More housing is great, but we need more affordable housing, specifically someplace to care for and put the RV and vehicle dwellers that have a place to live.

To that end, Pat Showalter has been resistant to really help these people and her actions have directly led to MORE homelessness and more RVs in Mountain View.

Please do your part as a MV resident and VOTE OUT Showalter come November!

"more affordable housing"? With this rate MV will become the slums of Silicon Valley.

The most significant thing RV dwellers need is to not be "kicked out", and to not be made to be truly unsheltered homeless people.

There is a four person majority on the current council who oppose "kicking out" RV dwellers before the city has better options for where they should live.

I hope that majority is maintained, and inspires similar majorities in other cities. Thank you to Showalter, Siegel, Clark and Rosenberg.

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Los Altos will continue to push issues across the border and they have the money and the will to do so; RV Dwellers case in point (you won't find a single RV camping on Los Altos streets). As a recent Los Altospost on nextdoor stated, in reference to Los Altos parking downtown and tree removal, it's important to preserve the 'gracious nature' of Los Altos... give me a break, time to put on your big boy pants Los Altos, and take some responsibility for REGIONAL issues.

If you are going to make a chart of per capita housing creation, you should also include a graph of per capita office space creation.

Better yet, use the same scale for both, so it is easy to make a comparison.

Showing housing growth in isolation gives the misleading impression that we are making progress. The truth is, we have built far more office space than we have built housing.

Cupertino needs to play fair on this one too. They are perfectly fine putting up tons of office space (Apple Space Ship!) but it was like pulling teeth to get the city council and residents to buy into a mixed use community at the former Vallco shopping center. Residents there don't want more housing or affordable housing, which in effect puts more housing pressure on surrounding cities.

John Inks is the only candidate that has the economic market sense and integrity to make good on his push for dignified, quality housing.

That is why I whole heartedly support John Inks rather than the rest of the raise the fees and build slums crowd.

Inks was on the City Council for 8 years and accomplished what? Cities like Los Altos and Portola Valley have always played games to avoid adding housing. But who wants new multi-family housing next door? Build housing next to new office space where there is space - not between every house in every neighborhood. Unless you are talkin dog houses. Maybe regional governments could be established to require a lot more dog houses. I might be for that. The police dog association should form a political action committee and demand action on those dog houses.

That's the biggest single issue by a mile. It MUST be addressed by every candidate. If they say they need more time to look at the issue and such, FINE, say it out loud and to our faces so we know you won't do a thing.
I swear, every candidate who spells out their plan for getting the RVs off our street has my vote.

It is about time that we talked about regional planning and not just city planning or even county planning.

This needs to be done for all infrastructure, not just housing. It needs to be done for traffic, parking, housing of all types, transportation, communications and resources such as water.

As for building affordable housing, my take is that affordable housing should be built on the underlying land that is cheaper to buy in the first place. There are areas which land is much cheaper or where there is more space to build. Transportation to these areas should be improved with high speed, efficient bus routes, etc. that are designed for commuters and not for poor people. VTA and similar have their head in the sand when it comes to designing efficient transportation. They should do a complete rethink of their vision and get efficent service to areas of high employment from areas where it is more affordable to live. These buses should be using highways, expressways with commuter parking lots, excellent wifi and comfort and serve as an alternative for solo driving.

Agree re: Cupertino. They (literally) added an entire spaceship of offices, while stonewalling on converting Vallco.