Los Altos Hills - Historical Scrapbook Digital  Archive - Book 06
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IMG_2146.JPG 1/4/1971 Councilman Corbett drops baseball field opposition - LAH to buy playfield site - Foothill College may broadcast council meetings - Building inspector Smith retires from LAH after 13 years - LAH prepared to fight Chicano zoning case - LAH told Patrol Service is a bargain - Clean up day for LAH - LAH supports more Open Space in town - Smith quits LAH job - Tree seedlings "casuarina" "beefwood" offered by LAH  
IMG_2147.JPG 1/6/1971 Edittorial - LAH faces identity crisis - LAH sewer fund running low - LAH gears up to fight zoning suit - Berkely attorney hired by LAH to defend against zoning suit
IMG_2149.JPG 1/7/1971 LAH faces rough decade - Building inspector resigns - Burglaries in LAH - Scrooges in LAH fail to donate decorations for Town Hall
IMG_2150.JPG 1/14/1971 Mayor Benson proposes "voluntary sewer capacity district" - Berkeley City Attorney, Anderson, hired to defend LAH in LaRaza lawsuit
IMG_2151.JPG 1/14/1971 Town Council supports more open space in LAH - Photo:  Mary Davey working on SOAR committee - Materdero Oaks subdivision studied
IMG_2152.JPG 1/20/1971 Town Council agrees to purchase Purissima School site for Little League fields - LAH resident complains of noise from Moffett Field - Mata dero Oaks subdivision approved - Study to determine Sheriff's duties - Barbar Eastman appointed by Governor Reagan to CA Water Quality Control Board
IMG_2153.JPG 1/19/1971 FAA changing flight paths to go over LAH - LAH 15 years since incorporation. Florence Fava writes book in commenoration - Barbara Huston and Larry Madsen appointed to Planning Commission - Don Hibner resigns from Planning Commission
IMG_2154.JPG 1/21/1971 LAH Long Range Planning Commission recommends no new city services, $.25 tax rate remain for 2 more years and no additional open space acquistions - Priscilla Weishart investigates Williamson Act for agricultural preservation of LAH land
IMG_2155.JPG 1/21/1971 Status Quo urged for LAH - Materdero Oaks to have 41 homesites - Weishart uses Williamson Act to conserve open space - Board of Supervisors adopt horse zoning policies
IMG_2156.JPG 1/21/1971 Loss of tax revenue if LAH adopts agricultural space policy - SFO plans to reroute jets over LAH - Palo Altos wants to levy sewer surcharge - Payment for attending fire commistion meetings - Don Hibner resigns from LAH Planning Comm.
IMG_2157.JPG 1/25/1971 Eleanor Fowle chosen women's Democratic State chairman - Don Hibner retires from public service after 15 years - Finance Committee recommends tight hold on budget
IMG_2161.JPG 1/27/1971 LAH celebrates 15th birthday - Photo: Mayor Benson, Florence Favea, William Simrell, Jr., the first town council, other citizens
IMG_2162.JPG 1/28/1971 Photo:  Florence Fava and Stanley Grabowski at LAH 15th birthday party - Eleanor Fowle, Chairman, Women's State Democratic Party - Mayor Benson imposes news blackout on La Raza suit - LAH open space decision would affect tax revenue
IMG_2163.JPG 1/31/1971 Matadero Oaks subdivision o.k.'d despite protests - LAH home construction predicted to be slow in future years - No public disclosures during La Raza lawsuit - Photo:  Florence Fava and Japanese Tea Garden
IMG_2164.JPG 2/10/1971 LAH Traffic Committee votes to keep county sheriff as police protection - Attorney Robert Anderson defending LAH zoning policy lawsuit - LAH Council to vote on creation of new sewer district - George Pfeiffer III resigns fire district commission over fees
IMG_2165.JPG 2/10/1971 Dispute over Central Drive/Moody Court - March 4 set as date for La Raza lawsuit - No sewer hook-ups causing construction dilemnas - Attorney claims there are no grounds for La Raza lawsuit - LAH too small for police force
IMG_2166.JPG 2/17/1971 Palo Alto Times editorial on benefits of open space - Documents on zoning suit now open to public - John Dunn to be named superintendent of Foothill Community College District - Attorney Anderson defends LAH in zoning lawsuite - New controls possible on antennas
IMG_2168.JPG 2/17/1971 Photo:  Teahouse Renovated
IMG_2170.JPG 2/18/1971 Councilwoman Davey removed from committee by Mayor Benson - Sewer payment due causes budget emergency - LAH to keep Sheriff Dept. for police protection - Resident's structure on less than one acre tests LAH zoning laws - LAH attorney, Robin Faisant says town needs full-time attorney and he does not want the job
