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BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer
Taxpayers will foot the bill for 13 years of former sheriff Christina Corpus’s health insurance — worth an estimated $500,000 — after she was fired by the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors for hiring her alleged lover and retaliating against her critics.
“My 14-year-old is severely autistic and requires special medical and educational services,” she said in a court declaration.
Corpus is also receiving a monthly
That’s according to documents Corpus filed in a lawsuit against supervisors to challenge her firing, which led to her early retirement. Corpus, 55, of San Bruno, said she only retired so she could keep health insurance for herself and her children, aged 16 and 14.
SUNNYVALE FIRE: Two-dozen people were displaced yesterday in Sunnyvale after a fire ripped through an apartment complex, the Department of Public Safety said. Fire crews were called to an eight-unit building at 1642 Kirkland Drive at 10:43 a.m., it took about an hour for the fire to be extinguished. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
LIFE WITHOUT BUTLER: Steve Kerr and the Golden State Warriors are still coming to terms with how dramatically their season changes now given Jimmy Butler’s season-ending right knee injury and how they must depend on their depth going forward without the do-everything guard.
WALZ SUBPOENAED: Federal prosecutors have served six grand jury subpoenas to Minnesota officials, including Gov. Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Attorney General Keith Ellison, as part of an investigation into whether they obstructed or impeded federal law enforcement during a sweeping immigration operation in Minneapolis.
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pension from the San Mateo County Employees’ Retirement Association, but the amount hasn’t been disclosed.
Her pension is based on her years of employment, her final salary and the retirement plan she selected.
Corpus worked her way up the ranks in the sheriff’s office for over 20 years and made $384,246 in total pay plus
$253,871 in benefits in 2024, according to records from Transparent California. Investigators found that Corpus promoted realtor Victor Aenlle to the top of the sheriff’s office without disclosing their close personal relationship, and that she had the deputy’s union president arrested for criticizing her operation.
Leading up to her firing, Corpus said she reached out to County Counsel
President Donald Trump plans to use a key address today to try to convince Americans he can make housing more affordable, but he’s picked a strange backdrop for the speech: a Swiss mountain town where ski chalets for vacations cost a cool $4.4 million.
On the anniversary of his inauguration, Trump is flying to the World Economic Forum in Davos — an annual gathering of the global elite — where he may see many of the billionaires he has surrounded himself with during his first year back in the White House.
Trump had campaigned on lowering the cost of living, painting himself as a populist while serving fries at a McDonald’s drive-thru. But in office, his public schedules suggest he’s traded the Golden Arches for a gilded age, devoting more time to cavorting with the wealthy
BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer
Chancellor Ron Galatolo guilty of tax evasion, but is undecided whether he took any bribes or misappropriated district money.
Galatolo was found guilty of eight counts of tax evasion, facing a maximum of 10 years in prison, District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said. He was also found innocent of one count of perjury.
Jurors will continue to deliberate the remaining 18 charges against Galatolo today. Galatolo, 62, of Menlo Park, is facing 27 felonies, including tax evasion, perjury, conflict of interest, misuse of public funds and embezzlement.
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BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer
Three Virginia men who scammed people in San Mateo County into fixing their roofs but would overcharge were sentenced to four years in prison after taking a plea deal yesterday, a prosecutor said.
Charlie Anderson, 23, David Anderson, 41, and Darren Temple, 41, all from Herndon, Virg., pled no contest to using a fake company name and overcharging elderly residents for unnecessary construction work, said District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe.
The trio had heavy Irish accents, used fake names for “clients” and used stolen contractors’ licenses, according to Wagstaffe. The men used the fake company names “Statewide Roofing and Siding” and “Teco
Roofing and Masonry.” The men were arrested on May 8 in San Mateo after a man reported that he believed the roofing company he hired to repair the roof of his mother's home at the 1400 block of Carlisle in San Mateo was scamming him, police said at the time. The company kept increasing the amount of work needed on the roof and the total cost. After the man agreed to a free roof inspection, he gave the trio $15,000 to fix the roof.
They kept finding more problems and asked the man for more money and he gave them a total amount of $62,500, according to Wagstaffe.
There was a total of five victims who lived in San Mateo and Redwood City, and the trio will have to pay $179,211 in restitution to the victims, Wagstaffe said.
A person was killed in a collision on the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge yesterday, the CHP said. All westbound lanes on state Highway 92 on the bridge were closed until about 7 p.m. while investigators handle the scene, the CHP said.
According to the CHP, around 2:45 p.m., two vehicles were involved in a collision on westbound Highway 92 east of the midspan.
A sedan and a white van collided, the reason why is still under investigation, the CHP said. A passenger of the van was taken to the hospital and the driver of the sedan was pronounced deceased at the scene, the CHP said.
boarded and taken control of a seventh oil tanker connected with Venezuela. U.S. forces apprehended the Motor Vessel Sagitta yesterday “without incident” and the tanker was operating in defiance of President Trump’s "established quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean.”
WALL STREET SINKS: Stocks sank on Wall Street after President Trump threatened to hit eight European countries with new tariffs as tensions escalate over his attempts to assert American control over Greenland. The S&P 500 fell 2.1% yesterday, its biggest drop since October. Technology stocks were the biggest weights.
BUSFIELD RELEASED: A judge has ordered that actor Timothy Busfield be released from jail during a detention hearing on child sex abuse charges. The order yesterday by state district court Judge David Murphy is linked to accusations that Busfield inappropriately touched a minor while working as a director on the set of the series “The Cleaning Lady.” Busfield will be supervised upon release, and can leave the state to live at home.
NETFLIX INTENSIFIES WB BID: Netflix is now offering to buy Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio and streaming business in an all-cash $72 billion deal. Yesterday, Netflix and Warner announced a revised transaction to simplify the structure and speed up a shareholder vote. Meanwhile, Paramount has made a $77.9 billion offer and plans a proxy fight.
VANCE EXPECTING: Vice President JD Vance and his wife, second lady Usha Vance, are expecting a son, their fourth child, in late July, they announced yesterday.
