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Fair Rent
Dec. 26, 2022
As apartments make way for luxury condos, Mountain View should do more to prevent displacing residents
Emily Ann Ramos | Mountain View Voice
Oct. 15, 2022
Rent Going Up? One Company’s Algorithm Could Be Why
Heather Vogell | ProPublica, with data analysis by Haru Coryne, ProPublica, and Ryan Little
Oct. 19, 2022
2020 state law reduced tenant displacement in Mountain View to zero
Since the state housing law SB 330 took effect, the number of tenant relocation projects have declined, city data shows
Malea Martin | Mountain View Voice
Sept. 20, 2022
This map reveals who owns every property in the S.F. Bay Area
This tool will help you investigate your landlord or anyone else’s
By Emma Stiefel and Susie Neilson | San Francisco Chronicle
Sept. 20, 2022
These 12 secret power players are shaping the Bay Area housing market
Susie Neilson, Emma Stiefel, J.K. Dineen And Lauren Hepler, Visuals by Jessica Christian, Jeff Hinchee, Alvin A.H. Jornada, Jungho Kim, Lea Suzuki And Salgu Wissmath | San Francisco Chronicle
June 30, 2022
Mountain View City Council votes to remove exemptions from mobile home rent control ordinance
Malea Martin | Mountain View Voice
Sept. 16, 2021
Mountain View approves rowhouse development that will replace 70 rent-controlled apartments
City Council narrowly OKs project on 4-3 vote
Kevin Forestieri | Mountain View Voice
Sept. 15, 2021
Mountain View passes rent control for mobile homes, capping rents across city's six mobile home parks
Kevin Forestieri | Mountain View Voice
Aug. 25, 2021
Mountain View: Attempt to stave off decision on Gamel Way project fails as council forges ahead
The Gamel Way project has the potential to displace dozens of people
Aldo Toledo | Bay Area News Group
April 20, 2021
Fearing unlawful evictions, Mountain View's Rental Housing Committee creates legal defense fund for tenants
Kevin Forestieri | Mountain View Voice
April 17, 2021
San Jose RV dwellers find more leniency as tow companies find less profit
Vicente Vera | San Jose Spotlight
March 17, 2021
Mountain View poised to pass mobile home rent control by September
Kevin Forestieri | Mountain View Voice
Feb. 12, 2021
Mountain View landlords file more than 300 notices of failure to pay rent
Kevin Forestieri | Mountain View Voice
Jan. 19, 2021
Despite defeat in court, Mountain View's mobile home residents fight to expand rent control
Kevin Forestieri | Mountain View Voice
Oct. 28, 2020
Facing pressure, City Council drops plans to appoint rent control committee members early
Kevin Forestieri | Mountain View Voice
Aug. 10, 2020
Landlord group withdraws ballot measure aimed at weakening Mountain View's rent control law
Kevin Forestieri | Mountain View Voice
June 2, 2020
Rental Housing Committee again rejects extending rent control to mobile homes
Kevin Forestieri | Mountain View Voice
May 20, 2020
Rent control committee caps rent increases at 2.9% for 2020
Kevin Forestieri | Mountain View Voice
May 12, 2020
California considers sweeping relief for renters, landlords
Incentives to delay rent payments, boost small landlords
Louis Hansen | The Mercury News
April 30, 2020
Report: Silicon Valley renters are ill-prepared for ‘eviction time-bomb’
Eduardo Cuevas | San Jose Spotlight
Mar. 19, 2020
Mountain View: City leaders question likelihood of mobile home rent control
Ballot initiative “clearest way forward,” mayor says, though advocates are not going in that direction
Aldo Toledo | Mercury News
Feb. 21, 2020
Measure D undermines rent control
Opinion by Pat Showalter | Mountain View Voice
Feb. 21, 2020
League of Women Voters says No on D!
Opinion | Mountain View Voice
Feb. 20, 2020
Read the text. Follow the money. Vote no on D.
Opinion by Dave Arnone | Mountain View Voice
Feb. 14, 2020
No on Measure D, the City Council's rent control rewrite
The argument in favor of Measure D, the City Council's rewrite of Mountain View's rent control law, boils down to this: Trust us.
Editorial | Mountain View Voice
Feb. 14, 2020
Measure D: In reshaping rent control, council members ask for community's trust
Kevin Forestieri | Mountain View Voice
Feb., 2020
Vote No On Measure D
Endorsement | League of Women Voters Los Altos-Mountain View
Jan. 31, 2020
Measure D is misleading and unnecessary
Council's rent control measure would weaken current law
Ronald and Dorothy Schafer | Mountain View Voice
Jan. 24, 2020
Local Democratic Party urges 'no' vote on Measure D
Early endorsement criticizes council's measure for diluting renter protections
Kevin Forestieri | Mountain View Voice
Jan. 24, 2020
San Jose should lower rent control cap, offer eviction legal assistance, report says
The report was the result of a year long public-private partnership
Maggie Angst | The Mercury News
Nov. 13, 2019
Mountain View to ask voters to support raising the city’s rent control caps
It’s the latest saga in the city’s four-year-long battle with rent control
Maggie Angst | The Mercury News
Stop the RV Ban!
