Rent control adversaries under scrutiny

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VOLUME 25, NO. 44
Rent control adversaries
under scrutiny
FPPC INVESTIGATING GROUPS ON BOTH SIDES OF MEASURE V
By Mark Noack Jay Wierenga. Through this
process, the FPPC decided in
T
he main adversaries over July to open an investigation
the Measure V rent con- into the apartment association.
trol law — the Moun- “Certain groups are ran-
tain View Tenants Coalition domly chosen by computer. If
and the California Apartment they find any red flags, then it
Association — are both facing gets referred to our enforce-
investigations by the Califor- ment division to investigate,”
nia Fair Political Practices he said.
Commission. A statewide organization, the
The election watchdog con- California Apartment Asso-
firmed it has open inves- ciation last year raised nearly
ICHELLE LE tigations into both groups $1.2 million to oppose pro-
Trey and Torrie Bornmann sit with their son Briggs on the porch of their mobile home in Santiago Villa
based on their activities in posed rent control measures
on Nov. 17.
last November’s election. The in six Bay Area cities including
Mobile home residents seek rent control Tenants Coalition is facing a Mountain View.
complaint filed by a Moun- Wierenga declined to give
tain View landlord alleging specifics on the nature of the
RENTAL COMMITTEE COULD EXPAND MEASURE V PROTECTIONS they failed to report in-kind case or any potential violations
donations. Meanwhile, the being investigated. The FPPC
By Mark Noack Housing Commission is sched- The upcoming hearing comes apartment association is being could only speak in general
uled to consider expanding after months of organized investigated by the FPPC based terms about open investiga-
B
arely a year old, Mountain the Mountain View’s restric- efforts by residents mainly on unspecified “red flags” tions, he said. The California
View’s experiment with tions covering apartment rents from the Santiago Villa mobile found in a random selection Apartment Association did
rent control has already to encompass the city’s six home park to press city officials of groups audited by the state not immediately respond to a
faced a withering gauntlet of mobile home parks. The pro- to expand the law. Like apart- Franchise Tax Board. request for comment.
controversy and legal scuffles. posal could bring an estimated ments, mobile home parks were Each year, the tax board takes More specifics are avail-
Now it’s being primed for a 1,100 more homes under the once an affordable housing a subset of registered political able about the case against
dramatic expansion. aegis of the city’s new tenant groups and takes a closer look the Mountain View Tenants
On Dec. 4, the city’s Rental protections. at their public campaign fil-
See MOBILE HOMES, page 6
ings, said FPPC spokesman See FPPC, page 8
Keeping the arts alive in local schools
CSMA’S TOP PRIORITY IS GIVING ALL STUDENTS ACCESS TO MUSIC LESSONS
By Kevin Forestieri Through the nonprofit, kids
Mountain View Voice
from kindergarten through fifth
A
mid the perpetual push to grade get to break up the nor-
raise test scores and boost mal routine of academic classes
science and technology 2017 and flex their creative muscles,
in public schools, one Mountain delving into painting, ceramics,
View nonprofit has fought to to Daly City. But CSMA, with singing and playing instruments.
make sure music and art aren’t its headquarters nestled next to The one-hour classes are taught
lost in the bustle. the busy San Antonio Shopping by professional musicians and
The Community School of Center, commits most of its artists with CSMA, and students
Music and Arts (CSMA) has limited resources in its home- get the opportunity to showcase
been instrumental in guiding town of Mountain View, hosting their work at exhibitions includ-
MICHELLE LE
thousands of young children subsidized, weekly art and music ing the first floor of City Hall Preschoolers use chalk to draw flowers at an art class at CSMA on
towards a lifelong love of music programs at every elementary every February, according to Nov. 21. CSMA, which offers arts education to school children in
and art for decades, providing school in the Mountain View Mountain View, is one of seven local nonprofits that benefit from
lessons in schools from San Jose Whisman School District. See CSMA, page 8 donations to the Voice’s annual Holiday Fund.
