Please join the Los Altos Community Coalition meeting 

“Federal Budget Threats to Local Public Safety, Health & Education" 

• Friday, April 18, 8:30 am
• Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86060832407
• Meeting ID: 860 6083 2407 

Hear from Margaret Abe-Koga, Santa Clara County Supervisor; Jessica Speiser, Santa Clara County Board of Education; and Pete Dailey, Los Altos Mayor. Please feel free to forward this information to others. LACC meetings are always open to the public.

LWV of Palo Alto Lunch with League Speaker Event

"Local news is in crisis: Does it have a future on the Peninsula?"

• Wednesday, April 23, 2025, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
  Sobrato Center for Nonprofits, Redwood Room, 3460 West Bayshore Road, Palo Alto
• Speaker: Adam Dawes CEO, Embarcadero Media Foundation
• Registration Link  RSVP before 4/21. Don’t forget to indicate lunch information.

Local news is a cornerstone of our democracy, but it has been in crisis nationwide. At its 2024 convention the League of Women Voters recognized that the decline of local news is a threat to democracy. Adam Dawes will describe how the news business has changed and how Embarcadero Media is evolving to meet these trends and preserve the Palo Alto Weekly, Almanac, Mountain View Voice, and Redwood City Pulse for years to come.

Highlights from Observer Notes for Los Altos City Council Meetings, March 2025 

• the Council upheld its decision to allow construction of an outdoor library patio.
• the Council will modify its municipal code to allow for contract parking enforcers to monitor parking in the city thus freeing up the police for other police services.

"California's Housing Crisis: Policy Barriers & Solutions."

The League of Women Voters of California is excited to announce the second event in our three-part advocacy webinar series. 

• Tuesday, April 29, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm 
• Panel: Corey Smith – Executive Director, Housing Action Coalition; Noerena Limón – Chief Executive Officer, Casita Coalition; Cesar Covarrubias– Executive Director, Kennedy Commission.
• Moderated by: Teri Neustaedter, President, League of Women Voters of the Beach Cities
• Register today.

Why is there a housing problem in California? What barriers are preventing communities from accessing affordable housing? What can we do to improve access to and availability of affordable housing?

Challenging Trump’s Recent Anti-Voter Executive Order

A coalition of voting rights organizations filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the District of Columbia to challenge President Trump’s unlawful executive order on voting.

The order attempts to seize the power to set voter registration rules from Congress and the states and doing so in a way that would violate federal law and the Constitution if carried out by the Election Assistance Commission (EAC).

Key provisions of Trump’s order could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters, particularly voters of color, women voters, naturalized citizens, voters with disabilities, voters with low incomes, and first-time voters.

Read more. A link to the complaint is here. 

Grassroots Activism: How You Can Take Action!

Choose one or two issues on which to focus your activist efforts.

 This will allow you to be far more effective. Besides the national protest on April 5, you can 

• Contact your elected officials: use the League’s action alerts to easily email your representatives on important issues, including voting rights. 
• Attend local government meetings: A crowd of citizens attending a local government meeting can be very compelling.  
• Boycott: You have consumer power. Best to boycott as a collective action to pressure a company or organization.