What is Measure P?
Measure P prohibits the City of Menlo Park from making changes to City-owned downtown parking lot properties including selling, leasing, authorizing housing development, or constructing improvements.
What is the City of Menlo Park planning to do with surface lots in downtown Menlo Park?
The City of Menlo Park plans to replace surface lots with modern garages, improve bike and pedestrian access, and add affordable homes above to make downtown more accessible for families, seniors, and people with disabilities.
Will adding housing be good for local businesses in downtown Menlo Park?
In nearby communities, adding housing downtown has increased foot traffic and strengthened local businesses.
What does this mean for housing?
Measure P will permanently block new affordable homes at the only city-owned land that is located within walking distance to transit, parks, shops, in a high performing school district, and available for development.
Will Measure P cost taxpayers?
If passed, Measure P will conflict with state law and require Menlo Park taxpayers to foot the bill to defend the initiative, including endless appeals in court no matter the merits of the case.
What if the City wants to make future improvements to downtown parking lots?
Measure P would mandate a citywide vote for any future improvements and would block essential upgrades to downtown parking in Menlo Park.
Is there another site to build affordable homes downtown?
No. If Measure P, we risk losing local control of our own land use decisions by eliminating the only site in the city’s plan for affordable homes that is located within walking distance to transit, in the high performing school district, and available for development in the next five years.