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CATCALLING SUSPECT ARRESTED
A 22-year-old transient man was arrested Sunday after-
• noon after he allegedly catcalled teenage girls, made sugges-
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• gestive comments to them over the past week and touched
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Police spotted the suspect near the park on Crisanto Ave-
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ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY 2600 block California St., 11/17
cross street: Castro, next to Bierhaus WEAPON 200 block Castro St., 11/18
Leland Av. & S. Rengstorff Av., 11/19 400 block Del Medio Av., 11/19
AUTO BURGLARY CRIMINAL THREATS
VERY 100 block Calderon Av., 11/15 1000 block Villa St., 11/16
1100 block Awalt Dr., 11/15 600 block San Antonio Rd., 11/17
400 block S. Shoreline Blvd., 11/15 GRAND THEFT
City of Mountain View REAL 2400 block Charleston Rd., 11/15 1 block Showers Dr., 11/16
2400 block Charleston Rd., 11/15
STOLEN VEHICLE
300 block Hope St., 11/15
LOCAL 200 block Hope St., 11/15 100 block Escuela Av., 11/16
Water System Flushing 700 block Continental Cir., 11/16 2200 block Old Middlefield Way, 11/17
1500 block N. Shoreline Blvd., 11/16 VANDALISM
NEWS 2400 block Charleston Rd., 11/17 300 block Easy St., 11/14
BATTERY E. Middlefield Rd. & Stevens Creek Trail,
The City of Mountain View is preparing Cypress Point Dr. & Moffett Blvd., 11/15 11/18
600 block Lola Ln., 11/15 100 block Evandale Av., 11/18
to begin its annual water system flushing
1000 block Space Park Way, 11/16 Easy St. & Gladys Av., 11/18
program. System flushing is a process Barbara Av. & Miramonte Av., 11/17
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High school district may
seek new bond measure
MVLA HAS LONG LIST OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS TO FUND
By Kevin Forestieri Palo Alto Unified ($79.30), all
have a significantly higher tax
T
he Mountain View-Los rate than Mountain View-Los
Altos High School Dis- Altos.
trict is poised to break The tax rate is a clear sign
away from decades of bite- that the district has been able to
sized bond measures and frugal maintain its facilities for a long
spending on its time at a fair-
facilities, as the ly low cost to
school board taxpayers, said
‘We have a history of
weighs wheth- Superinten-
er to ask voters being good stewards dent Jeff Hard-
for more than ing. But with so
$200 million of public funds and much housing
in construc- growth occur-
tion money want to maintain ring in Moun-
MICHELLE LE next year. tain View —
Fifth-grade students in Mistral Elementary’s Dual Immersion program learn math in Spanish. Once that reputation.’
A recent updated pro-
they move on to middle school, though, the Mountain View Whisman District has few options for
Facilities Mas- jections say
bilingual students to practice and improve their language skills. ter Plan shows SUPERINTENDENT JEFF HARDING the high school
that the high district should
Bilingual students miss out school district prepare for 700
could use as additional stu-
much as $290 million to fix dents over the next five years —
in middle school
aging facilities and accom- now is the time to ask for a large
modate a surge of enrollment facilities bond, he said.
growth, spurred almost entirely “We have a history of being
PARENTS WANT CLASSES FOR DUAL IMMERSION CHILDREN AFTER 5TH GRADE
by new and proposed housing good stewards of public funds
By Kevin Forestieri students vanishes, leaving English as a second language, growth in Mountain View. and want to maintain that repu-
kids to either hone their Span- with a goal getting all students Although school board mem- tation, and we want outstand-
F
amilies at Mistral Ele- ish skills on their own or let fluent in both. bers haven’t decided how much ing facilities for our students,”
mentary face a conun- their valuable language skills The immersion program money to ask voters for — and Harding said. “So we’re trying
drum when their chil- atrophy. Mistral parents say used to be a part of Castro are already prepared to defer to find that balance.”
