Dave Price

2 weeks ago | padailypost.com | Dave Price

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post EditorA San Francisco TV station is attacking state Sen. Josh Becker, D-Menlo Park, for backing a bill that could reduce energy rates, saying it’s a conflict of interest because he works part-time as a consultant to research firm that uses AI in its work. The story on KGO Channel 7 was reported by Stephanie Sierra, daughter of Jackie Speier, the former Democratic congresswoman and now San Mateo County supervisor.

1 month ago | agriculture.com | Dave Price

Take look at these three farmland transactions that transpired in January and February 2025. Farmland in northwest Iowa sold for $22,600 per acre, with a per-tillable acre price of $23,780, and a CSR2 value of $300 per point. The farm consisted of 39.7 gross acres, with 37.73 tillable acres featuring high-quality soil types. The auction was conducted on-site, with full possession granted at closing, making the land immediately available for the 2025 crop year.

1 month ago | padailypost.com | Dave Price

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post EditorPalo Alto city leaders should be applauded for wanting to build housing atop downtown parking lots. It will put housing where it is needed in the city. But before hatching this plan, the city should have talked to the people who paid for the parking lots — the downtown property owners. For 50 years, the owners of 216 parcels of downtown real estate have been paying an annual assessment so that their customers and employees would have a place to park.

2 months ago | padailypost.com | Dave Price

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post EditorRules for thee, not for me. A lawyer for embattled Sheriff Christina Corpus is making that argument in a 25-page report that’s intended to refute allegations Corpus retaliated against her employees, used racial and homophobic slurs, and acted dishonestly. The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors plans to hold due process proceedings on whether to fire Corpus, and lawyers for Corpus are already attempting to make their arguments public.

2 months ago | padailypost.com | Dave Price

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post EditorPalo Alto and other cities should get behind state Sen. Josh Becker’s bill to rein in the Builder’s Remedy, a state law that has led to proposals for buildings much taller than city zoning codes would normally allow. The most outrageous Builder’s Remedy project is a group of towers proposed for the former Sunset magazine site at 80 Willow Road in Menlo Park by Russian businessman Vitaly Yusufov.