San Mateo County Coroner: Jan. 19
Josip. J. Odzak, 86, no hometown listed
Xu W. Lao, 63, of San Leandro
Jane Margaret Paulson, 79, of Menlo Park
Mark Padia, 35, of Daly City
Ronald Agustin Borja, 58, of Daly City
Constance Roedder, 78, of South San Francisco
Charles Kevin Hoadley, 72, of Deep River
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John Brandon Picazo Lacayanga, 28, of San Francisco
Jesus Bautista, 90, of Daly City
Robert Michael Swall, 73, of San Bruno
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Robert Caughlan, 82, of San Mateo
Jose Decourk, 98, of San Bruno
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Peter Defea, 66, of South San Francisco
Juan Reyes, 49, of San Mateo
Veronica Foster-Rutledge, 79, of San Mateo
Cesar Feraren Formoso, 83, of Daly City
Andre Lamonte Gomes Sr., 56, of Colma
Antonio Arenas Mendoza, 88, of South San Francisco
Hailey Charise Gabbard, 26, of San Francisco
Manuel Rabara Rapada, 74, of Daly City
Bruce Michael Bellotti, 71, of Daly City
Santa Clara County Medical Examiner: Dec. 28
Thomas Fogarty, 91, of Mountain View
Charles Steele, 83, of Sunnyvale
Luca Chiaro, 16, of Burlingame
Dec. 27
Paul Razon, 46, of San Mateo
Kevin McCarthy, 31, of East Palo Alto
Martson Bloom, 78, of Sunnyvale
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Michael Portier, 48, of Sunnyvale
Shenpei Shen, 31, of Mountain View
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John Waller, 44, of Mountain View
Heriberto Vazquez Jr., 58, of Sunnyvale
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Dale Anderson, 66, of Sunnyvale
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Mohinder Sood, 94, of Sunnyvale
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The inmates are running the asylum.
That statement applies to the teachers at Palo Alto High School. A group of students who are eager to learn about advanced math are asking for multivariable calculus, and teacher Daniel Nguyen has obtained a master’s degree in order to teach it.
The school board told Paly to add the class on Dec. 16, but the teachers council said no.
Apparently the school is run by a committee of teachers, called the council of administrators and instructors, who oppose adding the class.
The teachers council said such a class would increase pressure on students and reduce “wellness.”
Oddly enough, that’s not a problem in the Mountain View Los Altos High School District, where the class is currently offered.
The school board needs to lay down the law and tell the teachers council that the class will be offered, whether
they like it or not. Teachers who refuse the school board’s orders will be terminated due to insubordination.
If the board accepts this defiance, then it’s time for parents to either start charter school focusing on academics or elect school board members with backbones.
Speaking of the school board, they’re refusing to hold a study session to talk about whether the $941-per-year parcel tax is still needed.
Former board member Todd Collins argues that the money the district gets from regular property taxes is increasing while enrollment is decreasing.
Collins says that 10 years ago, the district’s total funding was about $16,000 a student. This year, that number is more than double — $35,000 per student. The amount is greater than what the parcel tax generates. Therefore the parcel tax isn’t needed.But the board won’t even talk about that. So it looks
like we’ll see a tax renewal measure on the June ballot.
Last week, the district spent tax funds on a campaign mailer. It gives the benefits of the renewal tax and none of the drawbacks or counter arguments.
Dear Editor: So a so-called council of academic and instructional “leaders” at Paly has rejected Paly teacher Daniel Nguyen’s proposal to teach advanced multi-variable calculus. Their reasoning: Offering the course might result in too much pressure on students.
These so-called “leaders” should spare us of the “one size fits all” mentality. Let Mr. Nguyen, clearly a great American, teach.
Where is their logic? These leaders apparently believe competing to be one of the starters on the boys’ basketball team is fine, but allowing competition to succeed in multivariable calculus is not. They cite the fact that only 6%
of the students might participate in the class, as validation for their denial. Yet that number is many times greater than the five boys that will start on Paly’s basketball team.
Maybe these experts should stop sports competition also.
Everyone knows these “leaders’” stance has nothing to do with academics and everything to do with modern, left wing ideology. Follow the politics and you will know why they decided against a class of academic excellence.
Craig Buchsbaum Portola Valley
Dear Editor: A recent letter in the
How can they get away with running a campaign using tax dollars? They’ll argue the tax isn’t yet on the ballot, so campaign finance laws don’t apply.
When the board formally votes to put the measure on the ballot, a citizens commitee is supposed to take over the campaigning and pay for mailers like this.
The one-sided mailer has a fake survey and urges people to mail it to the district. What the district really wants are the names and addresses of people likely to support the tax. That’s the real point of the survey.
In parcel tax campaigns, consultants create lists of people who are likely to vote “yes” on the tax. When the ballots go out, people will have a month to return them. Campaigners will want to
Post claimed that global warming is a hoax because billionaires who promote the theory fly around in private jets.
And here I thought it had been proven through scientific research by thousands of scientists with relevant training making careful measurements leading to its acceptance by many science associations, both specialized and general.
Silly me.
Lee The Palo Alto
Dear Editor: Now that a labor union is circulating petitions to put a 5% onetime-only tax on billionaires on the bal-
know at any point during that month if they’ve got enough votes for passage, or whether they have to scour the town for more ballots.
During this month-long period, they’re not allowed to peek inside the envelope to see how the person voted. But they can still tell if they’re winning or not by knowing how many ballots have been returned by people on the “yes” list.
If you’re on the “yes” list, they’ll call you frequently until your ballot arrives at the county. If you’re on the “no” list, you’ll never get a call. They want you to forget about returning your ballot.
Instead of going ahead with a rigged election, the school board should hold a study session on whether the parcel tax is needed. Listen to both sides of the argument, and then make a decision.
Editor Dave Price’s column usually appears on Mondays, but was delayed due to the holiday. It was written before last night’s school board meeting.
lot, we are warned that they’ll all flee the state.
What astonishes me is that people believe billionaires are paying significant state taxes while they’re here. Most would rather spend millions on armies of accountants and attorneys to avoid paying taxes altogether than pay anything to the state. The goal isn’t “lower taxes” — it’s no taxes.
