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Mountain View agrees to extend Shoreline tax agreement with schools, but long-term deal remains unresolved
Mountain View City Council members unanimously approved extending an agreement that shares property tax revenue from the Shoreline area with the Mountain View Whisman and Mountain View Los Altos Union High school districts for three more years, as negotiations over a longer term agreement remain ongoing.
Continue readingSchool board signals interest in signing new agreement with city on school fields
Mountain View Whisman school board members showed interest at a Thursday, Sept. 21, meeting in reaching a new agreement with the city for the joint operation of school fields, potentially keeping the chance for a deal alive after it appeared on the brink of collapse.
Continue readingCalifornia has nearly 100 new housing laws. Are they fixing the affordability crisis?
Facing a massive affordable-housing crisis pushing Californians out of their hometowns and some onto the street, state legislators passed law after law to boost housing production. Now, Sacramento is asking itself the million-dollar question: Is it working?
Continue readingGuest opinion: What Mountain View residents can do amid another severe drought
On June 28, the Mountain View City Council passed a resolution declaring a stage 2 Drought Emergency. The associated rules are on the city’s website. The water provider for most of our county, Valley Water, has asked for a 15% reduction, but the water provider for most of Mountain View, the San Francisco Public Utilities District, has asked for a …
Continue readingPat’s Year End Wrap-Up
Happy Holidays! Tuesday night we had the last City Council meeting for the year. I feel like a kid who has just gotten out of school for break. We don’t go back until January 11th. The first time the Council met in person this year was at the Tree Lighting on December 6th! ALL of the previous Council meetings were …
Continue readingHappy Thanksgiving & What’s Coming Up In December
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! I recently returned from a trip to Yosemite and am feeling rested and ready to go back to work. I’m grateful to be back on City Council representing you. I’m also very grateful to all the voters and volunteers who helped me get here. A big thanks to everyone who reaches out to share their thoughts on …
Continue readingMountain View bans plastic food ware for all restaurants starting in 2023
Plastic cups, straws and cutlery will soon vanish from every restaurant, fast food joint and coffee and tea shop in Mountain View, after the City Council voted unanimously last week to roll out a ban on non-compostable disposable food service ware.
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Greetings Friends! I want to urge everyone to Vote “No” on the recall AND mail/return your ballot. We have all been mailed a ballot and there are only two questions on it. Unlike a test, you do not have to answer all the questions on a ballot. You can vote “No” on the recall and leave the vote for a …
Continue readingOpportunities to weigh in on transit improvements
Dear Friends, For years I have talked about the perils of prosperity – too much traffic and not enough housing. I want to let you know about 3 transportation improvements and some opportunities to weigh in on them: The Charleston Ave. Transit Corridor Improvements to El Camino Real Closing off traffic to 3 blocks of Castro St in downtown Mountain …
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