The City of Palo Alto City Hall is located at 250 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94301.
For general information, call City Hall at (650) 329-2100. You may also contact the City of Palo Alto via email listed on our Contact Us page.
Select the function using the A to Z tabs below or use the search tab to find specific contact information.
Police Department, 275 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2258
Fax: (650) 617-3120
Email: pd@cityofpaloalto.org
Use Hotline to report a vehicle you believe to be abandoned
Police Department, 275 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2413
Fax: (650) 617-3120
Email: pd@cityofpaloalto.org
Or contact Police Desk at (650) 329-2406
Commercial Center, 285 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2550
Fax: (650) 329-2240
Email: ada@cityofpaloalto.org
Police Department, 275 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2130
250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2130
Fax: (650) 617-3122
Police Department, 275 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2130
Fax: (650) 326-8819
Email: pd@cityofpaloalto.org
Police Department, 275 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2413
Animal Services, 3281 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 496-5971
Fax: (650) 856-8591
Email: pd@cityofpaloalto.org
Open Monday – Saturday, 11:00am – 5:30pm; closed 9/80 Fridays and holidays.
After-hours emergency:(650) 329-2413
Animal Services, 3281 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 496-5933
Fax: (650) 856-8591
Email: pd@cityofpaloalto.org
Monday – Saturday 11 am to 5:30 pm
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2441
Fax: (650) 329-2154
Email: plandiv.info@cityofpaloalto.org
Building: (650) 329-2496
Mitchell Park Community Center, 3700 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 463-4929
Municipal Service Center, 3201 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 496-5953
Fax: (650) 852-9289
Email: pwps@cityofpaloalto.org
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2441
Fax: (650) 329-2154
Email: plandiv.info@cityofpaloalto.org
Interior Changes – Building: (650) 329-2496
Phone: (650) 703-5501
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2406
Ashes from cremation may be scattered on private property – call Police (650) 329-2413 with questions
Mitchell Park Community Center, 3700 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 463-4928
Fax: (650) 321-5612
Alternate number: (650) 463-4900
Field Conditions: (650) 329-2697
Police Department, 275 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2413
Phone: (650) 329-2613
Baylands Athletic Center, 1900 Geng Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 329-2697
Baylands, 2775 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 617-3156
Baylands, 2775 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2382
Fax: (650) 493-5239
Baylands, 2775 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2506
Baylands, 2775 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2506
Fax: (650) 617-3156
Open Space, Parks & Golf Division, 3201 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 496-5916
Fax: (650) 496-5925
Memorial benches in City parks
Santa Clara County: (408) 278-7400
San Mateo County: (650) 552-9222
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2184
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2520
Fax: (650) 617-3108
Email: transportation@cityofpaloalto.org
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2184
Fax: (650) 327-6951
Email: fire@cityofpaloalto.org
Lost/stolen/abandoned – Police (650) 329-2413
Licensing – Fire Dept (650) 329-2184
Lockers – Transportation (650) 329-2136
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2568
Fax: (650) 617-3108
Email: transportation@cityofpaloalto.org
Police Department, 275 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2413
Email: pd@cityofpaloalto.org
Police Department, 275 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2130
Fax: (650) 617-3120
Email: pd@cityofpaloalto.org
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2571
Fax: (650) 328-3831
Email: city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org
Between Barron and Matadero, Palo Alto, CA
Fax: (650) 329-2697
Park maintenance: (650) 496-6962
John Boulware Park, 390 Fernando Street, Palo Alto, CA
Phone: (650) 329-2697
Park maintenance: (650) 496-6962
Phone: (650) 329-2697
Park maintenance: (650) 496-6962
Palo Alto Lawn Bowls Club, 474 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto, CA
Phone: (650) 323-2575
Palo Alto Lawn Bowls Club, 474 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto, CA
Phone: (650) 329-2510
Park maintenance: (650) 496-6962
Arastradero Road and Clemo Avenue, Palo Alto, CA
Phone: (650) 329-2697
General Maintenance (650) 496-6962
Lytton and Ramona Street, Palo Alto, CA
Phone: (650) 463-4940
Fax: (650) 321-5612
Commercial Center, 285 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2496
Fax: (650) 329-2240
Email: building@cityofpaloalto.org
Commercial Center, 285 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2496
Fax: (650) 329-2240
Email: building@cityofpaloalto.org
Phone: (650) 329-2496
Police Department, 275 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2248
Fax: (650) 329-2565
Email: pd@cityofpaloalto.org
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2317
Fax: (650) 617-3122
Email: adminsvcs@cityofpaloalto.org
Phone: (866) 240-3665
Email: muniblsupport@avenuinsights.com
Note: The City of Palo Alto does not issue business licenses and there is no requirement to have one. The City of Palo Alto partners with Avenu Insights & Analytics for the administration of the Business Registry Certificate (BRC) program and the Downtown Palo Alto Business Improvement District (BID) assessments.
