Menlo Park council races: Belle Haven, Meta and Measure P divide three district contests
Two open seats and one incumbent race are on the Nov. 3 ballot, and Meta is a theme throughout.
By the Bay Area Brief staff · Edited by Seamus McKenna · · 2 min read
Courthouse Square in downtown Redwood City on a sunny day. Photo: BrokenSphere / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped, resized and color-graded). Archive photo of the area; not a photo of the events in this story.
Menlo Park voters in three districts will choose City Council members on Nov. 3, with Meta, Belle Haven and Measure P shaping the races. Incumbents Taylor (District 1) and Nash (District 4) are not running.
The races
District 1: Wonman Lee vs. James Rohr. Both want a Belle Haven grocery store and raised concerns about the $65 million Belle Haven campus. Meta has paused its Willow Village project.
District 2: Incumbent Drew Combs, a Meta compliance director who recuses himself on Meta items, faces Vamsi Velagapudi, who wants to negotiate a business license tax with Meta.
District 4: Charlotte Reed, who opposes Measure P, faces Laura Melahn, who has taken no position on it.
How to vote
A vote center is open Oct. 30–Nov. 3 at the Arrillaga Family Recreation Center, 700 Alma St. Election Day is Nov. 3.
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