| Action | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Preventing Crime | Palo Alto - 311 |
PaloAlto311 is a multi-platform solution providing Palo Alto residents, businesses, and visitors access to a set of local government-provided services, 24-hours a day, 7 days a week. |
| Preventing Crime | Palo Alto - Robbery Prevention at Work |
Tips on robbery prevention at work from the Palo Alto Police Department. |
| Preventing Crime | Palo Alto - Crime Prevention FAQs |
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on Crime Prevention from the Palo Alto Police Department. |
| Preventing Crime | Palo Alto - Police Department |
The Palo Alto Police Department is committed to providing exceptional public safety services and taking a leadership role in building community partnerships. We subscribe to core values that include integrity, accountability, trust, teamwork, a positive attitude, and the professional, impartial treatment of all. |
| Preventing Crime | Palo Alto - Crime Prevention |
A group of articles gathered by the City of Palo Alto related to personal security. |
| Getting Cars to Slow Down | Palo Alto - 311 - Traffic Calming |
If your team would like the City to explore putting in a stop sign or other traffic-calming measure, you can begin the process by filing it with Palo Alto 311. |
| Storm Drain Stenciling and Maintenance | SF - Adopt a Drain |
You can adopt one or more of San Francisco's 25,000+ storm drains (also called catch basins). By pledging to keep your drain free of leaves and debris, you are joining your neighbors in helping to protect the environment, manage stormwater, and minimize flooding. |
| Creating a Streamside “Grow Zone” | Palo Alto - Grassroots Ecology |
Grassroots Ecology leverages the power of volunteers to create healthy lands across Silicon Valley. We restore native plants to open spaces and neighborhoods, steward creeks and watersheds, and provide hands-on nature education. Join us! |
| Washing Your Car with the Least Environmental Impact | Palo Alto - Clean Cars and Clean Creeks |
Brochure on Environmentally-friendly tips for keeping your car clean. |
| Identifying and Fixing Oil Leaks on Your Vehicles | Palo Alto - Watershed Watch: Automotive Maintenance |
Get tips on how to reduce automotive pollution from the Santa Clara Valley Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Program. |
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“Cities are the platform for change in our world today. The Cool Block links the challenges facing our planet to the intimate, personal, social scale of the city block. This program starts and ends with the premise and promise—that the individual, household, and neighbors are the way forward in the face of seemingly insoluble global problems.”