dren finish fifth grade and it’s time for that to change. Elementary, but became its $26.3 million in projects to stay The growth projections do
head off to middle school. Stu- At a school board meeting own school on a shared cam- below $260 million — it’s likely not include major plans for
dents enrolled in the district’s earlier this month, parents pus in 2015. to be the biggest ask in recent dense new housing in neighbor-
popular Dual Immersion (DI) called on the school board to The district ought to be memory. A report at the Nov. 20 hoods in North Bayshore, East
language program make huge support — or at least explore “extremely proud” of the DI board meeting revealed that the Whisman and even federal land
progress towards fluency in — the idea of having core program it has helped to high school district is arguably occupied by NASA Ames, which
both English and Spanish, and classes at Graham and Crit- build over the last 20 years, one of the most conservative could bring a combined 17,000
can deftly perform class work tenden taught in Spanish in and it’s time to extend that spenders in all of Santa Clara more housing units to the city
in either language. order to support DI students. education into sixth through County. and sending district enrollment
But when they arrive at Crit- The program strikes a bal- eighth grades, said Mistral The district currently taxes skyward in the coming decades.
tenden and Graham middle ance between English-fluent property owners a combined The school district’s frugal
schools, support for bilingual students and those who speak See DUAL IMMERSION, page 9 rate of $10.70 per $100,000 of approach to bond measures
assessed value, which pays off has left the district with a huge
debt incurred by the $41.3 mil- bonding capacity, allowing the
North Bayshore under the microscope lion Measure A bond, which district to incur a debt of nearly
passed overwhelmingly in 2010. $550 million if the school board
Prior to that, the district passed chooses (and voters agree). Poll-
AMBITIOUS PODCAST PROFILES LIFE AT THE CORNER OF SHORELINE AND SPACE PARK WAY Measure D in 1995, which was ing data collected by the district
also fairly small and won similar earlier this year asked voters
By Mark Noack residents have been known to Bayshore, is finally complete. support from district residents. whether they would support
groan when another reporter Boyer’s podcast is premised According to the firm Isom a $198 million or a $268 mil-
L
ike many journalists, parachutes in. on taking one seemingly unre- Advisors, that tax rate puts the lion bond measure, and both
David Boyer came to But Boyer has proven his markable street corner and high school district dead last received more than enough sup-
Mountain View’s North commitment to telling the full detailing its story — its his- among all 32 school districts port among those surveyed.
Bayshore to portray the com- story. For the past 16 months, tory, culture, politics and how in the county. The next lowest Despite the slim bond tax
plicated relationship between the radio producer has patiently it fits into the larger region. tax rate is in the Loma Prieta rate, Mountain View-Los Altos
the city’s tech industry and its collected dozens of interviews Boyer, a 46-year-old copy- Joint Union School District and doesn’t have a parcel tax, mean-
residents. In this regard, he is and followed the often tedious writer, had worked on simi- is more than twice as high at ing property owners only have
not unique; the odd neighbor- government planning process lar long-form projects on San $23.30 per $100,000 of assessed to pay parcel taxes for the
hood dominated by Google’s for the area. After hundreds Francisco’s Tenderloin and value. Neighboring and overlap- elementary school districts
corporate headquarters has of hours of work, his pod- Bayview neighborhoods. For ping school districts, includ- that feed into the high school
drawn so much media atten- cast series, “The Intersection,” ing Mountain View Whisman
tion from across the globe that on Mountain View’s North See PODCAST, page 8 ($73.80), Los Altos ($46.30) and See SCHOOL BOARD, page 10
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Spartan band
performs Sunday
By Anna Krause Final Fantasy” featuring music
from the Final Fantasy video
T
he Mountain View High game franchise, which is cel-
School Spartan March- ebrating its 30th anniversary.
ing Band is marking the “Our goal was to educate
end of a successful competitive our audiences on the great
season with a performance at repertoire that can be found in
the Los Altos Festival of Lights games. Our show stands out
Parade in downtown Los Altos from the others and the judges
at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 26. recognized the high level of our
The marching band, in addi- students’ performance,” said
tion to regular performances MVHS co-music director Jason
at the high school’s football Kneebone.
