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Mountain ViewCO averageUS Census ACS
Population
500
Per-capita income
$61,615
Median home value
$554,200
Bachelor's or higher
56%
Typical home value $522,031 -4.4% yr/yr · +1.8% 5-yr
Home-value trend 2000–2026 (Zillow ZHVI)
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Municipal budget

US Census Annual Survey of Local Government Finances
Total revenue$509.6M (FY2023)
Total spending$558.0M (FY2023)
Taxes$275.3M (FY2023)
Debt outstanding$192.6M (FY2023)
Spending per resident$6,845 (FY2023)

Development activity

Housing units permitted — US Census Building Permits Survey
2025107 housing units ($31.2M)
🗳️ Election results (1 races)
Local election returns — winner marked ✓.
City Council
ELLEN KAMEI ✓ 15,347 · ALISON HICKS ✓ 15,040 · LUCAS RAMIREZ ✓ 14,725 · LI ZHANG 6,678 · JUSTIN COHEN 4,105
🗳️ Ballot measures (2)
Propositions decided directly by voters.
Measure H
2024-11-05 · Passed — 4,840 yes / 2,749 no
Measure G
2024-11-05 · Passed — 21,330 yes / 8,162 no

Recent meetings

Mon Sep 21, 2026

Board of Library Trustees

🗳️ How they voted (2 roll-call votes)
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
206386 — approved
5 yea
Kristin Higaki yea · Eric Nehrlich yea · Sharon Su yea · Barbara Weesen-Baer yea · Kuldip Ambastha yea
206387 — approved
5 yea
Kristin Higaki yea · Eric Nehrlich yea · Sharon Su yea · Barbara Weesen-Baer yea · Kuldip Ambastha yea
Wed Sep 16, 2026

Performing Arts Committee

🗳️ How they voted (2 roll-call votes)
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
206353 — approved
3 yea
Antara Bhardwaj yea · David Garcia yea · Carol Donahue yea
206354 — approved
3 yea
Antara Bhardwaj yea · David Garcia yea · Carol Donahue yea
Wed Sep 9, 2026

Parks and Recreation Commission and Urban Forestry Board

🗳️ How they voted — 1 divided vote
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
206360 — approved
3 yea · 2 nay
Ronit Bryant yea · Jonathan Davis nay · IdaRose Sylvester yea · Sandy Sommer nay · Joe Mitchner yea
The other 1 item passed by unanimous or near-unanimous consent.
Tue Sep 8, 2026

City Council

🗳️ How they voted — 1 divided vote
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
206029 — adopted as amended
6 yea · 1 nay
Alison Hicks yea · Ellen Kamei yea · John McAlister nay · Lucas Ramirez yea · Pat Showalter yea · Chris Clark yea · Emily Ann Ramos yea
The other 9 items passed by unanimous or near-unanimous consent.
Wed Aug 19, 2026

Environmental Planning Commission

🗳️ How they voted (1 roll-call vote)
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
206298 — approved
6 yea
Bill Cranston yea · Hank Dempsey yea · Tina Pham yea · Shwetha Subramanian yea · Paul Donahue yea · Alex Nunez yea
Wed Aug 19, 2026

Performing Arts Committee

🗳️ How they voted (2 roll-call votes)
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
206313 — approved
4 yea
Antara Bhardwaj yea · Irina Crone yea · Valerie Fenwick yea · Carol Donahue yea
206315 — approved
4 yea
Antara Bhardwaj yea · Irina Crone yea · Valerie Fenwick yea · Carol Donahue yea
Tue Aug 18, 2026

Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory Committee

🗳️ How they voted (2 roll-call votes)
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
CONSENT CALENDAR — approved
3 yea · 1 abstain
Terry Barton abstain · Peggy Huang yea · John Stone yea · James Kuszmaul yea
206303 — approved
4 yea
Terry Barton yea · Peggy Huang yea · Serge Bonte yea · James Kuszmaul yea
Wed Jun 24, 2026

