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Landmark North Bayshore housing project wins approval COUNCIL AGREES TO REDUCE CITY FEES

By Mark Noack

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n a crucial proof of concept for the city, the first major housing project in North Bayshore received approval at the City Council’s Tuesday, Oct. 23 meeting. In the process, the 635-unit project by the Sobrato Organization won a deep discount on city fees.

The mixed-use project, which includes office space, is now cleared for construction after winning a 5-1 vote, with John McAlister opposed. Councilman Ken Rosenberg was absent.

Sobrato’s project, located at 1255 Pear Ave., is a snapshot of the city’s goals to transform the corporate office park in North Bayshore into a self-contained neighborhood with housing, parks and schools. For that reason, it was vital to show that the project was not only possible, but profitable as a way to encourage the full construction of 9,850 new homes envisions for the area.

“I’m looking forward to this being the first landmark housing project in North Bayshore,

and I want to make it work,” said Councilwoman Pat Showalter “The discussion on how we can do that is valuable.”

Yet the project also was a showcase for the myriad challenges of this kind of multifaceted development. Sobrato Vice President Tim Steele pointed out that his firm pitched initial plans for a project at the Pear Avenue site back in 2011, which was later revised in 2015 as a housing project under the city’s gatekeeper process. Along with the 635 homes, the Sobrato project also calls for a six-story, 231,000-square foot office building intended to be leased to Google. As an incentive, the project is donating a 1.4 acre parcel of land for a future 140-unit affordable housing project.

Since the project was submitted, the city fees have reportedly skyrocketed, especially for parks and schools. In 2015, those fees were set around $32,000 per housing unit. Earlier this year, his firm withdrew their project

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A proposal to redevelop the Village Lake Apartments into a 716-unit complex that includes affordable housing for teachers in the Mountain View Whisman School District, got the go-ahead from the City Council on Tuesday.

Council greenlights 716 apartments, deal for teacher housing

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ountain View City Council members gave a warm reception to a massive 716-unit apartment proposal Tuesday night, following a deal between the developer and the Mountain View Whisman School District to reserve

a 144-unit apartment building on the property specifically for teachers, school staff and city employees.

The 4-0 decision — with two council members recusing themselves — caps off seven months of intense negotiations between the developer Fortbay, the school district and the city

for a fairly unusual deal to get teacher housing built at 777 W. Middlefield Road. The roughly 10-acre site is currently the home of the 208-unit Village Lake Apartments.

Under the proposal, the project’s required low-income See TEACHER HOUSING, page 8

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Six square off in heated Mountain View City Council race

By Mark Noack

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t’s a pivotal time for the city of Mountain View, and the stakes have become abundantly clear in this year’s City Council election.

In recent years, Mountain View’s leadership has struggled with the difficult balance between aggressively pushing new housing growth in the city while trying to avoid gentrification. A string of important decisions on

future city plans have gone forward with a thin majority on the council, which could tip the other way depending on this election.

Three seats on the City Council, currently held by Mayor Leonard “Lenny” Siegel and council members Pat Showalter and Ken Rosenberg, are on the November ballot. Siegel and Showalter are both running for re-election,

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while Rosenberg decided against seeking a second term.

The candidates challenging them are former two-term council member John Inks, planning commissioners Ellen Kamei and Lucas Ramirez, and retired city planner Alison Hicks.

Lucas Ramirez Age: 30 Occupation: Policy adviser to San Jose Councilman Sergio Jimenez

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Education: B.A. music, Santa Clara University Years in the city: 30 Website: ramirezforcouncil.com Mountain View needs to go for broke on building housing, according to Lucas Ramirez. It’s the most significant problem facing Mountain View, and the city has already done much of the initial steps of planning for new residential growth.

Ramirez cites housing development plans for North Bayshore,

East Whisman, Terra Bella and El Camino Real, where the city is prepping for thousands of new homes, and if elected he wants those Lucas Ramirez plans to go through. It won’t be easy or quick, but it’s the right thing to strive for, he said.

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The historic J. Gilbert Smith House, part of the Los Altos History Museum, is getting into the Halloween spirit this month, hosting spooky nighttime tours on Saturday, Oct. 27, at 7, 9 and 11 p.m. The tours (led by “spooks and spirits,” according to curator Heather Farquhar) are offered in conjunction with the current “Superstitions” exhibition, which focuses on historically accurate Victorian mourning rituals and “old wives’ tales” connected to death and dying.

“In Victorian times, death and dying were more something that happened in the home.

The exhibit talks about how it affected the people in the house, wakes, traditions that would have been associated with death, fashion, memorial items that were given out, things like that,” Farquhar said. “A lot of the time, things that couldn’t be explained were turned into superstitions.”

Tour participants may even learn whether there is any evidence of paranormal activity in the house (built by Smith around the turn of the 20th century and donated to the city by her family) today.

The “haunted history” tours are free (and appropriate for children age 5 and up) but reservations are required. The “Superstitions” exhibition runs through Nov. 4.

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Local Halloween celebrations for kids include Mountain View’s Monster Bash on Saturday, Oct. 27, 1-3 p.m. at Pioneer Park with games and crafts for kids preschool to age 10, followed by trick-or-treating down Castro Street from 3-6 p.m. (mountainview.gov/depts/cs/events/halloween.asp).

Other nearby events include the annual California Avenue Trick-or-Treat & Blossom Halloween Carnival in Palo Alto (on California Avenue; tinyurl. com/y7b37s9q) on Sunday, Oct. 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Menlo Park’s Halloween Hoopla Parade on Saturday, Oct. 27, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. through downtown to Fremont Park (menlopark.org/241/Specialevents) and the Spooky Carnival at Onetta Harris Community Center (100 Terminal Ave.) 4-6 p.m.; Los Altos’ Spootacular on Wednesday, Oct. 31, noon to 4 p.m. throughout downtown and at Veterans Community Plaza from 2-4 p.m. (downtownlosaltos.org/event/2018-halloweenspook-tacular/); and Redwood City Library’s Halloween parties (not-too-scary for kids 0-12; spookier for teens) on Sunday, Oct. 28, 1-3 p.m. at the downtown branch (redwoodcity.org/ Home/Components/Calendar/ Event/33526/192).

Mountain View’s local Odd Fellows chapter will host its second annual haunted house from 6-11 p.m. at its hall at 823 Villa St. on Halloween. Behindthe-scenes tours are offered for the young or easily spooked, while those who like a good fright can opt for the “terrifying tour.” Admission is free, and all

Redwood Symphony’s annual Halloween family concert, this year titled “Devils, Witches and Wolves,” returns on Sunday, Oct. 28, at 3 p.m. at Cañada College’s theater, 4200 Farm Hill Blvd., Redwood City. Families are invited to come in costume and hear the symphony (orchestra members may also be in costume) perform Prokofiev’s “Peter and the Wolf,” selections from Bates, Bernstein, and Haydn and John Williams’ “Devil’s Dance” from “The Witches of Eastwick.” Ten young raffle winners will conclude the concert by conducting a march by Sousa with the rest of the audience joining in with glow sticks. Tickets are $15-$35. Go to redwoodsymphony.org.

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MONTA LOMA BANK ROBBERY Mountain View police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man armed with a handgun who robbed a bank in the Monta Loma neighborhood last week.

The man reportedly entered the Meriwest Credit Union, located in the Monta Loma Plaza shopping center, shortly before 5:45 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 19. The man allegedly handed a “demand note� to the bank teller which mentioned a gun, according to a statement released by the police department Tuesday.

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Ptolemy’s itinerant sailors and travelers. It was the annual jamhis is an article about boree for Google Maps’ most Google, but first it’s going prolific Local Guides, a volunteer to take a detour to Alexan- corps of users who regularly update the maps system with dria, Egypt, circa 150 AD. It was around that time when the kind of street smarts that an the Greco-Roman scholar Ptol- algorithm would miss.

For Megan Coburn, a marketemy completed his manuscript Geographia, a treatise on map- ing consultant from Bozeman, making that is credited for Montana, being a Local Guide essentially creating the field of gives her an opportunity to help cartography as we know it today. promote her favorite shops and cafes. When travPtolemy was elers pass through hardly the first scribe in the ‘This is a good town, they tend to be funneled to ancient world to way to have an the same frandraw a map, nor chises found was he the first to apply longitu- impact on others everywhere. By the local dinal coordinates who use Google plugging mom-a nd-pop to approximate shops, Coburn distance.

Yet maps.’ said she hoped his map, which more visitors will stretched all the SHIRLEY YEUNG discover what way from Western makes Bozeman Europe to China, was considered the most com- unique.

“Sure, Krispy Kreme donuts prehensive and unique of its time because it relied heavily on the is good, but Granny’s Gourmet accounts of sailors and travelers Donuts is simply great,” she said. who had journeyed to distant “It just breaks my heart when lands. These local experts con- I see all these great small busitributed much of the knowledge nesses go away.”

Participating guides are that he compiled into his maps.

Map-making obviously had encouraged to add a range of changed radically: today we information about an area. For have satellites, GPS and digitized heavily mapped areas like Mouncoordinates that can pinpoint tain View, guides are encouraged a location to within inches. Yet to add photos, reviews or new for Google Maps — by some businesses. Google representameasures, the most popular map tives highlight how local guides interface around — map-making in Sri Lanka are charting cultural still has some big lessons to learn heritage sites. In India, users are rating the quality and cleanliness from Ptolemy.

Last week, at one of Google’s of public toilets, showing governEast Whisman campuses, ment workers which facilities a colossal party was held for the modern-day equivalent to See VOLUNTEERS, page 8

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Campaign signs for City Council candidate John Inks, such as this one at the corner of Shoreline Boulevard and Stierlin Road, have been the target of vandalism for the past month.

Local activist cited for defacing council candidate’s campaign signs Mountain View police have identified a man they believe is responsible for defacing a campaign sign for City Council candidate John Inks, according to a statement by the department Sunday. Police announced on Monday that the suspect — 73-year-old Job Lopez of Mountain View — was issued a citation on Sunday on charges of petty theft and vandalism. He is expected to appear in court in December.

Video surveillance at the front door of a home on the 100 block of Church Street shows the suspect approach the house around 3:40 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 19. The footage shows the man spray-paint the sign, then pick up another sign from the front yard and walk away, according

to police. He was wearing dark colored pants and gloves, and sunglasses, with the hood of his sweatshirt pulled up over a baseball cap.

Officers who reviewed the footage early Saturday recognized the suspect, and subsequently interviewed him. Representatives of the police department were “in discussions” with the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s office on next steps, according to the statement.

Lopez has been an active community organizer in Mountain View, often speaking at public meetings on issues of tenant and immigrant rights. He is credited as a co-founder of the Mountain View Day Worker Center and previously served on its board of directors.

Lopez declined to respond to the allegation when contacted by the Voice on Monday, Oct. 22.

“I don’t think I’m ready to talk to anyone,” he said. “I’m looking for a lawyer now, and depending on what my lawyer tells me, then I can take the next steps.”

Mayor Lenny Siegel, whose re-election campaign had listed Lopez as an endorser, strongly condemned the vandalism in a statement issued Monday evening. Siegel said he recognized Lopez right away from the video and removed his name from an online list of campaign endorsements.

“I was shocked and disappointed to learn that Job would engage in such activity,” Siegel See SIGNS, page 13

Local Catholic priests accused of sexual misconduct

By Jamey Padojino and Bay City News Service

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ight priests with ties to Midpeninsula parishes are among the 15 clergy members accused of sexual abuse against children dating back to the 1960s, according to a list released last Thursday by the Diocese of San Jose.

The list was released as part of Bishop Patrick McGrath’s efforts to increase transparency within the diocese, which is made up of 52 parishes. It comprises

“credible allegations of sexual abuse of children” reported within the diocese and in the years before its founding in 1981 by the archbishop of San Francisco.

On Tuesday, Oct. 23, a Minnesota-based law firm released the names of 33 men connected with the Diocese of San Jose who have been accused of sexual abuse, building on the list of 15 names the diocese released last week.

All of the names on the Diocese of San Jose’s list are presented in the report, but 18 new men are accused of sexually abusing

children over the course of several years.

One of the 18 men named was Milton Eggerling, who served at Our Lady of Rosary in Palo Alto from 1985 to 1987 and died on Feb. 29, 2008. A majority of those accused have either died or have their whereabouts listed in the report as “unknown.”

According to the San Jose Diocese report, in 2003, allegations surfaced against Alexander Larkin, who was accused of sexual misconduct with children during the 1970s at Our Lady

of the Rosary Parish in Palo Alto, where he served from 1974 to 1981. He was restricted from the ministry in 2005 and permanently banned four years later. He also served at Stanford University’s Newman Center in 1987, St. William’s Parish in Los Altos from 1981 to 1985 and St. Thomas Aquinas in Palo Alto between 1987 and 1992.

Philip McCrillis was permanently banned from serving in the ministry in 2004, when reports came out accusing him of sexual misconduct between

1968 and 1969 while he was at St. Albert the Great Parish in Palo Alto (where he was assigned from 1966 to 1969) and St. Patrick Seminary in Menlo Park (where he was assigned from 1969 to 1972). He also served at St. Anthony Parish in Menlo Park in 1969 and St. Nicholas Parish in Los Altos, where he served from 1973 to 1976 and from 1983 to 1991. He died on Feb. 2, 2007.

