Mountain View YIMBY

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MV YIMBY Pre-Endorses James Kuszmaul for Mountain View City Council

To the residents of Mountain View, Mountain View YIMBY has pre-endorsed James Kuszmaul for Mountain View City Council in the November 2026 election. We call it a pre-endorsement because it comes ahead of our usual process. For the other candidates, we are reading the record the same way we did in past cycles: our candidate questionnaire, the Chamber of Commerce forum of August 27, campaign website…

Sep 2, 2026

Single Stair: Asking the City to Explore Local Implementation

Re: Single Stair Dear Mayor Ramos and Members of the City Council: Mountain View YIMBY thanks the city and council for supporting Single Stair Construction Reform in its Legislative Platform. The Legislature, unfortunately, has chosen not to move forward with the bill the city supported on Single Stair, AB 2252 (Lee). It is also unlikely to see state building code reform any time soon. As such, we…

Jun 22, 2026

Council Adopts the Community Ownership Action Plan and Approves a Downtown Infill Project 6-1

At its June 23 meeting the Mountain View City Council unanimously adopted the Community Ownership Action Plan, moving $1.4 million toward preserving naturally affordable and mobile-home housing, and approved a 13-unit, two-thirds-affordable infill project at 333 Franklin Street on a 6-1 vote, with Councilmember McAlister dissenting over the lack of on-site parking.

Jun 22, 2026

Comments on Council Policy G-3 and the 1992 CEQA Guidelines

Re: Council Policy G-3 and CEQA Guidelines Dear Chair Ramirez and Members of the Council Policy and Procedures Committee: Mountain View YIMBY would like the Committee to include the 1992 CEQA Guidelines (referenced in Council Policy G-3) as part of the FY 2025-2027 City Council Work Plan item on updating council policies. The 1992 CEQA Guidelines dictate how the city follows CEQA, and they were co…

Jun 17, 2026

Comments on the FY2026-27 EPC Work Plan (Item 5.1)

Re: Agenda item 5.1 Dear Environmental Planning Commissioners, We are concerned that the city’s priorities lean towards resisting change rather than encouraging housing. Housing Element programs 1.4 (Religious and Community Assembly Sites for Housing) and 2.6 (Affirmatively Further Fair Housing) were created as the programs to address fair housing concerns under state and federal law by allowing a…

Jun 15, 2026

Council Adopts an Interim AB 130 Streamlining Ordinance, No Date Set for the Ministerial Version

Mountain View City Council voted 7-0 on first reading to introduce city code amendments that let staff approve AB 130 housing projects administratively, without a Council hearing. Council adopted the appeals process we flagged as a risk and declined to set a deadline for the fully ministerial version.

May 26, 2026

Comments on AB 130 Streamlined Approval (Item 6.2)

Re: Agenda item 6.2 Dear Mayor Ramos and Members of the City Council, Mountain View YIMBY recognizes that city staff has the tough work of revising a municipal code that assumes significant local discretion with state law that shortens approval timelines and curtails per-project ambiguity. We are concerned that the newly-proposed appeals process can delay project approvals past what they are now.…

May 24, 2026

Council Adopts Citywide TDM Ordinance, Advances BMR Phase Two

Mountain View City Council voted 7-0 on first reading to introduce a Citywide Transportation Demand Management ordinance and to advance the Phase Two amendments to the Below-Market-Rate Housing Program.

May 15, 2026

Comments on the Citywide TDM Ordinance (Item 6.1)

Re: Agenda item 6.1 Dear Mayor Ramos and Members of the City Council, Mountain View YIMBY supports work on a Citywide TDM Ordinance. A standardized framework with a parking exemption pathway for residential projects is a significant step forward from the current ad hoc, project-by-project approach. We appreciate the exemptions for residential trip caps, travel surveys, and driveway counts, and the…

May 11, 2026

Comments on BMR Program Amendments (Item 6.2)

Re: Agenda item 6.2 Dear Mayor Ramos and Members of the City Council, We support the changes that align the BMR program with current economic conditions and past project experiences, specifically Amendments 4 (addressing “exactly 100% AMI”) and 5 (removing obsolete HOA reserve fund). On Amendment 6, we continue to support a graduated fee schedule, given anecdotes of how much the fees have impacted…

May 11, 2026

Comments on the Citywide TDM Ordinance (CTC, Item 5.1)

Re: Agenda item 5.1 Dear Chair Hicks and Members of the Council Transportation Committee, Mountain View YIMBY supports work on a Citywide TDM Ordinance. A standardized framework with a parking exemption pathway for residential projects is a significant step forward from the current ad hoc, project-by-project approach. We appreciate the exemptions for residential trip caps, travel surveys, and driv…

May 4, 2026

Comments on Castro Commons (Item 6.1)

Re: Agenda Item 6.1, April 28, 2026 City Council Meeting (Mixed-Use Development at 843-903 Castro Street, 700 West El Camino Real, and 750 Fairmont Avenue) Dear Mayor Ramos and City Council, Mountain View YIMBY recommends that Council approve the project known as Castro Commons, including approving the vacation of a portion of Fairmont Avenue. The project has had a long history, starting as a 16 u…

Apr 26, 2026

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About Mountain View YIMBY

We are Mountain View YIMBY, advocating for more housing in our city and beyond. We are pro-housing activists fighting for more inclusive housing policies and a future of abundant housing in Mountain View. We drive policy change to increase the supply of housing at all levels and bring down the cost of living in our thriving city. We support a full spectrum of new housing: supportive housing for the homeless, subsidized housing, social housing, even market rate condos!

The San Francisco Bay Area is not “full” of too many people. It is full of opportunity to create a dynamic economy and housing market that work for everyone. The housing shortage is a political problem: Zoning and other restrictions have prevented construction of enough places for people to live. We want to fix this and make our community more welcoming and inclusive. Let’s legalize housing.

We support the YIMBY Action “”:

YIMBY means “Yes In My Back Yard”. The term gained its meaning in the early 2000s in the SF Bay Area due to high housing costs. More information about the general term can be found .

We are a chapter of , who work throughout Santa Clara County and , a 501(c)(4) statewide nonprofit organization (EIN 81-514-0915). We’re also affiliated with the following pro-housing organizations:

How we work

Reform the rules

Back zoning reform and streamlined permitting so more homes are legal to build, especially near transit and jobs.

Educate & engage

Turn out residents to the meetings that matter and make it easy to take a pro-housing position on local projects.

Build partnerships

Work with neighbors, labor, faith groups, and builders toward a shared abundant-housing agenda.

Mountain View YIMBY is a chapter of YIMBY Action.

One of the local groups organizing for more homes across the country, backed by the national team.

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