The mindset is familiar: “The government isn’t smart enough to manage my money the way I do. Look at my yacht. Look at my plane.” Never mind that the government is the reason those assets can exist safely at all.
Take Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, who reportedly retitled
numerous LLCs in Nevada for “more flexible tax planning.”
It’s hard to believe those entities were contributing much to California before, but now they won’t even be subject to a proposed 5% tax — a tax that would apply for one year. This isn’t a permanent levy, yet we’re told it will somehow devastate the state.
Money you were never collecting can’t be lost. Retitling LLCs in Nevada for “tax planning” isn’t an exodus — it’s the same shell game, just more public.
I don’t care whether this particular tax passes. I do care about the constant scare tactics.
California isn’t being drained by taxing billionaires — it’s being misled by pretending they were contributing in the first place.
Diane Brauch Los Altos Hills
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Dear Editor: Every media outlet is writing about the passing of Bob Weir. But why they did not write about him while he was alive and could have enjoyed reading the endless accolades that now will make up his eulogy?
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BY STEPHANIE LAM Daily Post Correspondent
A community survey reveals that fewer than 10% of Palo Alto residents are happy with the availability of affordable housing in the city.
The grim statistic comes as multiple large-scale housing projects are being met with neighborhood pushback and costly development fees.
Community Survey 2025
The results come from a Community Survey 2025 report, which the City Council reviewed last night. The survey provides the city with insight into residents’ perspectives about local amenities, services and public trust, among other things. The 2025 survey, which was collected by the firm Polco, summarizes 574 responses collected between Aug. 1 through Oct. 3. The information will be used by the city to support budgeting, land use, strategic planning and communication efforts with the community, according to City Manager Ed Shikada.
When it comes to the topic of housing, many respondents expressed a desire to see more affordable housing developments, especially for teachers, health care workers and those who are low-income.
“Our housing shortage is a crisis,” one respondent writes. “My kids and mom cannot afford to live near me. This is my #1 local issues. We must upzone.”
But some state there are too many large housing developments allowed in single-family neighborhoods. The city is too crowded in residential areas, one respondent writes, and should decrease the amount of new apartment buildings.
“Please don’t try to build affordable housing and sacrifice the quality of living and open space,” they write.
Fewer than one in 10 residents gave positive ratings to the cost of living in Palo Alto. Only a quarter of participants gave positive ratings to the variety of housing options.
Palo Alto has some housing development projects in the pipeline. The city’s architecture review board thumbed up a seven-story housing development at 3727-3737 and 3773-3783 El Camino Real, 378-400 Madeline Court and 388 Curtner Ave. Palo Alto’s Planning Department is also reviewing an application for 158 apartments at 44 and 88 Encina Ave.
BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer
A Woodside man accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting the children of family friends attempted suicide over the weekend, setting back the opening statements in his trial, a prosecutor said.
Opening statements were set to start yesterday, but Alan Frank Russell, 84, who is facing 14 felony charges, attempted suicide over the weekend, District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said. Russell was at Stanford Hospital yesterday morning, Wagstaffe said.
Deputy District Attorney Kara Szkotak wants to continue to hear witness testimony, while Russell’s attorney, Peter Goldscheider, wants to make sure his client can stand trial, the DA said.
Sex abuse accusations Russell, 83, is accused of repeatedly assaulting at least three victims, who were all under the age of 16 at the time of the assaults.
Russell is accused of molesting the first child from 1995 to 2002, from when the boy was 8 until he was 16. Russell, a retired attorney, was arrested on a warrant at his home on Nov. 21. 2023.
Deputies found over 3,000 images
of child pornography depicting young boys in the home, according to court documents.
Additional victims
Since his initial arrest, two more people have come forward.
One child was visiting Russell with his family for about three weeks in 2005 and was touched inappropriately during the trip, which included stops in Lake Tahoe, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Yosemite and Santa Barbara.
Each night, Russell would arrange for the boy to stay in his room, according to court documents.
The other boy was 7 or 8 when Russell inappropriately touched him on two occasions in 2008 — once at Russell’s home and the other during a car ride from San Francisco to Woodside.
Release from jail
Russell has been out of jail on $2.5 million bail since August 2024. That’s when the DA’s office asked Judge Kevin Dunleavy to keep Russell in jail on no-bail status because he contacted some of the victim’s families and asked the families to speak to the victims and intervene on his behalf, District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said at the time.
Dunleavy instead granted Russell $2.5 million bail, which he quickly posted.
A judge will hear from both attorneys tomorrow and decide how to proceed.
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It’s been a year since a measles outbreak began in West Texas, and international health authorities say they plan to meet in April to determine if the U.S. has lost its measles-free designation.
Experts fear the vaccine-preventable virus has regained a foothold and that the U.S. may follow Canada in losing the achievement of having eliminated it.
Public health scientists around the country are investigating whether the now-ended Texas outbreak is linked to active ones in
Utah, Arizona and South Carolina. But doctors and scientists say the U.S. — and North America overall — has a measles problem, regardless of the decision.
The reevaluation is largely symbolic and hinges on whether a single measles chain has spread uninterrupted within the U.S. for at least 12 months.
“It is really a question of semantics,” said Dr. Jonathan Temte, a Wisconsin family physician who helped certify the U.S. was measles-free in 2000. “The bottom line is the conditions are sufficient to allow this many cases to occur.
And that gets back to de-emphasizing a safe and effective vaccine.”
Last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed 2,242 measles cases across 44 states — the most since 1991 — and nearly 50 separate outbreaks.
Vaccine rates fall
The problem has been years in the making, as fewer kids get routine vaccines due to parental waivers, health care access issues and rampant disinformation. More recently, Trump administration health officials including Health
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A Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson said Thursday that Kennedy has emphasized vaccines as the best way to prevent measles, adding that the CDC is responding to outbreaks and working to increase vaccination rates.
But CDC’s principal deputy director said he would consider the loss of elim-
ination status to be the “cost of doing business” globally.
“We have these communities that choose to be unvaccinated,” said Dr. Ralph Abraham. “That’s their personal freedom.”
