A plan to improve Mountain View’s biodiversity and urban tree canopy got the greenlight last week, marking a major environmental milestone for the city. In a unanimous vote, the City Council adopted a new Biodiversity and Urban Forest Plan that will serve as a roadmap for the city’s efforts to protect and manage wildlife, trees and sensitive habitats. The...
Mountain View scraps bond, opts for hotel tax measure
Looking to give the city an injection of new revenue, Mountain View is putting a measure on the November ballot that would increase taxes on local hotels. The City Council unanimously supported a staff recommendation on June 23 to move forward with a ballot initiative that would authorize the city to raise its existing 10% “transient...
Mountain View enters legal fight over Gilroy ICE facility
The Mountain View City Council took action on multiple fronts Tuesday to push back against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, formally opposing plans for a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility near Gilroy and passing a policy banning city property from being used for civil immigration enforcement. Santa Clara County and the state of California...
Mountain View to launch Makers Market this fall
Mountain View’s downtown pedestrian mall is set to become a testing ground for local artists, makers and small businesses this fall, as the city prepares to launch a new Makers Market on Castro Street. The pilot series will bring vendors to the 300 block of Castro Street on four Fridays: Sept. 18, Oct. 23, Nov. 20 and...
Mountain View looks to adopt budget amid economic uncertainty
The Mountain View City Council is expected to adopt a balanced budget next week for the 2026-27 fiscal year, despite flattening revenues and rising costs, a trend that has defined the city’s financial outlook for the past couple years. The city is planning to close out the current 2025-26 fiscal year with a roughly $1.9 million...
Plans for massive Mountain View space center raise housing concerns
For the better part of a decade, NASA Ames and UC Berkeley have been planning to build a $2 billion space center at Moffett Field, but few details about the massive project on Mountain View’s border have been publicly known. That changed recently with the April release of an environmental report laying out different scenarios for the project....
Mountain View to tackle downtown office vacancies as rate tops 30%
As Mountain View enters the third year of a 10-year plan to revitalize the local economy, the city is seeing retail vacancies trending down in the heart of town, while downtown office vacancies are increasing. The retail vacancy rate in the downtown area was 6.1% in April, down from 8.5% two years ago. In contrast, the downtown...
Affordable housing breaks ground in downtown Mountain View
The construction of 120 affordable apartments on a city-owned parking lot in downtown Mountain View is officially underway after facing years of financial struggles to get built. City and local leaders gathered outside Mountain View’s Civic Center Plaza Wednesday morning to celebrate the groundbreaking of Corso, a five-story affordable housing development at 444 Bryant St., near Mountain View’s City Hall. The...
Mountain View grapples with carbon neutrality goal as support wanes
For years, Mountain View has been making progress in combating greenhouse gas emissions with a goal of reaching carbon neutrality by 2045. But that target is shaping up to be more challenging than anticipated, as shifting political winds have altered federal and state policies that the city once counted on to help reach its decarbonization goals. “The last time the...
Mountain View public golf course to end affordable memberships
On a recent Sunday afternoon, golfers hit balls that sailed past a gaggle of geese and a lone duck resting on the yellowing fairway of Mountain View’s Shoreline Golf Links. The 18-hole course is part of a 750-acre wildlife refuge and recreation area, a feature that many players say is what makes the course memorable...