George Moss was alleged to have engaged in sexual See PRIESTS, page 7

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for a period after learning those city fees had practically doubled to $60,000 per unit, or about $38

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At the time, Sobrato and other prospective housing developers issued warnings that the city fees were gutting their profit margins and making housing

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construction infeasible in North Bayshore. These fees are largely tied to land values in North Bayshore, which have soared in recent years as the city-fueled development frenzy took stride.

Concerns that developers might pull out set off alarms among city officials, especially those who had made North Bayshore housing a top priority for Mountain View.

At the Tuesday meeting, the City Council sought for the third time to tinker with the fee structure.

For park space, council members agreed that Sobrato’s private open space should count toward its required quota of parkland as long as it would be publicly accessible. In particular, council members agreed to give a credit of 75 percent toward a 1-acre private park on the Sobrato property’s south side, a value equal to about $7.5 million.

City officials acknowledged

that the parkland being dedicated by Sobrato would not normally be eligible for credit because it is too narrow and spread out, resembling

‘We’re so eager to discount this so soon ... I think the project will still go through.’

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an apartment courtyard more than a park. Council members urged Sobrato representatives to do their best to make the space an active park by including amenities like volleyball and basketball courts, and barbecue pits.

A similar bending of the rules was made for the school

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fees. Representatives from the Mountain View-Whisman and Mountain View-Los Altos High school districts could not reach an agreement with Sobrato over how many students likely would be generated by the new housing or how much the developer should pay. The districts insisted Sobrato pay $24.4 million while Sobrato officials countered with an offer of $7.25 million, about a third of which would go to the state.

Mountain View council members ended up splitting the difference by agreeing the school fees should be lowered to $12 million. It was a compromise that didn’t thrill anyone, especially from the school districts.

If the city buckles on fees for Sobrato, every other developer would be requesting the same, warned Mountain View-Whisman School Board president Laura Blakely.

“I’m worried that you’re setting a precedent here with Sobrato, and then you’ll have Google next saying, ‘Me too!

Me too! We want a smaller amount!” she said. “The school district wants certainty, we don’t want to be left with a big hole.”

Similarly, Councilman John McAlister, who was teleconferencing in from Hawaii, was clearly frustrated that the city seemed to be caving on its fees. Warnings by developers of walking away from North Bayshore were just a bluff, he said.

“We’re so eager to discount this so soon,” he said. “I play a little bit of poker, and I know pushing the limit. We can hold firm on our ordinances and requirements, and I think the project will still go through.”

Mayor Lenny Siegel said that wasn’t the case. It wasn’t a simple matter of squeezing Sobrato to accept tighter profit margins, he said. Developers needed to show a full inventory of their costs and expected revenues upfront in order to attract investors to the project. In a meeting last month, the city’s own consultant agreed that the city fees were making development infeasible, he said.

While Sobrato was getting some slack, council members insisted that other developers wouldn’t get similar treatment.

“I don’t want to set a precedent for other projects,” said Councilwoman Lisa Matichak.

“While I’m willing to make an adjustment this one, I don’t want people to assume we’re always going to be doing this.”

While the Sobrato project was approved in a 5-1 vote, McAlister voted against the project, saying he couldn’t support the reduced park fees.

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misconduct with children while at St. Joseph Parish in Mountain View from 1963 to 1976 and later reported in 2002, 2004 and 2012.

He retired in 1976 and died 10 years later.

Leonel Noia, who served at St. Joseph Parish in 1975, was accused of sexual misconduct with children during the 1970s while at St. Patrick Parish in San Jose. He was reported and convicted in 1976, permanently banned from the ministry in 2002 and died on June 3, 2005.

Arthur Harrison, who began his tenure at the diocese at St. Thomas Aquinas from 1956 to 1960, was accused of sexual misconduct in 1988, 1990 and 2003 at other parishes within Santa Clara County. He was restricted from the ministry in 1989, permanently banned from the ministry in 2002, retired in 1992 and died on Nov. 29, 2006.

Hernan Toro, who came to the diocese from the Archdiocese of Popayan in Columbia, was accused of sexual misconduct with a child he was at Our Lady Star of the Sea Parish in the unincorporated community of Alviso in 1983. That same year, he was reported and convicted as

a registered sex offender. He went on to serve at St. Athanasius Parish in Mountain View from 1983 to 1984 and St. Aloysius Parish in Palo Alto from 1986 to 1988 before his retirement on April 1, 1990.

Current priests and lay staff at St. Athanasius didn’t work with Toro during his tenure at the parish, pastoral associate Mike Cavera said in an email on Oct. 19.

Joseph Pritchard, who allegedly engaged in sexual misconduct with children during the 1970s at St. Martin of Tours Parish in San Jose, served at St. Nicholas Parish in Los Altos. The accusations were reported in 2002 and 2003.

He died on Oct. 17, 1988.

Joseph Dondero, a Jesuit priest, was accused of sexual misconduct with a child in the 1960s while at St. Joseph Parish in San Jose during the 1960s that was reported in 2002. He served at the Jesuit Retreat Center in Los Altos from 1952 to 1963 and died on June 28, 1997.

“When these perpetrators are members of the clergy, there are not only psychological wounds but spiritual wounds,” McGrath said in a statement.

Next month, an independent team led by Kathleen McChesney, a former FBI executive assistant

director, will conduct an audit of the dioceseís priest personnel files and may add additional names to the list based on their findings.

Over the past month, McGrath held three listening sessions — one in Palo Alto and two in San Jose — to hear from churchgoers, particularly sexual abuse victims and their families, and learn how the diocese could improve its response to such accusations in the future.

Law firm’s list Jeff Anderson & Associates, which filed a lawsuit in early October against 10 of California’s 11 Roman Catholic dioceses alleging a sexual abuse cover-up, published its own list in a large report that includes 212 names across three dioceses including San Jose, San Francisco and Oakland.

Their names join priests who are alive and believed to be in the Bay Area, including Rev. Don Flickinger, Robert Gray, Alexander Larkin, Hernan Toro and Phil Sunseri.

Some of the accused, such as Edward F. Beutner, who worked only in campus ministry at Santa Clara University from 1989 to 1991, did not serve in the diocese in an official capacity as a priest.

“The data reveals the scandalous scale of hundreds of priests assaulting thousands of minors from early history to the present in these Dioceses,” the report says. “The data collected suggests the patterns and practices of Church officials, including the orchestration of an institutional cover-up of an enormous magnitude.”

The Diocese of San Jose, has said their list only includes the names of the “credibly accused” and the group may grow. The list only includes those who admitted to the offense, were convicted legally or deemed guilty by the Independent Diocesan Review Board.

Many of the priests in the new report worked in the Archdiocese of San Francisco and Diocese of Oakland, in addition to San Jose, and several are listed as having worked at schools in the area, including Santa Clara University and Bellarmine College Preparatory.

On Tuesday, the San Jose diocese said the new list is “heartbreaking” and officials were reviewing the names and would respond to the allegations by Wednesday (after the Voice press deadline). The church added it is committed to providing healing and

reconciliation for the victims.

“This will allow us to begin the process of restoring trust that has been painfully eroded by those in positions of leadership and trust by being accountable and transparent for what has happened in the past within the Diocese of San Jose,” diocesan officials said in a statement.

Anyone who has been sexually abused in the diocese is asked to first contact their local law enforcement agency, then contact the diocese’s Office for the Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults by calling 408-9830113 or by visiting its website at opcva.ethicspoint.com.

Links to the list, which can also be viewed in Spanish and Vietnamese, can be found at dsj.org.

The Diocese of San Jose is the first in the region to release such a list. The Diocese of Oakland plans to release its own list, Bishop Michael Barber announced in a letter earlier this month. The Diocese of Sacramento, which is also working with McChesney to conduct its own review of sexual misconduct allegations and expects to release its list in March, according to a statement from Bishop Jaime Soto.

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housing units would be isolated on one part of the property and leased out to the school district in exchange for $56 million. With the district in full control of the 144 affordable units for at least the next 55 years, the income eligibility can be rejiggered to meet the needs of school staff who make too much to qualify for lowincome housing but too little to make ends meet in the Bay Area.

Superintendent Ayinde Rudolph called the partnership a unique opportunity to build teacher housing — likely one of the first of its kind in the state — and that it could serve as a blueprint as other school districts seek to attract and retain teachers in a high-cost housing market.

Rather than make the leap from educating students to building homes, Rudolph said the district is simply piggybacking on work already done by Fortbay.

“From a school district perspective, we are not proper developers.

We would have to hire an outside firm to create affordable housing,” he said. “This is so unique because it takes the onus off the school district to do all of that legwork for how to make that happen.”

While it’s a big real estate investment on the part of the school district, amounting to a public agency cutting a $56 million check to fulfill a developer’s low-income housing requirements, Rudolph said told the Voice that the rental income should fully offset the costs over a 35-year term, with maybe $500,000 in excess income.

If rent revenue starts to far exceed the cost of the loan, Rudolph said the district could look to decrease rents.

Surveys have shown that teachers and staff working in the school district are commuting long distances and paying huge portions of their paychecks for housing. Nearly one-quarter of employees surveyed said they travel 46 minutes or more to get to to work, and more than twothirds said they are spending more than 30 percent of their paychecks on rent or mortgage,

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The Local Guides program was first launched in 2012, and in that time the network has reportedly growth to more than 95 million. For the cream of the Local Guide crop, Google officials decided three years ago to throw a worldwide summit so that users could meet with the company’s engineers and designers in hopes of crafting a better system.

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Trouble is, the vast majority of those school employees make too much to qualify for low-income housing, which excludes residents making more than 80 percent of the Area Median Income (AMI).

Housing constructed for people making between 80 and 120 percent of the AMI is virtually nonexistent, constituting what some city officials call the “missing middle.”

The numbers appear to back that claim. Annual housing reports going back to 2007 show Mountain View needed to generate more than 500 “moderateincome” homes to meet the demand, but issued permits for only four units. The dearth of moderate-income housing is consistent across all cities in the nine county Bay Area, fueled largely by the lack of tax credits and subsidies.

Recent teacher town hall events held this year have given local elected officials a chance to hear personal stories from local teachers struggling to keep up with the high housing costs, driving long distances, sharing rooms and preparing to either leave the profession or the Bay Area.

Under the proposed framework for the Village Lake redevelopment, the school district would provide $56 million in exchange for a long-term lease for 144 of the total 716 units. The district would then give the city of Mountain View first dibs on 20 of those units — in exchange for a to-bedetermined amount of money — before filling the rest with district employees. It’s possible that employees from neighboring school districts could rent any empty units after that, but Rudolph said it won’t be difficult to fill the apartments.

“In the event that we can’t find people who want to rent, then we can open it up to other people who qualify within that area,” he said.

“But I don’t think the concern is that we won’t be able to fill it up.”

In some ways, the three-way partnership may have saved the project. Perry Hariri, representing Fortbay, told council members that the cost of construction has

increased so much in recent years, from $250 per square foot to over $400 since the original proposal, that the company would need to pony up what he said amounts to a $30 million subsidy for the 144 affordable units. Absent the funding from the school district, Fortbay’s original project would be infeasible, according to a city staff report.

The rents at the proposed teacher housing complex aren’t exactly dirt cheap. Average rents for the 36 designated “low-income” units would range from $1,409 for a studio to $1,811 for a two-bedroom apartment, whereas rents for the 108 moderate-income units would range from $2,630 for a studio to $3,381 for a twobedroom apartment.

With little discussion, council members largely supported the proposed partnership and instead focused their concerns on parking. Fortbay is seeking to construct one parking space per affordable housing unit in order to make the project financially feasible, while providing 734 parking spaces for the remaining 572 units. This is much lower than the city’s standard parking ratio, which has the potential to push cars into surrounding neighborhood.

Albert Jeans, who lives near the project, urged council members to consider more stringent parking requirements, and said that a total ratio of 1.8 parking spaces per unit would reflect the reality of the situation — which is that plenty of city residents still have cars and drive. If the city misses the mark on demand for parking, nearby residents have little recourse to deal with overflow, Jeans said.

“I know we’re trying to reduce the number of cars and everything like that, discouraging people from owning cars, but the reality is people still need cars to get around,” he said.

Councilwoman Lisa Matichak said that it’s great that the city is making progress in getting people out of cars, but the public transportation infrastructure simply isn’t there to support such lean parking requirements — at least not yet.

Mayor Lenny Siegel said the solution will come, in part, from the city’s residential permit parking system, which could provide relief to current residents as the city clears the way for housing growth along Middlefield Road and the Terra Bella area.

“There will be many parts of town where there is a chance for spillover parking if we don’t include residential parking as part of our transit demand management,” Siegel said. “If we’re going to become more of a car-light city over time, this is a good place to begin.”

Saving Cooper Park The Mountain View Whisman school board has been considering its options for a teacher housing project since 2016, leading to a feasibility study last year that concluded the district’s best option would be to develop 9.5 acres of district-owned land at Cooper Park.

The idea may have made financial sense, but it prompted a firestorm of opposition from local residents who cherish the open space nestled in in the center of a single-family neighborhood and bristled at the idea of turning it into three-story townhouses — even if it was for teachers. Even after district officials backed off of the idea, residents in the area were wary of the district’s future plans for the property and kept green “Save Cooper Park” signs on lawns and at street corners long after the dust settled.

Council members Showalter and McAlister, on the advice of the state Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) recused themselves because they own homes near Cooper Park.