Performing Arts Committee

🗳️ How they voted (2 roll-call votes)
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
206262 — approved
4 yea
Antara Bhardwaj yea · David Garcia yea · Valerie Fenwick yea · Carol Donahue yea
206263 — approved
5 yea
Antara Bhardwaj yea · Irina Crone yea · David Garcia yea · Valerie Fenwick yea · Carol Donahue yea
Wed Jun 24, 2026

Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory Committee

🗳️ How they voted (2 roll-call votes)
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
CONSENT CALENDAR — approved
3 yea
Peggy Huang yea · Serge Bonte yea · James Kuszmaul yea
206241 — approved
3 yea
Peggy Huang yea · Serge Bonte yea · James Kuszmaul yea
Tue Jun 23, 2026

City Council

🗳️ How they voted — 2 divided votes
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
205930 — adopted
6 yea · 1 nay
Alison Hicks yea · Ellen Kamei yea · John McAlister nay · Lucas Ramirez yea · Pat Showalter yea · Chris Clark yea · Emily Ann Ramos yea
took action
5 yea · 2 nay
Alison Hicks yea · Ellen Kamei yea · John McAlister nay · Lucas Ramirez nay · Pat Showalter yea · Chris Clark yea · Emily Ann Ramos yea
The other 7 items passed by unanimous or near-unanimous consent.
Wed Jun 17, 2026

Parks and Recreation Commission and Urban Forestry Board

🗳️ How they voted — 1 divided vote
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
206251 — approved
3 yea · 2 nay
Ronit Bryant nay · Jonathan Davis nay · IdaRose Sylvester yea · Sandy Sommer yea · Joe Mitchner yea
The other 3 items passed by unanimous or near-unanimous consent.
Wed Jun 17, 2026

Environmental Planning Commission

🗳️ How they voted — 1 divided vote
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
206038 — approved
4 yea · 2 nay
Bill Cranston yea · Jose Gutierrez nay · Tina Pham yea · Shwetha Subramanian yea · Paul Donahue yea · Alex Nunez nay
Tue Jun 16, 2026

Council Transportation Committee

🗳️ How they voted (2 roll-call votes)
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
CONSENT — approved
2 yea · 1 present
Ellen Kamei yea · John McAlister yea · Alison Hicks present
204724 — recommended for approval
3 yea
Ellen Kamei yea · John McAlister yea · Alison Hicks yea
Thu Jun 11, 2026

Rental Housing Committee

🗳️ How they voted (2 roll-call votes)
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR WITH COMMENTS: No public comments received. — approved
5 yea · 1 present
Mark Balch present · Alex Brown yea · Edie Keating yea · Kevin Ma yea · Emily Staats Hislop yea · Robert Cox yea
Senior Management Analyst Kennedy presented a report and responded to questions. SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR WITH COMMENTS: No public comments received. — approved
10 yea · 2 present
Mark Balch present · Alex Brown yea · Edie Keating yea · Kevin Ma yea · Emily Staats Hislop yea · Robert Cox yea · Mark Balch present · Alex Brown yea · Edie Keating yea · Kevin Ma yea · Emily Staats Hislop yea · Robert Cox yea
Wed Jun 10, 2026

Parks and Recreation Commission and Urban Forestry Board

🗳️ How they voted — 1 divided vote
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
206225 — approved
9 yea · 1 nay
Ronit Bryant yea · Jonathan Davis yea · IdaRose Sylvester yea · Sandy Sommer yea · Joe Mitchner yea · Ronit Bryant yea · Jonathan Davis nay · IdaRose Sylvester yea · Sandy Sommer yea · Joe Mitchner yea
The other 2 items passed by unanimous or near-unanimous consent.
Tue Jun 9, 2026

City Council

🗳️ How they voted (4 roll-call votes)
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
CONSENT CALENDAR — approved on the Consent Calendar
7 yea
Alison Hicks yea · Ellen Kamei yea · John McAlister yea · Lucas Ramirez yea · Pat Showalter yea · Chris Clark yea · Emily Ann Ramos yea
205635 — approved
7 yea
Alison Hicks yea · Ellen Kamei yea · John McAlister yea · Lucas Ramirez yea · Pat Showalter yea · Chris Clark yea · Emily Ann Ramos yea
205718 — adopted as amended
7 yea
Alison Hicks yea · Ellen Kamei yea · John McAlister yea · Lucas Ramirez yea · Pat Showalter yea · Chris Clark yea · Emily Ann Ramos yea
205870 — approved
7 yea
Alison Hicks yea · Ellen Kamei yea · John McAlister yea · Lucas Ramirez yea · Pat Showalter yea · Chris Clark yea · Emily Ann Ramos yea
Thu May 28, 2026