IMG_2171.JPG 2/19/1971 LAH council hearings on noise ordinance- Planning Commission recommends LAH be labeled "agricultural" to preserve open space - Town attorney says LAH needs fulltime position - Developer Tom Gamba negligent on finishing sewer hook-up for home owner
IMG_2172.JPG 2/24/1971 Documents for Conferderacion de la Raza suit to be made public - LAH committee formed to study TV and radio antennae - New noise ordinance proposed - LAH to hold public hearing on sewer policy - Subdivision moratorium blocked - Councilman Grabowski wants LAH to pull out of proposed bi-county regional park district
IMG_2173.JPG 2/24/1971 Ralph Parker and Robert Hoffman appointed to Los Altos Fire Protection District - New directional signs needed for Adobe Creek Lodge
IMG_2174.JPG 2/27/1971 Discussion of Mid-Peninsula Regional Park District - Residents pack council meeting to support Mid-Peninsula Park District - LAH files suit against resident in home on less than 1 acre - More thiefs in LAH - Garbage company wants fee increase
IMG_2175.JPG 3/3/1971 Photo: 100 year old basket found near Adobe Creek by cat - Formation of a regional park district passes first step
IMG_2176.JPG 3/3/1971 Legal notice of Purissima Hills County Water District
IMG_2177.JPG 3/31/1971 Lawsuit over LAH home on less than one acre - Study calls zoning "de facto" segregation - 153 burglaries in LAH in 1970 
IMG_2178.JPG 3/4/1971 Mid-Peninsula Regional Park District backed by LAFCO - Fire destroys LAH home of James Bell
IMG_2179.JPG 3/4/1971 Councilman Grabowski defeated in attempt to pull out of Mid-Peninsula Park District - LAH Attorney Faisant files suit against Jackson over home's zoning - LAH bburdened with excess sewer capactity - Florence Fava upset with lack of council support so resigns as town historian
IMG_2180.JPG 3/10/1971 Photo:  Florence Fava  - Florence Fava resigns as town historian - LAH Council passes motion to formally thank Florence Fava for her service
IMG_2184.JPG 3/10/1971 Committee formed to survey LAH antennas - FAA to hold LAH meeting on flight paths - Sewer payment commitments cause budge emergency - LAH resident suggests "sister city" relationship with St. Emilion, France
IMG_2185.JPG 3/11/1971 LAH seeks solution for sewer service payments - Calm council discussion on garbage contract - FAA to hold meeing on flight paths - Noise ordinance passed - Open space resolution for LAH to be drawn up and studied
IMG_2187.JPG 3/17/1971 Legal notice on sale of LAH land parcels - Judge to rule on whether Conferderacion de la Raza suit against LAH should be dismissed - Editorial on Conferderacion de la Raza lawsuit
IMG_2191.JPG 3/18/1971 Sewer costs creating budget crisis - Petition drive launched to create mid-Peninsula Open Space District - Public hearing on budget crisis over sewer payents - LAH Noise Abatement Comm. To hear study results
IMG_2192.JPG 3/24/1971 Council agrees to an open space zoning concept for LAH - Editorial on Mid-Peninsula Open Space
IMG_2193.JPG 3/24/1971 1972 LAH council election overview - Florence Fava resignation letter accepted by council with thanks for her service 
IMG_2194.JPG 3/24/1971 Photo:  Tree planting with Mayor Benson and bank officials - Sharp criticism of costly sewercontracts at LAH hearing - Public hearing set for airline flights over LAH - Photo:  Christine Paddock, LAH resident, presents plan for adoptive sister city in France
IMG_2195.JPG 3/30/1971 120 LAH residents at sewer meeting - Some council members would pay sewer fee - LAH could sell excess sewer capactiy to other cities to help pay off fees
IMG_2196.JPG 4/7/1971 Crowded meeting discusses LAH sewer crisis - Photo:  cat shot by pellet gun
IMG_2197.JPG 4/7/1971 Explanation of sewer dilemna - FAA holds LAH meeting over flight paths - Garbage rate increase approved - Jody Sims and Ben Boissevain earn 4-H honors
IMG_2198.JPG 4/7/1971 Council o.k.s garbage rate hike over Councilwoman Davey's objections - Proposals for LAH police debated - Judge Weigel denies LAH request to dismiss Conferderacion de la Raza lawsuit -Judge Thompson rules Adobe Creek Lodge must close
IMG_2199.JPG 4/7/1971 Photo:  Christine Paddock and student, Jon Finley discuss sister city program - LAH votes to annex 19 acres in Arboretum Lane area - James Mueller appointed to Planning Commission - Williamson Act Hearing on May 17
IMG_2200.JPG 4/14/1971 Discussion of police force for LAH - 80% rate hike for garbage collection - Adobe Creek Lodge loses lawsuit and must close - Confederacion de la Raza suit will be allowed
IMG_2201.JPG 4/14/1971 Schools/city feud over sewer costs - Photo:  worker burying overhead cable/electric wires in LAH - Hills Sewer issue delayed - LAH asks Palo Alto for relief on sewer payments - LAH hears report on cable project