During the fallout of the feasibility study, Rudolph told the Voice that he began meeting with City Manager Dan Rich to figure out a partnership that could lead to teacher housing while at the same time preserving the open space at Cooper Park.

After reviewing several properties, Fortbay’s proposal at Village Lake came to the forefront as the best opportunity.

“It was the one that was the

fastest approach, and the most unique approach,” Rudolph said.

“You have a developer that’s already working on developing housing, they have their plans in place, they already have a carveout for affordable housing, so a lot of the stuff was already down the road.”

The “unique” part, Rudolph said, comes from the fact that districts typically build staff housing by repurposing district-owned land, which requires zoning changes and environmental studies that take up time and money.

Rudolph said the district can avoid the headaches and get the teacher housing built much faster through the Fortbay project.

As a condition for the partnership between the district and the developer, city officials want an agreement in writing that the district would maintain the open space on Cooper Park and won’t redevelop it into housing. The land would still be available for “another district purpose,” but the district would need to consult with the city in advance.

“The city said what they’re looking for is an affirmation that we’re not going to develop Cooper Park for teacher housing, and that’s essentially what we agreed to,” Rudolph said. The district would seek to preserve the fields regardless of any future use of the site, he said.

Waverly Park resident Dale Kuersten, representing the Save Cooper Park group, said he believes the proposal and the guarantees laid out by the city to restrict future use of Cooper Park defuses the yearslong concerns about what might happen to the open space. Not only that, he said, the school district’s deal with Fortbay includes 144 units — more than the 82 townhouses envisioned in the feasibility study — and opens the door for housing city staff as well.

The project is expected to go through another round of revisions and will come back to the council for approval, along with a detailed agreement between the city and the school district on the housing and Cooper Park.

Now in its third year, the annual Local Guides summit draws 150 people from around the world who have a vast track record of making contributions.

The Google Maps team established a 10-level system to grade each guide on how much they’ve produced. Those over level 7 are invited to submit a short video to Google explaining why they would be perfect for attending the annual guide summit. For anyone selected, Google picks up the costs of travel and lodging for the threeday event.

Coburn is well into level 9. As

part of tradition, each attendee typically brings some kind of trinket from their hometown, like a flag or souvenier. To pass around, she brought a copy of “The Bozeman Coloring Book,” a picture book showing the city’s attractions such as its international airport, “which mean it has a flight to Canada like once a year,” she jokes.

Local Guides don’t make any money for their work, but there are other perks. Active guides get a variety of discounts and free Google services as they move up the ranks. Shirley Yeung, a 31-year-old pharmacist from

Vancouver, Canada, said she originally began contributing because Google was giving away a free terabyte of cloud storage for signing up. Since then, she has written more than 950 reviews and risen to level 9. Whenever she visits a new restaurant or place, she uploads some photos from her experience, she said. On a trip to Indonesia earlier this year, Yeung was able to contact some Local Guides in the area to get an insider’s tour.

“There’s a real community here, and I have the opportunity to meet a lot of the Local Guides

in person and travel with them in various cities,” she said. “This is a good way to have an impact on others who use Google maps.”

Google representatives made it clear they were delighted to have the free help. In a keynote address to the crowd last week, Google Vice President Jen Fitzpatrick described the know-how shared by the users as providing the crucial nuances for the mapping system.

“The human understanding you bring to the maps is critical to keeping our maps alive,” Fitzpatrick told the crowd. “You are our eyes and ears out in the world.”

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“This is the best time to add market-rate and affordable housing so that we have an opportunity for all people to live in the city,” Ramirez said. “I want it to be a desirable place to live and a desirable place to visit. That’s very important, but I don’t think it will be easy to achieve.”

He supported the Measure V rent control law during the 2016 election, and his position hasn’t changed. It’s a good policy for the meantime to ensure current Mountain View residents aren’t displaced, he said. A lot of the envisioned housing won’t come online for many years, so rent control provides protection for current tenants.

But it’s not perfect, he said. The law did foster a polarized climate pitting landlords against tenants, and he would like to find ways to cool down the tempers over the issue.

“The Rental Housing Committee does need to be as fair as it possibly can be. Governance is a perennial challenge.” he said.

“How can we implement the law in a way that assures the success of the program while ensuring it’s fair and balanced?”

His picks for the Rental Housing Committee would have technical expertise and a sincere interest in making the program work, even if it requires compromise.

He is less enthusiastic about the Measure P business license tax.

He supports the measure, but he pinches his nose while doing so.

In crafting the ballot measure, the council seemed to have a predetermined sense of what kind of tax it wanted and how much it should raise, he said. While the business community was included in plenty of discussions, it didn’t result in any substantial changes to the measure.

“Sure, you have ample opportunity to give input, but does it mean anything?” Ramirez said.

“It felt like there’s this juggernaut that’s pushing along, there’s momentum going in a certain direction, and sure, we can provide input, but it isn’t meaningfully influencing where the city is going.”

His support for the measure is based on its goals: improving transportation and affordable housing. Ultimately those projects will benefit the companies that pay the most if the tax passes, and the city needs to act in good faith and avoid the temptation to use this money for other purposes, he said.

On the city’s homelessness problem, Ramirez wants to expand the safe parking program, particularly by using city property to host dozens of inhabited vehicles. A centralized site 10

such as Shoreline Amphitheatre could help provide residents with access to services and housing programs, he said. It’s an interim solution, and it needs to work in tandem with placing people into permanent supportive housing, he said.

“As a community, we need to appreciate the challenge of lifting people out of homelessness,” he said. “We need to provide relief to the neighborhoods that are impacted, but also allow folks to transition out of homelessness.

That’s the significant challenge.”

For the city’s transportation issues, Ramirez echoes a familiar refrain on the need to improve bicycle and pedestrian routes to discourage solo driving. He supports plans for an automated guideway in concept, but said he wants more evidence that it will be a system that people will actually use.

Alison Hicks Age: 60 Occupation: Retired urban planner Education: M.A. city urban planning, University of California at Berkeley Years in the city: 20 years Website: alisonhicks4council.org For Alison Hicks, it seems certain that Mountain View will be experiencing rapid urban growth in the coming years. But if more people Alison Hicks and housing are expected to squeeze into the city, how will they get around? Where will these newcomers relax? Which old buildings should be scrapped, and which should be saved?

More than any other City Council hopeful, Hicks is positioning herself as the smart growth candidate, promising she will guide the city’s growth without jettisoning what people love about Mountain View.

“Mountain View will be growing tremendously, and the big question is: Will we grow well or poorly?” she said. “I’m the one person running for council who will be a strong voice for good growth.”

Hicks describes her vision of “smart growth” as protecting public spaces, and preventing unappealing and uninviting buildings from taking over the city. She wants more “pocket parks,” small open spaces that are perfect for a community garden or having a picnic. As a former planner for the city of Oakland, she said she has the expertise to scrutinize how development proposals will shape the area.

Hicks is particularly skeptical of office growth, which she blames for being the source of the

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city’s housing woes. She supports rapid housing growth in areas like North Bayshore, but she said it won’t solve the underlying problem.

“We have to be aware that we can’t solve the housing crisis just by building more housing,” she said. “We have this crisis because we have too many jobs here.”

Hicks said she supports the city’s rent control program, and she says she would appoint Rental Housing Committee members who will implement the law as intended. Regarding the homeless issue, she wants to push Santa Clara County to do more to provide a safe parking site for people living out of their vehicles.

Once that is in place, she would support parking restrictions on city streets. While the city needs to do its part, Mountain View shouldn’t be obligated to house the northern county’s homeless population, she said.

Hicks supports the Measure P business license tax, describing it as a superior way to force large employers like Google to compensate for their citywide impacts. A tax like this is a reasonable measure to pay for needed services for a growing community, she said.

She said smaller businesses deserve more protection and blamed development for forcing many beloved shops and restaurants to close down. The city could do more, she said, pointing to how the city pushed the Greystar development firm to relocate a handful of businesses that were displaced for a downtown housing development.

The city needs to improve its communication with residents, especially with regard to building projects, Hicks said. Public notices should cover a wider area, and the city should be investigating new methods for informing the public, such as targeting individual neighborhoods through Nextdoor.

“We’re at a turning point in Mountain View,” Hicks said. “We have to make sure that what we build that it’s something we can proud of for decades.”

Ellen Kamei Age: 34 Occupation: District director for state Assemblyman Marc Berman Education: B.A. English and Japanese, University of California at Santa Barbara; master’s in public administration from University of Pennsylvania.

Years in the city: 7 Website: https://www.ellen kamei.com In a nutshell, Ellen Kamei sees her campaign’s impetus (and her base) as Mountain View’s so-called “missing middle.”

These are employed, educated households that in any other

circumstances would be firmly on track for a middleclass lifestyle.

Yet they can’t afford homeownership but Ellen Kamei make too much to qualify for most subsidized housing. Kamei believes a large segment of Mountain View’s population fall into this missing middle group, and she counts herself among them.

“In the conversations I’ve been having with people, they’re either young families who fall into this category, or they’re parents who are concerned their children won’t be able to move back to the area,” she said.

This leads to her pitch: She knows the challenges of the housing crisis personally as well as the policy and political hurdles for fixing it. As a public servant who has worked at the local and state level, Kamei believes she has the right mix of policy experience and know-how to encourage robust housing growth, particularly for more for-sale homes priced for middle-income households.

Amid the push for city growth, Kamei also points to her experience working on four precise plans over her six years on the city’s Environmental Planning Commission. She speaks to the concerns of current residents, saying the city needs to preserve its historic character as well as its tree canopy. To better inform the public about proposed developments, the radius for public notices should be expanded to 1,000 feet, she said.

Kamei is less enthusiastic about Mountain View’s rent control program, describing it as a flawed answer to the housing shortage. During the 2016 election, she favored City Council-backed Measure W, the losing alternative to Measure V that lacked teeth but provided more flexibility. If elected, she said she would seek members of the Rental Housing Commission who represent a diversity of viewpoints and who demonstrate that they can collaborate.

Kamei casts a wide net when it comes to addressing the rising concerns about people living out of their vehicles. Everything is on the table and should be explored: case management services, better outreach, and safe parking and rehousing programs, among other things. In addition, she suggests the city should look into the parking permit programs implemented in Berkeley and Santa Barbara to restrict where inhabited vehicles can park overnight.

“Obviously, there’s no perfect solution, but these are the things I’m exploring,” she said. “What I love about Mountain View is our compassion. Even for those who

are voicing concerns, it’s a question of ‘How can we help those who are living in RVs?’” Kamei supports the city’s Measure P business license tax update, describing it as a significant step for creating a new transit system.

On transportation issues, she touts the city’s free shuttle service, largely funded by Google, but said it would benefit from having more stops. She expressed some skepticism for the City Council’s push for an automated guideway system, saying she still needs to be convinced it is the best idea.

“We don’t want to build something we think people will want, but they won’t use,” she said.

Pat Showalter Age: 66 Occupation: Retired civil engineer Education: B.S. in geology and history, Mount Holyoke College; M.S. in geotechnical engineering, University of California at Santa Barbara.

Years in the city: 34 Website: patshowalter.com With her first term coming to a close, Councilwoman Pat Showalter sees much success from her four years in office. She was elected on a mandate from voters to boost housing throughout Mountain View, and she now sees that effort as paying off as dozens of housing developments move forward.

For her, the challenge now is to weave this oncoming surge of new housing into the fabric of the city. New apartments can’t be built in a vacuum; they Pat Showalter will need ways for people to travel around and places for children to learn and play.

“No one is saying we should be doing planning wrong,” she said.

“We can’t sacrifice housing for schools, parks and everything else.”

Showalter’s pitch to voters is to allow her to work on finishing the job. In all likelihood, it will take more than a decade to bring all the envisioned housing online, she admits, but the city needs to begin preparing for all the impacts. She points to her background in engineering for giving her valuable insight on large developments and public works projects.

In the meantime, Showalter counts herself as a reluctant supporter of the city’s rent control program as short-term relief for tenants. She wasn’t initially a fan.

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anta Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith and her former Undersheriff John Hirokawa will butt heads in a runoff election in November after neither candidate was able to secure the majority vote in June.

In a pool of five candidates, Smith ended election night with 135,981 votes or 42.99 percent of the total while Hirokawa secured 102,645 votes or 32.45 percent of the total.

Smith is running for her sixth four-year term in a 20-year career.

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to compete with Measure V on the ballot. Measure W failed, but Showalter says she has come around.

“I think that right now rent control is doing a lot of good in Mountain View,” she said. “But landlords need to make a fair return, and there should be a way to be balanced.”

She said that any new members of the Rental Housing Committee should have a proven track record of working well with others, as well as compromising on complicated issues. In particular, she is looking for people who sincerely want to make the program work.

Like most other candidates, Showalter supports the Measure P business license tax increase, describing it as a crucial way to fund needed services. The added cost will not be burdensome on small businesses, she said.

Showalter admits she would benefit from a better understanding of the small business community, especially its new challenges in Mountain View. She likes an idea taken up by New York City to give grants to help maintain cherished shops and restaurants.

When it comes to the city’s mounting homelessness, Showalter admits that Mountain View hasn’t been doing enough. The city will need to step in and provide some kind of space, such as an unused parking lot, for people living out of their vehicles to camp at, she said. While she hears plenty of complaints, Showalter believes most Mountain View residents truly want to help the homeless.

“Most people here are reasonably compassionate, but they just don’t want to be taken advantage of,” she said.