games, spent the season compet- The band also spent time on
ing at various events including sharing its music with students at
the Irish Guard Invitational Oak Avenue Elementary School
at Dublin High School, where and Blach Intermediate School in
the students took second place, Los Altos, and Graham Middle
COURTESY OF MVHS IMPA
and the Foothill Band Review, School in Mountain View. Ava Sakamoto, a member of the Mountain View High School Spartan Marching Band’s color guard,
where they won first place in The Lord Mayor of London is among the student musicians and performers who will mark the end of competition season with a
Field Show Band, second place invited the band to march in performance Nov. 26 in Los Altos.
for Field Show Color Guard, and London’s New Year’s Day Parade
third place for Field Show Brass, in 2019, which will mark its first to perform for a street audience created a community sponsor- including the Los Altos Festival
as well as a visual sweepstakes performance outside of Califor- of over 500,000 and a television ship program. Information on of Lights Parade performance, is
award. nia. The students will join over audience of over 300 million. the band, Mountain View high’s online at mvspartanmusic.net.
The title of this year’s field 10,000 participants from the To fund the projected trav- instrumental music program and Email Anna Krause at akrause@
show is “Divinity: the Music of United States, Europe and beyond el expenses, the band recently upcoming public performances, mv-voice.com
MOBILE HOMES choice but to pay whatever rent
they’re being charged.
Continued from page 1
For years, Santiago Villa resi-
alternative, but that has been dents have been crying foul,
changing as park owners have saying their homes have plum-
begun notching up rents or meted in value as a direct result
leasing out furnished units for a of the park’s rising rents. Many
premium. residents point to a common
According to residents, the rule of thumb in the industry:
owners of Santiago Villa have every $100 in extra space rent
made clear that their plan is to means their home’s sale value has
eventually push rents across the dropped by $10,000.
park to $2,200 per month, a rate At least 100 cities in California
that some say would make it the have some form of rent con-
most expensive mobile home trol ordinances specifically for
community in the country. This mobile homes. An ordinance in
is a looming fear for many long- San Jose caps space-rent increas-
time residents, especially seniors es to 75 percent of the Consumer
living on fixed incomes, said Price Index. Just last month, the
Trey Bornmann, chairman of the city of Vallejo adopted a similar
newly formed Mountain View measure.
Mobile Home Alliance. Sunnyvale, with its 12 mobile
“We’re trying to make it so that home parks, is also facing grow-
people can plan their lives,” said ing pressure to impose some price
Bornmann, who lives at Santiago controls. A couple years ago, the MICHELLE LE
Villa. “Right now our owner is Carlyle Group, a global private Torrie Bornmann takes Briggs for a walk through Santiago Villa mobile home park, where residents are
using dirty tactics, jacking up equity firm, paid $151 million seeking to be covered under Mountain View’s new rent control law.
the space rents and trying to turn to acquired Plaza Del Rey, one
this into a rental mobile home of the city’s largest mobile home us. They don’t believe in rent set of special rules, exemptions homes, even in concept.
park.” parks. Ever since, the park’s resi- control,” she said. — and potential legal risks. “It’s a complex, multifacted issue,
Santiago Villa management dents have been hammered by In the buildup to last year’s At the Dec. 4 meeting, lawyers so it’s really hard for me to say how
did not respond to requests for the steepest rent increases in the election, rent control proponents retained by the city from the this will pan out,” said Evan Ortiz,
comment. park’s history, said Judy Pavlick, made a calculated political move, firm Goldfarb & Lipman will a Measure V campaign organizer
Mobile home parks operate founder of the Sunnyvale Mobile hinting that Measure V could be deliver a legal analysis of what who now sits on the Rental Hous-
differently than other types of Home Park Alliance. In negotia- applied to mobile homes. The provisions of Measure V could ing Committee. “I wonder what
housing. Typically, a prospective tion meetings, Carlyle executives language in the measure deliber- be applied to mobile home parks. the most effective policy decision
resident must purchase a mobile told Pavlick they were watch- ately referred to covered housing After weighing that analysis, the would be, and it might not be to
home, often by taking out a ing nearby markets to see what as “rental units,” not apartments, Rental Housing Committee will expand Measure V.”
