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Our Board submitted a comment letter on the third revision of the City’s housing element. We urged the city to zone for adequate housing for all income levels and adopt anti-displacement measures, including funding for a tenant right to counsel program.

Bills supported by LWVC include AB 25, the California Freedom to Read Act.

In May, a federal judge in Hispanic Federation v. Byrd permanently blocked part of a Florida law which targeted nonpartisan civic engagement groups if non-citizens—including permanent legal residents—helped with nonpartisan voter registration activities.

Why Does the LWV Support the John Lewis Voting Rights Act? Read "Letters from an American" by Heather Cox Richardson to find out.

Our Board sent a letter to the City Council supporting “The Academy”, a 55-unit affordable housing development on El Camino Real.

LWV supported a proposed City Council Resolution, condemning Trump’s recent executive orders freezing federal funding already appropriated by Congress to pressure states and localities to comply with policy goals that violate state or local laws. The Resolution also opposes the firing of federal workers without due process and dismantling efforts to increase representation of women and minorities in the workforce.

An update on the League's efforts to enact local campaign finance reform.

The LWVPA urges residents to write to the City Council to support the First Congregational Church of PA's Safe Parking Program Application

The League supports SCA10 and urge its members to tell their assemblymember to vote YES on SCA10.

The League requests that the PAUSD Board of Education immediately place on the agenda a directive to educate parents and guardians about laws regarding the safe storage of firearms.

The League urges the PAUSD Board to continue to allow remote public comment, as it had done in the previous two years.

The League urged the City Council to enact a $500 campaign donation limit on future City Council elections.

The League and partner organizations asked the public to sign a petition to urge the City Council to use the Grand Jury Report as a call to action in increasing affordable housing

The League thanked the City Council for their work to enact a safe storage of firearms ordinance.

The League urged the Palo Alto Unified School District Board to notify parents and guardians annually of their legal obligations regarding the safe storage of firearms and to work with other local agencies and nonprofits to inform parents of those responsibilities.

The League urged the City Council to adopt three reforms prior to the next Council election cycle: voluntary campaign expenditure limits; mandatory donation limits below the $4900 state default limits; and expanded disclosures on political advertising. The reasons for our support are summarized in this Resolution

The League urged the City Council to support renter protection reforms and HRC recommendations to turn them into city ordinances.

The League supports the draft EIR for the '231 Grant' Educator Workforce Housing Project, which would create 110 apartments for public school district employees from Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties.

The League supports the nonprofit Eden Housing’s proposal to build 50 units of 30-60% Area Median Income housing (1-2 bedrooms) at 525 E. Charleston Rd

Both AB 2541 and AB 3070, which you asked Assemblymember Marc Berman to support, passed the California Assembly and are now headed to Gov. Newsom for his signature. Both bills address the persistent problem of racial discrimination in our criminal legal system. Thank you!

LWVPA co-sponsored an Acterra Virtual Lecture on The Role of Agriculture in Climate Change, where Professor Pete Smith of Scotland's ClimateXChange presented his findings on livestock, diet and soil carbon sequestration.

LWVPA co-sponsored with Palo Alto Forward a panel during Affordable Housing Month on Missing Middle Housing. Presenters made a strong case for rewriting our current R-1 zoning, showing that different types of housing make a neighborhood and contribute to a low-carbon environment.

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