Showalter praised Google, calling the tech giant a “good corporate citizen.” From her interactions, she believe the company is sensitive to local issues in Mountain View, and often willing to cut a check to help out. She said it was

Despite multiple controversies, the incumbent sheriff has received endorsements from all but one county supervisor and has the backing of almost every mayor in the county.

Her platform focuses on protecting schools, addressing mental health issues and homelessness and advocating for victims of sexual assault and maintaining accountability within her department.

The death of inmate Michael Tyree in August 2016, followed by the conviction of three jail guards for Tyree’s murder, has been a

dark cloud over her tenure.

The sheriff’s office also faced an inmate strike at county jails that lasted almost two weeks after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were allowed into the main jail in San Jose.

The sheriff’s office said they were “mistakenly admitted.”

Hirokawa has made it clear these controversies will be the center of his strategy. His first listed priority is to keep the sheriff’s office accountable, as well as creating safe conditions for inmates and deputies, reviewing use of force guidelines and reaching out

only recently that city leaders like her learned how best to approach the company with requests. When that request is reasonable, Google is usually willing to help out, such as the $1 million the company donated to the Hope’s Corner shelter, she said.

“It really has been an honor to be the mayor and on the City Council. Getting to do this is wonderful,” she said. “I’m persistent, I’m pragmatic and I’m progressive, and that’s good for Mountain View.”

Leonard M. “Lenny” Siegel

With a second term, Siegel said he wants to prove the city’s aggressive push for housing can be a boon, not a sacrifice, to Mountain View residents. He points to housing as a major piece toward solving the jobs-housing imbalance and the daily traffic snarls.

He also emphasizes “quality of life” issues and ensuring that city growth won’t jeopardize access to parks, schools and pleasant communities. Despite his reputation as a fervent housing advocate, Siegel came out against state Sen. Scott Wiener’s proposal to remove local control on approving apartment projects near mass transit.

The bill went against the vision of building new high-quality neighborhoods and it would have eventually backfired, Siegel said.

“We aren’t just building housing; we’re building neighborhoods,” he said. “If we want to build more housing, we have to also plan well and design well, so that what we end up with is something people like.”

As the only council member to endorse the city’s rent control program when it was on the ballot, Siegel said his support hasn’t wavered. Yet he does wish the measure had been more explicit in including mobile homes and protecting rent-controlled apartments from redevelopment. Any future candidates for the Rental Housing Committee should show a sincere desire to make the program work, he said.

Siegel wants to establish some kind of parking lot as a safe living space for the large number of people living out of their cars. He has also asked for a review of the parking regulations throughout the city. This homelessness issue has generated a lot of frustration among residents, but Siegel said most people living on the street are still connected to the community and working local jobs or going to school.

“Other than the fact that people don’t like to see these folks, I consider them an asset to the community,” Siegel said. “I’m very

Age: 70 Occupation: Director of the Center for Public Environmental Oversight Education: Attended Stanford University Years in the city: 46 Website: lennysiegelforcouncil. net After four years on the council and currently serving as mayor, Lenny Siegel said he wants to finish what he started.

Leonard M. Since stepping “Lenny” Siegel into city government, he has helped spearhead plans for thousands of new homes, a downtown transit center and a new automated system for getting around town.

But all of these ambitious plans remain aspirational, and they could be shelved if the wrong candidates get elected, Siegel said.

He wants another term to help finish the job, describing it as a proof of concept to inspire nearby cities to follow Mountain View’s lead. Even more pressing in this election, he needs a four-person majority on the seven-member council to keep that vision intact.

“On issue after issue we’re making progress,” he said. “But these goals could go the other way if we don’t elect people who share the same vision.”

to community advocates, people of color and other marginalized groups.

He has been endorsed by three newspapers and area deputy sheriff’s associations.

During a candidate forum hosted by the League of Women Voters on Oct. 8, Hirokawa said his campaign is built on transparency, but Smith raised the issue of racist text messages shared between deputies over several years, first revealed by local news outlets. She said Hirokawa believed the penalties on the officers were too severe.

He denied her claim and doubled down on his goal of independent oversight for the sheriff’s

office, and said Smith was able to fire the officers involved because of his commitment to due process and transparency.

“The Sheriff just said she gives her department an ‘A’,” Hirokawa said. “That indicates to me that there’s no room for improvement.

There’s a lot of room for improvement ... and that’s what John Hirokawa wants to do.”

The two candidates have clashed when discussing controversies within the department, and Hirokawa has acknowledged the uphill battle to defeat an established incumbent. Santa Clara County residents will place their votes in the contentious race during the November 6 election.

disturbed that there are people who are sending me hate mail about this ... it’s hostile, like I’ve gone out of their way to ruin their lives by letting these people stay.”

Asked about Google, Siegel said the tech company has done everything right in Mountain View, “except not grow.” Small shops and restaurants are hardpressed to compete with Google’s free food, he acknowledged. He suggested the city could help provide transit passes to low-income employees or perhaps help subsidize rents for commercial spaces.

Siegel is running a shoestring campaign, in part because he has pledged to take no money from anyone aligned with developers, city vendors, major employers or “Russian oligarchs.”

“I fight the developers on rent control, but I’m their best friend when it comes to building housing,” he said. “I don’t want it look like this is because they’re giving me money.”

John Inks

needs to be to meet demand.”

Back in 2015, Inks was opposed to the city’s aggressive push to foster housing growth in North Bayshore. Housing is now something he said he would support for the neighborhood, but he doesn’t like the idea of the city forcing developers to build it.

He hopes to cut the red tape of various regulations, especially Mountain View’s rent control program. He cites John Inks his opposition to rent control as a catalyst for his seeking a third term, and he has been a chief proponent for pulling back the voter-approved law through a new ballot initiative. Yet if elected, he said he would seek cooperative members for the Rental Housing Committee with backgrounds in city planning or law, regardless of their political positions.

Inks is adamantly opposed to Measure P, the city’s proposed headcount-based business tax.

He warns that the tax would push small companies in particular to expand elsewhere. In a similar vein, he said one of the best things the city could do to aid small businesses would be to rescind the $15 minimum wage law passed in 2015.

As to the city’s ongoing homelessness problems, he believes city staff should be doing less and looking to other agencies to shoulder the costs. Ultimately, Mountain View isn’t supposed to handle a “social services function,” he said.

“My position is that the city shouldn’t subsidize people in the streets,” he said. “We shouldn’t do anything to encourage this behavior.”

He didn’t name any specific transportation priorities, but he warned that city officials are overly reliant on expensive consultants.

Email Mark Noack at mnoack@mv-voice.com

Age: 69 Occupation: Retired geospace engineer Education: B.A. in aerospace engineering, Georgia Tech; M.S. in mechanical engineering, Stanford University Years in the city: 43 Website: https://www.electinks. com Like his colleagues, John Inks views housing as Mountain View’s foremost challenge. But for the most part, that’s where the similarities end.

A retired aerospace engineer who served two terms on the City Council, Inks sees city policies and fees as stifling the housing supply. Precise plans, building codes and architectural review sometimes end up costing resources and time. Streamlining those steps would be the quickest way to spur new construction, he said.

“Growth is limited now because of housing costs and fees,” Inks said. “I just don’t see our housing growth to be at the point where it

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Candidates seek healthy future for El Camino Hospital HEALTHCARE DISTRICT BOARD OVERSEES HOSPITAL GOVERNANCE, USE OF TAXPAYER FUNDS

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esidents living in the El Camino Healthcare District have a rare asset seen few places in the entire state of California: public power and control over its local hospital.

And this November, voters within the district’s boundaries — which includes Mountain View, Sunnyvale, Los Altos and portions of other nearby cities — will have an opportunity to weigh in on how El Camino Hospital should chart its course during a swirl of uncertainty. Along with a challenging market and health care costs that threaten to spike, the tumult over national health care policy shows no signs of abating.

Four candidates are seeking two seats on the health care district’s board of directors, and will have significant oversight of El Camino’s Mountain View and Los Gatos campuses. They are Dr. Peter Fung, the sole incumbent in the race, former Sunnyvale council member James Davis, former Mountain View council member Mike Kasperzak and long-time physician George Ting.

Davis did not respond to the Voice’s candidate questionnaire and attempts to contact him by phone and via the email address he provided to the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters were unsuccessful. As of this week, his campaign has not filed any fundraising or expenditure reports, according to county records, and he doesn’t appear to have a campaign website.

The three other candidates all made a strong case for the health care district and the hospital being on the right track, largely agreeing that the gloomy rhetoric about El Camino’s financial survival against giant competitors is warranted. Expansion into Los Gatos, and actions like buying land and opening clinics in San Jose, didn’t bother any of the candidates.

Candidates did differ, however, on the district’s track record on transparency and openness, and whether it has followed the letter and the spirit of California’s open meeting laws. This was a sore spot in a scathing 2011 Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury report on the district, which prompted a series of significant changes to the way the district conducted business. There was also a divergence of opinions on what exactly the taxpayer-funded district should be doing with the millions of dollars it collected in property tax revenue, nearly all of which is dispersed to other organizations 12

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When Dr. Peter Fung sought to join the health care district board in 2014, he billed himself as a practicing physician who could bring a much-needed level of expertise and on-the-ground experience to the hospital’s governance. He joined just as the only physician serving on the board at the time, Patricia Einarson, bowed out.

Now, four years later, Fung said he believes his deep health care experience as a doctor — now bolstered by four years of Peter Fung governance and oversight experience — makes him well-positioned to continue serving on the board of directors. He said El Camino Hospital, and by extension the district, is headed towards uncharted territory, and needs a firm hand on the tiller.

“In this uncertain, complex and ever-changing health care market, you need a strong voice and a physician with many years of experience,” he said.

Fung said he believes the hospital’s performance is dependent on having a board of directors that has the expertise — whether in running a business, treating patients or public health policy — to make the right decisions for the hospital. He said he led the way on recent plans to de-emphasize having elected officials in charge of oversight in favor of appointments with “greater expertise.”

At the time, he questioned why there was public opposition to the proposal.

In the competitive health care market in the Bay Area, Fung said changes can occur at “lightning speed” and often have to be conducted behind closed doors, creating the appearance that the district and the hospital lack openness and transparency.

Despite the handful of surprises, Fung said he believes his last four years show a track record of releasing information to district residents “as promptly and as

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complete as possible.”

Fung said he stands firmly behind the district’s strategy of investing taxpayer dollars in nonprofits and public agencies, much of which gets funneled into mental health programs and school resources like nurses. Many of the programs, he said, are targeted at families who lack essential needs like food, shelter and protection from abuse, and it’s worth “every penny” that’s spent.

“I personally had doubts previously before I joined the board,” Fung said. “People who do not understand the dire needs of our community and the results of our effort may find ways to criticize it. I would be happy to speak and convince them.”

Fung has maintained that the hospital must expand its services outside of the health care district’s boundaries in order to stay afloat.

He argues that managing costs and expanding will bring financial security to the hospital, which will benefit district residents in the long run.

If re-elected, Fung’s top priorities include making sure the hospital provides top-quality services, improving access to care through free and subsidized health clinics, and working with “community leaders” on the best way to spend taxpayer money on public health grants.

Mike Kasperzak Age: 64 Occupation: Consultant, former Mountain View City Council member Education: B.A. from Lewis & Clark College; J.D. from University of California, Hastings College of the Law Years in the district: 41 Website: kasperzak.org Although best known for serving on the Mountain View City Council for more than a decade, Mike Kasperzak said he’s had an eye on the city’s local independent hospital since the 1980s. Kasperzak said he believes his public service background, along with his acute understanding of how the hospital affects those who live and work in the area, would add a valuable perspective to El Camino’s leadership.

Kasperzak points out that none of the current elected officials leading El Camino Hospital are from Mountain View, despite the

hospital’s primary campus and the district’s origins being firmly rooted within the city. He would be able to fill that missing niche, he said. And while the district’s board doesn’t get the same attention as the council, Kasperzak said the public ownership and oversight of the hospital plays an important role in safeguarding it from a for-profit takeover.

“What happened to Los Gatos Hospital when it was purchased and decimated by Tenant Healthcare cannot be permitted to happen to El Camino, but the risks are very real,” he said.

While the health care district and the hospital have followed the letter of the law when it comes to transparency and open meet- Mike Kasperzak ings, Kasperzak said he would follow the spirit of the law, and bring as much deliberation into open session as legally possible. While he concedes that the hospital has to deliberate on some strategies, purchases and acquisitions in closed-door meetings to avoid tipping its hand to competitors, he said the board needs to avoid even the perception that it’s not transparent.

Kasperzak calls the district’s community benefit program “awkward” as it exists today, essentially taking in tax money and redistributing it as philanthropic funds. He suggested that the millions in annual funding would be better spent in-house — providing indigent care in local communities, for example — rather than acting as a passthrough organization. That said, Kasperzak argues that a change in practice would need to be done in a way that doesn’t leave out organizations that have come to depend on the grant money from the district.

Although some residents argue that expansion into Los Gatos, San Jose and beyond strays from the district’s original purpose, Kasperzak said he supports the expansion strategy as a means for long-term stability and sustainability. Extending into other areas, he said, could focus on the creation of new, small clinics in underserved communities, and finding new ways to support its network of physicians in a changing health care environment.

Kasperzak’s top priorities as a board member would be to promote transparency, fiscal strength and preparing the hospital for an onslaught of changes in health care policy — including the

potential for a single payer health care system.

