Issue Archive
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Climate Action & the Ravenswood Flooding Challenge • Featured
active • Stormwater & Flooding
Created by CivicCause
Last activity: Jun 2, 2026
The City Council's top self-identified priority for FY 2026–27 is climate action — mitigation, adaptation, and resilience — reflecting Menlo Park's genuine and growing physical vulnerability to sea level rise, flooding, and extreme heat. Th…
Downtown Transformation & the Parking Lot Housing Debate • Featured
active • Downtown Revitalization
Created by CivicCause
Last activity: Jun 2, 2026
Menlo Park's most contentious near-term planning battle centers on whether to redevelop the city's downtown surface parking lots — all 556 public parking spaces — into affordable housing while maintaining public parking access. The city iss…
Affordable Housing — Strong Market-Rate Numbers, a Serious Affordability Gap • Featured
active • Housing
Created by CivicCause
Last activity: Jun 2, 2026
Menlo Park is making genuine progress on housing production — but that progress is deeply uneven. As of the end of 2025, Menlo Park had already permitted nearly 60% of its required higher-income units but had permitted a much smaller share …
Sheriff's Office Aftermath — Rebuilding Accountability & Trust • Featured
active • Police Accountability
Created by CivicCause
Last activity: May 24, 2026
San Mateo County is still working through the fallout of one of the most dramatic law enforcement governance crises in the Bay Area in recent memory. In May 2025, an independent investigation found evidence of conflicts of interest, misuse …
The VLF Funding Crisis — A $157 Million Injustice • Featured
active • Budget Priorities
Created by CivicCause
Last activity: May 24, 2026
San Mateo County is fighting one of the most consequential — and least publicized — fiscal injustices in California. The dispute centers on "in-lieu VLF" replacement funding that counties and cities receive tied to a vehicle license fee red…