Measles finds the unvaccinated
There is little room for error in trying to stop measles. The virus is one of the most contagious, infecting 9 out of every 10 unvaccinated people exposed. Community-level protection takes a 95% vaccination rate. The current rate nationally is 92.5%, according to CDC data, but many communities fall far below that.
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With the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the enhanced premium tax credits for health care expired at the end of 2025. As a result, more than 1.7 million Californians are staring at steep increases in their health coverage costs this year.
“We want to remind everyone that health insurance is still the best way to protect the physical, mental and financial health of you and your family,” said Altman.
Protein just got a big boost from U.S. health officials.
The latest federal dietary guidelines tell Americans to “prioritize protein foods at every meal” and advise increasing daily intake — up to double the amount of previous recommendations.
“We are ending the war on protein,” Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a post on social media.
Experts unconvinced
But top nutrition experts question the protein push, saying Americans already consume more protein than they need, and there’s no new evidence that people need to drastically ramp up
consumption. For many people, eating much more protein could lead to more fat and more cases of diabetes, they say.
“If you’re actively building muscle with strength or resistance training, more protein can help,” said Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, a Tufts University nutrition expert. “Otherwise, you’re getting enough.”
Others worry the new advice will push people toward protein-enriched packaged foods at a time “when one of the main messages is ‘eat real food, eat whole foods,’” said Christopher Gardner, a nutrition expert at Stanford. “I think they’re going to confuse the public in a big way.”
Times shown are when a report was made to police. Information is from police department logs. All of the people named here are innocent until proven guilty in court.
JAN. 13
3:26 p.m. — Rape reported, Stanford Hospital.
JAN. 14
1:54 a.m. — Steven Cary Taylor, 67, transient, arrested for creating a public nuisance, 1-99 block of Encina Ave.
2:19 a.m. — Burglary, 200 block of Ferne Ave.
2:05 p.m. — Thomas Eugene Smith, 63, transient, cited on a warrant, Urban Lane and Encina Ave.
3:42 p.m. — Grand theft from an elderly or dependent adult, Miller Court.
10:03 p.m. — Grand theft at Greene Middle School, 750 N. California Ave.
10:59 p.m. — Auto burglary, 500 block of Cowper St.
THURSDAY
8:54 a.m. — Petty theft, 400 block of Melville Ave.
9:44 p.m. — Auto burglary, 500 block of Webster St.
10:29 p.m. — Auto burglary, 400 block of Bryant St.
JAN. 13
10:49 a.m. — Auto burglary, 200 block of Running Farm Lane.
FRIDAY
2:08 a.m. — Matthew Peterson, 31, of San Jose, cited for possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia, 1200 block of El Camino. Kathryn Tynes, 43, of San Jose, cited for possession of
narcotics and drug paraphernalia and also for resisting police.
7:25 p.m. — Person detained for public drunkenness and released when sober, 3600 block of Haven Ave.
SATURDAY
11:04 a.m. — Vandalism, 1000 block of El Camino.
11:48 p.m. — Elyssa Souza, 29, of Hayward, cited for display of false vehicle registration, 500 block of Willow Road.
JAN. 10
2:52 a.m. — Home burglary, 2700 block of Preston Drive.
7:30 a.m. — Battery, 700 block of Mercy St.
9:20 a.m. — Roy Williams, 64, of Mountain View, arrested for failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements, 500 block of Castro St. 11:17 a.m. — Battery, Rengstorff Park.
4:25 p.m. — Battery, 500 block of San Antonio Road.
10:23 p.m. — Cristian Rodriguez, 25, of San Jose, arrested for recklessly evading police in a vehicle, 1900 block of Latham St.
JAN. 11
2:33 a.m. — Lizeth Santiago, 25, of Newark, arrested for public drunkenness and battery at the Monte Carlo Club, 228 Castro St.
3:14 a.m. — Theft at Walgreens, 121 E. El Camino.
4:59 a.m. — Grand theft, 500 block of Cypress Point Drive.
8:09 a.m. — Battery, El Camino Hospital.
8:30 a.m. — Two auto burglaries, 1600 block of Amphitheater Parkway.
1:14 p.m. — Burglary at Public Storage, 1040 Terra Bella Ave.
2:05 p.m. — Adrian Jauregui, 44, of Mountain View, arrested for being under the influence of drugs and drug
possession, 800 block of Moffett Blvd.
3:52 p.m. — Grand theft, 800 block of San Ardo Way.
4:33 p.m. — Battery, 2400 block of Garcia Ave.
FRIDAY
2:16 p.m. — Identity theft, Lupin Lane.
8:06 p.m. — Burglar tries to get into a home by breaking the master bedroom glass door but is interrupted, Adam Way.
JAN. 14
3:18 p.m. — Joaquin Ernesto Cruz, 32, of unincorporated San Mateo County, arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia and on a warrant, First Ave. and Middlefield Road.
JAN. 14
1:54 a.m. — Alfredo Quelmonzon, 24, of Redwood City, arrested for possession of meth and drug paraphernalia, Woodside Road at the railroad tracks. Arrest made by San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies.
10:54 a.m. — Juan Carlos Uspirir, 23, of Redwood City, arrested for possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia, Woodside and Middlefield roads. Arrest made by San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies.
THURSDAY
9:34 a.m. — Grand theft via a wire transfer scam, Lowell St. 10:54 a.m. — Man steals liquor from a store, Veterans Blvd.
10:58 a.m. — Auto burglary, Redwood Shores Parkway. Three laptops, glasses and a backpack stolen.
2:09 p.m. — Two-vehicle collision causes minor injuries, El Camino.
LOCATION:
APPLICANT:
and a recommended determination that the project is statutorily exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 21080.66 (“Urban Infill Exemption”) of the Public Resources Code. This project is located on the east side of North Whisman Road between Evandale Ave and Murlagan Ave in the P(41) East Whisman Precise Plan.
If you have comments or questions about this project, please contact the project planner, Sam Hughes at (650) 903-6306 or at sam.hughes@ mountainview.gov@mountainview.gov.
