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Post-Depression Period Timeline Collection (1936-1959)
Selections from the collection related to agriculture and farming traditions in East Palo Alto, t...
Ruben Avelar Collection
Artifacts donated by Ruben Avelar, an East Palo Alto resident and founder of the Raices de Mexico...
The East Palo Alto Progress Collection
Published issues of the local East Palo Alto Progress newspaper.
Wear Your Pride Clothing Collection
T-shirts, sweatshirts, and other apparel items created by the City of East Palo Alto and local no...
East Palo Alto General Plans
A collection of EPA City General Plans. A general plan includes the following elements: land use,...
Early Townships Timeline Collection (1850-1935)
Selections from the collection related to the early townships of Ravenswood, Runnymede, and the C...
Nairobi Movement Timeline Collection (1960-1979)
Selections from the collection related to the social, cultural, and political activism of the Nai...
Barbara Noparstak Collection
Artifacts donated by devoted East Palo Alto community member Barbara Noparstak.
The Ohlone Nation Timeline Collection (1000BC-present)
Selections from the collection related to the Ohlone Nation; the city of East Palo Alto exists on...
Duane Bay Collection
Artifacts donated by former East Palo Alto mayor and city councilmember Duane Bay. Mr. Bay has be...
Incorporation of East Palo Alto Timeline Collection (1980 - 1994)
Selections from the Archive related to the efforts to incorporate East Palo Alto, including the E...
Community Revitalization Timeline Collection (1995-2010)
Selections from the collection related to community economic development such as the Ravenswood 1...
Sharifa Wilson Collection
Artifacts contributed by East Palo Alto resident, former Mayor, and East Palo Alto Community Arch...
Meda O Okelo Collection
Artifacts contributed by longtime East Palo Alto resident, Meda Okelo, that focus on community ce...
Community Preservation & Transformation Timeline Collection (2011-present)
Selections from the collection related to the effects of gentrification and influx of the tech in...
People of EPA Video Collection
Videos from the #PeopleofEPA documentary video series produced for the EPA Community Archive.
Raices de Mexico Collection
Photographs, programs, and organizational artifacts donated by and related to Raices de Mexico, a...
Barbara Mouton Collection
Artifacts compiled by Barbara Mouton throughout her time as East Palo Alto's Mayor and City Counc...
East Palo Alto City Budget Collection
A collection of East Palo Alto City budget documents and articles about the City's budget.
Dr Syrtiller Kabat Collection
A collection of artifacts donated by educator, activist, and former East Palo Alto resident Dr. S...
Estela Guerrero Collection
A collection of artifacts contributed by East Palo Alto resident and Ravenswood High School Alumn...
Dr Omowale Satterwhite Collection
Artifacts donated by and documenting the long career of Dr. Omowale Satterwhite. Dr. Satterwhite ...
Nairobi College Collection
Artifacts documenting the history, events, and legacy of Nairobi College and the Nairobi Alumni A...
East Palo Alto Library Collection
Photographs and artifacts produced or donated by the East Palo Alto Library, documenting its hist...
William Byron Webster Collection
Artifacts donated by East Palo Alto resident and long-term activist. His collection is eclectic b...
Ravenswood City School District Collection
Artifacts produced by or contributed by the Ravenswood City School District.
Ravenswood High School Collection
Artifacts documenting the history of Ravenswood High School before its closure in 1976. These pho...
EPACA Oral History Collection
Oral history interviews conducted by volunteers of the East Palo Alto Community Archive to captur...
Artifacts related to
incorporation
newspaper
East P.A. Cityhood Foes Appeal to Supreme Court - San Jose Mercury News
Article about going appeals of the incorporation election results by Pete McCloskey on the supreme court level. Includes timeline of appeals process with...
document
Incorporation of East Palo Alto: Record of Court Decisions
A bound document that compiles the court history and proceedings related to the incorporation of EPA and all hearings that followed the vote.
document
Citizen Participation in Local Government: A Mayoral View
A study that provides an overview of various ways that citizens can participate in local government affairs so that the government can best serve their...
document
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...
document
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.
newspaper
East Palo Alto's Journey Toward Cityhood - Peninsula Times Tribune
Timeline of EPA's journey to self-governance. Begins in February 1931 with the East Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce proposing incorporation to remain...