IMG_2202.JPG 5/13/2014 Cable installation could provide home surveillance in LAH - Student picnic at Adobe Creek Lodge crashed by intruders - Hills planners agree with housing policy - New LAH budget at council meeting - Palo Alto denies sewer contract change - Councilwoman Davey and mayor Benson clash at council meeting - Storage shed at Loyola School called "ugly"
IMG_2203.JPG 4/28/1971 Photo:  Toyon Farm - Letter to Editor on sewer issue - Hills to use assessment for sewer payemnt - Committee formed to study Cusack Mansion for Foothill College
IMG_2204.JPG 5/12/1971 Mandatory sewer assessment district to pay for sewer - Council meeting discusses sewer policy - Countess Bessenyey wants to give lessons at Westwind Barn
IMG_2205.JPG 5/5/1971 LAH  Council backs plan for sewer assessment - Mayor Benson favors selling sewer capactiy rights - Planners study subdivision guidelines for MMCP
IMG_2207.JPG 5/26/1971 New budget shows tax hike needed - 71-72 budget needs $37,000 more in funding - Councilwoman Davey breaks gag rule on La Raza suit
IMG_2208.JPG 5/19/1971 71-71 budget will use up reserves - Opposition to tax hike easing - Council meeting called for residents to voice opinion on tax hike - LAH facing budget deficit
IMG_2209.JPG 5/27/1971 Public opinion hearing on LAH housing - LAH council votes against zoning change
IMG_2210.JPG 5/30/1971 Horsemen group and Pathway Committee face off over funding interests - Councilwoman Davey vows to keep housing issue alive 
IMG_2211.JPG 5/28/1971 Hills residents offer solutions to housing zoning dilemna - Photo:  Florence Fava announces publication of history book
IMG_2213.JPG 6/2/1971 LAH council votes against city/county housing plan - LAH Council votes to place entire town under state Williamson Act. Tax benefits for leaving land vacant. - Subdivision guidelines may be altered for MMCP area
IMG_2214.JPG 6/16/1971 Fair housing group says LAH too expensive for workers - Agreement sought with Palo Alto on sewage fees - Greenbelt plan approved for LAH - $.15 tax hike pending vote
IMG_2215.JPG 6/25/1971 LAH manager says $.15 tax hike will be needed - Councilwoman Davey criticizes concil vote with 2 members absent - 17 person committee found for open space - William Downey, Jr. elected head of LAH Association 
IMG_2216.JPG 6/30/1971 $.15 tax hike likely - Council approves $.15 tax hike - La Raza group wants Attorney Anderson removed from Berkeley positon for defending LAH in lawsuit
IMG_2217.JPG 7/14/1971 Open space supporters meet to discuss Mid-Peninsula Regional Park formation - Councilman Grabowski criticizes $150  mileage allowance
IMG_2218.JPG 7/14/1971 Photo: Ohlone Indian excavation with Florence Fava, Harry Nelson, Tim Hall at El Monte Avenue & O'Keefe Lanes intersection - 3 Indian skeletons discovered
IMG_2219.JPG 7/7/1971 71-72 LAH budge approved with tax hike - Residents complain of smell from Melton Ranch - Council advances stable permit freeze - Photo: Craig Gardiner, LAH youth, missing in Yosemite - How to prevent hazardous fires in LAH
IMG_2220.JPG 7/21/1971 90 day moratorium on horse stables considered - Horse stable decision delayed - Edith Eaton dies at age 98 at 120 year old Rancho Purissima conception, her home of 45 years - Body of Craig Gardiner, missing since June 30, was found below Vernal Falls in Yosemite Nat'l Park - Booklet on care of horses available at Town Hall
IMG_2221.JPG 7/21/1971 Photo and article: parts of 20 Ohlone skeletons and Indian artifacts found at construction site - LAH2 group formed to bring back sense of unity to LAH - Councilman Grabowski urges "no" vote on Willow Expressway - Foothill College students working on teahouse garden restoration - Page Mill/Arastradero intersection improvements - List of deputies patrolling LAH
IMG_2222.JPG 7/21/1971 Photo and article: Foothill College students save teahouse - Possible moratorium on horse stables - Political action group LAH 2 formed in LAH
IMG_2223.JPG 7/28/1971 Hearing for sewage assessment - LAH Horsemen's Association meeting
IMG_2224.JPG 7/28/1971 Ohlone mortars unearthed at LAH dig - Sewer assessment approved by council - Sewer assessment District No. 9 will not be popular
IMG_2225.JPG 8/1/1971 Photo and Article:  Ohlone burial ground uncovered
IMG_2226.JPG 8/7/1971 Councilman Grabowski looking for compromise on sewer assessment - Sewer district hearing on 8/2/71 - Council approves sewer assessment
