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Council adopts rules to oust committee members

Original post made on Jun 14, 2018

The Mountain View City Council on Tuesday approved new rules for reprimanding or removing appointed committee members, including those on the city's Rental Housing Committee.

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Comments (8)

Posted by Martin
a resident of Rex Manor
on Jun 14, 2018 at 5:22 pm

Didn't they have a policy in place when that Visual Arts Committee member went on an antisemetic rant a few years ago?


Posted by Maher
a resident of Martens-Carmelita
on Jun 14, 2018 at 8:54 pm

The city council appointed people to the Rent Control committee who were hostile to the committee's having any "teeth" to deal with the landlords. This ploy (so tRuMPy similar to the conflict of interest appointees he routinely chooses to run any government agency) is a disgrace.
The council needs to fix their fraud and get rid of the problem they designed. Don't just "censure" ... fire them.


Posted by RHC should go
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Jun 14, 2018 at 10:08 pm

This news makes me smile. Now they can remove Tom Means. He is from a bygone era. His actions and speeches show the just doesn't get how democracy should work in today's world. The RHC should all be replaced with a functioning committee that actually represents the citizens and the law we passed. It is a disgrace that the California Apartment Association had so much per over MV local politics. They are showing how truly deviatian a lobby can be. I won't vote for anyone with ties to this group ever again.

And congratulations to the mobile home group. I feel bad that the city has no respect for them. It seems like the RV dwellers get more love than these property tax passing citizens. At least they keep fighting. We all should be so diligent with our elected officials.


Posted by Fix fraud? No way
a resident of Sylvan Park
on Jun 15, 2018 at 10:03 am

Fix fraud? No way is a registered user.

City Council Memners who appointed some rent control board members to undermine the rent control measure have no ethics and no intention of removing or criticizing their own appointees.


Posted by Howard
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Jun 16, 2018 at 7:26 am

Howard is a registered user.

I love it when Liberals fight amongst themselves over how to control someone else's property.
You know, as the apartments are torn down and the rent controlled supply gets tighter, the RHC will get hotter. It's going to be like watching Popcorn Pop!
Pass the Butter:)


Posted by Lan
a resident of Another Mountain View Neighborhood
on Jun 16, 2018 at 1:08 pm

Lan is a registered user.

Measure V was voted into existence by the people of Mountain View and needs to be supported and upheld by the city council. With the California Apartment Association breathing fire on renters in rent controlled buildings, the rental housing committee must do its job.


Posted by Old timer
a resident of Another Mountain View Neighborhood
on Jun 19, 2018 at 6:36 am

Measure V provides for a reasonable rate of return, but RHC hearing is now dominated by special interests lawyers against individual landlords who worked hard to maintain their hard earned assets. Mountain View will become another Berkeley at this pace. The only new buildings going up are built by UC. Just track the cost of managing measure V - which of course is paid for by property owners and not by the renters.


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a resident of Rex Manor
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