document
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...
document
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...
document
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...
document
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...
document
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,...
document
Wilks Speaks Out - unknown publication
Article (from an unknown publication) about Gertrude Wilks' outspoken nature about incorporation. Mentions that she is leading the suit against the EPA City...
document
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...
newspaper
New Vote Challenge in E. Palo Alto Lawsuit - Peninsula Times Tribune
Article about a lawsuit that CCAIN brought against the EPA incorporation election in the San Mateo County Superior Court. CCAIN wanted the hand-delivered...
newspaper
Time for Reconciliation - Peninsula Times Tribune
Editorial about Judge John Cruikshank declaring that the EPA incorporation election result should stand and that the election had been run properly....
document
Setback won't halt E. Palo Alto - Peninsula Times Tribune
Article about how the 1st Appellate District Court of San Francisco's decision that 106 ballots from the incorporation election were of questionable validity...
document
An Unquestioned City At Last - San Jose Mercury News
Editorial about the CA Supreme Court unanimously upholding the incorporation of EPA.
document
It's Adams vs. McCloskey With an Entire City at Stake - Peninsula Times Tribune
Article about the CA Supreme Court deciding to rule on an Appeals Court ruling about EPA's incorporation election.
document
McCloskey Memo Irks E. Palo Altans - San Jose Mercury News
Article on Pete McCloskey offering secret recall advice to Tom Spieker.
document
East Palo Alto incorporation opponents ask higher court to overturn judge's ruling - Peninsula Times Tribune
Article about opponents of EPA's incorporation appealing to the state First Appellate District in San Francisco.
document
Ruling will be appealed - Peninsula Times Tribune
Article about a group of EPA voters coming together to challenge the recent incorporation vote claiming voter fraud. Mentions legal representation by Pete...
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McCloskey predicts he'll win appeal - Peninsula Times Tribune
Article about Pete McCloskey predicting he'll win his appeal efforts. Reviews the San Mateo Superior Court case, McCloskey's attempts to play a secretly...
document
Who was unethical? - Peninsula Times Tribune
Letter to the editor submitted by Eulesly Reese, Gertrude Wilks, and Julia Harvey to the Peninsula Times Tribune containing a response to an earlier...
document
East Palo Alto beats election challenge - Peninsula Times Tribune
Article about San Mateo County Superior Court Judge John Cruikshank ruling that EPA's incorporation election was legal.
document
Judge bans secret recording - Peninsula Times Tribune
Article about the judge in the EPA incorporation trial, SMC Superior Court Judge John Cruikshank, refusing to introduce as evidence secretly recorded...
document
City Celebrates Court Ruling - San Francisco Examiner
Article about the CA Supreme Court ruling in favor of EPA's incorporation. Focuses on Carmeleit Oakes who spearheaded incorporation efforts for over 10 years.
newspaper
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...
document
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.
document
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...
document
"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.
newspaper
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...
newspaper
Supreme Court Near Decision on Cityhood - East Palo Alto Progress
Article from local newspaper The East Palo Alto Progress about the ongoing legal battle over EPA's incorporation. Includes a brief review of the legal battle...
document
High Court Upholds Cityhood - Palo Alto Times Tribune
Article about the US Supreme Court deciding not to hear the case of EPA's incorporation, ending the litigation battle that followed the 1983 cityhood...
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E. Palo Alto Cityhood Upheld - San Francisco Examiner
Article about the US Supreme Court upholding the 1983 cityhood incorporation election for EPA. Includes an interview with Barbara Mouton.
document
East Palo Alto cityhood election legal - San Francisco Examiner
Article about San Mateo County Superior Court Judge John Cruikshank ruling that the EPA incorporation election was legal with no evidence of fraud.
document
East P.A. May Remain a City, Court Says - San Jose Mercury News
Article about the California Supreme Court unanimously ruling that EPA may remain an incorporated city. Continuation of article not included.
document
Order from the Supreme Court of the United States for Gertrude Wilks, et al., vs. Barbara Mouton, et al.
Order from the Supreme Court of the United States for Gertrude Wilks, et al., vs. Barbara Mouton, et al. Includes letter from clerk Joseph Spaniol to Ann...