Rental Housing Committee

🗳️ How they voted (2 roll-call votes)
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR WITH COMMENTS: No public comments received. — approved
5 yea · 1 present
Mark Balch present · Alex Brown yea · Edie Keating yea · Kevin Ma yea · Emily Staats Hislop yea · Robert Cox yea
Rent Stabilization Manager van Deursen presented a report and responded to questions. SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR WITH COMMENTS: No public comments received. — approved
10 yea · 2 present
Mark Balch present · Alex Brown yea · Edie Keating yea · Kevin Ma yea · Emily Staats Hislop yea · Robert Cox yea · Mark Balch present · Alex Brown yea · Edie Keating yea · Kevin Ma yea · Emily Staats Hislop yea · Robert Cox yea
Tue May 26, 2026

City Council

🗳️ How they voted — 1 divided vote
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
204437 — approved
5 yea · 2 nay
Alison Hicks yea · Ellen Kamei yea · John McAlister nay · Lucas Ramirez nay · Pat Showalter yea · Chris Clark yea · Emily Ann Ramos yea
The other 8 items passed by unanimous or near-unanimous consent.
Wed May 20, 2026

Performing Arts Committee

🗳️ How they voted (3 roll-call votes)
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
206167 — approved
3 yea
Antara Bhardwaj yea · Valerie Fenwick yea · Carol Donahue yea
206168 — approved
4 yea
Antara Bhardwaj yea · Irina Crone yea · Valerie Fenwick yea · Carol Donahue yea
206170 — approved
4 yea
Antara Bhardwaj yea · Irina Crone yea · Valerie Fenwick yea · Carol Donahue yea
Wed May 13, 2026

Parks and Recreation Commission and Urban Forestry Board

🗳️ How they voted — 1 divided vote
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
206152 — approved
4 yea · 1 nay
Ronit Bryant yea · Jonathan Davis nay · IdaRose Sylvester yea · Sandy Sommer yea · Joe Mitchner yea
The other 1 item passed by unanimous or near-unanimous consent.
Tue May 12, 2026

City Council

🗳️ How they voted (3 roll-call votes)
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
CONSENT CALENDAR — approved on the Consent Calendar
7 yea
Alison Hicks yea · Ellen Kamei yea · John McAlister yea · Lucas Ramirez yea · Pat Showalter yea · Chris Clark yea · Emily Ann Ramos yea
203932 — approved as amended
7 yea
Alison Hicks yea · Ellen Kamei yea · John McAlister yea · Lucas Ramirez yea · Pat Showalter yea · Chris Clark yea · Emily Ann Ramos yea
205148 — approved
7 yea
Alison Hicks yea · Ellen Kamei yea · John McAlister yea · Lucas Ramirez yea · Pat Showalter yea · Chris Clark yea · Emily Ann Ramos yea
Tue May 5, 2026

Council Transportation Committee

🗳️ How they voted (2 roll-call votes)
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
204739 — recommended for approval
3 yea
Ellen Kamei yea · John McAlister yea · Alison Hicks yea
206035 — approved
3 yea
Ellen Kamei yea · John McAlister yea · Alison Hicks yea
Wed Apr 29, 2026

Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory Committee

🗳️ How they voted (3 roll-call votes)
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
CONSENT CALENDAR — approved
5 yea
Terry Barton yea · Peggy Huang yea · John Stone yea · Serge Bonte yea · James Kuszmaul yea
206097 — approved
5 yea
Terry Barton yea · Peggy Huang yea · John Stone yea · Serge Bonte yea · James Kuszmaul yea
206102 — approved
5 yea
Terry Barton yea · Peggy Huang yea · John Stone yea · Serge Bonte yea · James Kuszmaul yea
Tue Apr 28, 2026