George Ting Age: 71 Occupation: Physician Education:B.A. from Columbia University; M.D. from University of Southern California Years in the district: 31 Website: georgetingechd.com George Ting has a long track record as a local physician immersed in the world of kidney health, working as a nephrologist for 40 years and serving as El Camino’s director of dialysis services. During that time, Ting said he has built a strong understanding of what it will take for the hospital to build strong relationships with local physicians, which is essential for keeping El Camino alive an independent hospital.

“I know and love the hospital and the community,” Ting said. “I know the history, weaknesses and strengths well. I am committed to keeping the hospital successful and independent.”

Speaking broadly, Ting said he believes the board’s physicianpartnering plan as it exists today could use some adjustments, criticizing it as “high cost” and “high risk,” and cautioned at a board meeting last year that the board doesn’t have long to change course. He also raised concerns about reining in health care costs in the U.S. — which he described as unsustainable — and moving away from the standard fee-forservice model.

Ting said he believes the interests of the hospital, as a nonprofit corporation, and the health care district are one George Ting in the same, and that balancing those interests wouldn’t be difficult. He believes both need to focus on strong partnerships and keep a close eye on finances as the health care market rapidly shifts, building off the work already done by the district and the hospital.

Transparency has been challenging in the past, and Ting acknowledged that the public, and even some top hospital staff, haven’t been kept in the loop on the board’s major decisions. Moving forward on big new initiatives cannot be done without both an ongoing dialogue, respect and “proper” disclosure.

“It is hard to maintain community support when they feel left out or in the dark,” Ting said.

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which he said should be prioritized towards increased access to health care and services for low-income families. Whether that money goes to the hospital’s programs or nonprofits doesn’t matter so much — “Whoever can do it better and at a more affordable price.”

Ting’s approach to expansion is cautious support of the status quo. That is, shifting services to meet patients closer to where they live in places like Los Gatos,

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said, adding that the two men had known each other for 30 years. “He is a dedicated activist, working for immigrant rights, tenant rights and social justice.

He should have known better.”

Siegel said that while he and Inks may disagree on many issues, they have always done so respectfully, and they have always gotten along personally.

“Defacing or removing signs is not only illegal; it is ethically reprehensible. It goes against our democratic principles,” Siegel said in his statement. “I expect

San Jose and other regions of the county can amount to more geographical coverage and higher reimbursement for services. At the same time, however, Ting said he believes some of the recommendations from consultants may not be ready for wholesale adoption, and that it would advocate for a “careful review” of El Camino’s new clinic, located at 828 S. Winchester Blvd. in San Jose, before trying to emulate it in other locations.

Top priorities for Ting, if elected, would be to foster strong clinical partnerships, keep a

close eye on the budget — including “relentless” cost management — and put a high value on clinical initiatives by physicians.

those who support what I am doing as council member/mayor and who support my re-election campaign to treat (Inks) with respect and to act in accordance with the democratic principles that make America great.”

Residents have reported multiple incidents where Inks campaign signs have been defaced over the last month, notably his high-visibility sign on Shoreline Boulevard.

Anyone who has information on the incident is asked to contact Sgt. Wahed Magee at Wahed.Magee@mountainview. gov.

—Mountain View Voice staff

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50s, weighing about 200 pounds with a clean-cut goatee. He was seen wearing a dark blue track suit, which had a Navy insignia on the sweatshirt and the word Navy written down the right leg of the pants. He was last seen exiting the bank into the plaza, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Det. Dan Garcia at dan.garcia@mountainview.gov.

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memorial service for Mountain View’s first school resource officer, Bill Crawford, is set for 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 27, at St. Francis High School, 1885 Miramonte Ave. in Mountain View. Crawford died last month at age 78.

Crawford had deep roots in community law enforcement going back several decades, and was hired as an officer by the Mountain View Police Department in 1969, according to a statement by the police department. Crawford helped the department launch the school resource officer program in the 1970s, which has provided a crucial link between youth and local law enforcement ever Officer since.

Bill Crawford Prior to his career as an officer, Crawford had been a brother with the Order of the Holy Cross, where he wore many hats as a teacher, counselor, bus driver and band director at St. Francis, according the police statement. He also had a big hand in founding the department’s “Dreams and Futures” program, a summer camp for youth that teaches life lessons to dozens of at-risk kids.

Born on May 27, 1940 to William and Maxine Crawford, Bill Crawford was described by family members as a father figure, an inspiring teacher and caring mentor, and a gifted musician and photographer. He played the trumpet and, for many years, served as the police department’s photographer.

Crawford is survived by his wife, Ella Crawford; his stepson, Jim Kilday; and his granddaughter Gracie. He was preceded by his younger brother, Steve Crawford.

A reception will follow the memorial Mass at the St. Francis High School Theatre. In lieu of flowers, the family encourages anyone who wishes to honor Crawford to donate to the Dreams and Futures program, which is run by the Mountain View Police Department, 1000 Villa St., Mountain View, CA 94041.

—Kevin Forestieri

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Showalter, Siegel and Ramirez for City Council

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ountain View voters have some interesting choices to make on November’s ballot.

Competing for three seats on the City Council are two incumbents and four challengers.

It’s easy to recommend returning Pat Showalter and Leonard “Lenny” Siegel for a second term. Both incumbents have proven to be thoughtful, collaborative and hard-working in their first term. Responsive to constituents and well-prepared at council meetings, they’ve been careful stewards of the public trust.

But what about that third spot, being vacated by one-term incumbent Ken Rosenberg?

The top contenders are Lucas Ramirez and Ellen Kamei, who are both young, politically savvy local government professionals who have similar positions on most of Mountain View’s big issues.

They both serve on the city’s Environmental Planning Commission. They both back Measure P, which revises the city’s business license tax to pay for transportation projects and distributes the tax burden to the biggest companies most responsible for increasing traffic.

They both advocate a multi-pronged and supportive approach to grappling with Mountain View’s homeless population.

But there are differences between the two candidates. Kamei supports Proposition 10, which would overturn the Costa-Hawkins Act that limits the scope of local rent control laws. Ramirez, to the dismay of his progressive supporters, said he opposes Proposition 10.

They both support rent control, though Ramirez was an early backer, and Kamei came around to it later and still has reservations. Both currently support the city’s plans for housing growth in key neighborhoods, although Kamei was a vocal opponent of North Bayshore housing during her unsuccessful 2014 campaign for council. Ramirez has the full-throated endorsement of Rosenberg, while Kamei, despite collecting key endorsements from the local Democratic establishment, has drawn skepticism about the sincerity of her positions from those who remember her previous campaign’s rhetoric.

While Kamei is a much stronger candidate than she was four years ago, Ramirez has consistently worked to support the issues the majority of Mountain View residents care about, and in our estimation, that gives him the edge in this election.

The Voice recommends Showalter, Siegel and Ramirez for City Council.

First-time candidate Alison Hicks is

running to preserve Mountain View’s eclectic charm through this period of rapid development via careful urban planning and a big-picture approach rather than a piecemeal approach to development. It’s hard to argue with that goal, and we recommend that she seek appointment to the city’s Planning Commission, where her expertise as a city planner could be put to good use.

Former City Council member John Inks is looking to resume his place as the council’s lone representative of Libertarian ideals after a two-year hiatus. In his previous two council terms he was a consistent voice for the city’s conservative residents but seldom succeeded in winning a majority of the council over to his views. He opposes rent control, Measure P and even the minimum wage, putting him out of step with the majority of Mountain View residents. His response to the city’s homeless population lacks compassion as well as understanding, referring to it as a “lifestyle” and a “behavior” that shouldn’t be encouraged, rather than a grim choice that our less fortunate neighbors have been forced to make. With so many challenges ahead, Mountain View needs council members with the foresight to find workable solutions, not ones who see government as part of the problem.

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Re-elect Sheriff Laurie Smith

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n the June primary election for Santa Clara County Sheriff we endorsed former Undersheriff John Hirokawa in hopes that a fall campaign might demonstrate he had the capability to improve upon Sheriff Laurie Smith’s rather mediocre performance over the last 20 years.

Instead, we’ve come to the opposite conclusion.

Hirokawa has bounced from one problem to another since winning enough votes in the primary to force a runoff.

He missed the deadline to file his ballot statement and then in court filings tried to blame the Registrar of Voters for it, first saying he had not been properly

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notified of the deadline and then denying he received a reminder letter. If he can’t follow simple rules like every other candidate and take responsibility for his own errors, he isn’t qualified to be the leader of a complex 1,800-person, $350 million public agency.

Hirokawa also made comments in a deposition that appeared to be defending the head of the Deputy Sheriffs’ Association, which had endorsed him. Racist text messages that surfaced between the union president and several other deputies led to disciplinary action, but Hirokawa’s statements revealed more concern for the deputies and due process than for the ugly text messages they had sent and

the culture they revealed.

Santa Clara County voters deserve a competent and visionary chief lawenforcement officer. Smith is, finally, on the right track with implementing longneeded jail reforms, and we are optimistic she will follow through on concerns about the oversight of the Stanford police force, which operates under an unusual grant-of-authority from the county that gives the private institution full police powers.

In spite of her shortcomings, which include an uninspired and weak administrative record over her two decades in the office, we believe she is the better choice.

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DON’T SPLIT THE CITY COUNCIL VOTE Assuming that the incumbents are re-elected, as is usually the case, there is only one other seat to be filled, but there are four candidates: a libertarian who is likely to be well received by the more conservative voters in our community and three fairly progressive candidates with varying degrees of support for housing.

For voters who want the third seat filled by a progressive, prohousing council member, voters must unite behind a single candidate; otherwise the conservative candidate will win. It is just a simple matter of math.

In my opinion, Lucas Ramirez is the most electable of the three progressive candidates. While no candidate can please all of the people all of the time, Lucas is thoughtful, knows more about this city through his work on the Planning and Human Relations commissions, and through his attendance at nearly every council meeting for the past several years as the League of Women Voters representative.

He appeals to a broad range of people, even though he may have taken positions that run contrary to personal beliefs.

Remember what happened in 2016 with Jill Stein! Vote splitting really happens, and it can and will happen here if voters don’t unite on a single third candidate. If you are voting for one of the incumbents, you are most likely planning on voting for one of the three progressive candidates, but to win, voters need to unite behind a single candidate.

Mike Kasperzak Morton Court

WHEELER FOR SCHOOL BOARD Integrity, commitment, and availability are key words to describe Ellen Wheeler’s work ethic and her 16 years as a trustee of the Mountain View Whisman School District. As a former superintendent of the Whisman school district and subsequent Mountain View Whisman School District, I strongly support and endorse Ellen’s campaign to serve another term as trustee.

In my years of working with Trustee Wheeler, I came to truly appreciate the analytical skill set she brings to problem solving, her thoroughness, her commitment to student learning, and her availability to meet with members of the community to discuss school issues. Trustee Wheeler has been a steady

presence in all the schools, forging vital relationships between the staff and the school board.

As the longest serving member of the school board, she retains important district history, which can play an important role in decision-making.

Vote for and re-elect Ellen Wheeler for the MVWSD Board of Trustees.

Eleanor G. Yick Retired superintendent, Whisman and Mountain View Whisman school districts

COUNCILMAN ENDORSES RAMIREZ This year’s City Council candidates offer the voters an interesting choice: stay progressive or turn conservative. Best I can tell, all six of the candidates will say yes to more housing, but only three will work to protect the voter-passed initiative for rent control. Only three will retain the council-adopted policy of compassion and proudly continue flying the banner of being a human rights city as it relates to our complicated homelessness problem. Only three have a grand vision of traffic mitigation solutions that go beyond widening roads or encouraging carpooling. Those three are Pat Showalter, Lenny Siegel, and Lucas Ramirez. Since Pat and Lenny are incumbents, let me tell you why I confidently endorse Lucas.

Lucas has grown up in Mountain View and has participated in the most prestigious council advisory bodies and has a long record of being politically active.

He has a strong voting record that is discernible as it relates to the business of the city and his votes progressively comport with the issues of the day and a positive direction for Mountain View. Lucas has formed strong working relationships with our local county, state, and federal elected officials. This is important because he can leverage these relationships to advocate for us outside our borders.

Lucas has attended nearly every council meeting, beginning to end, for years. He knows the issues as well as anybody, including those who formerly (and presently!) sit on the dais, and can speak the technical vernacular of government and policy. And probably most importantly, Lucas is genuinely willing to listen to you, even if (especially if) you disagree.

Although he is a bit shy at first, if you get him talking, you will agree with me that he would be a great ambassador for our city and would make a great council member. I hope your vote

ensures that Lucas can take my seat as I exit elected life.

Ken Rosenberg Mountain View City Council member

FUNG FOR EL CAMINO BOARD I am writing this letter to endorse Dr. Peter Fung to be re-elected to the El Camino Healthcare District Board. I have had the honor of becoming well acquainted with Dr. Fung on a professional and personal level for the last eight years that I have served as the rehabilitation medical director for El Camino Hospital.

For as long as I have known Dr. Fung, he has not only been a highly skilled and compassionate physician for El Camino Hospital, but also a true leader and champion for all people within the greater Silicon Valley area. I feel Dr. Fung always develops a thorough understanding of each and every critical board issue so that he can genuinely do what is best for the community at large. His dedication to doing what’s right is something that I both applaud and admire.

