of the City of Palo Alto, and its boundaries are not the same.

The School Board meets the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at 6:30 P.M. in the Board Room at 25 Churchill. Citizens are invited to express their views to the Board, but are encouraged to present problems first to school personnel, unless they relate to District policy. For information contact the District Office.

PAUSD BOARD OF EDUCATION(Term expires)
Melissa Baten Caswell (2012)
Barbara Klausner (2012)
Barb Mitchell (2014)
Dana Tom (2014)
Camille Townsend (2012)

FOOTHILL-DE ANZA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
12345 El Monte
Los Alto Hills, CA 94022 (650) 949-6100
http://www.fhda.edu/
Chancellor, Linda M. Thor

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES meets on the 1st Monday of the month at 6:00 P.M. Check agenda for time and location.
Joan Barram (2012)
Betsy Bechtel (2012)
Pearl Cheng (2014)
Laura Casas Frier (2012)
Bruce Swenson (2014)

Two student Trustees are elected each May.

CITY OF PALO ALTO

City Hall
250 Hamilton Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94301
http://cityofpaloalto.org/
Information Desk: (650) 329-2100
City Manager, James Keene (650) 329-2392
City Clerk, Donna Grider (650) 329-2571

Palo Alto is a charter city and operates under a council-manager form of government. The City Council has 9 members elected for 4-year terms. The mayor is elected by the Council from its own members. The Council meets on the first three Mondays of each month at 7:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers, City Hall. For further information call the City Clerk's office.
On Fridays before meetings, Council packets are on file in public libraries, in the City Clerk's office and posted on the city Web site. Agendas are printed in local newspapers, and are available from the City Clerk, and on the City Webpage under agendas/minutes/reports. Meetings of the council and some commissions are broadcast on cable channel 26 and KZSU (90.1 FM).
PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL (Term expires)
Pat Burt (2012)
Sid Espinosa (2012)
Karen Holman (2014)
Larry Klein (2014)
Gail A. Price (2014)
Gregory Scharff (2014)
Greg Schmidt (2012)
Nancy Shepherd (2014)
Yiaway Yeh (2012)

The Planning & Transportation Commission, (650) 329-2321, meets the 2nd and last Wednesdays at 7:00 P.M. in the City Council Chambers. There are occasional special meetings. E-mail: planning.commission@cityofpaloalto.org
The Architectural Review Board, (650) 617-3119, meets the 1st and 3rd Thursdays at 8:30 A.M. in the City Council Chambers. E-mail: arb@cityofpaloalto.org
The Human Relations Commission, (650) 329-2639, meets the 2nd Thursday at 7:00 P.M. in the City Council Conference Room. E:mail: hrc@cityofpaloalto.org

SPECIAL DISTRICTS (4-year term)

MIDPENINSULA REGIONAL OPEN SPACE DISTRICT
330 Distel Circle
Los Altos, CA 94022-1404, (650) 691-1200
Steve Abbors, General Manager http://www.openspace.org/
The Board meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays at 7:30 P.M. The Board is elected by wards in the district. Board members serve 4-year terms. Ward 1 Pete Siemens (2014)
Ward 2 Yoriko Kishimoto (2012)
Ward 3 Jed Cyr (2012)
Ward 4 Curt Riffle (2012)
Ward 5 Nonette Hanko (2014) Palo Alto
Ward 6 Larry Hassett (2014)
Ward 7 Cecily Harris (2012)

SANTA CLARA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT,
5750 Almaden Expressway (408) 265-2600
San Jose, CA 95118-3686
Beau Goldie, CEO, http://www.valleywater.org/
The Board meets the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at 9:30 A.M. (There are 7 seats--5 elected by district, 2 appointed at large by the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors.)
District 1 Donald Gage, Chair (2014)
District 2 Joe Judge (2013)
District 3 Richard Santos (2013)
District 4 Linda LeZotte (2014)
District 5 Patrick Kwok (2013) Palo Alto
District 6 Tony Estremera (2014)
District 7 Brian Schmidt (2014)

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