This meeting will be broadcast live at mountainview.legistar.com, on YouTube at MountainView.gov/YouTube, and on Comcast Channel 26. Members of the public wishing to provide comments to the EPC may: 1) send an email to epc@mountainview.gov 2) join the Zoom Webinar online at mountainview.gov/ meeting or call 669-900-9128 and enter Webinar ID 853 0070 5240; or 3) attend the meeting in person in the Council Chambers, Second Floor at 500 Castro Street, Mountain View, CA
4:46 p.m. — Two-vehicle collision causes minor injuries, Marine Parkway.
6:45 p.m. — Two-vehicle collision, Marine Parkway. No injuries.
JAN. 14
3:43 am. — Aidulat Aitureyev, 28, arrested for public drunkenness, 200 block of El Camino.
2:03 p.m. — Isaac Alonso Garcia Olivares, 30, of Oakland, arrested on a warrant, Old County Road and Terminal Way.
THURSDAY
5:08 p.m. — Robert Anthony Gomez, 40, of Redwood City, cited on a warrant, 500 block of Old County Road.
9:13 p.m. — Kayla Ashley Gordon, 32, of San Francisco, arrested for shoplifting, possessing Xanax without a prescription and conspiracy to commit a crime, 1200 block of Industrial Road. Savanah Kayline Seaman, 38, of San Francisco, arrested for shoplifting, possessing fentanyl and conspiracy to commit a crime.
THURSDAY
11:15 a.m. — Ricardo Resendez, 35, cited for possession of drug paraphernalia, El Camino and Harbor Blvd. Citation given by San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies.
FRIDAY
8:41 a.m. — Auto burglary, Concourse Drive.
11:46 a.m. — Fake $100 bills used to purchase groceries, El Camino. 4:16 p.m. — Man steals wine and other items from a store, El Camino.
SATURDAY
7:54 a.m. — Complaint that a construction crew started noisy work before the allowed time, Molitor Road. The crew is given a warning.
The Post prints the latest real estate transactions.
455 Grant Ave. #8, 94306, 3 bedrooms, 1362 square feet, built in 1962, Huanchen Zhang to Zhengyi and Jianhua Yao for $1,390,000, closed Dec. 16 (last sale: $1,150,000, 03-20-15)
200 Sheridan Ave. #301, 94306, 2 bedrooms, 1355 square feet, built in 1997, Sheridan Plaza LLC to Ghaydaa and Moutaz Fakhry for $1,420,000, closed Dec. 15
EAST PALO ALTO
228 Wisteria Drive, 94303, 4 bedrooms, 1430 square feet, built in 1951, Miller Living Trust to Sydney & Quy Tran for $776,500, closed, Dec. 11
1523 Ursula Way, 94303, 3 bedrooms, 1100 square feet, year built 1956, Aerion LLC to Daniel & Josephine Ortiz for $1,220,000, closed Dec. 12 (last sale: $775,000, 04-24-25)
3820 Fair Oaks Ave., 94025, 2 bedrooms, 1170 square feet, built in 1950, David Wuertele to Dianshun and Guanghe Sun for $1,708,000, closed Dec. 8 (last sale: $588,000, 0612-03)
2360 Branner Drive, 94025, 3 bedrooms, 2280 square feet, built in
1962, Stanford Leland to Hanqing and Diyi Yang for $1,950,000, closed Dec. 12 (last sale: $3,000,000, 08-11-22)
505 Cypress Point Drive #213, 94043, 1 bedroom, 784 square feet, built in 1971, Wei Liu to Shivani & Manish Madhusoodan for $595,000, closed Dec. 22 (last sale: $610,000, 0715-22)
1945 Mount Vernon Court #14, 94040, 2 bedrooms, 1133 square feet, built in 1964, Hrushikesh Tilak to Jonathan Abbott for $750,000, closed Dec. 24 (last sale: $580,000, 0728-14)
LOS ALTOS
23691 Camino Hermoso Drive, 94024, 3 bedrooms, 2058 square feet, built in 1950, Pin Gao to Jamshid Parivash for $4,500,000, closed Dec. 22 (last sale: $3,500,000, 12-21-24)
80 Watkins Ave., 94027, 3 bedrooms, 1320 square feet, built in 1950, John Thomson to J Properties 1820 LLC for $2,000,000, closed Dec. 10
REDWOOD CITY
3071 Glendale Ave., 94063, 2 bedrooms, 820 square feet, built in 1949, Maria and Rosendo Pinzon to Cecilia and Rugiero Santos for $1,140,000,
closed Dec. 11 (last sale: $190,000, 08-01-90)
1235 Whipple Ave., 94062, 6 bedrooms, 5087 square feet, built in 1946, Murphy Trust to Thanh and Tee Lin for $1,842,000, closed Dec. 8
551 Sequoia Ave., 94061, 3 bedrooms, 1680 square feet, built in 1961, Katayoun Formanimaskan to Leonid Litvak for $2,310,000, closed Dec. 12
SAN CARLOS
3374 Brittan Ave. #13, 94070, 3 bedrooms, 1239 square feet, built in 1973, Qian Zhang to Claire and Stephane Graham-Lengrand for $1,130,000, closed Dec. 10 (last sale: $950,000, 1226-24)
438 Portofino Drive #101, 94070, 3 bedrooms, 2113 square feet, built in 1988, Mike Starr to Levin and Roth Living Trust for $1,375,000, closed Dec. 12 (last sale: $1,300,000, 05-19-17)
600 El Camino Real #213, 94002, 2 bedrooms, 1271 square feet, built in 2019, Wensong Hu to Neha and Ujwal Chaudhari for $1,065,000, closed Dec. 11
2652 Ponce Ave., 94002, 2 bedrooms, 1350 square feet, built in 1956, Davis Trust to Eun and Nanping Jiang for $1,720,000, closed Dec. 11 (last sale: $293,000, 06-01-88)
Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026 | 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Wondering how to start, grow, and succeed in private practice?Join Notre Dame de Namur University’s School of Psychology Dean, Dr. Helen Marlo, as she shares her nearly 30 years of tips and strategies for starting, growing, and succeeding in private practice in the Bay Area. To register, visit ndnu.edu/about-ndnu/events.