I therefore have no hesitation fully supporting Dr. Peter Fung in his goal to be re-elected so that he can continue the excellent work that he has been doing.

Justin Liu, M.D. Rehabilitation medical director, El Camino Hospital

DON’T SUBSIDIZE LARGE DEVELOPERS At the recent (City Council) candidate forum in the Mountain View Library, John Inks declared that no Mountain View city funds should be used to subsidize the RV dwellers on our streets. He also appears to favor unrestricted and unregulated and untaxed development in our city.

I wonder if he would apply his logic to the huge subsidies granted to developers and corporations in Mountain View, who pay far less than the actual cost to the city for their impact on roads and traffic, parking, environmental impact, fire, police, schools, parks, and urban forest.

Why should the city of Mountain View and its residents be subsidizing developers and large corporations and their wealthy owners?

David Lewis Oak Street

RESTORE LOCAL CONTROL OF RENTER PROTECTIONS Whether or not our state

government had good intentions, their actions, such as the Costa-Hawkins law, have enabled massive profits for corporate landlords while making the housing crisis worse and hurting tenants with their interference. We must return local control to our cities and counties. It is the cities and counties that have to deal with financial and humanitarian consequences of rising homelessness, vehicle dwelling and the crowded substandard living conditions of so many of the working poor. The escalating need for new housing is obvious to cities, who will continue to approve new housing, such as the record-breaking new housing permits in Mountain View in 2017.

Proposition 10 repeals the harmful Costa-Hawkins law while having no effect on the state law that guarantees a fair rate of return for landlords.

We see and hear a lot from the opposition, the special interest groups who want to increase their massive profits. To see the truth, follow the money.

Steve Chandler Sierra Vista Avenue

INKS’ ASTONISHING POSTCARD In Sunday’s Mercury News article about the contestants for the Mountain View City Council seats, John Inks was paraphrased, if not quoted, as commenting that there isn’t room for all people in Mountain View. In context, he was saying not that there isn’t enough space to house everyone trying to live here, which is true, but rather that Mountain View has a right to discriminate against those who can’t afford to buy or rent conventional housing in Mountain View, which is a judgment call, and could be made by the City Council. The issue here is whether the voters want council members who feel that it is right for the council to pass actions that discriminate against those whose only negative characteristic is that they don’t make a six-figure income.

John’s postcard said “City Council should not use your sales and property tax dollars to subsidize RVs on Mountain View streets. “ By extension, this statement suggests that poor (or poorer than the MV average) people should not be allowed to live in Mountain View. Mountain View was built on the backs of workers from multiple ethnicities who worked in fields, in auto shops, in restaurants and other industries that paid less than the tech industry.

While tech as a sector has

grown phenomenally since those days, Mountain View has retained much of its multicultural, multi-class character, which is part of what makes it more friendly than surrounding cities like Palo Alto and Los Altos/Los Altos Hills. We have room for both rich and poor, and all residents along that spectrum deserve fair treatment from all city officials, including council members.

Based on his campaign statements, plus his previous council record of opposition to most civic projects requiring money, I voted against John Inks when my ballot arrived. I urge others to do the same.

Dr. Elna Tymes Founder and former member, MV Senior Advisory Committee Member, Santa Clara County Senior Care Commission

MOUNTAIN VIEW LEADS THE WAY AGAIN Measure P addresses the challenges of higher infrastructure and transportation costs needed because of the increasing number of businesses and employees in our city. It does so without using funds from our general revenues or having residents pick up the tab for new bonds.

Measure P is a progressive tax on the number of employees.

Thus, it minimizes the effect on small businesses and asks large employers to pay their fair share from which they will benefit.

The measure has the unanimous support of our City Council and broad support of city residents. We can be proud that our city is leading the way with an innovative idea for surrounding cities.

One can hope that the newly elected City Council will take a similarly thorough “cooperative” approach to our next large challenge, the increasing numbers of houseless individuals living in vehicles or on the ground. We can be a model for our sister cities as we have done with minimum wage, rent stabilization and will do with an innovative and fair business tax.

Michael Fischetti and Marilyn Winkleby View Street

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22300, to submit securities in lieu of retention. Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise, in accordance with Education Code Section 17076.11, the Mountain View Los Altos High School District has “a participation goal of at least 3% per year of the overall dollar amount expended each year by the school district for Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise�. Thus, all contractors bidding on this project are required to make a good faith effort to achieve this 3% participation goal. Requirements for demonstrating that this good faith effort has been made are included in the Project Manual.

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OPEN HOUSE EVENTS November 3, 2018 Lower Campus 477 Fremont Avenue Los Altos, CA 94024 9:00am - 11:00am November 3, 2018 Middle Campus 327 Fremont Avenue Los Altos, CA 94024 11:30am - 1:30pm November 10, 2018 Upper Campus 26800 Fremont Road Los Altos Hills, CA 94022 10:00am - 12:30pm

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KASPERZAK FOR EL CAMINO BOARD I urged Mike Kasperzak to run for the El Camino Healthcare District Board for three basic reasons.

First, Mike will champion good governance, so business is done in open session where the public is welcome and can provide comments. Mike is concerned that too much of the El Camino Healthcare District board’s business has been done in closed session where the public is excluded.

Mike has the skill and experience in governing and policy development that is sorely needed. He has already served the hospital on the Campaign Cabinet, which raised funds for the new hospital, the Genomics Institute Committee, the Government Affairs Committee, and the Planned Giving Committee of the Hospital Foundation. He has been president of the California League of Cities, on the board of the National League of Cities, has served four terms on the Mountain View City Council and has been mayor twice.

Second, even though El Camino Hospital is in Mountain View, no one from Mountain View is on the board. That doesn’t make sense. Mike really knows Mountain View. Prior to his leadership on the City Council, Mike served on our Parks and Recreation Commission and our Environmental Planning Commission. Mountain View has been Mike’s home for over 30 years.

Third, Mike is well-versed in finance, particularly public finance. El Camino Hospital’s budget is large at close to $1 billion. Mike will provide valuable oversight so that the finances of the hospital remain healthy.

When the California League of Cities published a guide on government financing for elected officials, the quote on the back of the book was from Mike Kasperzak.

I have worked closely with Mike. He is a good listener who explains why he is making a decision. Please join me in voting for Mike Kasperzak for the health care district board.

Pat Showalter Mountain View City Council member

When it matters most, patients turn to Stanford Health Care “At Stanford, the whole team was great at making sure the right things happened for me to have the amazingly good recovery I’ve had so far.”

–Brett U.S. News & World Report, again, recognizes Stanford Health Care in the top 10 best hospitals in the nation.

Brett’s cross-country bicycling trip ended 1,000 miles short of his goal. While crossing through Oklahoma, he crashed, landing on his head. He spent nine days in a coma. Part of his skull was removed to create space for his swelling brain. When he was stable enough to be moved, his family chose Stanford.

There, a team of traumatic brain injury specialists stabilized his inter-cranial pressure, rebuilt his skull and supported him through his neurologic therapy. Facing multiple years to fully recover, Brett pushed himself physically and mentally. He relearned how to talk, walk and use his left side.

Six years later, Brett walks 40 to 70 miles a week and has completed 600 rides on a stationary bicycle. “I really feel like I’ve pulled through it the best I possibly could,” he said. “At Stanford, the whole team was great

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THIS IS THE SITE OF FRED AND SUSAN’S HEART CONDITIONS.

THIS IS FRED AND SUSAN.

T H E Y W O N ’ T L E T T H E I R H E A LT H I S S U E S D E F I N E T H E I R L I V E S. Fred and Susan prefer to be known as a caring husband, loving wife and partners in building their dream home. Thanks to the heart experts at El Camino Hospital, they’re back on track. With sophisticated heart care like minimally invasive ablation therapy for Fred and a pacemaker revision for Susan, we helped them get back to enjoying retirement on their terms. At El Camino Hospital, we believe in delivering care as dynamic as the people we serve. People just like Fred and Susan.

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MOUNTAIN VIEW’S FOOD TRUCK OPTIONS KEEP EXPANDING Story by Elena Kadvany | Photos by Natalia Nazarova

n a warm afternoon in Mountain View, as cars whizzed past on El Camino Real, I enjoyed my first-ever khinkali, meat-filled dumplings made by a Georgian immigrant at a food truck parked outside of an Americas Best Value Inn. Less than a half mile away, a Nepalese chef was busy serving momos and chicken thukpa, a Himalayan noodle soup, out of his own truck.

The streets of Mountain View increasingly are a culinary melting pot: alongside the abundance of taco trucks is steadily growing fleet of food trucks representing a wide swath of international cuisines: Georgian, Nepalese, the American South, Hawaiian.

Food trucks continue to be an entry point for new chefs and restaurateurs, many of them immigrants, eager to break

into a competitive and costly industry.

Below are the stories of a few of the trucks making their mark on Mountain View.

Kolkhida Teresa Kasoyan is eager to educate customers how to properly eat khachapuri adjaruli, a boat-shaped, indulgent vessel of bread filled with melted cheese, egg and butter: rip off the two pointy ends of the bread and use them to mix the fillings. For the khinkali, hold the top of the dumpling, bite into the bottom and slurp out the juices before eating the savory insides.

Kasoyan and her husband, Georgy Khatoev, might be running the Bay Area’s first Georgian food truck. They started Kolkhida — named for an ancient Georgian kingdom known for its wine, food and farming — in late September.

Kolkhida customers check out the menu of dishes from the Republic of Georgia offered at the food truck in Mountain View.

Both Kasoyan and Khatoev are from Georgia Tbilisi, the Republic of Georgia. Khatoev, the chef of the family, moved to Moscow when he was young and grew up there.

Kasoyan left Georgia for the Bay Area when she was 9 years old. Two years before, her mother, now the dean of enrollment services and international student programs at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, had seized an opportunity for freedom. Her husband was abusive, but divorce was taboo in

Above: Georgy Khatoev rolls out dough for beef khinkali, a Georgian dumpling, inside the food truck he runs with his wife, Teresa Kasoyan. Left: Khachapuri adjaruli, cheese bread with egg, is a Georgian specialty.

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A chef for the food truck Namaste Nepal serves Nepalese dishes in Mountain View.

Georgian culture, Kasoyan said.

He died in active duty and “that opened up a way for her to leave,�

Kasoyan said.

Kasoyan joined her mother in Palo Alto, eventually attending Gunn High School for a year and then a private high school in San Jose.

Kasoyan and Khatoev, who have known each other since they were kids, spent two years looking into opening a restaurant but the costs — rent, labor, insurance — seemed prohibitive.

They opted for the truck, where

Khatoev serves up traditional Georgian dishes: lamb skewers, beef khinkali, sacivi (chicken cooked in a sauce of walnuts and spices) and three kinds of khachapuri.

There’s also badjirani, a side dish of luscious roasted eggplants, and phikali, a deep-green mixture made from spinach, walnuts and garlic. Walnuts abound in Georgian cuisine.

Wash it all down with a glass bottle of tarragon- or pear-flavored Zedazeni soda, straight from the Republic of Georgia.

Chicken momo, steamed dumplings, and chicken thukpa, a Tibetan noodle soup, are among the dishes offered at Namaste Nepal.

The truck has already attracted Georgian customers — there are large contingents in Redwood City and San Jose, Kasoyan said — as well as Russians and Armenians. And for the uninitiated, the owners are more than happy to educate them.

The dream, Kasoyan said, is to open San Francisco’s first Georgian restaurant. (Palo Alto recently got its first one with Bevri, which opened on University Avenue in February.)

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Tuesday-Sunday, noon to 8 p.m.; facebook.com/kolkhidatruck Namaste Nepal Growing up in Nepal, Deepak Thapa learned how to cook from his mother. He often cooked for himself out of necessity, when no one was home, he said. Food stuck with him — he went on to attend culinary school in Dubai and worked as a chef on an international cruise ship.

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Thapa struggled to make ends meet in the expensive Bay Area.

He drove a Yellow Cab in the morning and manned the stove in restaurant kitchens in the evenings. In early 2018, though, he decided to take the plunge and start his own small business.

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friends, Thapa started Namaste Nepal, a food truck serving the dishes he grew up eating. Many customers are unfamiliar with Nepalese cuisine, though he said there’s a growing number of Nepalese immigrants in the Bay Area.

When they see Nepal, “They are thinking Mount Everest,” Thapa said. “They say, ‘What kind of food?’” He tells them: “Nepalese is like Indian, like Chinese.”

His menu is small, but it offers

an education in the fundamentals of Nepalese street food.

There are meat and vegetarian momos, the increasingly popular dumplings; chicken thupka soup; and chicken choila (grilled, marinated chicken) alongside chow mein, fried rice and fried chicken lollipops. Thapa also makes chilli chicken, ubiquitous on Nepal’s streets. For drinks, the truck serves masala tea and mango lassi.

Thapa managed to snag a permanent parking spot for his truck in the large parking lot of a Chevron station on El Camino Real, with room for tables and chairs.

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Namaste Nepal, 1288 W. El Camino Real, Mountain View; noon to 11 p.m. daily; facebook. com/namastefoodtruck The Cookout Most chefs lament the family time lost to working long hours in restaurants. Rod McGee started a food truck to bring his family together.

McGee, who was born and raised in Mountain View, started The Cookout last year with his fiance, Atira Lewis, who grew up in Palo Alto. He graduated from Los Altos High School and she, from Gunn High School. McGee coaches afterschool sports teams at Pinewood School in Los Altos Hills and Lewis is a preschool teacher at

a child care program for Stanford University employees. They have four children, ages 26, 18, 16 and 9 years old.

