Kate Vershov Downing wrote: “Yes, I certainly could buy a home in East Palo Alto….And if I do move there, then what happens to that community?.. You’re advocating gentrification.”
What??? You are just one person/family and you won’t change/gentrify East Palo Alto. 
Lol… what a ridiculous response. Are you saying that the only people who should move there are Hispanics and African Americans???

“A historically black community, now mostly Hispanic….and then they just get pushed out by tech workers?”
Are you advocating that home sellers only be replaced by their own kind??? This what Fair Housing Laws are for, to allow anyone to live anywhere they want to. I am not a Tech Worker, but I don’t understand why they should be deprived of their Fair Housing rights. Are minorities the only ones who should be able to live where ever they want to?

If you don’t want to move to East Palo Alto just be honest about it and don’t come up with such absurd excuses.