ON MARCH 8, REEL will be hosting its second annual Strengths Fair, a one-of-its-kind community event reframing how families and educators understand neurodiversity and twice-exceptional (2e) learners. This year’s theme, “Where Strengths Shine and Futures Grow,” highlights what becomes possible when neurodivergent students are seen through a strengths-based lens rather than a deficitfocused one. Event highlights include: keynote by Amanda Morin, neurodivergent advocate and award-winning author as well as 40 plus exhibitors providing interactive demonstrations focused on writing with creativity, confidence, and learning differently. Don’t miss out
on this opportunity to discover what’s possible for your child. Visit Reel website for more information and to register.
THE BURLINGAME NEIGHBORHOOD NETWORK (BNN) invites you to join Community Emergency Response (CERT) members, neighborhood volunteers and others to learn what to do when there’s a gas or electrical hazard. “Responding to Gas and Electric Emergencies” will be held today, Jan. 21, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Maple Room at the Burlingame Community Center, 850 Burlingame Ave. Admission is free. To register, email Kaz Chiao at kchiao@ccfd.org.
COME VISIT NATIVITY SCHOOL IN Menlo Park for their open house event this Sunday, Jan. 25th from 10:30 a.m. to noon! At Nativity, students
benefit from a strong academic curriculum, a faithcentered education, and a commitment to service. Their students are encouraged to grow intellectually, spiritually, and socially in a nurturing environment. You may have joined them for their annual Carnival or purchased a Christmas tree or wreath from the Nativity lot—now they invite you to learn how Nativity School may be a great fit for your family. They offer programs from Preschool (ages 2.5+) through 8th Grade. They look forward to welcoming you!
AT RISK FOR
DISEASE? Join HeartFit For Life, the ‘go to’ medically supervised cardiac wellness and rehabilitation program and how it can help you reduce your risk for heart disease and/or manage your heart disease optimally – Tuesday, Jan. 27th from 5 to 6 p.m. on Zoom. This virtual event is free and open to the community. RSVP to receive Zoom login details. Visit heartfitforlife.org/ events/open-house/. You can also email info@heartfitforlife. org or call them at (650) 494-1300. Shown in the photo is Program Director Robin Wedell, RN, FPCNA.
OPEN HOUSE. CHILDREN AGES
4–6 are invited to attend Menlo-Atherton Little League’s free open house on Saturday, Jan. 31st. Learn more about the league, participate in fun baseball-related activities, and meet other young players and parents in the community. For more details and to register for free, please visit Bit.ly/ma-ballOH.
CELEBRATE HEART MONTH AS DONNA Marie
Baldwin hosts Erica Lyons on Saturday, Feb. 28 at 10 a.m. for a Hands-Only CPR Class. Join them for an informative session on how to perform handsonly/compression-only CPR, choking relief and Automated External Defibrillator (AED) usage. Erica is a CPR Instructor at Stanford Children’s Health, dedicated to teaching life-saving skills to individuals of all ages. Register at DonnaMarieBaldwin.com/Events. *This class does not offer CPR certification. Compass | DRE #00560346
CULTURE JAPAN BRINGS AUTHENTIC JAPANESE language and culture experiences to Palo Alto. Their programs include Japanese conversation classes, calligraphy, origami, and seasonal workshops for all ages. Each class connects local families and students with Japan’s traditions and creativity, taught by native instructors from Japan. Want to read Japanese manga in the original language? You can! Planning a trip to Japan? Learn simple travel phrases and make your journey even more enjoyable. Culture Japan offers a fun and welcoming way to experience Japan right here in the heart of Silicon Valley. Learn more at culturajapan. com. Shown in the photo is Asako Sato, Director of Japanese Language & Cultural Programs.
JOIN MENLO PARK’S CERT TEAM! A Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) is a group of trained volunteers who assist their communities during emergencies. They receive training in basic disaster response skills like fire safety, light search and rescue, and disaster medical
operations. CERT members play a crucial role in supporting first responders and helping their communities become more resilient in the face of disasters. To learn more, call (650) 688-8400 or email cert@menlofirecert.com.
family has two Steves, Alex and Steve, who are expert repair people. They also sell new and refurbished vacuums and sewing machines. This is a traditional family-owned fix-it repair shop for anything electrical. Feel free to call Steve or Alex at (650) 968-6539 or drop by 1446 W. El Camino Real in Mountain View. You can also browse the showroom for new and refurbished sewing machines and vacuums.
Picasso, Andy Warhol, Frida Kahlo
SUNDANCE THE STEAKHOUSE GREETS YOU with a smile from Alicia as you enter this historic prime rib restaurant in Palo Alto. Besides the yummy dishes that are severed up here they have a friendly, efficient crew and staff to make sure your visit is perfect in every way. Prime rib is the specialty of the house but the filet-mignon and New York steaks run a close second. Of course the seafood dishes, crisp salads vegetarian dishes and desserts are top shelf, A number one delicious. Give Sundance a try and see why it is Palo Alto’s primer restaurant. Check the website and then call Alicia for a reservation at (650) 321 6798.. 1921 El Camino Real, Palo Alto.
NEED A LITTLE TLC FOR your vacuum? The Vacuum repair shop is here to give your old vacuum a fresh new lease on life. Simply drop it off and Steve will give you a call when it’s ready. The Saget
PAUL HOBSON, A PHOTO RESTORATION expert, says, “Invest in your family’s future by preserving its past.” With his expertise in image manipulation, he breathes new life into old, faded, and damaged photos, creating cherished keepsakes for future generations. This rewarding service came from his long career in graphic design and photography, where he advocated for digitizing all precious memorabilia. Give Paul a call at (650) 272-1019. Consultations and estimates are free, and you can discuss how to become the most cherished member of your family.
DON’T BE THE GUY STANDING on the roof cleaning your clogged gutters in the rain. Get those gutters cleaned before it’s too late. Call Mark Carlsen and get your deck power washed and the gutters cleaned at the same time. You can reach Mark at (650) 868-0801 for questions or a free estimate.
rors that Galatolo is on trial not for a crime but making a mistake as he was never trained how to fill out tax forms related to his job as chancellor.
Galatolo was chancellor from 2001 until 2019. The district consists of Skyline in San Bruno, Canada in Redwood City and College of San Mateo.
