The "Mountain View Housing Council" is a California "non-profit" corporation established in 1978 and endorses candidates for City Council every two years. Five current City Councilmembers listed the endorsement of this so-called "Housing Council" on their own campaign websites while a sixth Councilmember, Chris Clark, listed another landlord group called the "Tri-County Apartment Association." Candidates endorsed by landlord groups are allowed to post campaign signs at apartment complexes around the city. Only new Councilmember Lenny Siegel was NOT endorsed by a landlord group.