IMG_2227.JPG 8/4/1971 Photo: horse show raises money for deer warning signs. Pictured:  Lorie Langdon, Jim Briggs, Susan Howard - Hills planners studying stable ordinance
IMG_2228.JPG 8/11/1971 Council ignores majority sewer protest - Page Mill/Arastradero Road intersection work proposed - Editorial on Sewer District 9
IMG_2229.JPG 8/14/1971 Proposed open space would defer sewer assessment for 10 years - LAH 2 hopes to find viable solutions for town - Sewer assessment compromise offered
IMG_2230.JPG 8/11/1971 Photo:  Los Altos Trail Club clears trails - Sewer Compromise deal appears "unlikely" - Photo:  Deleme Stutz trims bushes to clean up trails in LAH
IMG_2231.JPG 8/11/1971 Moratorium on horse stables dropped - Sewer District 9 cuts 16 units - Foothill College geology instructor in auto accident - Proposal to allow deferment of sewer assessment payments
IMG_2232.JPG 8/26/1971 Melton horse stables allowed to continue operation - Eleanor Fowle resigns as head of Women's State Democratic Party - Tentative agreement over school sewer line - 27 horse stable approved for LAH
IMG_2233.JPG 8/25/1971 Suit may block Hills sewer district - Eshner 14 lot subdivision approved - National Guard offers pathway assistance but LAH declines
IMG_2234.JPG 8/25/1971 Town attorney says deferring sewage assessment payments illegal - LAH sewer basin to get notice of increased fees - Photo:  redwood tree planting memorial in Shoup Park for Craig Gardiner
IMG_2235.JPG 9/2/1971 LAH residents suing to stop assessment - Permits for 2 boarding stables bring criticisms - Photo:  Jack Davey, John Cassidy, Mary Davey. Mary Davey appointed to head Council for Aging for Santa Clara Cty. - Foothill College Geology professor, Tim Hall, injured in car accident
IMG_2236.JPG 9/7/1971 Town Hall urged to get fire sprinklers - Environmental Protection Agency will take calls about noise complaints - Mid-Peninsula Regional Park plans will only include Santa Clara Cty. - Florence Fava wants Foothill College Cusack House (Griffin House) preserved - Town Council urges Menlo Park to reject Willow Expressway
IMG_2237.JPG 9/8/1971 LAH property owners file suit against sewer assessment - Town Hall told to get fire sprinklers - Straightening of Arastradero Road rejected - LAH accepts Nat'l Guard offer of free pathway cleaning
IMG_2238.JPG 9/15/1971 Nat'l Guard to help clear LAH trails - LAH recycling center closes - Open meeting to discuss La Raza lawsuit denied - LAH planning commission debates penalities for pulling out of open space plan
IMG_2239.JPG 9/15/1971 Planning commission to name LAH creeks - LAH needs to find attorney for sewer lawsuit - Letters to Editor on LAH issues - LAH oppposes allowing mobile home parks - Sewer assessment payments due
IMG_2240.JPG 9/10/1971 Mary Davey wants informative meeting to explain La Raza lawsuit - LAH Association opposes mobile home parks - Bike path plan approved - Auto accident causes power outage - Hearing set for rezoning of LAH acres
IMG_2241.JPG 9/8/1971 LAH home painted to look like trees - Natoma Road will remain 2-way - LAH creeks to be named "Purissima Creek" and "Deer Gulch Creek"
IMG_2242.JPG 9/22/1971 Photo:  "Teachers Day" designated by state legislature. Mayor Benson, LA Mayor Hansen, LA High teacher Gloria Hestein
IMG_2243.JPG 10/29/1971 LAH doesn't qualify for HUD help in purchasing open space - Creeks in LAH get names - Horse ring request by Pathway's Committee Chairman Saviano - 1st Annual Cty. Inter-City Golf Tournament announced
IMG_2244.JPG 11/10/1971 Grawbowski quits county Planning and Policy Committee and accuses them of not understanding Hills needs - LAH can't find rep for PPC committee
IMG_2245.JPG 10/5/1971 Tax breaks for LAH properties that commit to no development for 10 years - LAH rehearing on rezoning of public lands from residential/agricultural to open space - 3 lots still for sale by school district - Discussion of "Mid-peninsula Study" - Homeowner prevented from PG & E hook-up due to zoning violations- Engineer wants to study cable for LAH - Art exhibit of Old Los Altos by lont-time resident
IMG_2246.JPG 10/13/1971 Debate over TV anenna height - Hills debates participation in spay and neuter animal clinics - Pathway hike inspection - LAH Planning Cpmmission wants geologic map to identify earthquake faults - Numerous dogs poisoned near Palo Hills Drive
IMG_2247.JPG 10/13/1971 Widening of Purissima and La Paloma interesection roads approved - No funds for new law enforcement study - Antenna height ordinance to be reviewed - Dispute over pathway easements involves Packard property - LAH supports animal clinic in northern Santa Clara Cty.