mortgage. The new homeowner prices Sunnyvale could bear. She to leave this possibility open. decide whether to move forward If city officials decline to take
must then pay a monthly rent for is now spearheading efforts to Yet pretty much everyone to study expanding rent control, action, Bornmann and other
facilities, maintenance and land get a mobile home rent control seems to agree that expanding according to city staff. mobile home residents say they
provided by the park manage- ordinance on the ballot of an Measure V to include mobile Politically, it remains an open intend to begin campaigning for
ment. Despite the name, mobile upcoming election. homes would be fraught with question whether the city’s Rent- a separate ordinance, possibly
homes are extremely difficult “We’ve gone to the Sunny- challenges. Mobile homes are al Housing Committee or the through a ballot measure. V
to relocate, so homeowners are vale City Council, and it’s clear covered under a separate section City Council would support Email Mark Noack at
basically locked in with little they’re not interested in helping of California law with their own expanding rent control to mobile [email protected]
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Judge blocks Trump’s
order on sanctuary cities
A federal judge on Monday injunction permanent.
ruled that an executive order “This is a historic victory,
issued by President Donald protecting residents of the
Trump earlier this year that county and jurisdictions across
threatened to block fund- the nation from President Don-
ing for sanctuary jurisdic- ald Trump’s unconstitutional
tions is unconstitutional and abuse of power,” Santa Clara
issued an injunction to block County Board of Supervisors
it permanently. President David Cortese said
President Trump on Jan. 25 in a statement. “Our county
issued the executive order that will continue to welcome and
threatened to deny federal embrace all people, no matter
funding to cities and coun- how much this administration
ties deemed to be sanctuary tries to threaten or divide us,”
jurisdictions shielding undoc- Cortese said.
umented immigrants from “This is a victory of the
federal deportation. American people and the rule
The city of San Francisco sued of law. This Executive Order
MICHELLE LE
to challenge the law on Jan. 31 was unconstitutional before
Students in Ximena Vilela’s art class make drawings based on black-and-white photos of sunflowers at
and Santa Clara County did the the ink on it was even dry,” San
CSMA on Nov. 21.
same on Feb. 3. The two local Francisco City Attorney Den-
governments filed motions ask- nis Herrera said in a statement. CSMA music unfortunately has taken updated its income guidelines in
ing U.S. District Judge William Santa Clara County had said a smaller and smaller role in the the fall so everyone who needs the
Orrick of San Francisco to in its brief that it receives $1.7 Continued from page 1 public education system — gen- help can qualify, Kenney said.
declare Trump’s order uncon- billion, or 35 percent of its Sharon Kenney, CSMA’s market- erally taking a backseat to other “We wanted to make sure
stitutional and permanently budget, in federal or federally ing director. initiatives — despite being such financial aid eligibility reflects
block it from going into effect. dependent funds annually. San CSMA is one of seven nonprofit an important part of peoples’ what is happening in Mountain
In April, Orrick issued a Francisco had said it receives organizations that benefit from lives. View right now and the true cost
preliminary injunction tempo- $1.2 billion per year in federal the Voice’s annual Holiday Fund. “In the past, the arts were a real of living here,” she said.
rarily blocking the order from funds, or 13 percent of its annu- Donations to the fund are divided instrumental part of education for CSMA’s in-school lessons for the
being implemented until a full al budget, plus another $800 equally among the nonprofits a very long time,” Clark said. “It was Mountain View Whisman School
trial could be held. million in multi-year grants. and are administered by the Sili- core, but it’s not so much anymore. District also extend to the district’s
Monday’s ruling makes the —Bay City News Service con Valley Community Founda- It’s seen a bit more as a hobby.” “Head Start” preschool program,
tion at no cost, so 100 percent of Through CSMA, children can with more than 160 children from
contributions go to the recipients. get exposed to a broad range low-income families benefiting
FPPC wrote to Zell to confirm it CSMA’s latest goal is to help of string instruments like the from early art and music activities.
