|Candidate_Dir: ca/sm/vote/walker_m
|Contest_Dir: ca/sm/race/103
|County_List: San Mateo County, CA
|Residential_County: San Mateo
|Office_Title: Council Member; City of East Palo Alto
|Preparer_Last_Name: Walker
|Preparer_First_Name: Myrtle
|Preparer_Email: Smitty 794@aol.com
|Preparer_Email_OK: Y
|Preparer_Phone: 650-328-2226
|Preparer_Fax: 650-328-2227
|Preparer_Address: 794 Green Street
|Preparer_City_State_Zip: East Palo Alto , CA  94303
|Candidate_Last_Name: Walker
|Candidate_First_Name: Myrtle
|Campaign_Email: Smitty794@aol.com
|Campaign_Street_Address: 794 Green Street
|Campaign_City_State_Zip: East Palo Alto, CA  94303
|Campaign_Phone: 650-328-2226
|Campaign_Fax: 650-328-2227
|Occupation: Business Owner
|Political_Party: Democrat
|Bio_Highlight_1: Chair Bd. of Directors, Drew Health Foundation
|Bio_Highlight_2: Palo Alto Art Center Guild
|Bio_Highlight_3: Friends of East Palo Alto Library, Co-Chair
|Bio_Highlight_4: Proxy, Senator Byron Sher,CA Democratic Conv.
|Bio_Highlight_5: Member, East Palo Alto City Council
|Bio_Highlight_6: CEO, Myrtle Walker & Associates
|Full_Biography: 
I have served for fourteen years as an elected official in my community. Nine years as a trustee on the Ravenswood School Board (2 yrs. as President) and five years on the City Council. I currently serve on the Palo Alto Art Center Guild as the East Palo Alto Bd. Member, East Palo Alto Friends of the Library, Co-Chair, Menlo Oaks School Site Council, Ravenswood School District Advisory Committee. I served as the Representative of the City of East Palo Alto to the City and County Association of Governments for four years. My past volunteer experience includes: San Mateo County Children's Executive Council,San Mateo County School Boards Association President, California School Boards Association Delegate Assembly, Black Caucus; National School Boards Association I also served as Mistress of Ceremonies for Assemblyman Ted Lempert and Proxy to the California Democratic Convention for Senator Byron Sher. I am a widower,having recently lost my husband William to Lukemia, and I am raising my grand-son Jonathan, 13, who is the light of my life.
|Political_Priority_1: 
Establish diversified revenue tax base thru public/private partnerships
|Political_Priority_2: 
More affordable housing, less gentrification of our current citizens
|Political_Priority_3: 
Guarantee the safety and protection of residents and their property rights
|Featured_Endorsement_1: San Mateo County Central Labor Council (COPE)
|Featured_Endorsement_2: San Mateo County Democratic Central Committee
|Featured_Endorsement_3: San Francisco 's Honorable Mayor Willie L. Brown Jr.
|Additional_Endorsements: 
National Women's Political Caucus, San Mateo County
San Jose Mercury News
San Mateo Times
Palo Alto Weekly
The Honorable Byron Sher, CA State Senate
The Honorable Ted Lempert, CA State Assembly
The Honorable Rich Gordon, San Mateo County Board of Supervisors
The Honorable Claire Mack, San Mateo City Council
The Honorable Sue Lempert, San Mateo City Council 
The Honorable Jerry Hill, San Mateo City Council
The Honorable Doris Ward, San Francisco Controller
|Position_Paper_1_Title: Public/Private Partnerships for a Diversified Tax Base
|Position_Paper_1_Summary: 
The City of East Palo Alto must develop a diversified tax base in order to stabilize its economic situation.
|Position_Paper_1_Full_Text: 
The City of East Palo Alto currently depends largely on property taxes and specialized federal grants for its tax base. If we are to move our city into the Twenty-first Century, we must capitalize on our many assets. We must develop our land to capture the most dollars through partnering with private industry as well as the government entities.
Our Ravenswood Retail Center is a partnership with private developers. This development is estimated to bring to the city coffers approximately one million dollars in sales tax.
We are also in the process of developing with another private developer, three office towers and a convention hotel. This project called University Circle will generate approximately three and a half million dollars for our general fund. We project a large number of jobs for our citizens from this development.
The Ravenswood Industrial Park area including the four corners of University Avenue and Bay Road is another designated redevelopment area. The main portion of the area is designated for Federal Brownsfield Funds.  This allows the city of East Palo Alto to partner with the Federal Government.  We have an opportunity to work closely with our Stakeholders Group,Silicon Valley and the current property owners to develop a mixed use development for a diversified tax base and expand job opportunities in East Palo Alto. The four corners area is designated for a super market and small community businesses, allowing our citizens to participate in our ecomonic development. I want to return to the City Council to insure the completion of these developments for a diversified tax base and to make sure our citizens benefit from the stabilizing of our city.