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What’s on Menlo Park Mayor Kirsten Keith’s mind – besides running for the Board of Supervisors

Inmenlo

Editor’s note: On Saturday, Feb. 4, Menlo Park City Council member Kirsten Keith, who is serving this year as the city’s Mayor, announced that she was entering the race for a seat on the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors. Our conversation with Kirs... »

Equinox Center releases new “Regional Quality of Life Dashboard”

Groksurf's San Diego

San Diego’s non-profit Equinox Center (actually it’s located in Encinitas) has published a new 2012 report Regional Quality of Life Dashboard on its website. The Dashboard front page (which also has reports for 2010 and 2011) states that it aims to “…s... »

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Berkeley’s Mayor lays groundwork for reelection bid

Berkeleyside

Mayor Tom Bates this week filed the necessary campaign finance forms that would enable him to run for reelection this November. “I had to file the report, but I’m not officially running for reelection,” Bates told Berkeleyside. “I will make an announce... »

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Assemblyman Rich Gordon holds open house on Feb. 2

Inmenlo

Assemblyman Rich Gordon (Menlo Park) will host an Open House on Thursday, Feb. 2 at his District Office in Los Altos (5050 El Camino Real, Suite 117).  Constituents will have an opportunity to ask the Assemblyman questions, voice their thoughts and con... »

List: What's the Best Voting System for San Francisco?

The Snitch

​Supervisors Sean Elsbernd and Mark Farrell have proposed measures to end Ranked Choice Voting in San Francisco, while David Campos and John Avalos have proposed allowing even more ranked choices on t »

Berkeley property company in court over deposits

Berkeleyside

A Berkeley property company that has refused to return the security deposits of a number of former tenants agreed Wednesday to make some reparation. Cleo and Eula Lekas, the mother and daughter behind Lekas & Associates, agreed to pay Alyson Sato $2,48... »

Ordinance would put restrictions on Castro District plazas

The Public Press Blog

A proposal to regulate two popular Castro District hangouts by restricting chairs and shopping carts is a step closer to becoming city law. The Board of Supervisors will decide Tuesday on an ordinance, which passed the Land Use Committee this week that... »

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