Los Altos Planning Commissioner Sally Meadows last week declared plans to run for city council in the Nov. 3 election.
Elections
Los Altos' Glew hanging on to second as State Senate race tightens
Latest results show the gap among the top four candidates has narrowed considerably in the race for State Senator in District 13, which includes Los Altos, Los Altos Hills and Mountain View.
Mountain View council's rent control amendment falls flat with voters
Measure D was the Mountain View City Council’s attempt at a compromise proposal that would retain rent control while cutting the landlords some slack. But voters, in a city in which approximately two-thirds of the residents are renters, weren’t having it.
The measure, which would have raised the cap on annual rent increases to 4%, was soundly defeated in the March 3 primary election.
March 3 ballot filled with school bonds & candidates
Note: This story has been updated to correct errors that appeared in the print edition.
Los Altos and Mountain View residents have multiple reasons to take an active interest in the March 3 primary election.
Several initiatives on the ballot are asking for money. Measures G and H, put forward by the Foothill-De Anza Community College District, propose an $898 million bond and a $5.6 million parcel tax, respectively. Measure T, in the Mountain View Whisman School District, proposes a $259 million bond, while south Los Altos voters will weigh in on a Cupertino Union School District request for a $4.3 million parcel tax under Measure O.
Election outcomes clearer in later returns
It took nearly two weeks, but supporters and opponents of local candidates and ballot measures in the Nov. 6 election are now fairly certain how residents voted – with one exception.
In Mountain View, incumbent Councilwoman Pat Showalter benefited from a flurry of late ballots to come from 155 votes behind at one point and overtake challenger Alison Hicks in the race for the third open city council seat. Showalter did not take a lead in the vote count until nearly a week after the election. As of Monday, that race was still too close to call, with 14 votes separating the two candidates.
Glew loses bid for local Assembly seat
Los Altos resident Alex Glew lost his bid for the District 24 State Assembly seat held by incumbent Marc Berman.
With most of the vote counted Monday, Berman was ahead with 62,796 votes, or 75.23 percent of the tally. Glew totaled 20,120 (24.27 percent).