To contact Administrative Services about these programs, please email jennifer.davis@cityofpaloalto.org
Phone: (650) 617-3156
Also referred to as the “Art Park”
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2182
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2441
Fax: (650) 329-2154
Email: plandiv.info@cityofpaloalto.org
Commercial Center, 285 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2496
Email: pwecips@cityofpaloalto.org
Public Works Engineering Services
Cubberley Community Center – T2, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94306
Phone: (650) 463-4953
Fax: (650) 856-8756
Stanford Drive, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305
Phone: (650) 736-2981
3700 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 463-4930
Email: childrens.theatre@cityofpaloalto.org
Police Department, 275 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2406
Fax: (650) 326-8819
Email: pd@cityofpaloalto.org
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2252
Fax: (650) 617-3122
Revenue Collections
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2571
Fax: (650) 328-3631
Email: city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2571
Fax: (650) 328-3631
Email: city.council@cityofpaloalto.org
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 496-6929
Fax: (650) 852-9289
Email: pwecips@cityofpaloalto.org
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2100
Fax: (650) 325-5025
Designated free-speech area, with guidelines Application: Police (650) 329-2147
Vendor/Special Event: CSD (650) 463-4929
Maintenance: (650) 329-2103
Trees/Plants: (650) 496-6905
Reservations: (650) 496-6950 or (650) 463-4929
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2399
Fax: (650) 323-8356
Email: adminsvcs@cityofpaloalto.org
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2317
Fax: (650) 617-3122
Email: adminsvcs@cityofpaloalto.org
4th Floor, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2692
Fax: (650) 323-8356
Email: adminsvcs@cityofpaloalto.org
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2260
Email: adminsvcs@cityofpaloalto.org
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2376
Fax: (650) 329-2696
Email: employ@cityofpaloalto.org
Submit resumes online – see current job openings
Police Department, 275 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2130
Fax: (650) 617-3120
Email: pd@cityofpaloalto.org
Commercial Center, 285 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 646-1855
Fax: (650) 329-2240
Email: Planning.Enforcement@CityofPaloAlto.org
Lytton and Bryant, Palo Alto, CA
Phone: (650) 329-2697
For maintenance: (650) 496-6962
Phone: (650) 329-2241
Email: darkfiber@cityofpaloalto.org
Find out about the City’s fiber service.
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2428
Fax: (650) 329-2154
Email: plandiv.info@cityofpaloalto.org
Federal Block Grant administration
MSC – A, 3201 E. Bayshore Avenue, Palo Alto, CA
Phone: (650) 496-5980
Fax: (650) 496-5925
Lucie Stern Community Center, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 463-4902
Email: enjoyonline@cityofpaloalto.org
Parks & Recreation Commission: (650) 329-2581
Parks Tree Pruning/Trimming: (650) 496-5953
Fee Reduction Program: (650) 463-4900
Cubberley Community Theatre: 4120 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94306
Phone: (650) 329-2602
Cubberly Community Center, 4000 Middlefield Road, T2, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 329-2602
Fax: (650) 463-4944
Municipal Service Center, 3201 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 496-5910
Fax: (650) 852-9289
Email: zerowaste@cityofpaloalto.org
Home composting info & Bay-Friendly Garden Workshops
Phone: (650) 329-2241
Email: cpauresidential@cityofpaloalto.org
Get information on how to conserve energy and water.
