My name is Sally Lieber. I am a corporate-free candidate running to represent you on the Board of Equalization. The Board oversees property taxes and other revenues for our State. Too often it's a place where big money interests drown out the voices of average Californians. It shouldn't be that way.
It’s clear that our community needs more housing to meet the demand of our local workforce and ensure that young people who grow up in Mountain View have an opportunity to stay here. We must also do more to protect apartment renters, and mobilehome homeowners and renters.
We need additional compact housing that is linked to transit, small businesses, and services. We can make greater use of tools like land banking, and put an emphasis on working with nonprofit housing providers to preserve existing affordable housing and create new affordable housing. We need new programs to make it
easier for homeowners to plan for and build in-law units on their properties.
We must eliminate the widespread displacement of Mountain View residents that has affected our community
so much in the past several years. We must ensure that no one is displaced due to COVID-19, and be even
more proactive in ensuring that our community members can access legal help when they need it.
Mountain View voters instituted rent control, but for the past several years the committee that oversees its implementation has been impacted by the appointment of members that are philosophically opposed to rent control. We must see to it that the voters’ will is upheld and rent control is extended to our mobilehome parks.