would investigate the matter. aspiring musicians with support violin, the viola and the cello, or CSMA’s services to the com-
Continued from page 1
Asked for comment, tenants that bridges the gap between can dig into wind instruments munity are focused here in
Coalition. That investigation coalition attorney Juliet Brodie elementary and middle school, including the flute, the clarinet, Mountain View, but it’s not just
is based on a complaint letter described the complaints as including an intensive three-week the saxophone and the trum- because of its central location
sent to the FPPC in August “trivial.” summer program and reduced- pet. Students in middle school within the city’s limits. Clark said
by Jeff Zell, a San Jose-based “This strikes me as politically tuition private music lessons are able to try their hand at the there’s a robust partnership with
landlord who manages more motivated by someone unhappy known collectively as the Young French horn this year, but it’s Mountain View’s city govern-
than 190 apartments in Moun- with the results of the election, Musicians program. While kids going to be discontinued due to ment, the Mountain View Whis-
tain View. throwing stones following a loss,” try recorders in fourth grade the difficult learning curve. man School District, the Moun-
In his letter, Zell alleges that she said. “When you scratch the through CSMA’s in-school pro- “For some kids, they do feel tain View Education Foundation
the tenants coalition failed to surface, you see that these (dona- gram and later get to experi- like it’s their calling — they know and CSMA to contribute to
report non-monetary dona- tions) don’t have any value and ment with brass and woodwind they want to play the trombone, supporting the arts. That special
tions from allied groups. Spe- didn’t need to be reported.” instruments, they aren’t always and we hope that their arms are partnership, she said, means they
cifically, he alleges the South The tenants coalition prepared to take the lead in band long enough because it’s a big can overcome the region’s ineq-
Bay Labor Council had helped reported just over $38,000 in classes or perform in ensembles instrument,” she said. “Others uities and guarantee no school
validate signatures for the peti- fundraising from last year’s without a little extra help. pick their instrument randomly.” has to throw the arts overboard.
tion to put Measure V on the election. Music tends to fall by the way- One of CSMA’s primary mis- “There’s a push, a recognition
ballot. Meanwhile, the group While there’s no clear time- side when kids hit sixth grade, sions is to provide music and art of a need for equity. Otherwise,
Faith in Action Bay Area had line for the investigations to be as academic pressure ramps for everyone regardless of family Mountain View would be like
also provided polling data to completed, the majority of up and kids have to decide income. Children who qualify for other districts where schools like
the Tenants Coalition, Zell those pursued by the FPPC are whether to use their elective free and reduced lunch are auto- Castro or Theuerkauf might not
wrote. None of the groups had wrapped up within six months, period on band or competing matically eligible for financial aid, have music and art if the PTA
logged the donations in their Wierenga said. V extracurricular activities, said reducing the cost of private les- can’t pay for it,” she said. V
campaign disclosures, he said. Email Mark Noack at mnoack@ Petra Clark, the music program sons by up to 80 percent, from $88 Email Kevin Forestieri at
In September, the FPPC mv-voice.com manager at CSMA. She said per hour to $18 per hour. CSMA [email protected]
PODCAST junction between Google’s tech something I never anticipated,” The only major stakeholder to company. One whole episode
campus and the Santiago Villa he said. “My suspicion is that take a pass was Google, which of his podcast is devoted to dis-
Continued from page 5 mobile home park. He soon nothing here will be the same declined his interview requests. tilling the complex relationship
his Mountain View project, he realized it was just one piece of in a few years. You could do a Boyer’s views about Google between Google and Mountain
received grants from the San a much larger puzzle. He delved 360 and it will be a completely are nuanced. On one hand, the View’s city government.