Commercial Center, 285 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2496
Fax: (650) 329-2240
Email: building@cityofpaloalto.org
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2520
Fax: (650) 617-3108
Email: transportation@cityofpaloalto.org
Santa Clara Valley Water District office, 5750 Almaden Expwy, San Jose, CA
Phone: (408) 265-2600
Cubberley Community Center – T2, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94306
Phone: (650) 329-2418
Fax: (650) 856-8756
Cubberley Community Center – T2, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94306
Phone: (650) 329-2418
Fax: (650) 856-8756
Room rentals at Cubberley Community Center – general information about Cubberley
Cubberley Community Center – T2, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94306
Phone: (650) 329-2418
Fax: (650) 856-8756
Phone: (650) 329-2241
Email: darkfiber@cityofpaloalto.org
Police Department, 275 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2413
Commercial Center, 285 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2496
Hours: 8:30AM – 4:30PM
Animal Services, 3281 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 496-5971
Fax: (650) 856-8591
Parks Operations – MSC – A, 3201 E. Bayshore Avenue, Palo Alto, CA
Phone: (650) 496-6960
Fax: (650) 496-5925
Mitchell Park, 600 East Meadow Greer Park, 1098 Amarillo Hoover Park, 2901 Cowper
Commercial Center, 285 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2496
Fax: (650) 329-2240
Email: building@cityofpaloalto.org
Dial 9-1-1 for emergencies
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2604
Fax: (650) 325-5025
El Camino Park – Reservations
Phone: (650) 329-2697
General Maintenance: (650) 496-6962
Banners, Code Enforcement: (650) 329-2276
Phone: (650) 329-2697
General Maintenance: (650) 496-6962
Eleanor Pardee Park, 851 Center Drive, Palo Alto, CA
Phone: (650) 329-2697
General Maintenance: (650) 496-6962
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2571
Fax: (650) 328-3631
Email: city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org
Phone: 9-1-1
Phone: (650) 470-1258
Commercial Center, 285 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2496
Email: pwecips@cityofpaloalto.org
Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA
Phone: (650) 329-2423
Mitchell Park Community Center, 3700 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 463-4952
Fax: (650) 321-5612
Mitchell Park Community Center, 3700 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 463-4900
Fax: (650) 321-5612
Email: enjoyonline@cityofpaloalto.org
Classes, programs for children and adults, recreation, art, aquatics, Children’s Theatre, Junior Museum and Zoo, dance sports, summer camps, special interest, class registration, middle school athletics
Regional Water Control Plant, 2501 Embarcadero Way, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 329-2598
Water Quality Control Plant
Phone: (650) 329-2347
Municipal Service Center, 3201 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 496-6948
Phone: (650) 329-2423
Cubberley Community Center – T2, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94306
Phone: (650) 329-2221
Fax: (650) 856-8756
Email: familyresources@cityofpaloalto.org
Mitchell Park Community Center, 3700 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 463-4952
Fax: (650) 321-5612
Commercial Center, 285 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2295
Email: pwecips@CityofPaloAlto.org
Mitchell Park Community Center, 3700 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 329-2697
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2692
Email: adminsvcs@cityofpaloalto.org
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2184
Fax: (650) 327-6951
Email: fire@cityofpaloalto.org
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2184
Fax: (650) 327-6951
Email: fire@cityofpaloalto.org
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: 650 329-2579
Fax: 650 327-6951
Call Utilities regarding leaking hydrants.
Foothills Park, 3300 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA
Phone: (650) 329-2423
Mitchell Park Community Center, 3700 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 463-4900 or (650) 329-2423
Fax: (650) 321-5612
Mitchell Park Community Center, 3700 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 463-4900 or (650) 329-2423
Fax: (650) 321-5612
Foothills Park, 3300 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA
Phone: (650) 329-2423
Fax: (650) 917-9647
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301v Phone: (650) 329-2184
For emergencies please dial 9-1-1
Golf Course, 1875 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 856-0881
Golf Course, 1875 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 856-0999
Golf Course
Phone: (650) 329-2175
Municipal Service Center, 3201 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 496-6974
Email: pwps@cityofpaloalto.org
Greer Park, 1098 Amarillo, Palo Alto, CA
Phone: (650) 329-2697
General Maintenance: (650) 496-6962
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 496-6974
Email: pwps@cityofpaloalto.org
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2184
Fax: (650) 327-6951
Email: fire@cityofpaloalto.org
Enforcement, Environmental Protection, Investigations, Spills, PAMC Title 17 (Storage), Title 15 (Permits) Also Public Works for Household Drop-Off: (650) 496-6980
Photo Finishing and Silver: (650) 496-6932
Municipal Service Center, 3201 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 496-6980
Email: zerowaste@cityofpaloalto.org
Residents & small quantity business generators only.
