Peter Landsberger is the most qualified candidate to continue as Trustee of the FHDA Community College District. He had been an employee in many capacities in the District, he has served as a College President at San Mateo Community College, and he has served as an interm Chancellor at a Los Angeles Community College District. He has the experience and expertise to lead our two Colleges during this COVID-19 pandemic. I endorse him enthusiastically
Dr. Ken Horowitz DMD
Foothill College Professor 1977-

Laura Casas is an outstanding member of the Foothill-De Anza Community College Board of Trustees. Not only does she have the legal and financial expertise to help the board continue to make the best decisions for all of the students in these colleges, she has the heart to reach out to and help represent underserved students who need the leg up that a community college can provide on the way to success in a four year college.

I don't know Ken and Ellen. Is each of your posts (above) recommending a college district board candidate an "advertisement" requiring disclaimers under the state Political Reform Act (PRA)? Did you mention to your favorite candidate beforehand that you proposed or planned to post your recommendation on this semi-public website? Did you thereby "coordinate" with your favorite candidate? Is an "advertisement" under the PRA only something for which you pay (beyond spending your own time)? What if you print out your comment and deliver it to your neighbors by drop, by fax, by email or in some other way? What if a neighbor helps you print or distribute your comment? Need to add disclaimers under the PRA? The public can see on websites which candidates are endorsed or recommended by various groups. No disclaimers there. Look at the website of the Mountain View Chamber of Commerce. It is accessible to the public. It lists the candidates for City Council and notes which of them are endorsed by the Chamber. An endorsed candidate, in turn, may advertise his or her Chamber endorsement in various ways. That may work to the financial benefit of the Chamber of Commence - a so-called "non-profit corporation." Maybe, to be safe, you will add disclaimers in posts following this one.

But wait Ken and Ellen. The California Political Reform Act does not require disclaimers on political "advertisements" except advertisements by a "committee." So unless your middle or last name is "committee," you may not need to be concerned.

I received in the mail Thursday a fancy piece for Yes on regional measure RR from a committee listing the 3 top contributors (2 railroad-related corporations and a Menlo Park billionaire). Today, I received two city council candidate SLATE MAILERS: (1) from the "Mountain View Firefighters" union and the other from the "Mountain View Housing Justice Campaign." Both are registered campaign committees and acknowledged contributors could be researched in filings. The MVHJC mailer has a disclaimer that it was "not authorized by a candidate or a committee controlled by a candidate." The fire union mailer contains no such claim.

Useful and informative article. More like that