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Ben Ahmad Campaigning for EPA City Council

Photograph of Ben Ahmad campaigning for EPA City Council. Ahmad is wearing a button promoting his campaign.

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William C. Woodard Campaign Mailer

Mailer from the campaign for William C. Woodard for EPA City Council. Includes a short letter from Woodard, a list of his endorsements and qualifications,...

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Invitation to Campaign Kick Off and Fundraiser for Stephenie Smith & Myesha Mouton

Invitation to a campaign kickoff and fundraiser event for Stephenie Smith & Myesha Mouton running for EPA Sanitary District Board. Event was held at the...

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Brochure for Marilu Serrano for EPA City Council

Brochure encouraging EPA residents to vote for youth advocate Marilu Serrano for the EPA City Council. Includes a statement from Serrano on her background,...

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Ballot Measures Winners - Peninsula Times Tribune

Article about the strong voter turnout in the EPA April 10, 1984 election.

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Poster: "Measure A Victimizes All the People of East Palo Alto"

Poster against Barbara Mouton and Measure A.

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"SAVE OUR CITY" Leaflet

This leaflet urges against voting for three candidates to the East Palo Alto City Council because said candidates are landlords.

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Utility Tax Wins in East Palo Alto Squeaker - Palo Alto Weekly

Brief write up on Measure H, the ratification of a utility users tax worth about $1 million/year, passing by a margin of 26 votes. Discusses the city's tight...

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East Palo Alto Voters OK Rent Control in Small Turnout - San Jose Mercury News

Article about Measure A, a measure dealing with EPA rent control, passing during a special election. Includes quotes from EPA City Councilman Ruben Abrica.

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Anti-Rent Control Fights Expected to Survive East Palo Alto Vote - San Jose Mercury News

Article about the 1984 election results that upheld EPA's rent control law. Mentions the bill's sponsor, Jack Orr, and his efforts at similar measures in...

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Money Measures Win in Atherton, E. Palo Alto - SF Examiner

Article about the EPA rent control measures that passed during the 1984 election. This measure, which passed by 57.3% of votes, kept controls on large rental...

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Poster: Collapse of Communism, Vote Yes for Measure B

This is a scan of posters that say "Collapse of Communism in China, Poland, and the Soviet Union" and then "Vote YES for Measure B for our homes and for our...

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Unofficial Final Election Results - The Peninsula Times Tribune

Unofficial election results for EPA Measure A on rent control and register of violent crimes and residential burglaries.

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Rent Stabilization & Eviction for Good Cause T-Shirt

T-shirt supporting Rent Stabilization & Eviction for Good Cause with an urge to vote against Measure E.

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East P.A. to Decide Fate of Utility Tax - San Jose Mercury News

Article about EPA voters deciding whether or not to continue paying a utility users tax that added about $1 million to the city's annual budget. Discusses...

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East P.A. Voters Approve Tax - San Jose Mercury News

Article about EPA voters voting yes on Measure A, a tax, and rejecting Measure B, which limited rent control.

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Flyer to Vote No on Measure A, a Rent Control Ordinance

A flyer containing reasons to vote no on Measure A, a rent control ordinance related to low income housing and senior accommodations. Paid for by the Tenants...

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Vote No on I and J and Yes on H in East Palo Alto - San Jose Mercury News

Editorial opinion from the San Jose Mercury News staff about measures in EPA during the upcoming election. Measure I would allocate 10% of the Four Seasons...

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East P.A. Ballot is Battleground for Utility, Hotel Taxes - San Mateo County Times

Article about Measures H, I, and J on the upcoming EPA ballot. Measure I would allocate 10% of the Four Seasons hotel tax (about $200,00/year) to children...

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Council hopeful gets support from local officials - Palo Alto Daily News

Article about the candidates for the two open East Palo Alto City Council seats in the November, 5, 2002 election. Includes whether the candidates are likely...