Cubberley Community Center – T2, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94306
Phone: (650) 329-2375
Fax: (650) 856-8756
Cubberley Community Center – T2, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94306
Phone: (650) 463-4906
Fax: (650) 856-8756
Cubberley Community Center – T2, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94306
Phone: (650) 463-4906
Fax: (650) 856-8756
Email: childcare@cityofpaloalto.org
Police Department, 275 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2406
Fax: (650) 326-8819
Email: pd@cityofpaloalto.org
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2182
Fax: (650) 617-3109
Email: OfficeOfTheCIO@CityofPaloAlto.org
Elwell Court, 1007 Elwell Court, Palo Alto, CA
Phone: (650) 566-4555
Fax: (650) 566-4536
Email: Lynn.Krug@CityofPaloAlto.org
Junior Museum, 1451 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2111
Fax: (650) 473-1965
Tue-Sun 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Municipal Service Center, 3201 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 496-5932
Email: pwps@cityofpaloalto.org
Downtown Library, 270 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2516
Fax: (650) 327-7568
Email: library.director@cityofpaloalto.org
M-F 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Downtown Library, 270 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2516
Email: library.commission@cityofpaloalto.org
Palo Alto Children’s Library, 1276 Harriet Street, Palo Alto, CA
Phone: (650) 329-2436
Email: pa_library@cityofpaloalto.org
M-Sat 10-6, Sun 1-5
College Terrace Library, 2300 Wellesley Street, Palo Alto, CA
Phone: (650) 329-2436
Email: pa_library@cityofpaloalto.org
M Closed, Tu-Weds 10-6,Th Closed, F-Sat 10-6, Sun Closed
Downtown Library, 270 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2436
Email: pa_library@cityofpaloalto.org
Tu-Sat 10-6, Sun-Mon Closed
Mitchell Park Community Center, 3700 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA
Phone: (650) 329-2436
Email: pa_library@cityofpaloalto.org
Mon -Thurs 10am-9pm, Fri-Sun 10am-6pm
Rinconada Library, 1213 Newell Road, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2436
Email: pa_library@cityofpaloalto.org
M-Th 10am-9pm, Fri-Sun 10am-6pm
Downtown Library, 270 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2436
Email: pa.library@cityofpaloalto.org
Cubberley Community Center, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94306
Phone: (650) 617-3100 ext 3211
T 5-8pm, Th 1-5pm
Phone: (650) 617-3100 ext 3215
Police Department, 275 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2556
Animal Services, 3281 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 496-5971
Mitchell Park Community Center, 3700 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 463-4900
Fax: (650) 321-5612
Facility/room rentals: Mitchell Park: (650) 329-2487
Lucie Stern: (650) 463-4900
Cubberley: (650) 329-2418
Municipal Service Center, 3201 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 496-6917
Email: UtilitiesCustomerService@CityofPaloAlto.org
For noisy manhole covers contact Utilities WGW
Mitchell Park Community Center, 3700 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 329-2400
Fax: (650) 321-5612
Mitchell Park, 3800 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2400
Fax: (650) 856-1375
Mitchell Park, 3800 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2400
Fax: (650) 856-1375
Mitchell Park, 3800 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2487
Fax: (650) 856-1375
At Mitchell Park Community Center Positive Alternatives for Youth (PAY), Youth Center, Ventura Skate Bowl, The Drop, The Sub
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2520
Fax: (650) 617-3120
Email: pd@cityofpaloalto.org
To file a traffic complaint (speed vehicles, etc.), call the Police Department and leave a voicemail message at (650) 329-2388.
