Proposed New Gun Store: FAQ
Because I’ve been getting a lot of questions about what the City can or cannot do regarding the proposed new gun store, I thought it would be helpful to put together a page on it. You can find it here.
Labels Matter
This is an op ed I wrote for the San Mateo Daily Journal. It was published on March 24, 2017. Is it a crime to be an undocumented immigrant in the United States? You might be surprised to learn the answer. I know I was. I’m using the word “undocumented”
San Carlos 2017: Community Meeting
I’ve put together a brief presentation entitled San Carlos 2017: Where We’ve Come From, Where We Are and Where We Can Go. I’ll be launching it at an open-to-the-public meeting next Wednesday evening, March 29th. There will be a general Q&A session afterwards (the presentation itself is only about 15
Action Alert: Council Abandons Sidewalk Repair Cost Sharing Discussion
I’ve written a number of posts and articles in the last year or so about the City’s policy requiring property owners to pay 100% of repair costs for sidewalks fronting their property (you can read the earlier pieces here and here). In a nutshell, it’s unfair and inconsistent with the law.
If We Really Want to Protect our Downtown…
Last night we discussed whether or not to extend or let expire our anti-chain store ordinance. These are the comments I made during the discussion. Needless to say, there are much, much, much better ways of protecting the downtown than this hollow ordinance. This text is slightly edited from the
Choosing What Kind of Community to Be
Last night we agreed to roll back the changes made in 2011 to the rules governing residential lot splits in San Carlos. I made the following comments out of concern for something I didn’t hear during the community dialog, and from my colleagues: that San Carlos is the people who