Smith previously said it was not a crime but a mistake. Galatolo was never trained on how to fill out tax forms, Smith said.
Galatolo is a CPA who doesn’t make mistakes on his tax forms, Deputy District Attorney Joseph Cannon previously told the jury.
Galatolo allegedly lied to the DMV when he filed a 1963 Corvette and a 2006 Chevy SSR, claiming he bought them at a low price. When he registered the Corvette, he claimed he bought it for $2,500 even though it was worth $50,000, Cannon said during closing arguments.
Jurors found Galatolo innocent when he filed tax forms in March 2015 to disclose the gifts he received from contractors.
Galatolo would not disclose the gifts he received from contractors after allegedly giving them jobs on the college district’s three campuses over a 10-year period, according to Cannon. He hid the expensive, luxurious gifts, including tickets to the Super Bowl 50 championship game in Santa Clara
and a Kanye West concert. Judge Leland Davis and both attorneys decided to accept the verdicts the jurors had reached to secure them in case a juror was called out sick. So the alternative would only have a say on the pending counts.
Today will be the ninth day jurors will be deliberating until they reach a decision.
“This is by far the longest deliberation I’ve ever had. It’s stressful,” Smith said.
He said he feels confident and hopes the charges will be reduced to misdemeanors during sentencing.
The jury went back to work yesterday, asking Judge Davis how to consider pieces of evidence. While the case continues, Galatolo remains out of jail on $150,000 bail.
John Nibbelin for guidance regarding the consequences on her retirement if she was removed.
Nibbelin said he couldn’t give Corpus advice and referred her to Employee Benefits Manager Kim Pearson, Corpus said in a court declaration.
During a phone call on Oct. 9, Pearson urged Corpus to file her retirement paperwork on the same day she separated from the county if she wanted to keep her health benefits beyond Nov. 1, emails show.
Supervisors fired Corpus on Oct. 14 after a tumultuous two years and nine
months in office. Pearson confirmed that Corpus would be eligible for 13 years of coverage, which Corpus said was “worth roughly $500,000” by her calculations.
“Prior to my communications with Ms. Pearson, I had no intention or desire to retire in October of 2025,” Corpus said in her court declaration.
Wants to be reinstated
Corpus is asking Judge Nicole Healy to reinstate her as the sheriff at a hearing on March 4 in San Mateo County Superior Court.
Attorney Matthew Frauenfeld is arguing that supervisors didn’t give Corpus a fair process and that they violated the Peace Officer Bill of Rights.
Voters gave supervisors the power to fire Corpus in a March 2025 special election, and a retired judge held a 10-day evidentiary hearing with both sides in August.
“Corpus and her legal representatives have had more than enough time and opportunity to speak their piece. What they have been unable to provide is anything beyond empty words,” Supervisor Noelia Corzo said after Corpus was removed.
Supervisors appointed former Santa Clara County Undersheriff and interim Gilroy Chief Ken Binder to replace Corpus on Nov 12.
Since then, Binder has fired Aenlle and brought back top officials who were pushed out by Corpus, including Undersheriff Chris Hsiung and Assistant Sheriff Ryan Monaghan.
than talking directly to his working-class base. “At the end of the day, it’s the investors and billionaires at Davos who have his attention, not the families struggling to afford their bills,” said Alex Jacquez, chief of policy and advocacy at Groundwork Collaborative, a liberal think tank.
Trump’s attention in his first year back has been less on pocketbook issues and more fixed on foreign policy with conflicts in Gaza, Ukraine and Venezuela. He is now bent on acquiring Greenland to the chagrin of European allies — a headline likely to dominate
his time in Davos, overshadowing his housing ideas. Trump noted the Europeans’ resistance, telling reporters Monday night, “Let’s put it this way: It’s going to be a very interesting Davos.”
The White House has tried to shift Trump’s focus to affordability issues, a response to warning signs in the polls in a year where control of Congress is at stake in midterm elections.
About six in 10 U.S. adults now say that Trump has hurt the cost of living, according to the latest survey by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. It’s an issue even among Republicans, who have said Trump’s work on the economy hasn’t lived up to their expectations. Only 16% say Trump has helped “a lot” on making things more affordable, down from 49% in April 2024, when an AP-NORC poll asked Americans the same question about his first term.
The president is banking on investment commitments from billionaires and foreign nations to create a jobs boom, even as his broad tariffs have crimped the labor market and spurred inflation. Trump supporters who attend his rallies — which the president resumed last month — are left to trust that Trump’s business ties can eventually help them.
This strategy carries political risks. Voters are more interested in the economy they’re experiencing in their own lives than in Trump’s relationships with billionaires, said Frank Luntz, the Republican-affiliated pollster and strategist.
“If you’re asking me, ‘Are billionaires popular?’ The answer is no — and they've haven't been for some time,” said Luntz, who last year identified “affordability” as a defining issue for voters.
Wooing billionaires
Since Trump’s first term in 2017, the wealthiest 0.1% of Americans have seen their wealth increase by $11.98 trillion to $23.46 trillion, according to the Federal Reserve.
The magnitude of those gains dwarfs what the bottom 50% of households — the majority of the country — received during the same period. Their net worth rose by $2.94 trillion, roughly one-fourth what the top 0.1% got. One of the biggest concerns for vot-
ers is the cost of housing. In recent weeks, Trump has floated proposals like reducing interest rates on home loans by buying $200 billion in mortgage debt and banning large financial companies from buying homes. Yet those efforts would do little to address the core problem in the housing market: a multi-year shortfall in home construction and home prices that have generally risen faster than wages.
Trump regularly points to the investments made by the wealthy and powerful as signs of economic growth to come. To encourage billionaires to deliver, Trump in his first year pursued policies on artificial intelligence and financial regulation that can benefit the wealthy, along with tax cuts, reduced IRS enforcement and fewer regulatory burdens for largescale investments.
“Most billionaires don't share the interests of the working class,” said Darrell West, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution who has written about the “wealthification” of U.S. politics. “The ultrawealthy love tax cuts and deregulation, and those preferences make it difficult for government to provide the help that working class people want.”