Police Department, 275 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2406
Email: pd@cityofpaloalto.org
Phone: (650) 617-3197
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2171
Fax: (650) 329-2646
Email: city.attorney@cityofpaloalto.org
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2667
Fax: (650) 329-2297
Email: city.auditor@cityofpaloalto.org
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2571
Fax: (650) 328-3631
Email: city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2392
Fax: (650) 325-5025
Email: citymgr@cityofpaloalto.org
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2384
Fax: (650) 328-3631
Email: city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2520 Email: transportation@cityofpaloalto.org
Mitchell Park Community Center, 3700 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 463-4906 or (650) 496-6962
Fax: (650) 321-5612
Everything green except trees, including tennis courts
Palo Alto Art Center, 1313 Newell Road, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2366
Fax: (650) 326-6165
Email: artcenter@cityofpaloalto.org
Tue-Sat 10 am-5 pm; Tue,Wed & Thur 7-10 pm; Sun 1-5 pm
Lucie Stern Community Center, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-0891
Police Department, 275 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2459
Fax: (650) 617-3120
Email: pd@cityofpaloalto.org
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2318
Also billing re Fire Department: (650) 329-2532
MSC – A , 3201 E. Bayshore , Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 496-6950
Fax: (650) 496-5925
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2317
Fax: (650) 617-3122
Email: adminsvcs@cityofpaloalto.org
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2252
Commercial Center, 285 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2496
Fax: (650) 329-2240
Applies to Cal Ave and Downtown Parking Districts Only
Mitchell Park Community Center, 3700 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 496-6962
Fax: (650) 496-5925
Email: enjoyonline@cityofpaloalto.org
MSC – A , 3201 E. Bayshore , Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 496-6962
Fax: (650) 496-5925
Phone: (650) 329-2697
General Maintenance: (650) 496-6962
Commercial Center, 285 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2496
Fax: (650) 329-2240
Email: building@cityofpaloalto.org
Commercial Center, 285 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2496
Email: pwecips@cityofpaloalto.org
Commercial Center, 285 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2496
Fax: (650) 329-2240
Email: building@cityofpaloalto.org
contact Fire Department at (650) 329-2184
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2441
Fax: (650) 329-2154
Email: plandiv.info@cityofpaloalto.org
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2441
Fax: (650) 329-2154
Email: plandiv.info@cityofpaloalto.org
Police Department, 275 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2406
Fax: (650) 617-3120
Email: pd@cityofpaloalto.org
Police Department, 275 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2413
Police Department, 275 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2130
Fax: (650) 617-3120
Email: pd@cityofpaloalto.org
Payments – Revenue Collections: (650) 329-2318
Police Department, 275 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2394
Police Department, 275 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2559
Also for fraudulent documents
Police Department, 275 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2274
Police Department, 275 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2406
Fax: (650) 326-8819
Email: pd@cityofpaloalto.org
Police Department, 275 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2558
Fax: (650) 329-2565
Email: pd@cityofpaloalto.org
Police Department, 275 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2413
Fax: (650) 617-3120
Email: pd@cityofpaloalto.org
Police Department, 275 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2459
Fax: (650) 617-3120
Email: pd@cityofpaloalto.org
Police Department, 275 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2406
Police Department, 275 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2683
Fax: (650) 617-3120
Email: pd@cityofpaloalto.org
Police Department, 275 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2601
Police Department, 275 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2413
Fax: (650) 617-3120
Email: pd@cityofpaloalto.org
Legal, Attorney’s Office: (650) 329-2171
Copy of Ordinance, Clerk’s Office: (650) 329-2571
Police Department, 275 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2130
Police Department, 275 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2413
Dial 9-1-1 for emergencies. Above number is for non-emergencies only.
Commercial Center, 285 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2496
Email: pwecips@cityofpaloalto.org
Commercial Center, 285 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2496
Email: pwecips@cityofpaloalto.org
Public Works Engineering Services
Phone: (650) 329-2227
Palo Alto Art Center, 1313 Newell Road, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 326-2227
Fax: (650) 326-6165
Email: artcenter@cityofpaloalto.org
The City of Palo Alto adopted Municipal Ordinances 2.18 and 2.26 in 1975, creating the Visual Arts Jury and establishing the Art In Public Places Program.