“My family was getting bigger but everybody going different ways so we found a way to tie our family back together a little bit.

We decided to start a food truck,” McGee said.

They considered serving barbecue but settled on fish and chips — something they all enjoy eating and felt they could “cook well, consistently,” he said.

The menu draws on the couple’s roots. McGee’s family is from Mississippi and Lewis’, Louisiana. The truck serves Southern-style catfish and red snapper, fried in cornmeal batter, as well as “old English” style

beer-battered cod and halibut.

There’s also bourbon bacon fries, fried ravioli, thick-cut steak fries, hush puppies, chicken wings and tenders.

Each member of the family plays a part in The Cookout. The four kids help with food prep, sales and social media.

“It gave everybody some responsibility within the family and also it made people work together,” McGee said. “I got kids in college, I got kids working and I got kids in school. It brought all my age groups together to achieve a goal.”

The Cookout, Mountain View; check facebook.com/thecookoutft for schedule and location.

Email Elena Kadvany at ekadvany@paweekly.com

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A Star is Born (R) ++1/2 Century 20: Fri. - Sat.

Century 16: Fri. - Sat.

Baazaar (Hindi with English subtitles) (Not Rated) Century 16: Fri. - Sat.

TimothĂŠe Chalamet, with Amy Ryan, stars as Nick in “Beautiful Boy.â€?

Badhaai Ho (Hindi with English subtitles) (Not Rated) Century 16: Fri. - Sat. Beautiful Boy (R)

Century 20: Fri. - Sat.

Beetlejuice (PG)

Brigadoon (1954) (Not Rated) Coco (PG) +++1/2 Colette (R)

Stanford Theatre: Fri. - Sat.

Century 16: Fri. - Sat.

Century 20: Fri. - Sat.

First Man (PG-13) +++1/2 Century 20: Fri. - Sat.

From first steps to 12 steps STEVE CARELL FATHERS AN ADDICT IN ‘BEAUTIFUL BOY’ 000 (Palo Alto Square)

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David Gordon Green and co-writers Danny McBride and Jeff Fradley’s “Halloween� serves as a 40-years-later direct sequel to the first “Halloween.� Laurie’s teenage trauma has never remotely healed: The Michael Myers survivor has become a Michael Myers survivalist, looking like a

“Beautiful Boy� can offer little in the way of fresh insight as to the diseased logic of the addict, the attendant downward tailspin, and a parent’s loving desperation, it instead takes an almost spiritual tact, offering a primal “you are not alone� catharsis for sufferers under the powerful grip of addiction or with a front-row seat to it.

As Nick Sheff, Chalamet falls from healthy upper-middle-class comfort to the torments of the damned, which also qualifies “Beautiful Boy� as a cautionary tale for the young and vulnerable, an upscale, sophisticated version of ye olde “Afterschool Special� (one that doesn’t foolishly deny the appeal of drugs for pleasure, as an intensifier, as an escape from what Nick calls “stupid, all-day reality�).

Three other actors play Nick from ages 4 to 12, in scenes establishing the loving bond dad David feels slipping away, but Chalamet gets the juicy material: the teenage disaffection that magnetically repels children from parents, the rush and crash of narcotics and the internal war of a young man who gradually comes to realize he wants out of an ever-deepening hole. “I understand why I do things,� Nick laments. “It doesn’t make me any different.�

There’s enough shame to go around, as journalist David flagellates himself for his son’s choices and repeatedly fails to “save� his boy. “I don’t know how to help “T2� Sarah Connor and living in a house with floodlights, heavy door bolts and a safe room. Everyone else sees in Laurie a sadly incapacitated paranoid, and she’s not one to entirely disagree (“I’m twice-divorced, and I’m a basket case,� she freely offers). But we know what she knows: She’s not wrong about Myers, and one best beware his return. Painting a family portrait of the cycle of trauma, the new “Halloween� introduces us to Laurie’s grown daughter (Judy Greer) and granddaughter (Andi Matichak), who will all have to set aside their differences to

confront a mutual horror manifested as the remorseless evil of male assault.

Rated R for horror violence and bloody images, language, brief drug use and nudity. One hour, 46 minutes. — P.C.

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Century 16: Fri. - Sat.

Century 16: Fri. - Sat.

Free Solo (PG-13) Aquarius Theatre: Fri. - Sat. Century 20: Fri. - Sat. Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (PG) Century 20: Fri. - Sat. Halloween (2018) (R) +++ Century 20: Fri. - Sat. The Hate U Give (PG-13) Hell Fest (R)

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Century 20: Fri. - Sat.

The House with a Clock in its Walls (PG) Hunter Killer (R)

Century 16: Fri. - Sat.

Johnny English Strikes Again (PG) Century 20: Fri. - Sat. London Fields (R) Mid90s (R)

Century 20: Fri. - Sat.

Century 20: Fri. - Sat. Century 20: Fri. - Sat.

Century 16: Fri. - Sat.

Aquarius Theatre: Fri. - Sat.

Century 16: Fri. - Sat.

Night School (PG-13)

Century 20: Fri. - Sat.

Century 20: Fri. - Sat.

The Old Man & the Gun (PG-13) Palo Alto Square: Fri. - Sat.

Century 20: Fri. - Sat.

Singin’ in the Rain (Not Rated)

Stanford Theatre: Fri. - Sat.

The Sisters Brothers (R) Smallfoot (PG) ++ Venom (PG-13)

Palo Alto Square: Fri. - Sat.

Century 16: Fri. - Sat.

Century 16: Fri. - Sat.

Century 20: Fri. - Sat.

Century 20: Fri. - Sat.

Aquarius: 430 Emerson St., Palo Alto (For recorded listings: 327-3241) tinyurl.com/Aquariuspa

CineArts at Palo Alto Square: 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto (For information: 493-0128) tinyurl.com/Pasquare

Century Cinema 16: 1500 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View tinyurl.com/Century16

Guild: 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park (For recorded listings: 566-8367) tinyurl.com/Guildmp

Century 20 Downtown: 825 MiddleďŹ eld Rd, Redwood City tinyurl.com/Century20

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Stanford Theatre: 221 University Ave., Palo Alto (For recorded listings: 324-3700) Stanfordtheatre.org

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America’s opioid epidemic has had but one fringe benefit: to draw attention back to addiction, treatment and the hard (sometimes impossible) work of recovery. Amazon Studios’ “Beautiful Boyâ€?— starring Steve Carell and TimothĂŠe Chalamet as father and drug-addicted son — makes a good case for itself as the addiction movie America needs right now.

Based on a pair of 2008 memoirs (David Scheff’s “Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction� and Nick Sheff’s “Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines�), Belgian filmmaker Felix Van Groeningen’s English-language debut depicts and emblematizes the helplessness so many feel when it comes to addiction. After all, the topic remains as vexing as it is attractive to dramatists. The struggle of the addict has become so familiar that a straightforward account of addiction would seem doomed to cliche.

But screenwriters Luke Davies — a former heroin addict and author/co-screenwriter of “Candy� — and Van Groeningen take a largely matter-of-fact approach to the archetypes of the addict’s journey. They are this drama’s given circumstances, from which Carell and Chalamet movingly investigate the human toll within a father-son relationship. So if

him,� David wails. “You can’t,� counters his wife Karen (Maura Tierney). Van Groeningen and Davies know well enough not to offer neat answers for why Nick starts taking drugs, why he relapses and they avoid spinning David into the simplistic roles of a negligent parent or a saintly crusader (he frequently says the wrong thing, and instinct and raw emotion typically wrestle down his intellect). As much as anything else, “Beautiful Boy� observes a father learning the toughest lesson about loved ones — that he must surrender the illusion of control.

Van Groeningen the director takes some missteps. In his desire to skew the film from today’s mainstream conventions, “Beautiful Boy� becomes the sort where, to the point of absurdity, no one ever turns on the lights. Worse, Van Groneningen works against the film’s clearheadedness by indulging schmaltzy, on-the-nose musical choices (take out Perry Como’s cover of “Sunrise, Sunset� and Carell’s breathy rendering of the titular John Lennon song, and the film gets immeasurably better). But these misdemeanors are far from fatal. Above all, “Beautiful Boy� lives in its performances: Tierney and Amy Ryan (as Nick’s biological mom), Carell, and especially the searingly resonant Chalamet honorably embody the sadly familiar story of a family torn apart by addiction.

Rated R for drug content throughout, language, and brief sexual material. Two hours. — Peter Canavese

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Guild Theatre: Fri. - Sat.

Crazy Rich Asians (PG-13) ++1/2 Century 20: Fri. - Sat.

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Q HIGHLIGHT MONSTER BASH At Monster Bash, visitors can wear costumes, trick-or-treat at haunted houses, participate in games, arts and crafts and the Giant Pumpkin Seed Hunt. Monster Bash is designed for those in preschool to age 10. Oct. 27, 1-3 p.m. Free. Pioneer Park, 1146 Church St., Mountain View. mountainview.gov/monsterbash

THEATER ‘Deleted.’ by Enid Davis “Deleted.” is a play telling the story of fictional characters who join a support group for characters deleted from their authors’ manuscripts. This staged reading, with scenery and costumes, is written and directed by Enid Davis. Nov. 2, 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 3, 2 p.m. $12. Avenidas, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. Search meetup. com for more info.

Palo Alto High School Presents ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ Palo Alto High School Theatre presents “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” William Shakespeare’s comedy of romance, magical transformation and mistaken identity. Nov. 2-9, times vary. $10-$15. Palo Alto High School Performing Arts Center, 50 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto. palytheatre.com Palo Alto Players Presents: “All the Way” The Palo Alto Players present “All the Way,” a play telling the story of Lyndon B. Johnson’s first year in office and his efforts for civil rights legislation. The play is recommended for ages 13 and up, as it contains strong language and mature themes. Special events are held after the production Nov. 3 and Nov. 8. Nov. 2-18, times vary. $25-$52. Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. paplayers.org ‘She Kills Monsters’ “She Kills Monsters” is a dramatic comedy that tells the story of Agnes Evans as she leaves her childhood home in Ohio following the death of her teenage sister, Tilly. When Agnes finds Tilly’s “Dungeons and Dragons” notebook, she learns about the imaginary world that was Tilly’s refuge. Nov.

2-18, times vary. $10-$20. Lohman Theatre, 12345 S. El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills.

J/K Cabaret’s ‘Let’s Hear It For The Boys!’ Pear Theatre will debut its new Pear Flambe Cabaret series with J/K Cabaret’s “Let’s Hear It For The Boys!” Local award-winning performers Juanita Harris, Karyn Rondeau, Anthone Jackson and Brian Palac are featured in the production. Nov. 2-3, 7 p.m. $25$28. The Pear Theatre, 1110 La Avenida St., Mountain View. Search facebook.com/events for more info.

CONCERTS SF Mandolin Orchestra: ‘The Grand Tour’ SF Mandolin Orchestra’s program features music from around Europe, including concertos by Bach, Vivaldi and Rodrigo, and orchestral works by Martucci, Sammartini and Beethoven. Featured soloists include Achille Bocus and Corey Johnson on mandolin and Nicholas Martin on guitar. Oct. 28, 4-5:30 p.m. $15-$20. All Saints Episcopal Church, 555 Waverley St., Palo Alto. sfmandolin.org/fall2018-concert-dates The New Millennium Chamber Orchestra presents ‘A Musical Mystery Tour’ The New Millennium Chamber Orchestra with music director James Richard Frieman will perform “A Musical Mystery Tour.” The pieces performed include Edward Elgar’s Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 and Edvard Grieg’s “In the Hall of the Mountain King” and others. Oct. 28, 4-6:30 p.m. Free-$18. First Presbyterian Church, 1140 Cowper St. (at Lincoln), Palo Alto. Search brownpapertickets.com/event for more info.

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Oshman Family JCC Presents ‘Mandy Patinkin in Concert: Diaries 2018’ The Oshman Family JCC presents Emmy awardwinning actor and singer Mandy Patinkin in “Concert: Diaries 2018.” This event will include his performance of a selection of music from his latest record, accompanied by musical director and conductor Adam Ben-David. Nov. 1, 7:30 p.m. $145-$250. Schultz Cultural Arts Hall, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. paloaltojcc.org/Events The April Verch Band The April Verch Band will perform a concert through Silicon Valley House Concerts. April Verch has been recording and performing folk music for over 20 years and has explored a mix of regional Canadian, American old-time, bluegrass, country and Americana tracks. Oct. 31, 7 p.m. Silicon Valley House Concerts, Mountain View. Contact sv.houseconcerts@gmail.com for price info, location and other details.

All-Bach Concert with Schola Cantorum Schola Cantorum Silicon Valley opens its 55th season with “For the Love of Bach,” presenting three of the composer’s cantatas including the familiar “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring.” The choral group will be accompanied by an orchestra featuring Baroque trumpets and tympani. Nov. 3, 7:30 p.m. Free$28. First Congregational Church of Palo Alto, 1985 Louis Road, Palo Alto. scholacantorum.org Axel Schmitt: The Complete Piano Sonatas of Beethoven, Part 3 Axel Schmitt of the Community School of Music and Arts faculty will perform the complete piano sonatas of Beethoven. This is the third in the series of concerts leading up to the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth in 2020.