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Court Skinner for EPA City Council Flyer

Flyer in English and Spanish encouraging people to vote for Court Skinner for EPA City Council. Lists Skinner's involvement in the EPA community and causes...

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Our Campaign Promises are our Commitments

Flyer for Mouton, Blakey, Abrica, Bashir, and Mirembe for EPA City Council. Lists campaign promises, including access to city officials, financial...

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7 Seek to Lead a City in Transition - Palo Alto Weekly

Profile of the seven EPA City Council candidates - Lisa Gauthier, Steward Hyland, Webster Lincoln, Antonio Lopez, Juan Mendez, Larry Moody, and Carlos...

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Flyers from the Tenants and Homeowners for Fair Housing about Measure A

Flyers from the Tenants and Homeowners for Fair Housing urging people to vote yes on Measure A, a rent stabilization ordinance that protected renters rights.

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Brochure for Ruben Abrica for East Palo Alto Municipal Council

Brochure urging people to vote Ruben Abrica into the East Palo Alto Municipal Council during the November 1982 election. Lists Abrica's professional...

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Letter from Duane Bay Following Election

Letter from Duane Bay to his constituents following his successful election to EPA City Council. Includes sections on strategy, volunteers, programs, money...

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Special City Council Meeting Agenda - December 4, 2002

Agenda for a Special City Council Meeting on December 4, 2002 to approve and certify the results of the municipal election in EPA On November 5, 2002. This...

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Sample Ballot for the November 2002 General Election

Sample Ballot for the November 2002 General Election in EPA. Includes candidates' statements for members of the Ravenswood City School District, the...

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Hot Card' from Duane Bay's Campaign

Bright red 'Hot Card' distributed to EPA constituents by Duane Bay during his campaign kickoff event for City Council. Constituents were invited to bring...

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Executive seeks 4-year term - Palo Alto Times

Article about Ralph Cahn running for a four-year term on the Ravenswood City School District (elementary) Board of Trustees. Cahn was seeking one of the...

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Seeks parents' school views - Palo Alto Times

Article about Gerald Marer running for a position on the Board of Trustees of the Ravenswood City School District (elementary).

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Bloc seeks east-of-Bayshore shift - Palo Alto Times

Article about a move to shift the power balance in the Ravenswood City School District (elementary) Board of Trustees to east of Bayshore in the April 20...

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3 candidates form slate - Palo Alto Times

Article about Syrtiller Kabat, Walter Randall, and Robert (Bob) Hoover forming a slate for the Ravenswood City School District (elementary) Board of Trustees.

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Housewife lists Ravenswood goals - Palo Alto Times

Article about the campaign of Betty Johnson of Menlo Park running for the board of the Ravenswood City School District (elementary).

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Residents to press for transfer from Ravenswood to Menlo schools - Palo Alto Times

Article about Suburban Park residents trying to transfer school districts from Ravenswood City School District (elementary) to Menlo Park City School...

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Mouton 1986 Election Promises

List of priorities for political action for Barbara Mouton during her 1986 election for EPA City Council. Mentions rent control and housing, senior citizen...

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Re-Election Letter from Barbara Mouton and the Committee to Re-Elect Barbara Mouton

Letter from Barbara Mouton and the Committee to Re-Elect Barbara Mouton that discusses her past 7 years on the EPA City Council and her decision to run for...

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Flyer to Re-Elect Myrtle Walker to the Ravenswood School Board

Flyer to re-elect Myrtle Walker to the Ravenswood School Board. Lists Myrtle Walker's political achievements and campaign promises as. Includes a call for...

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"10 reasons to recall Coats and Johnson" Pamphlet

Pamphlet from the EPA City Council, Operation Community Shield with a list of ten reasons to recall Coats and Johnson.

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EPA Voters OK Taxes - Peninsula Times Tribune

EPA voters voted to pay off city deficit and rent control was favored by a considerable margin.

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EPA Special Municipal Election Results 1989

EPA Special Municipal Election Results from 1989

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In E. Palo Alto, Courage - Peninsula Times Tribune

Editorial about the people of EPA approving Measure A, a local tax to help fund the new city government.