IMG_2248.JPG 10/28/1971 Obiturary for Ward Crump - Marjorie Evans, LAH Noise Abatement Comm. influences EPA - Photo:  Florence Fava and Tim Hall with Indian artifacts - Photo:  John Dunn, Foothill College Superintendent and city councils meet
IMG_2249.JPG 10/27/1971 Troubled Adobe Creek Lodge offers permanent memberships despite orders to close in 1976 - Pathway's Comm. Recommends some easements vacated - Mary Davey elected to board of United Community Crusades Council - Disagreements at council meeting over representation at PPC
IMG_2250.JPG 12/2/1971 Debate over easements in Rosehill Estates subdivision - Horsement uspet over pathways - Pathway Comm. in favor of abandoning some easements - Decision on LAH involvement in regional open space to be on Arpil ballot
IMG_2251.JPG 11/3/1971 LAH reps quite Santa Clara Cty. PPC - Chairman of Noise Abatement Comm., Marjorie Evans, studies auto noise - State Bd. Equalization refund is only $1.91 - End of dig at Ohlone burial site
IMG_2252.JPG 11/12/1971 LAH reps resign from PPC over lack of common ground - Councilman Grabowski wants Regional Park issue on ballot - NJ suit similar to LA Raza vs Lah
IMG_2253.JPG f11/5/71 Photo:  Birch Jones and Sue DuHamel ride horses in Byrne Preserve - LAH votes town "Agricultural Preserve"
IMG_2254.JPG f11/5/71 Mayor Benson opposes Mary Davey's views on LAH - Photo:  Mayor Benson at groundbreaking of horse ring - Councilman Grabowski drops proposal to vote on regional open space participation - Nat'l Guardsmen helping build horse ring
IMG_2255.JPG 11/12/1971 Members reject idea of permanent membershipos for Adobe Creek Lodge - Photo:  Ohlone Indian artifacts on display at LA library - 
IMG_2256.JPG 11/17/1971 No rep. to PPC until Mary Davey resigns from that comm. - Rent to be raised on Byrne Preserve - Fees to be raised for receiving council agenda and notes
IMG_2257.JPG 11/18/1971 Adobe Creek flood control hearing involves Foothill College - When Adobe Creek Lodge closes, subdivisoin could be created - LAH interested in participating in Regional Park District - William Savers elected to Menlo School Board - LAH comm., Traffic & Public Safety and Noise Abatement, will get expanded roles
IMG_2258.JPG 11/24/1971 Photos:  Guardsmen and residents clear land for horse ring. Picture: Fred and Bill Downey and Pat Standring
IMG_2259.JPG 11/24/1971 Photo and article:  flood control measures may line Adobe Creek with concrete - Council meeting to discuss Adobe Creek flood plan and pathway easements
IMG_2260.JPG 11/30/1971 Judge rules sewer suit against LAH can go to trial - Expanded duties for Noise Abatement and Traffic Comm. - LAH had 3rd safest city in CA for city employees - Grawbowski drops efforts to have city vote on regional open space district - Horse ring dedicated - LAH delays rasing fees for mailing council agenda
IMG_2261.JPG 12/1/1971 LAH opposes state senate reapportionment plan - Florence Fava article on Ohlone Indian research 
IMG_2262.JPG 12/1/1971 Councilwoman Davey wants pathways to remain - Editorial on LAH participation in PPC - Rita Campbell named to Health Services Advisory Comm. - Hills comm. To change names - LAH not satisfied with Adobe Creek flood plan
IMG_2263.JPG 12/7/1971 LAH  sewer policy trial to go forward - LAH Council votes to abandon easements in Rosehill Estates - LAH studies own fire dept. - Planning Commission changes to be discussed
IMG_2264.JPG 12/8/1971 Pathways in Rosehill Estates to be abandoned - Traffic and Noise Comms. To be renamed and expanded - La Raza suit set for/18/72 - Residents upset over plan for Adobe Creek - Another burglary in LAH
IMG_2265.JPG 12/8/1971 LAH council votes to abandon Adobe Creek flood plan - New flood plans for Adobe Creek needed - auto accident near Foothil college - Dr. Panagopoulos named "Outstanding Professor" at San Jose State - 2/18/72 date for LA Raza trial vs LAH
IMG_2266.JPG 2/15/1971 Concrete lined Adobe Creek plan unpopular - LAH 2 group wants to influence 1972 council election - Fava history book not being published - Pathway easements abandoned
IMG_2267.JPG 12/20/1972 Auto accident near Foothill College - LA Raza trial set for 2/18/72 - Homeowners win over pathway advocates - Editorial:  Local area wish list
IMG_2268.JPG 12/21/1971 Editorial:  solutions for Adobe Creek - Editorial:  LAH council elections - Another look at police force for LAH - Byrne Preserve use discussion
IMG_2269.JPG 12/29/1971 Conservationists oppose LAH resolution on regional development agency - LAH wants Kaiser Ridge included in "Sphere of Influence" - Mayor Benson will seek reelection - LAH purchases 1500 young trees for residents - LAH perfectly safe city for employees
IMG_2270.JPG 12/29/1971 LAH Protection Comm. Studies police force - Sewer district assessment suit will be allowed - Debate over new antennae ordinance - Los Altos school district selling lots
IMG_2271.JPG 1/5/1972 Planning Commission may be revamped - Diane Miller may seek council seat - Group to meet that is dedicated to removal of council incumbants - Council to vote on designating six contracts for open space under Williamson Act - LAH could purchase Bullis School site as new town hall
