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Residents and students of the Ravenswood School District have been weighing in on what to rename Cesar Chavez Middle School in East Palo Alto. See story on PAGE 6. District image.
Board brings back housing measure state’s constitution almost two years after the idea was first floated. The board The San Mateo County Board of will discuss whether it wants County Supervisors on Tuesday will consider Executive Mike Callagy to put togethresurrecting plans for a ballot measure er a measure for the November ballot. to restrict a state law related to low in- Article 34, added to California law in 1950, states that the government must come housing. Supervisors Noelia Corzo and Lisa get a majority voter approval for any Gauthier are recommending revisiting new government-funded housing dea discussion about Article 34 in the velopments. It gives taxpayers a say in BY JULIA CHIE
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A San Carlos man who set his neighbor’s car on fire because he didn’t like how they took care of their yard was sentenced to eight years in prison, a prosecutor said yesterday. Mark Stephen Alexander, 68, was sentenced to prison after a jury found him guilty of felony arson and vandalism for an incident involving property damage, District Attorney Steve Wag[See NEIGHBOR, page 27]
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