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East Palo Alto City Councilman

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Max, you would rock that look!

02.03.2026 05:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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

17.02.2026 02:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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So that you know …

12.02.2026 19:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Don’t forget about carnaval/mardi gras!

14.02.2026 02:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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East Palo Alto is lovely

11.02.2026 22:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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

06.02.2026 21:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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.

06.02.2026 18:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Locals will recommend a few old fashioneds to rehydrate

01.02.2026 03:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Imagine sports without athletes

31.01.2026 21:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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.

25.01.2026 17:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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

25.01.2026 16:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

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

24.01.2026 19:07 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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

24.01.2026 02:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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.

23.01.2026 20:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Great seminar at Stanford today on US immigration policy.

23.01.2026 03:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Terrible.

21.01.2026 06:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Good morning from EPA!

18.01.2026 17:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Dubler For Guvner

17.01.2026 05:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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.

16.01.2026 05:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

30/40/60% AMI.

11.01.2026 20:39 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We need to rezone East Palo Alto too. We have 1 acre lots zoned for SFH - 7 homes instead of 60. One half acre lot near me is zoned for 1 SFH and an ADU. Know any good books on zoning reform? Our council needs to read them.

11.01.2026 20:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Look at the rest of EPA’s IZ Policy. One apartment building has a 25% IZ Mandate. 135 units demo’d and now the vacant lot is empty until this $40 M fee is resolved

11.01.2026 18:47 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I told our city staff that our IZ was exactly like doctors bleeding out patients in the 1800s, thinking they were helping cure disease. β€œWe’ll cure our housing shortfall by making housing more expensive” makes just as much sense as opening a vein to cure a fever.

11.01.2026 18:45 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

I’m on city council and was vice mayor when this happened. EPA wasn’t going to spend a dime defending terrible IZ policy. We have a review of our current policy shortly, and will end it or dramatically lower it. Let another city spend five years in litigation.

11.01.2026 18:42 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I watched a packers highlight video a few days ago on X and it immediately segued to a porn video after the Rodgers highlights were done. WTF?!?

10.01.2026 17:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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East Palo Alto records another murder-free year, signaling shift from violent past The small Peninsula city hopes to shed its ’90s β€œmurder capital” label

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East Palo Alto finished 2025 without a single homicide, marking the second murder-free year in three years and reinforcing signs of a lasting departure from the violence that once defined the city.

05.01.2026 21:07 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@kingtides.bsky.social

02.01.2026 20:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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King Tide in East Palo Alto today. Photo from the same spot at 9 am and 11:20 am. High Tide was at 11:10 am

02.01.2026 19:59 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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East Palo Alto had zero murders in 2025!

01.01.2026 16:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We need backyard nuclear ASAP

21.12.2025 01:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0