City Council

🗳️ How they voted — 1 divided vote
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
205322 — adopted
4 yea · 2 nay · 1 abstain
Alison Hicks abstain · Ellen Kamei nay · John McAlister nay · Lucas Ramirez yea · Pat Showalter yea · Chris Clark yea · Emily Ann Ramos yea
The other 6 items passed by unanimous or near-unanimous consent.
Mon Apr 27, 2026

Youth Advisory Committee

🗳️ How they voted (1 roll-call vote)
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
206110 — approved
15 yea
Dylan Andrzejek yea · Katie Byon yea · Kai Cheng yea · Ryan Jhin yea · Victoria Ma yea · Leilani Montano yea · Harshini Nagappan yea · Jayan Nair yea · Shreyas Nayak yea · Jiwoo Oh yea · Kaelyn Tan yea · Kavya Wazhi yea · Meital Zayats yea · Sophia Lew yea · Shahana Rajasekaran yea
Thu Apr 23, 2026

Rental Housing Committee

🗳️ How they voted (3 roll-call votes)
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR WITH COMMENTS: No public comments received. — approved
5 yea
Mark Balch yea · Robert Cox yea · Emily Staats Hislop yea · Kevin Ma yea · Alex Brown yea
Rent Stabilization Manager van Deursen presented a report and responded to questions. SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR WITH COMMENTS: David Tang Alexander Amoroso — approved
5 yea
Mark Balch yea · Robert Cox yea · Emily Staats Hislop yea · Kevin Ma yea · Alex Brown yea
Rent Stabilization Manager van Deursen presented a report and responded to questions. SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR WITH COMMENTS: No public comments received. — approved
5 yea
Mark Balch yea · Robert Cox yea · Emily Staats Hislop yea · Kevin Ma yea · Alex Brown yea
Mon Apr 20, 2026

Board of Library Trustees

🗳️ How they voted (1 roll-call vote)
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
206075 — approved
5 yea
Kristin Higaki yea · Eric Nehrlich yea · Sharon Su yea · Barbara Weesen-Baer yea · Kuldip Ambastha yea
Wed Apr 15, 2026

Environmental Planning Commission

🗳️ How they voted (2 roll-call votes)
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
205994 — approved
6 yea
Bill Cranston yea · Jose Gutierrez yea · Tina Pham yea · Shwetha Subramanian yea · Paul Donahue yea · Alex Nunez yea
206057 — approved
6 yea
Bill Cranston yea · Jose Gutierrez yea · Tina Pham yea · Shwetha Subramanian yea · Paul Donahue yea · Alex Nunez yea
Wed Apr 15, 2026

Performing Arts Committee

🗳️ How they voted (2 roll-call votes)
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
206062 — approved
4 yea
Antara Bhardwaj yea · Irina Crone yea · David Garcia yea · Carol Donahue yea
206065 — approved
4 yea
Antara Bhardwaj yea · Irina Crone yea · David Garcia yea · Carol Donahue yea
Tue Apr 14, 2026

City Council

🗳️ How they voted (5 roll-call votes)
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
CONSENT CALENDAR — approved on the Consent Calendar
7 yea
Alison Hicks yea · Ellen Kamei yea · John McAlister yea · Lucas Ramirez yea · Pat Showalter yea · Chris Clark yea · Emily Ann Ramos yea
206019 — approved on the Consent Calendar
6 yea · 1 abstain
Alison Hicks abstain · Ellen Kamei yea · John McAlister yea · Lucas Ramirez yea · Pat Showalter yea · Chris Clark yea · Emily Ann Ramos yea
205091 — adopted as amended
7 yea
Alison Hicks yea · Ellen Kamei yea · John McAlister yea · Lucas Ramirez yea · Pat Showalter yea · Chris Clark yea · Emily Ann Ramos yea
205634 — voted
7 yea
Alison Hicks yea · Ellen Kamei yea · John McAlister yea · Lucas Ramirez yea · Pat Showalter yea · Chris Clark yea · Emily Ann Ramos yea
206004 — approved
7 yea
Alison Hicks yea · Ellen Kamei yea · John McAlister yea · Lucas Ramirez yea · Pat Showalter yea · Chris Clark yea · Emily Ann Ramos yea

Showing the 30 most recent meetings of 56 on record.