IMG_2272.JPG 1/12/1972 Photo:  Ohlone Indian bench site -  LAH 2 group to endorse candidates - LAH 2 group seeking candidates for town council - LAH 40 cent tax must continue - George Solomon, Stanford associate prof. of psychiatry, will speak on heroin addiction
IMG_2273.JPG 1/13/1972 LAH 2 will hold election caucus - Election campaigns open - LAH will appoint new members to PPC - Councilman Corbett writes brochure on Williamson Act
IMG_2275.JPG 1/18/1972 Photo and Article:  Mary Davey continues battle against noise pollution - Quarter Horse Ranch o.k'd - LAH 2 delays selecting candidates - Deputy Mayor positon inadvertently left open - LAH manhole covers stolen - Benson, Corbett, Helgesson will seek reelection 
IMG_2276.JPG 1/26/1972 Council tables commendation for Sen. Bradley's opposition to proposed regional bay plan - Mayor Benson will appoint 2 members to PPC - 5 parcels of land o.k.'d for tax relief under Williamson Act - State Highway patrol has 8-acre land parcel for sale - Bullis School sight eyed for new town hall
IMG_2277.JPG 1/26/1972 Council seats up for election - Corbett and Spencer apppointed to PPC - LAH 2 not yet endorsing any candidates - 5 property owners o.k.'d tax relief under Williamson Act
IMG_2278.JPG 2/2/1972 Photoe of wooden marker for Rancho La Purissima Concepcion
IMG_2279.JPG 2/2/1972 Photo:  historic marker restored - Six candidates to run for council - Elections open for city posts - Wallace Stegner recieves fellowship from National Endowment for Humanities - LAH council supports stricter standards for waste waters into ocean
IMG_2280.JPG 2/18/1972 Los Altos School District plan would close elementary schools in Hills - Santa Clara Cty. approves marker for Ohlone burial site - Ohlone Indian site and Parrish House considered as historic points of interest - Open Sapce booklet to be mailed to residents
IMG_2281.JPG 2/9/1972 Photo and article:  Coeta Chambers is president of League of Women Voters - LAH wants to purchase 8 acres of state highway land - LAH 2 supports Miller, Cubby and Sacks for council seats - Candidates for LAH council race:  Benson, Helgesson, Corbett, young, Sacks, Miller, Newson, Cubby -LAH council supports open space acquisitions by county
IMG_2282.JPG 2/16/1972 Los Altos to close Hills schools to prevent lawsuit - LAH Public Protection Commission recommends 7-man police force for town
IMG_2284.JPG 2/19/1972 LAH wants financial assistance for police protection at Foothill College - LAH 2 supports 3 candidates - Cherry bombs in mailboxes - Under-sheriff calls LAH police plan "unrealistic"
IMG_2285.JPG 2/16/1972 Fundraising for Little League field expansion - Photo:  new building at Little League fields - $100 reward for mailbox vandals - Name change requested for Environ. Management Comm. - New water tank location discussed
IMG_2286.JPG 2/17/1972 LAH council favors "pay-as-you-go" policy for county open space acquititions - Land preserved through Wiliamson Act - Hills may purchase surplus highway land
IMG_2287.JPG 2/18/1972 LAH police force debated - Population increases in LAH expected to level off - LAH home burglarized 
IMG_2289.JPG 2/25/1972  Local police force proposed - No funds available for highway land purchases - LAH supports designation of I280 as "State Scenic Highway" - Population report presented to council
IMG_2290.JPG 3/1/1972 Motion on Sacre zoning tabled at council meeting - Water tower planned on Mount Helen - Editorial on police force
IMG_2291.JPG 3/1/1972 Lah won't restrict development in Monte Bello area - Two lawsuits against LAH begin next week - LAH will support Skyline preservation measures - Los Altos School District lots still for sale 
IMG_2293.JPG 2/23/1972 Photo and article on Harold Lindsay
IMG_2294.JPG 3/8/1972 Photo and article on Moody Road and Stagecoach Halfway House - Photo and article:  Bullis -Purissima principal to retire, Muriel Smith
IMG_2295.JPG 3/8/1972 Bullis -Purissima principal to retire - Engraving items available to stem home burglaries
IMG_2296.JPG 3/10/1972 Photo and Article:  Helen and Waldo Ashby fighting noise of I280 - Hills roads too narrow for bike paths - Sewer lawsuit to be heard in Superior Court - LAH home damage in fire
IMG_2297.JPG 3/15/1972 Petition against highway noise signed by 400 residents - Engraving tools available for residents to curb burglaries - Council Corbett wants town vote on police force - Council wants study on water tank
IMG_2298.JPG 3/8/1972 Council owon't halt Monte Bello development - Meet the candidates meeting - 7 member police force needed for LAH - LAH sewer suit begins May 1 - Verbal okay for land purchase on O'Keefe Lane
IMG_2299.JPG 3/21/1972 LAH council votes to buy O'Keefe Lane land from state highway dept. - Painter criticizes LAH for not enforcing business licenses - Operation Identificaiton launched to stem burglaries
IMG_2301.JPG 2/2/1972 Photo and Election Article:  Stanley Corbett and family
