Theme: Incorporation

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EPACCI

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EPACCI

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"How Do You Spell Relief?" Pamphlet on Incorporation

"How Do You Spell Relief?" pamphlet on incorporation, prepared by EPACCI. Includes information on what is incorporation, why incorporation, what is the...

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East Palo Alto Seminars Couldn't Be More Timely - Peninsula Times Tribune

Article about EPACCI's seminars on "People, Participation and Effective Local Government in East Palo Alto." Lists panelists at the seminars and discussion...

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How Government Works - Peninsula Times Tribune

Article about EPACCI's seminars on "People, Participation and Effective Government in East Palo Alto," which focused on providing citizens with information...

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Incorporate East Palo Alto' Bumper Sticker

Bright yellow 'Incorporate East Palo Alto' bumper sticker.

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Program for EPACCI Event Featuring Judge Thelton Henderson

Program for EPACCI event featuring Keynote Speaker Judge Thelton Henderson. Includes information about the history and structure of EPACCI, as well as the...

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Letter from Carmaleit Oakes of EPACCI to East Palo Altans about Outside Interests on Incorporation

Letter from Carmaleit Oakes of EPACCI to East Palo Altans about outside developers and investors investing money in anti-incorporation campaigns for their...

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EPACCI Meeting Minutes - October 11, 1983

Meeting minutes for the EPACCI meeting. Discusses a financial report, town hall meeting update, community newspaper, recall rumors, good & welfare, and...

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EPACCI MBO Work Plans

MBO Work Plans for three goals: to raise sufficient funds to carry out the objectives of EPACCI, to raise necessary funding to implement a plan aimed at the...

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Work Area: Long Term Mission of EPACCI

Document outlining the activities to ensure the long term mission of EPACCI creating a stable transition to city control. Lists projected dates but not...

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Flyer for Wine & Cheese Event at Impact Realty to Support EPACCI and Incorporation

Flyer for a Wine & Cheese event at Impact Realty to support EPACCI and incorporation.

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Vangard Application Form for EPACCI

Application form for EPACCI to the Vangard Public Foundation. Includes full grant proposal to finance community education and mobilization campaigns in...

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EPACCI Tasks to be Completed Before May 30, 1981

List of EPACCI tasks and goals to meet by May 30, 1981. Highlights discussion community mobilization though questionnaires, block-by-clock outreach, voter...

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EPACCI Proposed Strategy and Work Plan

Document outlining EPACCI's five main goals and three-phase work plan with specific activities and general strategies. Discusses ways to overcome LAFCo...

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Letter to San Mateo County Manager David Nichols from EPACCI

Letter to San Mateo County Manager David Nichols from EPACCI Convenor Carmaleit Oakes. Makes corrections to a San Mateo Board of Supervisors memo and...

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Letter from EPACCI to Congressman McCloskey

Letter from EPACCI Convenor Carmaleit Oakes to Congressman Pete McCloskey thanking him for attending a luncheon on October 25, 1980. Mentions three tasks...

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EPACCI Newsletter - Vol. 1, No. 5

EPACCI Newsletter that covers the nearing deadline for the incorporation application and sub-committee reports.

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EPACCI Newsletter - Vol. 1, No. 2

Issue of the EPACCI Newsletter that includes upcoming events, the endorsement of incorporation by the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, Congressman Pete...

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EPACCI Meeting Agenda - 1/29/1980

EPACCI Meeting Agenda with 11 agenda items, temporary appointments of the EPACCI committees, a budget report, and blank potential membership roster.

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EPACCI Work Plans

Full folder of EPACCI work plans by month with objectives, processes, and person(s) responsible for each objective. Also includes strategy issues, ideas on...

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EPACCI Meeting Minutes - May 18, 1982

Meeting minutes from the EPACCI meeting held May 18, 1982. Includes discussion of the board of supervisors report, a civil rights suit, LAFCo meeting report,...

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Summary of Election Issues Identified During EPACCI Meeting

Summary of election issues identified during EPACCI meeting on April 27, 1982. Listed issues include public information, mobilization, and election...

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Town Hall Meeting on Incorporation Discussion Topics - March 8, 1982

Agenda for an EPA Town Hall meeting with discussion topics, presenters of those topics, and attached overhead slide contents. Includes some handwritten...

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EPACCI Proposal for Grant Funding from the Peninsula Community Foundation

Grant proposal from the Institute for the Study of Community Economic Development (ISCED) Community Development Institute to Peninsula Community Foundation...

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EPACCI Meeting Agenda - January 26, 1982

Meeting Agenda for the EPACCI meeting held January 26, 1982. Includes agenda items and their originators with some handwritten notes by Barbara Mouton.

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EPACCI Public Information Committee Workplan, Dec 1981-April 1982

EPACCI Public Information Committee work plan from December 1981 to April 1982. Includes list of activities with completion dates and coordinators. Some...