Trump has been trying to sell tax breaks on tips and overtime pay from what is known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill” as benefiting workers. But a Congressional Budget Office analysis indicated that middle-class families may only see savings of $800 to $1,200 a year, on average, while the top 10% of earners would receive $13,600. A separate analysis by the Tax Policy Center, a think tank, said those earning above $1 million would save on average $66,510 this year.
The company Trump keeps Trump regularly holds public events with the wealthy and powerful at the White House and beyond. He jetted to the Middle East and Asia with billionaires in tow as he had foreign countries announce investment commitments, promising that the money would flow down into factory jobs for the middle class.
At a September dinner with tech billionaires, Trump said it was an honor to be surrounded by the likes of Bill Gates, Tim Cook, Sergey Brin and Mark Zuckerberg.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on January 12, 2026, the Palo Alto City Council adopted the following ordinances: Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Renewing the Military Equipment Use Policy in Compliance with Govt. Code Section 7070 et seq. (20252026) (FIRST READING: December 8, 2025, PASSED 7-0; SECOND READING: January 12, 2026, PASSED 7-0). Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Prohibiting Parking of Detached Trailers and Other Non-Motorized Vehicles on Public Streets (FIRST READING: December 8, 2025, PASSED 6-1, Lythcott-Haims no; SECOND READING: January 12, 2026, PASSED 6-1, Lythcott-Haims no). Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Prohibiting Rental of Vehicles for Human Habitation (FIRST READING: December 8, 2025, PASSED 6-1, Lythcott-Haims no; SECOND READING: January 12, 2026, PASSED 6-1, Lythcott-Haims no). Interim Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Temporarily Extending Interim Ordinance 5645, Amending Various Chapters of Title 16 (Building Regulations) and Title 18 (Zoning) and Title 21 (Subdivisions and Other Divisions of Land) of the Palo Alto Municipal Code to Implement Recent State Housing Laws (FIRST READING: December 8, 2025, PASSED 7-0; SECOND READING: January 12, 2026, PASSED 7-0). Text of the full ordinances is available at: https://www.paloalto.gov/CouncilAgendas.
MAHEALANI AH YUN
City Clerk
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) TO BE ISSUED January 12, 2026
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Menlo Park School District of San Mateo County, California, acting by and through its Governing Board, hereinafter referred to as the District will receive up to, but not later than 2:00 p.m. FEBRUARY 9, 2026 bids for the award of E-Rate contracts for the following:
E-RATE YEAR 29 (2026-2027)
MPCSD DISTRICTWIDE FIBER AND LOWER LAUREL CABLING REPLACEMENT
RFP NO. MPCSD-2026-3002 470 NO. 260012641
RFP available to the Public: Monday, January 12, 2026 8:00 am Mandatory Pre-Bid Site Walk: Thursday, January 22, 2026, 9:00 am
RFP Submission Deadline: Monday, February 9, 2026 2:00 pm Submissions received after deadline will not be considered All RFPs must be submitted (in a sealed envelope) to: WILLY HAUG
DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
MENLO PARK CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT 181 Encinal Ave., Atherton, CA 94027 at https://district.mpcsd.org/departments/technology-home/2026-technology-rfps in addition to the E-rate EPC website at https://portal.usac.org/suite/
The Board reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and to waive informality in any proposals received. No vendor may withdraw his proposal for a period of Ninety (90) calendar days after the date set for the receipt of proposals.
Number (SPIN) and Federal Registration Number (FCC-FRN) with the proposal.
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) TO BE ISSUED January 12, 2026
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Menlo Park School District of San Mateo County, California, acting by and through its Governing Board, hereinafter referred to as the District will receive up to, but not later than 2:00 p.m. FEBRUARY 9, 2026 bids for the award of E-Rate contracts for the following:
E-RATE YEAR 29 (2026-2027)
MPCSD WIRELESS ACCESS POINT LICENSES
RFP NO. MPCSD-2026-3001 470 NO. 260012640
RFP available to the Public: Monday, January 12, 2026 8:00 am
RFP Submission Deadline: Monday, February 9, 2026 2:00 pm
Submissions received after deadline will not be considered
All RFPs must be submitted (in a sealed envelope) to: WILLY HAUG
DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
MENLO PARK CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT 181 Encinal Ave., Atherton, CA 94027
And/or via email and submitted to: Willy Haug, whaug@mpcsd.org
at https://district.mpcsd.org/departments/technology-home/2026-technology-rfps in addition to the E-rate EPC website at https://portal.usac.org/suite/
The Board reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and to waive informality in any proposals received. No vendor may withdraw his proposal for a period of Ninety (90) calendar days after the date set for the receipt of proposals.
Number (SPIN) and Federal Registration Number (FCC-FRN) with the proposal.
BY JOHN FENSTERWALD EdSource
In its initial assessment of the governor’s 2026-27 state budget this week, the Legislative Analyst’s Office chided Gov. Gavin Newsom for ignoring a likely stock market decline that could implode state revenues. It also warned that Newsom’s failure to confront a growing state deficit could compound the state’s fiscal challenges.
“These risks are severe enough that not incorporating them into this year’s budget, as the governor proposes, would put the state on precarious footing,” wrote Legislative Analyst Gabriel Petek. The independent research office provides budget and policy advice to the Legislature.
In its budget forecast in November, the LAO projected an $18 billion budget deficit for 2026-27, assuming that income and capital gains tax receipts, generated primarily by AI entrepreneurs, would decline in the 2026-27 fiscal year. Newsom’s budget assumes the
bonanza will continue after he leaves office at the end of the year.
TK-12 schools and community colleges would see significant funding reductions if the LAO’s pessimism is accurate. Schools and community colleges receive a guaranteed minimum portion of the general fund, generally about 40%, through Proposition 98, which voters passed in 1988. The California State University and University of California systems compete with other state functions, social services, and entitlements over the remaining 60% of the budget.
Steadily rising Medi-Cal costs and pay raises for state workers are contributing to what Newsom and the LAO project will be $25 billion to $30 billion in annual state deficits in the next several years, despite record postCovid revenues, the LAO said.
“Deficits have persisted even as the state’s economy and revenues have grown, underscoring that the problem is structural rather than cyclical,” the LAO wrote.