Oct. 28, 2-3:30 p.m. Free. Community School of Music and Arts, 230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain View. arts4all.org/events Baroque to Bohemian by the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra The Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra’s 52nd season will open with program of pieces across three centuries. The production features Ben Simon as conductor and music director. Nov. 3, 7:30 p.m. Free. Cubberly Theatre, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. pacomusic.org/current-season H. K. Gruber’s Frankenstein: St. Lawrence String Quartet and Friends Contemporary composer Heinz Karl Gruber presents his version of Frankenstein. The production features baritone Tyler Duncan and percussionist Dustin Donahue, as well as the St. Lawrence String Quartet and other musicians.

Nov. 3, 7:30 p.m. $13-$25. Bing Concert Hall, 327 Lasuen St., Stanford. Search events. stanford.edu for more info.

MUSIC Open Mic @ Red Rock Coffee Open Mic Mondays at Red Rock Coffee gives people the chance to sing in front of a supportive audience, meet fellow musicians and performers or simply listen to live music. Sign-ups start at 6:30 p.m., but arrive early to secure a spot. The show starts at 7 p.m. Mondays, 7 p.m. Free. Red Rock Coffee, 201 Castro St., Mountain View. redrockcoffee.org/open-mic

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21st UNAFF (United Nations Association Film Festival) The 21st UNAFF (United Nations Association Film Festival) will run for 11 days and show 60 documentaries from around the world. Oct. 18-28, times vary. $10 session, festival pass $220; seniors $60. Mitchell Park Community Center, 3700 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. unaff.org Dan Lyons Journalist Dan Lyons will be at Kepler’s to discuss his new book “Lab Rats: How Silicon Valley Made Work Miserable for the Rest of Us.” In his book, Lyons determines four key factors for how the social contract between employee and employer was broken and offers a solution. Nov. 1, 7:30-9 p.m. $15-$45. Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. Search eventbrite.com for more info.

Book Launch with Kathy Wang at Books Inc. Mountain View Kathy Wang will visit Books Inc. in Mountain View for a book launch celebrating her debut novel, “Family Trust.” The novel explores the dynamics of a family in Silicon Valley. Oct. 30, 7-9 p.m. Free.

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channel broadcast blurs the lines between art, journalism, entrepreneurship and cultural critique. Through June 16, times vary. Free.

Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive at Museum Way, Stanford. museum.stanford.edu/exhibitions ‘Painting Nature in the American Gilded Age’ The Cantor Arts Center’s newest exhibition will consider how nature was depicted by American artists from the 1880s to 1910, an era of unprecedented industrialization and urban development. Through landscapes, portraits and still lifes, the exhibition will delve into the importance of nature for artists and the public. Through Aug. 25, times vary.

Free. Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive at Museum Way, Stanford. museum.stanford.edu/ exhibitions ‘Vintage Toys: It’s Child’s Play!’ The museum will be showing a variety of antique toys that belonged to children in the past. This exhibition will cover the origins of playtime, toy factories, toy trains, builder toys and more. This exhibit aims to evoke childhood memories over the decades. Through Feb. 17. Free. Museum of American Heritage, 351 Homer Ave., Palo Alto.

Juana Briones Juana Briones was a 19th century woman who overcame personal, economic and political struggles to become a successful entrepreneur, healer, advocate and landowner. The Los Altos History Museum brings her story to awareness in its bilingual exhibit “Inspired by Juana: La Dona de la Frontera.” Through March 31, ThursdaysSundays, noon-4 p.m. Free. Los Altos History Museum, 51 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos.

‘Coves, Cliffs and Beyond’ Viewpoints Gallery’s October exhibit “Coves, Cliffs and Beyond” by Teresa Ruzzo, will feature depictions of the California coast, from Big Sur to Mendocino, and includes scenes of secluded beaches, sheltered coves, jagged cliffs and vistas. Oct. 1-27, times vary. Free.

Viewpoints Gallery, 315 State St., Los Altos. viewpointsgallery.com

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Halloween Spook-tacular: Trick-orTreat for the Kids Stanford Shopping Center will host the Halloween Spook-tacular in American Girl Court, including a petting zoo, live magician and musical entertainment. Attendees are invited to dress up in their costumes and participate in pumpkin-decorating, games, prizes, giveaways and center-wide trick-ortreating. Oct. 31, 4-7 p.m. Stanford Shopping Center, 660 Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto.

Halloween Storytime at Books Inc. Palo Alto Books Inc. will be holding a Halloween storytime for children 5 and under.

Attendees will listen to books being read and take part in themed activities. Oct. 28, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Books Inc. Palo Alto, 855 El Camino Real, Palo Alto. booksinc.net/event Haunted House Mountain View Odd Fellows will present their second annual haunted house in which a spaceship transporting alien prisoners crashes on a deserted moon and attendees arrive to rescue survivors and determine the cause of the catastrophe. Payment is not required for entry but donations are welcome.

Oct 31, 6-11:30 p.m. Free-$5. Odd Fellows Lodge, 823 Villa St., Mountain View. Search facebook.com/events for more info.

PreSchool Family 35th Annual Fun Day PreSchool Family and Young Fives will host its 35th annual Fun Day for all ages. The event will feature a silent auction, train rides, carnival games, magic shows, live music, bake sale, used book sale and more. Oct. 27, 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. PreSchool Family Campus, 4120 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto.

Beauty of the Autumn Garden in Arrangements Instructor Katherine Glazier will show attendees how to combine seasonal foliage, flowers and other accents, such as grasses and pods, into a colorful seasonal arrangement in a rustic urn. Nov. 2, 9:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. $99-$129. Gamble Garden, 1431 Waverley St., Palo Alto. gamblegarden.org/ event/autumn_garden_arrangements/

FESTIVALS & FAIRS 24th Annual California Ave. Trick-orTreat & Blossom Halloween Carnival Nonprofit organization Blossom will hold the 24th Annual California Avenue Trick-or-Treat and Blossom Halloween Carnival. Activities include trick-or-treating at businesses on California Avenue, performances by children’s musician Andy Z and the Stanford Band, a costume contest, Halloween photos, carnival games, a dance performance and more. Oct. 28, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. California Ave between Birch and Park, Palo Alto. Search eventbrite.com for more info.

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HEALTH & WELLNESS Family Caregiver Support Walk Caregivers are invited for a leisurely walk, where they can connect with other caregivers. Free of charge, those planning to attend should RSVP

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SPORTS Ross McKeon & Dan Rusanosky at Books Inc. in Mountain View Sports journalist Ross McKeon and the radio announcer for the San Jose Sharks, Dan Rusanowsky, will discuss their new co-authored book “If These Walls Could Talk: San Jose Sharks: Stories from the San Jose Sharks Ice, Locker Room, and Press Box.” Oct. 29, 7-9 p.m. Free. Books Inc. Mountain View, 317 Castro St., Mountain View. booksinc.net/event

TEENS ‘Everything You Wanted to Know About Your Teen (But Were Afraid to Ask)’ In this free workshop, Adolescent Counseling Services experts will help prepare families for the difficult topics of conversation that will arise during adolescence and share tools to have more open and genuine conversations. Oct. 27, 9-11 a.m. Free. ACS Palo Alto Office, 231 Grant Ave., Palo Alto. Search eventbrite.com for more info.

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You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

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By David Goll

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he Midpeninsula remains one of the most expensive and least-accessible rental housing markets in the nation, but it has slowed down and cooled off a bit in 2018.

“We did start to see changes in the market last year,” said David Hunt, operations manager for WA Krauss & Co. Inc., a Sunnyvale-based residential property management company handling 450 properties in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. His company’s portfolio includes single-family homes, condominiums and town homes. “We were spoiled before. Houses were renting within days at any price. Today, it’s taking a lot longer. Two or three months, in some cases. People are just not moving as much.”

Unless a property is already well under market rate, Hunt said his company has stopped increasing rents in its inventory of residential units.

“In a few cases, we are even lowering rents if landlords really need to get a property rented,” he said.

One of the reasons there was a relatively healthy number of units available was because several of his company’s rental tenants have been able to buy homes in recent months, Hunt said.

According to RentCafe.com, a nationwide Internet rental service, rental housing units have seen single-digit rent increases over the past year — 2 percent in Palo Alto, 4 percent in Mountain View and 6 percent in Redwood City. Average rents in July in Mountain View were $3,009; in Palo Alto, $3,036 in Palo Alto and $3,718 in Menlo Park.

The San Francisco metropolitan area, which includes San Mateo County, is the nation’s most expensive for renters, according to a report titled “Out of Reach: The High Cost of Housing 2018” compiled by the National Low Income Housing Coalition. To afford the average two-bedroom rental housing unit, tenants must make $60 an hour, or an annual salary of $125,000. Santa Clara County is the second-least affordable,

where a tenant needs to earn $48.50 an hour, or $100,000 a year, to rent a two-bedroom unit.

For those who can afford it, Hunt said a healthy inventory of housing units, including new residential developments, are helping “stabilize” the Midpeninsula market this year.

Kimm Terpening, real estate agent in the Menlo Park office of Coldwell Banker who handles both for-sale and rental properties in cities from Burlingame to Mountain View, agrees that residential rental inventory is plentiful this year. While compiling research for a client this summer, she determined there were 10 homes in Menlo Park available for more than $10,000 per month, and 26 more in that price category in Palo Alto.

Terpening said the relatively healthy rental inventory — combined with the Midpeninsula’s “fantastic schools and plentiful amenities” — make it a favorable time and place for renters to be looking compared to the last few years. The area’s close proximity to both San Francisco International and Mineta San Jose International Airports helps its desirability and marketability.

“The market has softened ever so slightly,” she said of conditions this year.

Terpening said landlords or property managers use a number of factors in deciding at what level to set rents — prices being charged for comparable homes in the area, the quality of local schools, and proximity to such amenities as shopping, entertainment and employment centers, among others.

As the stats show, prospective tenants must be in good financial shape to afford Midpeninsula rents. Terpening described many of her rental clients as married couples relocating to the region for hightech jobs seeking top-notch public schools within walking distance for their children. They are often willing to pay up to $10,000 a month for a rental home. Others are young couples, nurses or educators seeking out one-bedroom apartments that rent for up to $3,000 a month, but offer comparatively short

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Kimm Terpening, a Coldwell Banker real estate agent in Menlo Park, said rental inventory on the Midpeninsula is plentiful.

commutes to local schools, hospitals or tech companies.

Terpening said prospective renters with whom she works are from either end of the income spectrum, with those at the lower end unable to come up with a sufficient down payment to buy a home on the pricey Midpeninsula. On the other end, people are moving into the area for highpaying technology jobs who can afford $10,000-per-month house

‘It doesn’t matter what expenses a property owner may have, a tenant will be charged a rent the local market will bear.’

DAVID HUNT, WA KRAUSS & CO.

rents. She said the majority are coming here from Southern California, but also from Seattle, New York and Boston. She said many relocated tech employees receive financial help from their employers to cope with the region’s astronomical housing costs.

Hunt said his company also sees many tech employees moving to the area temporarily for job assignments seeking to rent.

When rent levels are determined by his company, he said, owners’ expenses aren’t really considered.

“It doesn’t matter what expenses a property owner may have, a tenant will be charged a rent the local market will bear,”

Hunt said. “We go to Craigslist and compare similar properties in a given area to our own.

Of course, we are trying to maximize income for a property owner, but if their expenses are high, that does not have an impact on the amount of rent charged. It’s dependent on what rent level is appropriate in a specific neighborhood.”

Hunt said when a company like his is handling all management responsibilities for a property, the industry standard for its monetary share is 7 or 8 percent.

For some, renting a home locally is a quality-of-life issue.

Terpening said one of her recent clients seeking a home in Menlo Park was spending four to five hours per day commuting between his job on the Midpeninsula and his home in the East Bay town of Danville.

Len Robinson, president of Menlo Park-based Robinson & Co. Realtors, said the influx of affluent tech workers into the Midpeninsula has created a decidedly mixed bag of a local rental market this year.

“If you have a single-family home on the market, the demand is still strong,” said Robinson.

Besides landlords and tenants, the company also handles forsale residential and commercial properties and property management. “Rents have increased substantially in some places, but very little in others. Some rentals draw 10 applications, others can’t make the phone ring.”

The result is a rather “confusing” market for prospective renters and landlords, he said.

Midpeninsula renters are mostly

comprised of tech workers and the graduate students, postdoctoral researchers and visiting professors at Stanford University.

“We’re a company town,” said Robinson, himself a Stanford graduate.

Both Robinson and Terpening said they’ve seen a minor impact in Midpeninsula neighborhoods from such short-term residential rental companies as San Francisco-based Airbnb Inc. and VRBO, a subsidiary of Austin, Texas-based HomeAway Inc. Terpening said her company requires a minimum one-year lease, while Robinson said his company forbids short-term rentals.

A measure on the Nov. 6 statewide ballot could also have an impact on the local rental market. Tenants, landlords and public officials on the Midpeninsula and beyond will be paying close attention to a vote on whether to repeal the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act. Passed in 1995, Costa-Hawkins limits the ability of California cities to impose rent control. Among cities with some form of rent control at present include Mountain View, East Palo Alto and San Jose. Only 15 of the state’s 482 incorporated cities have some form of rent control in place.

Currently, because of CostaHawkins, rent control can only be applied to residential units built before February 1995. Its repeal would allow municipal officials throughout California to expand rent control to encompass newer housing units.

Email David Goll at david.w.goll@gmail.com.

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