Interestingly Emeryville seems to have a higher ratio than Piedmont? 1.88 vs 1.81 respectively.

Wonder if that reflects the much higher commercial vs residential density there.

We also uncovered a striking phenomenon of "corporate enclaves": localities w virtually no residents but millions (even billions) of dollars’ worth of commercial property. Examples include the Disney-owned jurisdictions near Orlando and the industrial city of Vernon in LA (profiled by Mike Davis):

It’s very weird that the official comment from EBRPD for these stories is basically meaningless.

Why can’t they just explain whatever issue they have publicly?

I didn’t fully explain the Council-thing: LA is a weaker-mayor structure than NYC or Chi, with only 15 councilmembers who preside over large territories with mostly low-turnout elections that can be secured by focusing on engaged homeowner bases (more exceptions now to this rule but still true).