We all voted for Proposition 64, and it won in a landslide, especially in Mountain View. The city council should immediately remove its silly restrictions on it, and actually listen to the will of its voters.

True, but we also reelected both incumbent council members (part of me believes that was a mistake), so I'm not sure why you'd expect that much to change.

"After the introduction of medical marijuana, it became harder for police to determine whether pot was legally permissible or contraband, and recreational marijuana will only add one more layer of confusion."

On the contrary, it removes a big layer of confusion. Now they can just assume it's legal unless the age of the user is in question.
Are the cops REALLY that easily confused? I think the old guard is having a hard time of letting go of old habits. The war is over, pot won. About 25 years of legal medical usage and no huge issues that I've read about other than policy.

As was mentioned, a resounding percentage of MV residents voted in favor. 2/3s is large majority...(a level usually reached locally only with school parcel taxes).

Should distribution channels be significantly more restricted than alcohol sales? It's 21 for both, and the penalties are similar (an exception being that there's is a cap on the amount of marijuana one can have.)

Presumably marijuana will only be sold in "stand-alone" dispensaries, so there would certainly be fewer outlets. It'll take a while for marijuana to "feel" non-criminal...but in the meantime, council, while proceeding slowly, shouldn't go against the will of the voters...by essentially criminalizing (or removing all access) to something the public has said should be legal.

Who knows, MV might bring in more from marijuana that it does from tech companies that pay little in sales tax.

PS - Is it legal to brew beer in one's back yard? Grow grapes?

I voted against marijuana. In the 1960s there was a lot of illegal marijuana being smoked. I stayed away from it. I am sorry it passed because now in addition to people being drunk, there will be people under strong influence of marijuana. Both are vile forms of intoxication.