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2420
Recorded information regarding local emergencies
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2151
Email: pwd@cityofpaloalto.org
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2295
Email: pwecips@cityofpaloalto.org
Municipal Service Center, 3201 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 496-6974
Email: pwps@cityofpaloalto.org
After hours or for 24-hour emergencies call (650) 329-2413
Phone: (650) 329-2413
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2271
Email: adminsvcs@cityofpaloalto.org
Police Department, 275 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2130
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2264
Email: real.property@cityofpaloalto.org
Regional Water Control Plant, 2501 Embarcadero Way, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 329-2598
Email: cpau@cityofpaloalto.org
Mitchell Park Community Center, 3700 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 463-4900
Fax: (650) 321-5612
Green Waste, 2000 Geng Road, Palo Alto, CA
Phone: (650) 493-4894
Fax: (650) 493-2537
Email: zerowaste@cityofpaloalto.org
Service questions, debris boxes and annual pickups
Municipal Service Center, 3201 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 496-5910
Fax: (650) 496-5910
Email: zerowaste@cityofpaloalto.org
Stanford, 701 Serra (next to fire station) (650) 723-0919
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2317
Fax: (650) 617-3122
Email: adminsvcs@cityofpaloalto.org
Mitchell Park Community Center, 3700 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 463-4900
Fax: (650) 321-5612
Also Special Events reservations, call (650) 329-2510
Rinconada Park, 777 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2351
Fax: (650) 321-5612
Also Rinconada Pool swim hotline is (650) 463-4914
Rinconada Pool, 777 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 463-4914
Recreation swimming open Sundays beginning May 12 from 12:30 to 4:30 pm. Direct number to pool (when open) is (650) 329-2351.
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2520 (press 4)
Email: SafeRoutes@CityofPaloAlto.org
Phone: (888) 439-6624
Municipal Service Center, 3201 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 496-6974
Fax: (650) 852-9289
Email: pwps@cityofpaloalto.org
10 bags per resident vehicle per trip
Regional Water Control Plant, 2501 Embarcadero Way, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 329-2598
Fax: (650) 494-3531
Email: pwd@cityofpaloalto.org
Phone: (650) 329-2579
Municipal Service Center, 3201 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Contact the individual store manager for pickup.
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2631
Municipal Service Center, 3201 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 496-6974
Email: pwps@cityofpaloalto.org
Phone: (650) 329-2218
Phone: (650) 329-2241
Email: cpauresidential@cityofpaloalto.org
Get a rebate for making your home more efficient!
Phone: (650) 329-2241
Fax: (650) 617-3140
Email: cpauresidential@cityofpaloalto.org
Use the sun to power your home and get a rebate!
Phone: (650) 329-2241
Email: swhp@cityofpaloalto.org
Use the sun to heat your water and get a rebate.
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2129
Email: pwecips@cityofpaloalto.org
After-hours problems or illegal dumping: (650) 329-2413
Municipal Service Center, 3201 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 496-6974
Email: pwps@cityofpaloalto.org
Municipal Service Center, 3201 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 496-6974
Email: pwps@cityofpaloalto.org
Phone: (650) 329-2413
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2129
Email: pwecips@cityofpaloalto.org
Municipal Service Center, 3201 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 496-5935
Email: pwps@cityofpaloalto.org
After-hours problems or illegal dumping: (650) 329-2413
Police Department, 275 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2130
Fax: (650) 617-3120
Email: pd@cityofpaloalto.org
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 496-6974
Email: pwps@cityofpaloalto.org
Municipal Service Center, 3201 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 496-6974
Email: pwps@cityofpaloalto.org
Commercial Center, 285 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2496
Email: pwecips@CityofPaloAlto.org
Municipal Service Center, 3201 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 496-6916
Email: uccdispatch@cityofpaloalto.org
Commercial Center, 285 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 496-6952
Email: pwecips@CityofPaloAlto.org
Phone: (650) 463-4914
Police Department, 275 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2130
Lucie Stern Community Center, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2697
Lights: (650) 496-6900
Maintenance: (650) 496-6962
Lucie Stern Community Center, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 903-6000
CAPA Box Office (650) 329-2623
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2520
Email: transportation@cityofpaloalto.org
Phone: (650) 496-6914
Municipal Service Center, 3201 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 496-6914
Email: UtilitiesCommunications@cityofpaloalto.org
Municipal Service Center, 3201 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 496-6974
Email: pwps@cityofpaloalto.org
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2520
Email: transportation@cityofpaloalto.org
Municipal Service Center, 3201 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 496-5953
Email: pwps@cityofpaloalto.org
Police Department, 275 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2683
Email: pd@cityofpaloalto.org
Transportation: (650) 329-2520
Mitchell Park Community Center, 3700 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 463-4940
Fax: (650) 321-5612
Email: csd@cityofpaloalto.org
Contact the above number for recorded information.
