Portola Valley’s foothill roads, local archives and community institutions give the Town a distinctive Peninsula story. LCP supports organizations and campaigns with coordinated websites, print, signage and event materials. Bring us your project goals and practical details; we can help carry the same clear identity from a printed introduction to a complete website. Incorporated: July 14, 1964. Council: Five at-large members. Council terms: Four years. Mayor and Vice Mayor: Selected by Council for one-year terms. Portola Valley’s official archive dates incorporation to July 14, 1964. Today the Town Clerk maintains public records and election resources for a five-member, at-large Town Council. A valley recorded through roads and local archives. The Town’s historical timeline follows logging in the foothills and the building of Arastradero Road in the 1830s, followed by the development of roads, schools and community institutions. It records a June 23, 1964 incorporation vote and the official incorporation and first organizational meeting on July 14. The same archive records the formation of the Friends of the Library in 1964 and the first Town zoning ordinance in 1965. These dated entries can give an anniversary program a compact, locally grounded chronology. Town records and Council structure. The Town elects five at-large councilmembers to four-year terms. Council selects the Mayor and Vice Mayor for one-year terms in December. The Town Clerk maintains minutes, ordinances and resolutions, coordinates municipal elections and provides access to records. The document archive is a practical starting point for a historical project as well as current civic research. Municipal nomination and disclosure resources. The Town’s current election page lists three seats for the November 2026 election. It directs prospective candidates to obtain nomination documents from the Town Clerk by appointment. The election page supplies nomination and disclosure information for its dated cycle. San Mateo County directs municipal candidates to the local Clerk, while its current voter portal provides vote-center and ballot-drop-box resources. A cohesive Portola Valley publication. A timeline spread, archival image caption and present-day photograph can work together in an event program or local-history handout. LCP can adapt your approved content into matching invitations, display pieces and a website. Supply permission-cleared images, exact place names, final event details, quantities and the delivery schedule. For voter information, link to the County’s current service portal. What Local Campaign Pros can produce for Portola Valley campaigns. Campaign direct mail: Postcards, letters and folded mailers designed, printed and mailed to the addresses you approve, with postage and mail-house handoff planned in. Lawn signs and walk pieces: Yard signs, stakes, door hangers and walk cards sized for your district, using the name, office and ballot designation you confirm. Campaign printing: Palm cards, flyers, envelopes and event pieces, proofed before anything goes to press. Websites and text artwork: A simple candidate website plus matching graphics for texts and email, built from the same approved copy and photos. How a project gets started. Approved content: Your name as it will appear, the office, a photo and any copy you have approved, including a candidate statement if you file one. Office and boundary confirmed: The exact office, district or seat, checked against the official election source for this place. Quantities: How many signs, pieces or mail addresses you need. We help estimate; you approve the final counts. Artwork and proofs: We design or adapt artwork and send proofs. Nothing prints until you sign off. Production schedule: We plan print and mail dates backward from the official deadlines and election dates you confirm. When was Portola Valley incorporated? The Town archive records July 14, 1964 as the official incorporation and first organizational meeting. Are Town Council seats elected by district? The Town Clerk describes five at-large councilmembers serving four-year terms. How are the Mayor and Vice Mayor chosen? The Council selects them for one-year terms in December. Where should I start for nomination papers and historical records? Start with the Town Clerk for nomination appointments, minutes, ordinances and resolutions; the Town archive supplies a detailed local chronology.