IMG_2302.JPG 2/16/1972 Photo and Election Article: Mr. and Mrs. Helgesson
IMG_2303.JPG 3/1/1972 Photo and Election Article: Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Sacks
IMG_2305.JPG 3/8/1972 Photo and Election Article: Mr. and Mrs. Lee Kubby
IMG_2306.JPG 3/15/1972 Photo and Election Article: Diana Miller
IMG_2307.JPG 3/22/1972 Photo and Election Article: Walter Benson
IMG_2308.JPG 3/29/1972 Photo and Election Article: Robert Newson
IMG_2310.JPG 3/1/1972 LAH Association candidate question and answers
IMG_2318.JPG 3/1/1972 LAH2 Poster on council elections
IMG_2319.JPG 3/1/1972 Open election letter
IMG_2320.JPG 3/31/1972 No divisive issues for council election - Looking for ways to fund highway land purchase- Meet the candidates night - LAH to buy hightway lands for $20,100
IMG_2321.JPG 3/31/1972 7 candidates present positions - Photo:  LAH seal of LAH Association, William Downey and Mildred Gallo - Petition presented to council to hood lights at Foothill Colllege - Painter protests license fee
IMG_2322.JPG 3/29/1972 Councilman Corbett wants vote on police force - Program from candiates night with LAH Association - Save Kaiser Ridge - Mail tampering in Hills - League of Women Voters to sponsor candidate night
IMG_2323.JPG 4/5/1972 New patrol cars for Santa Clara Cty. - City advises against building in flood plain - Hills planners delay action on subdivision near Purissima and La Paloma Roads - Master Plan Los Altos School District
IMG_2324.JPG 4/5/1972 LAH elections - Ananda Marga Yoga Society meets in LAH - Photos of yoga society
IMG_2326.JPG 4/5/1972 Letter to Editor on license law - Foothill and suburban papers under one organization - Final draft of police plan being prepared - Election article - LAH moves to halt work on Kaiser Ridge
IMG_2327.JPG 4/5/1972 Photo and article:  former Pink Horse Guest Ranch included in April house tour
IMG_2329.JPG 4/5/1972 LAH Association candidate night 
IMG_2330.JPG 4/5/1972 Letter to Editor on Mt. Helen water tank - Rosehill sewer probe - Firemen'sflow rule criticized - Recommendations for town council
IMG_2331.JPG 4/9/1972 Article on council election - Resident feels council violated Brown Act
IMG_2332.JPG 4/19/1972 Helgesson elected to council and mayor
IMG_2333.JPG 4/11/1972 Canidates Statements of Qualifications
IMG_2336.JPG 4/11/1972 Sample ballot
IMG_2337.JPG 4/19/1972 Photo and Article:  Helgesson named mayor - LAH council defers water project vote
IMG_2337a.JPG 4/12/1972 Only 1 incumbent reelected - Midpeninsula's lusty elections - Council election results
IMG_2338.JPG 4/20/1972 More liberal council elected - Photo and article: Waldo Ashby plants trees to curb noise from freeway
IMG_2339.JPG 4/19/1972 Councilman Grabowski wants anti-fire laws - Reduced price for LA School District lots - LAH2 wants to help LAH council - San Felipe Water Project
IMG_2341.JPG 4/19/1972 LAH Election results and photos of Helgesson, Miller, Kubby - LAH not responsible for traffic death near Moody/Elena Roads - Study of police protection for Foothill College
IMG_2342.JPG 4/26/1972 Sewage spill down Adobe Creek - Voorhees' subdivision decision on fire flow - Fremont Road to remain same width
IMG_2243.JPG 4/26/1972 Election article - Kubby nominates Helgesson for mayor - LAH council discusses sewer suit - Sewer suit postponed
IMG_2344.JPG 4/26/1972 LAH special session may change sewer policy - LAH studies small police force - No decision on sewer issue at special meeting
IMG_2345.JPG 4/26/1972 Letter to Editor on rural life's pitfalls - Photo: Wallace Stegner - Sewer trial postponed
IMG_2346.JPG 5/3/1972 Association notes on election - Letter to Editor: Hills Promises Broken - Davey named to parks charter comm. 
IMG_2347.JPG 5/5/1972 Town attorney declares sewer policy illegal - Sewer action delayed - Police force too costly
IMG_2348.JPG 5/8/1972 LAH Association newsletter on sewer policy
IMG_2355.JPG 5/10/1972 Voorhees loses fire flow fight - Photo:  Zappettini Estate will host St. Nicholas fundraiser - Legal opinion on sewer policy read at council meeting
IMG_2356.JPG 5/10/1972 LAH 8-man police force proposed - New slopes formula proposed - New budget proposal up $41,000 - 2 school district lots sell
IMG_2357.JPG 5/16/1972 LAH town council rescinds vote of sewer policy - Proposed police force stalled - Part of sewer lawsuit continues - Letters to Editor on council sewer actions
IMG_2358.JPG 5/24/1972 Letters to Editor on sewer policies and actions
IMG_2359.JPG 5/17/1972 LAH slope-density formula - LAH to send residents clarification on sewers - Kubby's request for variance denied
IMG_2360.JPG 5/10/1972 Photos:  Zappettini Estate and Villa Maria host events - Sewer suit loss could cost interest
IMG_2361.JPG 4/18/1972 Minutes of 4/18/72 council meeting
IMG_2363.JPG 4/24/1972 LAH sewer policy goes down the drain - Police proposal postponed - Letters to editor on sewer policy
IMG_2364.JPG 5/24/1972 Letters to Editor on sewer policies and actions