Phone: (650) 329-2326
Email: marites.ward@cityofpaloalto.org
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2161
Email: UtilitiesCommunications@cityofpaloalto.org
Phone: (650) 329-2241
Fax: (650) 617-3140
Email: cpauResidential@cityofpaloalto.org
Municipal Service Center, 3201 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 496-6914
Municipal Service Center, 3201 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 496-6972
Fax: (650) 496-6924
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2161
Fax: (650) 617-3142
Email: utilitiescustomerservice@cityofpaloalto.org
Phone: (650) 329-2241
Email: cpauresidential@cityofpaloalto.org
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2333
Fax: (650) 617-3142
Email: utilitiescustomerservice@cityofpaloalto.org
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2161
Fax: (650) 617-3142
Email: utilitiescustomerservice@cityofpaloalto.org
Elwell Court, 1007 Elwell Court, Palo Alto, CA
Phone: (650) 566-4500
Municipal Service Center, 3201 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 496-6914
Utilities Dispatch
Phone: (650) 329-2241
Fax: (650) 617-3140
Email: cpauresidential@cityofpaloalto.org
Elwell Court, 1007 Elwell Court, Palo Alto, CA
Phone: (650) 566-4500
Fax: (650) 566-4536
Email: utilities@cityofpaloalto.org
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2241
Email: darkfiber@cityofpaloalto.org
Phone: (650) 329-2579
Email: cpau@cityofpaloalto.org
If you have a gas leak, call 9-1-1 first!
Phone: (650) 496-6967
Municipal Service Center, 3201 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 496-6977
Fax: (650) 566-4536
Email: Letty.Rodriguez@CityofPaloAlto.org
Municipal Service Center, 3201 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 496-6971
Fax: (650) 566-4536
Email: cpau@cityofpaloalto.org
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2161
Fax: (650) 617-3142
Email: meter.readings@cityofpaloalto.org
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2193
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2241
Fax: (650) 617-3140
Email: cpauresidential@cityofpaloalto.org
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2241
Email: pvpartners@cityofpaloalto.org
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2161
Fax: (650) 617-3142
Email: utilitiescustomerservice@cityofpaloalto.org
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2161
Fax: (650) 617-3142
Phone: (800) 227-2600
Call 8-1-1 before digging!
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: 650 617-3171
Fax: (650) 617-3142
Email: meter.readings@cityofpaloalto.org
Phone: (650) 496-6967
Phone: (650) 329-2579
Dispatch for Weekends & Evenings: Water, Gas & Sewer
Phone: (650) 566-4500
Email: utilitiescustomerservice@cityofpaloalto.org
Phone: (650) 329-2241
Email: cpauresidential@cityofpaloalto.org
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 329-2520
Fax: (650) 617-3108
Email: transportation@cityofpaloalto.org
Phone: (650) 329-2579
Utilities: (650) 496-6968
Regional Water Control Plant, 2501 Embarcadero Way, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 329-2598
Email: pwd@cityofpaloalto.org
Fluorescent light and mercury drop-off; school program
City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 496-6967
Cubberley Community Center – T2, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94306
Phone: (650) 494-7283
250 Hamilton Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94301
General City Information
(650) 329-2100
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Last updated on March 21, 2023