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EPACCI Quarterly Progress Report Submitted to the East Palo Alto Municipal Council

EPACCI quarterly progress report submitted to the EPA Municipal Council. Includes updates on meaning correspondence and communications, general operations,...

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Citizens Involvement in Local Government Seminars Slated in EPA - Peninsula Times Tribune

Local news article about EPACCI, FORUM on Community and the Environment, The Institute for the Study of Community Economic Development/Community Development...

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EPACCI Advocate Committee Topics

List of advocate committee topics, including ballot issues, EPACCI's concern for North of Euclid, on-going communications, and conversations with the...

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EPACCI Suggested Areas of Consideration During Work Plan Session Held October 28, 1981

EPACCI suggested areas of consideration during work plan session held on October 28, 1981. Includes fundraising efforts to fund legal defense, operations,...

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EPACCI Income and Expenditures as of September 30, 1981

EPACCI income and expenditures as of September 30, 1981. Includes previous balances, expenses, and savings balances

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Proposal Letter to Incorporate, Submitted by EPACCI

Proposal Letter to incorporate submitted by EPACCI. Outlines the demographics of EPA, major problems faced by the community, and the community's interest in...

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City of EPA Inauguration Ceremony Invitation

Invitation to EPACCI's City of EPA inauguration ceremonies for the newly incorporated city of EPA at Ravenswood Recreation Park.

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"Don't Hesitate, Incorporate" EPACCI Pins

Three pins distributed by EPACCI with the slogan "Don't Hesitate, Incorporate."

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'Don't Hesitate Incorporate' Bumper Sticker

Don't Hesitate Incorporate' bumper sticker urging people to support East Palo Alto's incorporation efforts in 1980

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Fact Sheet on Incorporation - Vol. 1, No. 1

Fact sheet on incorporation, published and compiled by EPACCI. Features sections on general issues, the incorporation process, the new city, financing the...

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Two Tickets to the EPACCI City Inauguration Celebration

Two tickets to the EPACCI City Inauguration Celebration featuring Storm & Necessity, held at the Hyatt Palo Alto.

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'Incorporate EPA' Banner Over University Avenue

Photograph of 'Incorporate EPA' banner over University Avenue entrance to EPA. This banner being re-installed is mentioned in the EPACCI Newsletter - Vol. 2,...

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EPACCI Incorporation Financial FAQ Sheet

FAQ sheet from EPACCI covering questions such as where will our new city get its funds, how will our new city spend its funds, what is out city budget, who...

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EPACCI Positioning Statement Calling for an Incorporation Election in East Palo Alto, California on November 3, 1981

Position statement authored by EPACCI calling for an incorporation election in East Palo Alto, California on November 3, 1981. Includes background...

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EPACCI Key Incorporation Questions and Responses

Document from EPACCI with common incorporation questions and responses. Discusses rent subsidy programs, public and police services, and financial...

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EPACCI 1980 Action Plan with Cover Letter, Committees, and Budgets

EPACCI 1980 Action plan organization's goals and plan for the 1980 year. Includes a cover letter to prospective EPACCI members from Convenor Omowale...

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Fact Sheet on Incorporation - Vol. 1, No. 2

This document defines and explains the benefits of incorporation and economic issues related to the incorporation of EPA. It includes a detailed breakdown...

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Proceedings from Menlo Park Annexation Committee's (MPAC) Challenge of the Upcoming Incorporation Election

Legal proceedings, points, and findings for the MPAC's challenge of the upcoming incorporation election.

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Draft of Robert Lowe's "History of Incorporation"

Draft of Robert Lowe's report on the history of incorporation of East Palo Alto starts in the 1850s through the formation of EPACCI in 1980 and then...

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Decisions in the CA Court of Appeal for Joseph Horwath et al vs. LAFCo and EPACCI

Full decisions in the CA Court of Appeal for Joseph Horwath et al vs. LAFCo and EPACCI.

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Incorporation and the Church are Partners in Progress

Article about how the churches of EPA met for a discussion on incorporation effort so that they could take the incorporation message to their parishioners....

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EPACCI 'Let's Incorporate' T-Shirt

T-shirt from the East Palo Alto Citizens' Committee on Incorporation (EPACCI) with message to incorporate EPA on the front and back.

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Agenda for EPACCI Meeting - April 24, 1984

Agenda for EPACCI meeting on April 24, 1984. Includes announcements, a final report on the April 10th election, a progress report on planning for Juneteenth...

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Argument in Favor of Proposition A

Argument for the April 15, 1982 sample ballot in favor of Proposition A: the incorporation of East Palo Alto. Proposition A helps to establish the new city...

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Argument in Favor of Proposition B

Final draft argument for the April 15, 1982 sample ballot in favor of Proposition B: the dissolution of East Palo Alto Water Works District as a part of the...

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Argument in Favor of Proposition C

Final draft argument for the April 15, 1982 sample ballot in favor of Proposition C: the dissolution of East Palo Alto Sanitary District as part of the...

