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Mail-in voting has no partisan advantage, Stanford researchers sayMail-in and absentee ballots improve voter turnout, but the argument that one political party would have an advantage over...
Original post made on Sep. 9, 2020Last comment by Steven Goldstein, on Sep 10, 2020 at 5:28 am | 3 comments | 6774 Views
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Sales tax would be 'game changer' for pandemic-hit Caltrain, board chair saysWith few riders and ongoing tensions over its governance, Caltrain is asking voters to approve an eighth-cent sales tax measure...
Original post made on Sep. 2, 2020Last comment by Gary, on Sep 8, 2020 at 3:34 pm | 16 comments | 8391 Views
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Mountain View City Council picks new member for Rental Housing CommitteeThe Mountain View City Council voted unanimously Thursday to appoint Nicole Haines-Livesay to the city's Rental Housing Committee,...
Original post made on Sep. 6, 2020Last comment by Steven Goldstein, on Sep 6, 2020 at 11:36 am | 2 comments | 8746 Views
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Housing bills fizzle in California's frantic final day of legislative sessionAfter seeing their ambitious plans to address the housing crisis derailed by the pandemic, state lawmakers concluded Monday's...
Original post made on Sep. 2, 2020Last comment by Steven Goldstein, on Sep 5, 2020 at 10:35 am | 5 comments | 6116 Views
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Guest opinion: Where did the other $713 million go?Proposition 15 will only distribute $139 million -- 11% of new revenue -- to schools and community colleges in the county....
Original post made on Aug. 30, 2020Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Sep 1, 2020 at 4:05 pm | 9 comments | 10452 Views
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Mountain View City Council gives the green light for seven-story affordable housing projectIn an unusual partnership, an affordable housing developer is teaming up with a self-storage company to create a seven-story...
Original post made on Aug. 26, 2020Last comment by Frank Richards, on Aug 31, 2020 at 3:19 pm | 28 comments | 14185 Views
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Santa Clara County extends eviction moratorium through SeptemberFacing the threat of mass displacement, Santa Clara County's Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to extend a ban...
Original post made on Aug. 26, 2020Last comment by Steven Goldstein, on Aug 28, 2020 at 1:00 pm | 11 comments | 12144 Views
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Landlord group withdraws ballot measure aimed at weakening Mountain View's rent control lawA landlord-backed initiative that would have effectively repealed much of Mountain View's rent control law will not appear...
Original post made on Aug. 10, 2020Last comment by Steven Goldstein, on Aug 27, 2020 at 8:08 pm | 30 comments | 12759 Views
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Former Uber chief security officer hit with obstruction of justice chargeFederal law enforcement authorities have charged former Uber Chief Security Officer Joseph Sullivan for an attempted cover-up...
Original post made on Aug. 20, 2020Last comment by Steven Goldstein, on Aug 22, 2020 at 12:54 pm | 5 comments | 6201 Views
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Tracking the wildfires: The latest updates for the MidpeninsulaAs wildfires ravage California, one is taking its toll on the Midpeninsula: the CZU August Lightning Complex fires, which...
Original post made on Aug. 21, 2020Last comment by Mountain View Resident, on Aug 22, 2020 at 8:18 am | 2 comments | 30697 Views
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Fearing 'election theft in progress,' Eshoo shows support for Postal ServiceCongresswoman Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto, held a press conference on Tuesday morning to address what she labeled as the Trump...
Original post made on Aug. 18, 2020Last comment by Gary, on Aug 20, 2020 at 7:22 pm | 12 comments | 6181 Views
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Schools seek waiver so kids can return to campusMore than 80 local schools have contacted the Santa Clara County Office of Emergency Operations about filing a waiver to...
Original post made on Jul. 30, 2020Last comment by Paul B., on Aug 15, 2020 at 1:01 am | 8 comments | 13329 Views
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Santa Clara County imposes fines on public health violators as COVID-19 cases surgeViolating public health orders in Santa Clara County now carries a hefty fine of up to $500, giving teeth to mask requirements...
Original post made on Aug. 12, 2020Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Aug 13, 2020 at 6:10 pm | 12 comments | 9532 Views
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Santa Clara County supervisors extend eviction moratorium past Aug. 31Amid a ticking "eviction time bomb" in Santa Clara County, the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved an extension...
Original post made on Aug. 12, 2020Last comment by Steven Goldstein, on Aug 12, 2020 at 7:26 pm | 8 comments | 6284 Views
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Rental Housing Committee again rejects extending rent control to mobile homesMountain View's Rental Housing Committee voted Monday not to extend the city's rent control protections to mobile home residents,...
Original post made on Jun. 2, 2020Last comment by Steven Goldstein, on Aug 12, 2020 at 12:02 pm | 18 comments | 12393 Views
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Pac-12 Conference postpones all sports through 2020The Pac-12 Conference announced Tuesday that it has postponed all sports through the end of 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic....
Original post made on Aug. 12, 2020Last comment by Gary, on Aug 12, 2020 at 3:04 am | 1 comment | 4998 Views
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Newsom: State can't afford White House unemployment benefits planThe state of California does not have the financial wherewithal to afford the White House's plan to extend expanded unemployment...
Original post made on Aug. 11, 2020Last comment by Steven Goldstein, on Aug 12, 2020 at 12:05 am | 6 comments | 6523 Views
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Anxiety mounts over an eviction 'time bomb' in Santa Clara CountyA new report finds Santa Clara County could soon face an unprecedented wave of evictions due to COVID-19, which threatens...
Original post made on Aug. 7, 2020Last comment by Alex M, on Aug 10, 2020 at 3:26 pm | 12 comments | 14197 Views
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No argument to repeal rent control - 9th possible Council candidateThe deadline to submit opening arguments for and against the two measures on the city ballot was July 23. No argument was...
Original post made by Gary on Jul. 30, 2020Last comment by Steven Goldstein, on Aug 10, 2020 at 2:24 pm | 20 comments | 2779 Views
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Santa Clara County supervisors vote to endorse Prop 13 reform measureA state ballot measure that would upend decades of property tax protections for large commercial owners will soon have another...
Original post made on Jul. 22, 2020Last comment by Ok, on Aug 9, 2020 at 9:08 am | 21 comments | 14478 Views
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