For homeowners, the first question should be which candidates oppose SB 50 and similar state bills on the way to rezone single-family neighborhoods for high-density housing. Shelly Masur and real estate agent Anne Oliva favored SB 50.

She's likely not the only candidate to get some degree of developer backing but it appears Annie Oliva is *heavily* backed by developers, and we all know how dangerous that can be for an elected official. For that, along with her support of SB50, there's no way she should get my or any other MV resident's vote. Let's elect a senator who's going put our city and its residents first, and not allow greed to prevail!

The Palo Alto Weekly just published an article about the Feb. 5 debate and reports that Anne Oliva claimed to oppose SB 50. Call me skeptical.

I am in favor, STRONGLY in favor, of SB50. It is the only solution anyone has given to stop the obstructive NIMBY policies in the Bay Area that have caused rents to skyrocket, and forced people into 1 hour+ commutes. Let people build housing!

Candidates who support SB50 (Masur) will get my vote. Anti-development candidates like Becker are not going to solve anything, and will only maintain the broken status quo.

@Build More Housing: Did you even *bother* to read the text of SB50? It takes the sledgehammer to local zoning (figuratively) and to sound, existing residential and commercial properties (literally). It's outright Orwellian, i.e., Sacramento politicians know best -- and question their authority at your own peril!

What I want is a candidate that will take the true spirit SB50 *claims* to have -- more housing and affordable housing among it -- and actually come up with a bill that will honor the uniqueness of California cities -- their locations, population, diversity, geography, economies, transportation and so on.

If such a candidate exists and can propose such a far-more-reasonable alternative to the folly that is SB50 (and its next incarnation), please step forward and state your case. You have our attention!

It's been very good to hear the different views from the candidates. Becker seems to be the most well rounded. Masur is strong also. I feel uncomfortable with Brownrigg. Oliva is just the Real Estate Industry candidate, even when faced with an endorsement, the Democrat committee placed her sixth out of five candidates (no endorsement even scored more support than Oliva). Seems those opposed to SB50 are opposed as they believe local control should take priority - I think I agree with that - but why were many of these people opposed to Prop 10 which gave local control in regards to rent control, or prevention thereof?

Shelly Masur’s history of having served on both a school board and a city council gives her the breadth to tackle the wide range of issues that are important for our area and California. For the California senate, I like candidates who have held elective office before and have had the experience of working on a peer basis with fellow electeds, making public decisions, and being held publicly accountable by constituents. I would also like to have a woman in this senate seat. There are too few women in the California senate and none comes from districts close to ours.