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Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the Supreme Court of the State of CA for Gertrude Wilks, et al., vs. Barbara Mouton, et al.
Petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of the State of CA for Gertrude Wilks, et al., vs. Barbara Mouton, et al.. Includes questions...
document
Opinions for Gertrude Wilks, et al., vs. Barbara Mouton, et al., in the CA Supreme Court
Concurring opinions for Gertrude Wilks, et al., vs. Barbara Mouton, et al., in the CA Supreme Court
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Order Modifying Opinion and Denying Rehearing in Gertrude Wilks, et al., vs. Barbara Mouton, et al. in the First Appellate District of CA
Order modifying opinion and denying rehearing in Gertrude Wilks, et al., vs. Barbara Mouton, et al. in the First Appellate District of CA.
document
Opinions in Gertrude Wilks, et al. vs. Barbara Mouton, et al., in the First Appellate District of CA
Concurring and Dissenting opinions in Gertrude Wilks, et al. vs. Barbara Mouton, et al., in the First Appellate District of CA.
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Appellants' Opening Brief for Gertrude Wilks, et al., vs. Barbara Mouton, et al., in the First Appeals Court of CA
Appellants' opening brief for Gertrude Wilks, et al., vs. Barbara Mouton, et al., in the First Appeals Court of CA. Includes the statement of the case, the...
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Judgment for Gertrude Wilks, et al., vs. Barbara Mouton, et al. in the CA Superior Court
Judgment for Gertrude Wilks, et al., vs. Barbara Mouton, et al. in the CA Superior Court. Includes signature from Judge John Cruikshank of the Superior Court.
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Finding of Fact and Conclusions of Law for Gertrude Wilks, et al., vs. Barbara Mouton, et al. in the CA Superior Court
Finding of fact and conclusions of law for Gertrude Wilks, et al., vs. Barbara Mouton, et al. in the CA Superior Court.
document
Complete Listing and Categories of Challenged Voters in Gertrude Wilks, et al., vs. Barbara Mouton, et al., in the Superior Court of CA
Complete listing and categories of challenged voters in Gertrude Wilks, et al., vs. Barbara Mouton, et al., in the Superior Court of CA. Includes all...
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Contestants' Responses to Interrogatories Propounded by Defendant San Mateo County for Wilks, et al., vs. Mouton, et al.
Full contestants' responses to interrogatories presented by Defendant San Mateo County for Gertrude Wilks, et al., vs. Barbara Mouton, et al. Includes...
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City of East Palo Alto Trial Brief for CA State Superior Court Hearing of Gertrude Wilks, et al., v. Barbara Mouton, et al.
Full City of East Palo Alto trial brief for CA State Superior Court Hearing of Gertrude Wilks, et al., v. Barbara Mouton, et al.. Includes introduction,...
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Appellants' Opening Brief in LAFCo and EPACCI vs. Joseph Horwath et al.
Full appellants' opening brief in LAFCo and EPACCI vs. Joseph Horwath et al.
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Hearing of Writ Mandate for Joseph Horwath v. Local Agency Formation
Hearing of writ mandate for Joseph Horwath v. Local Agency Formation. Includes full decision text
document
"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...
newspaper
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...
newspaper
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...
document
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...
newspaper
EPACCI Newsletter - Vol. 1, No. 5
EPACCI Newsletter that covers the nearing deadline for the incorporation application and sub-committee reports.
document
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...
document
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.
document
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."
newspaper
Decision Upholds Cityhood - Peninsula Times Tribune
Article about the CA Supreme Court unanimously upholding EPA's cityhood election results from July 1983.
document
Letter and List of Ballots Not Being Challenged in Wilks v. Mouton
Letter from Wilks attorney Paul McCloskey to Judge John Cruikshank about 121 ballots not being challenged in the Gertrude Wilks, et al., vs. Barbara Mouton,...
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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.
photograph
'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...
newspaper
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...
newspaper
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...
newspaper
Political, Legal Fights Trouble Community - Peninsula Times Tribune
Article about major political events and conflicts in EPA during the first year after incorporation, including an election fraud lawsuit, an emergency rent...
newspaper
Minority City: A Casebook - Los Angeles Times
A long article about EPA's battle for independent cityhood and the implications of EPA's victory for other minority communities. Includes a map orienting EPA...
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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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