Francisco Arts Commission back into the area’s history from different place.” tech giant is like “Godzilla,” he The Intersection is being
and the National Endowment its Gold Rush past to its cur- As he delved into the back- says, destroying things in its broadcast on KALW and all six
for the Humanities. rent iteration as an intensely ground, Boyer collected inter- path — intentionally or not. episodes are available for free
Boyer set out to profile the planned community bracing for views with local residents, But he was also surprised by on Apple Podcasts. V
corner of Shoreline Boule- a surge of new development. tech workers, civic leaders and the enormous power wielded by Email Mark Noack at mnoack@
vard and Space Park Way, the “The pace of change here was even a former Voice reporter. local elected officials over the mv-voice.com
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COMMUNITY BRIEFS For more information, go to The county advises residents that caused a higher risk of reached a separation agreement
holiday-train.org. that a warning from the state severe complications from the with the board announced on
Continued from page 4
—Anna Krause claims the phony texts and flu, and had not received this Nov. 8. Dewan’s appointment
percent of United States citizens, calls are reaching and targeting year’s flu vaccine, according took effect Wednesday.
according to a June poll con- beneficiaries of CalWORKs, to the county’s Public Health No specific reason for the
ARTISAN MARKET OPENS
ducted by the Mountain View- CalFresh, General Assistance, Department. The person’s name parting of ways was given;
based Mozilla Foundation. UP SHOP Cash Assistance Program for is not being released. however, the education office
“Pai’s proposal hands the A pop-up market featuring Immigrants, and Medi-Cal. No other cases of severe announced that the search for
internet over to the largest ISPs dozens of local artists will open The text message scam, flu have been reported to the his replacement would begin
who can throttle, assess a toll or up at the Clarkwood Center according to county officials, department so far this season. immediately.
block content,” said U.S. Rep. starting Dec. 1, and will kick involves a message asking the Only deaths of people younger “The parties decided that it
Anna Eshoo in a statement on off with a fundraiser for local person who receives it to call a than 65 years old that are was in the best interest of stu-
Tuesday. “Repealing these pro- schools. phone number; an automatic confirmed by a laboratory to dents, staff and the community
tections is an assault on what has The holiday-themed market, recording will ask the person to involve the flu are required to be to begin transitioning leader-
made the internet what it is.” called ArtPop, will be located provide personal information reported in the state. ship in a manner that ensures
—Mark Noack at 1939 West El Camino Real in including the recipient’s EBT- Symptoms of the flu, a conta- a continued focus on student
Mountain View, within the strip 16-digit card number and PIN. gious illness caused by influenza achievement,” education offi-
HOLIDAY TRAIN ROLLS mall on El Camino Real between Once the information is sent, viruses, are similar to those of cials said in a statement.
Clark and El Monte avenues. The funds can be withdrawn from the common cold but are often The decision was mutual,
INTO MOUNTAIN VIEW
market gives more than 25 artists the victim’s account. more severe, public health offi- according to the office of
The popular Holiday Train, a chance to sell their handmade In the phone call scam, some- cials said. education.
presented by Caltrain and the work through Dec. 17. one will contact a victim, claim The department advises In a statement, Dewan said she
Silicon Valley Community The market is intended to to be county staff or someone everyone 6 months and older to was honored to serve in the new
Foundation, will take its annual encourage residents to shop representing a health care pro- get vaccinated every year, espe- position.
ride through the Bay Area dur- locally and give local artists a vider, and ask for personal cially pregnant women, children “I look forward to working
ing the first weekend of Decem- retail presence during the holi- information. younger than 5, adults older with our dedicated SCCOE
ber, decorated with more than day season, according to event The county advises that than 65 and those with chronic staff, district leaders, and com-
75,000 colorful lights. It’s set organizers. nobody from its offices will ever medical conditions. munity partners to continue our
to roll into the Mountain View Opening weekend will include text or call requesting personal More information can be important work of supporting
station at 7:25 p.m. on Saturday, a ribbon-cutting event at 11 a.m. information, to not give it to found online at sccgov.org. students, schools, districts, and
Dec. 2, where it will stop for 20 on Saturday, Dec. 2, and 15 per- anyone, and to keep it a secret. communities,” she said.