Sept. 23, 2022
Final settlement in lawsuit over RV parking restrictions released
City will begin enforcing the parking rules next month
Malea Martin | Mountain View Voice
Sept. 19, 2022
'We Are Also Worthy of This Place': Mountain View RV Residents Wait in Limbo Amid Impending Street-Parking Settlement
Adhiti Bandlamudi and Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí | KQED
Aug. 31, 2022
Mountain View reaches settlement agreement over RV parking ban lawsuit
Kevin Forestieri | Mountain View Voice
Jan. 10, 2022
Mountain View hits pause on enforcing its RV parking banning
Sweeping restrictions on oversized vehicle parking won't be enforced until April 5
Kevin Forestieri | Mountain View Voice
Aug. 31, 2021
Mountain View begins installing signs banning RV parking despite legal challenge
Kevin Forestieri | Mountain View Voice
Dec. 9, 2020
Mountain View: City council moving quickly to implement narrow streets RV ban
The ban would displace dozens of RV dwellers parked on 444 streets across much of the city
Aldo Toledo | The Mercury News
Oct. 19, 2020
Editorial: No on Mountain View Measure C
Mountain View Voice Editorial Board
Sept. 15, 2020
Palo Alto green lights 'safe parking' program for people living in cars
City Council approves use of Baylands site to provide parking, social services to residents without homes
Gennady Sheyner | Palo Alto Weekly
May 8, 2020
Homeless try to ride out coronavirus threat sheltered in RV places
Many are struggling to find work, food and pay rent on their RVs
Aldo Toledo | The Mercury News
April 23, 2020
Safe parking program flourishes as cities scramble to house the homeless
Kevin Forestieri | Mountain View Voice
Feb. 12, 2020
To ease its homeless crisis, Berkeley will open city-owned lots for 25 RVs
Sarah Ravani | San Francisco Chronicle
Jan. 15, 2020
Mountain View RV ban will go to voters in November general election
Council members unanimously decided to take the question to Mountain View residents
Aldo Toledo | The Mercury News
Jan. 15, 2020
Mountain View voters will decide city's RV parking ban
City Council's parking restrictions on RVs, oversized vehicles set for referendum vote in November election
by Mark Noack | Mountain View Voice
Jan. 14, 2020
Letter from Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, American Civil Liberties Union, and Disability Rights Advocates to Council urging the repeal of the "Narrow Streets" Ordinance
Jan. 12, 2020
Mountain View residents could vote on RV rules in an April election
Palo Alto Daily Post
Jan. 2, 2020
RV lots appear ready, but they’re still locked up
Sonya Herrera | Palo Alto Daily Post
Nov. 22, 2019
Housing advocates deliver signatures to overturn Mountain View's RV ban
Volunteers gathered voter signatures to block parking ban affecting homeless RV-dwellers
Mark Noack | Mountain View Voice
Homelessness
Jan. 10, 2023
‘Every time it rains, we get wet’: For Mountain View’s unhoused, dealing with inclement weather is ‘business as usual’
Malea Martin | Mountain View Voice
Jan. 7, 2022
This Northern California mayor wants to give everyone a right to housing
Could this idea take off statewide?
Marisa Kendall | The Mercury News
Dec. 28, 2021
Being Poor Alone Does not Make People Homeless. Being Poor where Housing Is Unaffordable Makes People Homeless
Kevin Moclair | Brown Political Review
Aug. 21, 2019
The New American Homeless
:
Housing insecurity in the nation’s richest cities is far worse than government statistics claim. Just ask the Goodmans
Brian Goldstone | The New Republic
COVID-19
April 13, 2020
County's halt on evictions is working, but families are already falling behind
Local safety net agencies say they're swamped with requests from people who have lost their jobs
Kevin Forestieri | Mountain View Voice
April 10, 2020
Mountain View's safe parking lot is now open 24/7, and RV dwellers are moving in
City partnered with Santa Clara County to expand hours after its overnight-only restrictions failed to attract many vehicles
Kevin Forestieri | Mountain View Voice
April 6, 2020
Mountain View’s coronavirus relief package won’t help everyone who qualifies
Though 830 renters have applied for relief, just about 50 to 80 will get city money
Aldo Toledo | The Mercury News
Other Housing
Jan. 10, 2023
Mountain View's Housing Element is no longer on track to meet state deadline, city staff says
Staff now hope to get a compliant document submitted to the state by March
Malea Martin | Mountain View Voice