Themes:
Subjects:
EPA Sanitation District, YMCA, Start Up EPA, Betsy Yanez, Peninsula Interfaith Action, EPA Rent Stabilization Board, OEPA, East Palo Alto-Belle Haven Chamber of Commerce
Date of Creation or Publication:
10/05/2023
Creator
Meda O. Okelo
Donor
Betsy Yanez
Language
English
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Interview of Betsy Yanez by Meda Okelo. Topics discussed include her journey to EPA; her activism with One East Palo Alto, Peninsula Interfaith Action, the EPA Rent Stabilization Board, East Palo Alto-Belle Haven Chamber of Commerce, East Palo Alto YMCA, and Start Up EPA; 2004 appointment and later election to the EPA Sanitary District; gentrification; economic development for small businesses; development and Sanitary District infrastructure improvements; and other topics.