Menlo Park resident Elizabeth Lasensky, an outspoken critic of plans to develop Bayfront Park, said she’s opted not to run for City Council.
Ms. Lasensky said in May that she intended to run for one of three open council seats.
She told the Almanac on July 31 that she has decided to focus her efforts on opposing an advisory ballot measure that asks residents if they want playing fields at the 160-acre park off Marsh Road.
Ms. Lasensky has been a critic of the current council majority of Nicholas Jellins, Mickie Winkler and Lee Duboc.
The council majority’s political opponents — often referred to as “residentialists,” — are looking to back a new set of candidates, but several potential candidates have expressed concern with overcrowding the ballot.
Ms. Lasensky would not say if another candidate asked her to bow out of the race.
She said she will support Parks and Recreation Commissioner Heyward Robinson if he decides to run for council.
Parks Commissioner Richard Cline and Transportation Commissioner John Boyle are the only people to take out candidate papers as of 1 p.m., July 31.
