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Palo Alto residents urge city action after gun attack in Washington, D.C.; call for permit enforcement and rejection of hateful slogans
Summary
Multiple residents used the council’s public‑comment period to decry recent anti‑Jewish violence in Washington, D.C., to demand enforcement of permit rules for public events, and to ask city leaders to reject slogans and rhetoric they said amounted to antisemitic incitement.
Palo Alto — Several residents used the May 27 council meeting public‑comment period to express alarm about recent murders in Washington, D.C., and to ask the city to take stronger steps to enforce permit conditions and to speak out against rhetoric they said had helped fuel violence.
Members of Palo Alto’s Jewish community and other speakers recounted national incidents and linked them to local demonstrations, asking the city to enforce time‑place‑and‑manner restrictions, require permit holders to abide by event terms and to avoid sponsoring events…
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