💰 Federal awards (top 10 by amount)
Largest recent federal contract/grant awards to recipients in this city (2023–present), via USAspending.gov.
$36.5MACUITUS INC
Department of the Interior · RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
$15.9MGOOGLE LLC
Department of Agriculture · STRATUS POOL 1 CLOUD SERVICE BOA TO FOR GOOGLE CLOUD SERVICE PROVIDER
$15.3MAHNTECH INC
Department of Defense · 8505929702!OCONUS GOCO STORAGE SERVICES
$15.0MFLOSONICS MEDICAL LLC
Department of Health and Human Services · THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ADVANCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF FLOPATCH
$9.1MNIKIRA LABS INC.
Department of Defense · SPECTROSCOPIC TOTAL AIR MONITOR
$6.7MHEALTH LEVEL INC.
Department of Veterans Affairs · SERVICE/SUPPORT & RENEWAL OF LICENSE FOR NTP STAT PORTAL & SYSTEM
$6.7MDNANEXUS, INC.
Department of Health and Human Services · PRECISIONFDA PROVIDES A FISMA-AUTHORIZED SECURE CLOUD-BASED DATA REPOS
$6.4MOMNICELL, INC.
Department of Veterans Affairs · NEW MEXICO VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM (NMVAHCS) OMNICELL LEASING, SERVICE,
$6.2MOMNICELL, INC.
Department of Veterans Affairs · OMNICELL REFRESH SUPPLY AND PHARMACY RX
$5.9MOMNICELL, INC.
Department of Veterans Affairs · OMNICELL VISN 17 FSS BPA TO MAINTAIN POINT OF CARE SYSTEMS

Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury) — federal awards only, not city budgets.

🌐 County-level context (Jefferson County)
County-level context — from BLS, IRS, FEMA, HUD, Census. These figures cover the whole county this city sits in, not just the city itself.
Net migration+235 people (+$150.0M net AGI · 2023)
Federal disasters (10 yr)10 ({"Flood": 6, "Fire": 6, "Severe Storm": 6, "Biological": 2, · last Mon Apr 3, 2023)
Traffic fatalities5 (1 pedestrian · 2023)
Business establishments49,154 (1,171,397 employees · 2023)
Adults with low literacy11.6% (low numeracy 18% · 2017)

Sources: BLS LAUS, IRS SOI, FEMA, NHTSA FARS, Census CBP, HUD, NCES PIAAC

💰 Local campaign finance
25,505 filings · $14.6M total · 75 filers · latest Fri Sep 25, 2026

NetFile filers, predominantly California. Full transactions in the public dataset. Source: NetFile.

City profile

Everything below is drawn from this city’s own public record and primary-source government data. AI-written summaries are a finding aid, not a citable quote.

2,718
Recorded votes
$509.6M
Annual budget
$192.6M
Debt outstanding
1,127
Employees on payroll
36
Permitted housing units

The money — in

source: Census gov-finance & state comptroller

Budget

Revenue$509.6M
Spending$558.0M
Operating spending ran ahead of revenue this year.

Debt load MODERATE

Outstanding debt$192.6M
Debt-to-revenue0.38×
Debt-load index52 / 100
A debt-load indicator (national percentile of debt, deficit & aid-reliance) — not a solvency verdict. Cross-checked against official state fiscal-stress scores where they exist.

The money — out

source: city procurement & payroll

Who the city actually cuts checks to.

1,127 employees on the public payroll — every position and salary is public record.

Outcomes — economic mobility

source: Opportunity Atlas (Harvard) · research use

For kids who grew up here in low-income households, their adult household-income rank (0–1). The average hides a gap by race:

White kids
0.479
All kids
0.454
Black kids
0.380

Research-only layer, shown here for context — not included in the CC BY 4.0 bulk download.

Where it’s happening

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