Rally for Buena Vista in Palo Alto

Buena Vista is the last mobile home park in Palo Alto, and more than a hundred families will be displaced if the owner, who is trying to sell the property for development, succeeds in his plan.

Residents of Buena Vista and hundreds of supporters rallied at City Hall on March 9th to loudly voice support for the park's preservation. Residents, many of whom wore Save Our Homes t-shirts, spoke to Spanish language television stations. The Raging Grannies sang Estamos Trabajando por la Justicia to cheers from the crowd.

After the rally, the demonstrators swarmed City Hall chambers. Bodies pressed against each other filling the room wall to wall. Speakers urged the council to approve an $8 million allocation for funding the mobile home park immediately.