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Council Counting on Voters - Peninsula Times Tribune

Article about EPA City Council hoping to approve a supplemental tax with the passage of measure A, which would bring in about 900k of additional revenue for...

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Arguments For & Against 1988 Election Measure C

Arguments for and against Measure C prepared by EPA City Councilmembers Barbara Mouton, Ruben Abrica, and John Bostic. Measure C was on the 1988 election...

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Cops awaiting a big raise - Daily News

Article about the City Council raising police officers' salaries 13%, putting them in line with other Bay Area police officers. If Measure H passes, adding a...

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Election Shows Landlord Group's Weakness - Peninsula Times Tribune

Article about the EPA election and passage of rent control Measure A. Discusses the campaigning work of the EPA Private Property Rights Committee and...

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Court Skinner Interview

Interview of Loren "Court" Skinner by Meda Okelo. Topics include: how he came to EPA in 1988; property values then, perception of EPA in the 1980s, his...

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EPA Councilwoman Wilks Will Not Run for Re-Election - Peninsula Times Tribune

Article about EPA City Councilwoman and former EPA Municipal Councilwoman Gertrude Wilks not seeking re-election following the formation of the foundational...

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Election Day - 1996

Photographs from election night 1996 featuring Mary Bay, Duane L. Bay, Duane G. Bay, Barbara Noparstak, Michael Haas, William Webster, and Dee Uhila.

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'No' on H, 'Yes' on I and J - unknown publication

Editorial opinion for upcoming measures H, I, and J on the EPA ballot in 2002. Measure I would allocate 10% of the Four Seasons hotel tax (about...

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Why You Should Vote For Our Slate

Document likely written by Barbara Mouton containing political accomplishments of the EPA City Council since incorporation. Mentions work done to combat drug...

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Selections from The Peninsula Bulletin Vol 6, No 42

Articles from the East of Bayshore Section covering the success of the Ravenswood swim program at Ravenswood Pool, an upcoming party for Ravenswood City...

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Letter from ROMIC to residents about EPA City Council's Vote on ROMIC

Letter from ROMIC's H.M. Schnenider to EPA residents ahead of the 1991 election to recall Warnell Coats and Pat Johnson. Letter claims to share "the true...

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Barbara Mouton and Sharifa Wilson's Campaign Promises and Endorsements

Flyer that covers Barbara Mouton and Sharifa Wilson's political positions on rent control, legalized gambling, ROMIC dumping of toxic wastes, child care...

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Warren Hayman Interview

Interview of Warren Hayman by Jesse Norfleet about Nairobi College and Ravenswood City School District (RCSD). Topics include: his career with RCSD; the...

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The Peninsula Gazette - Vol. 11, No. 9

Full issue of The Peninsula Gazette with coverage of Bob Hoover, Syrtiller Kabat, and James Wilmore entering the Ravenswood City School District election,...

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Melvin & Helen Harvey Harris Interview

Interview of Melvin Harris and Helen Harvey Harris about the Nairobi Legacy. Topics include: Melvin coming to EPA in 1954, his activism in the community,...

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Dr. Omowale Satterwhite Interview

Interview of Omowale Satterwhite by Jesse Norfleet about the Nairobi movement. Topics include: his migration to EPA, attending Stanford, involvement with...

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Tenants Rights in 1983

Interview of Ruben Abrica, Lon Otterby, Carlos Romero and David Skidmore by Dianne Otterby about Tenants Rights in EPA in 1983. Topics include: how they each...

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Nozipo & Vulindlela Wobogo Interview

Interview of Nozipo & Vulindlela Wobogo by Jesse Norfleet. Topics include: why they came to EPA in 1968, working at Drew Health Center, Vulindela's political...

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Ravenswood Post - March 1986 Issue

This issue of the Ravenswood Post covers Measure A, City Council candidate forum, disinvestment in EPA including banks leaving EPA, and development ideas...

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