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Argument in Favor of Proposition D

Final draft argument for the April 15, 1982 sample ballot in favor of Proposition D: the dissolution of county service area No. 5 and Ravenswood Recreation...

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Election Statistics from April 13, 1982 East Palo Alto Incorporation Election

Election statistics from April 13, 1982 East Palo Alto incorporation election. Includes attached sheets with summaries of proposition votes by precinct,...

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Letter from Barbara Mouton to Supervisor Jacqueline Speier

Letter from Barbara Mouton to San Mateo County Supervisor Jacqueline Speier with context about the distinction between the EPA Municipal Council and EPACCI...

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McCloskey: The Only Way for Attaining Self-Respect - Peninsula Times Tribune

Article about Representative Pete McCloskey's position to support EPA's incorporation. Mentions McCloskey's presence at EPACCI's luncheon and his response to...

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EPACCI Newsletter - Vol. 2, No. 2

EPACCI newsletter that covers misinformation being spread by LAFCo about incorporation, upcoming Juneteenth celebrations, a salute to Chester Prince, a facts...

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Juneteenth '81 Celebration Program

Program for the 1981 Juneteenth Celebration, hosted by the Ravenswood Recreation and Park District. Includes ads and comments from the East Palo Alto...

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Dr. Omowale Satterwhite Wearing an EPACCI Pin

Photograph of Dr. Omowale Satterwhite wearing an EPACCI pin and in front of a "Peoples of Africa" poster.

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Flyer for the April 1982 Incorporation Election

Flyer produced and distributed by EPACCI for the April 1982 incorporation election. Encourages voters to support all four incorporation propositions. Reverse...

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Voter Statistics for the April 1982 East Palo Alto Incorporation Election

Voter statistics for the April 1982 EPA incorporation election. Breakdown of registered voters, votes cast, and percent cast for measures A, B, C, and D.

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Business Card Supporting the Incorporation Election

Business card distributed by EPACCI supporting the incorporation election and four city council candidates: Ruben Abrica, James Blakey, Barbara Mouton, and...

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"It's a Real Deal" Pamphlet to Vote Yes on Proposition A

"It's a Real Deal" pamphlet made and distributed by EPACCI that encouraged voters to "Vote Yes on Proposition A" and "Vote Yes for the new city of East Palo...

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"Vote Yes Today" Incorporation Poster

Poster urging EPA residents to "Vote Yes Today" in reference to incorporation elections.

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Pro and Con: Should East Palo Alto Become a City? - Peninsula Times Tribune

Comment section with opposing articles for and against incorporation. "Community is fully capable of ruling itself" written by Omowale Satterwhite of EPACCI...

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Resolution of Appreciation from EPA Municipal Council to EPACCI

Resolution of appreciation from the EPA Municipal Council to EPACCI. Acknowledges EPACCI's convenor, Carmaleit Oakes and details the LAFCo process to...

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A 50-Year Debate Will End Soon in East P.A. - Peninsula Times Tribune

Article about LAFCo considering whether EPA should be incorporated or be annexed by neighboring Menlo Park. Includes some background on incorporation efforts...

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Is a SM County Report Biased on Incorporation? - Peninsula Times Tribune

Article about EPACCI's response to the LAFCo study on incorporation and annexation to Menlo Park. EPACCI's response claimed that LAFCo presented the worse...

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Invitation to an EPACCI-Hosted Luncheon with Keynote Speaker Congressman McCloskey

Invitation letter from EPACCI Convenor Carmaleit Oakes about an EPACCI-hosted luncheon with keynote speaker Congressman Pete McCloskey at Rickey's Hyatt....

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EPACCI Newsletter - Vol. 2, No. 3

EPACCI Newsletter that covers updates from the LAFCo meetings, EPACCI establishing a legal defense fund, a salute to Carolyn Greenly, a warning about the...

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The EPACCI Response to the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Menlo Park/East Palo Alto and Districts Sphere of Influence Study

Response from EPACCI to the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the Menlo Park/East Palo Alto and Districts Sphere of Influence Study prepared by...

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EPACCI Resolution Supporting Incorporation

Includes a blank Resolution form for organizations to use to support EPACCI and EPA's incorporation efforts and another pledging EPACCI's support of the EPA...

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Poetry Works Newsletter Vol 3, No 28

Edition of the Poetry Works newsletter by Poetess Kalamu Chaché. Includes "A Brother is Wonderful" poem as well as an update on business progress, an excerpt...

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Frank J. Omowale Satterwhite: A Transformative Life

Article about the life and accomplishments of Dr. Omowale Satterwhite, written by Bill Wong. Includes sections on Satterwhite's upbringing in Akron, Ohio,...

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Trevor Burrowes Interview

Interview of Trevor Burrowes by Meda Okelo. Topics discussed include the Black Power Movement, Ed Becks, Ida Berk, Nairobi College, Incorporation, the Weeks...

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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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