IMG_2365.JPG 6/1/1972 Rabbi Akselradcelebrates 25th anniversary as rabbi - Sewer trial begins
IMG_2366.JPG 5/31/1972 Photos and article: spoof on LAH police force
IMG_2367.JPG 5/31/1972 Photo: Joey Cassin and Matt Brown setting up for Little League fair - LAH council affirms stance on one acre zoning and open space policy - Sewer policy letter to be written - Grabowski drops fire prevention proposal
IMG_2368.JPG 5/31/1972 LAH Little League results- Proposition S and election issues - LAH council votes to send Vietnam resolution to Congress
IMG_2369.JPG 6/14/1972 Palo Alto Council votes to assist LA in sewer problems - Changes coming for Planning Commission - LAH Horsemen's Assoc. will hold clinic on hunting - 3rd school lot sold - Eagle Scout Steve Cole builds path markers - Letter on sewer issues to be sent to residents - Hills post office branch cancelled - LAH discusses new budget
IMG_2370.JPG 6/14/1972 Sewer policy rescinded - Police proposal postponed - Zoning resolutions reaffirmed - Grabowski will continue to seek help with fire funds - Accident near Adobe Lodge
IMG_2371.JPG 7/11/1972 LAH planning process reorganized - LAH wants Foothill to pay for police protection - Pathway Committee members ousted - Kubby's variance request denied
IMG_2372.JPG 7/14/1972 LAH Pathways Chairman ousted - LAH asks Foothill to share police costs - Business fees boosts budget - Photo: Donal M. Campbell
IMG_2373.JPG 7/12/1972 Little League news - New sewer distric proposed - Homeowners asked to cut fields - Letter to Editor on appointment of comm. Members
IMG_2374.JPG 7/19/1972 LAH council fires Pathway Comm. Chairman - LAH assessed valuation lower than expected - LAH asks Foothill College for police help
IMG_2375.JPG 7/1/1972 Photo:  Mark Weisbart and Theresa Itay will play in National Junior Parks Tennis Tournament
IMG_2376.JPG Jul-72 LAH Association Minutes
IMG_2385.JPG 6/8/1972 LAH new Planning commission organization proposed - Tennis court, pool moratorium proposed - LAH employee pay raises - LAH considers increase in transfer tax
IMG_2387.JPG 7/19/1972 Slope densisty ordinance extended - Planning Commission reorganization - Kubby to get variance for tennis court - Planning Commission seat left vacant - Residents voice displeasure at council meeting
IMG_2388.JPG 8/3/1972 Standring resigns from Pathway Comm. - Letter to Editor on LAH hiring - Residents call council action "cronyism" - LAH buys state land - LAH council agenda
IMG_2389.JPG 7/20/1972 LAH Council letter to residents on sewer policy
IMG_2390.JPG 8/11/1972 LAH drops private patrol
IMG_2391.JPG 8/16/1972 LAH real estate tax tabled - LAH may use Palo Alto police - Faisant and Kubby disagree on law issues
IMG_2392.JPG 8/2/1972 Letter to Editor on LAH Council - Additional stop signs approved - Sewer District 10 initation resolutions approved - LAH staff may get 5.5% pay raises 
IMG_2393.JPG 8/16/1972 LAH budget delayed - Possible controlled deer hunt - Sheriff's police patrols will increase - Monte Bello Ridge planning study undertaken 
IMG_2394.JPG 8/8/1972 LAH drops private patrol and added more county protection - Possible Palo Alto police protection - Discussion of one-year terms for LAH vice mayor
IMG_2395.JPG 8/23/1972 Councilman Kubby gets tennis court variance - Business license fees could be lost due to loss of private patrol force
IMG_2396.JPG 8/29/1972 Planning Commission approves Adobe Creek preservation plan - Efficiency expert to consult for LAH - Kubby gets tennis court variance
IMG_2397.JPG 9/2/1972 Discussion from floor at council meeting brings in numerous complaints - Grabowski wants private patrol reinstated - Palo Alto police may help patrol LAH - No major changes for Adobe Creek
IMG_2398.JPG 8/23/1972 Letter to Editor: Mayor Helgesson keeps council calm - Corbett will not be part of recall effort - LAH and County agree on flood prevention plan - LAH may have recall of council member
IMG_2399.JPG 8/23/1972 Letter to Editor on killing deer in LAH - Pipe will be solution for Adobe Creek - Photo:  outhouse in LAH
IMG_2400.JPG 8/24/1972 Adobe Creek overflow plan approved - Contentious council meetings - Private patrol still fired - Sept. 17 to be Constitution Day
IMG_2401.JPG 8/23/1972 Efficiency consultants interviewed - Residents upset over spending money on efficiency consultant - LAH Council o.k.s Adobe Creek plan
IMG_2402.JPG 8/30/1972 Baxter-McDonald and Co. hired as efficiency consultants
IMG_2403.JPG 9/7/1972 LAH cautious about multi-city police study - Open Space laws may halt building - LAH wants vegetation to block I280 noise - Council discusses Planning Comm. Reorganization
IMG_2404.JPG 9/13/1972 City Manager doesn't see need to revamp committees - Council agrees on sewer letter - Citizens to begin petition on sewer district
IMG_2405.JPG 9/13/1972 LAH postpones decision on joining county police study - LAH won't allow deer hunting - Council hopes to streamline meetings - LAH postpones decision on HUD proposal - Planning Commission reorganization needed
IMG_2406.JPG back cover of 1971 - 1972 scrapbook