minutes. cent of the sales during the event The county says that once the Dewan earned a bachelor’s
COUNTY NAMES INTERIM
The festive train offers fami- will go to the Mountain View benefits are stolen, they can’t be degree from Marian University,
lies a chance to meet Santa and Education Foundation, the Los replaced. SUPERINTENDENT a master’s degree from Butler
Mrs. Claus, Frosty the Snow- Altos Education Foundation and The county asks residents The Santa Clara County University, and her doctorate
man and Rudolph the Reindeer, the Mountain View-Los Altos interested in verifying the Board of Education named a in educational administration
and sing with carolers and a High School District Foundation. authenticity of a call to call new interim superintendent of from Indiana State University.
Salvation Army brass band. —Kevin Forestieri 877-962-3633. the County Office of Education With Dewan in the tempo-
Families can also hear the Pen- last week. rary position, board president
insulaires Barbershop Chorus Mary Ann Dewan joined Michael Chang said the board’s
SCAMMERS TARGET COUNTY’S FIRST FLU
at the station before the train’s the office five years ago as focus will turn to filling the
arrival. SOCIAL SERVICES DEATH chief of schools officer, and in position permanently by July 1.
People are encouraged to RECIPIENTS Santa Clara County pub- 2015 she became the deputy “As we move through this
bring new toys or books to lic health officials on Nov.16 superintendent. process, we will be in com-
Santa Clara County social
donate to disadvantaged local reported that the first flu-related During its meeting Nov. 15, the munication regularly with our
service agencies are warning
children through the U.S. death of the season occurred Board of Education voted unan- stakeholders to ensure that
residents to be aware of fraudu-
Marine Corps Reserve Toys for earlier this month. imously to appoint Dewan as everyone is informed and aware
lent texts and calls from peo-
Tots program and the Salva- The person who died was an the new interim superintendent. of our progress,” Chang said in
ple claiming to be with state
tion Army’s Season of Giving adult under 65 years old who She replaces former superinten- a statement.
agencies.
program. had other medical conditions dent Jon Gundry, who recently —Bay City News Service
DUAL IMMERSION teaching classes in Spanish at class and give up taking elec- not to say it’s not valuable, be exposed to Spanish so that
two grade levels, adding that tives like art or music, or they it’s just that we’re supposed to when they get to high school
Continued from page 5
history is a “great vehicle” for a have to make a concerted effort make decisions for the entire they can continue on with it
parent Trish Gilbert at the Nov. second language. work on their language skills school population.” and not have forgotten too
2 school board meeting. Even Other core content areas outside of school. At one point, Board member Ellen Wheeler much of it,” Wheeler told the
small steps — like offering might be more difficult, he she said, there was a Mistral said bringing dual-language Voice in an email.
one core class in Spanish at all said, but simply offering Span- parent holding Spanish classes support to the middle schools Superintendent Ayinde
grade levels — would be enough ish language through an elec- in her living room. comes down to a question of Rudolph said the board can set
to bring some continuity to the tive course like Spanish I or “It’s a disservice to all the logistics. If a history class is aside time to discuss the idea of
program and act as a bridge Spanish II is a poor fit for kids (who) could benefit from offered to DI students but only teaching core classes in Span-
between Mistral Elementary students who are far beyond continuing their bilingual edu- 27 of them show up, Wheeler ish at the middle-school level,
and high school, Gilbert said. needing to learn basic vocabu- cation,” Gilbert said. said she wouldn’t want to fill but cautioned that it is highly
“What I’m asking of you all lary skills. Board members were sym- up the remaining seats with unlikely the district will be able
tonight is to collectively investi- “I don’t know what it would pathetic and agreed to look students who aren’t going to to implement the classes by the
gate, design and execute a plan look like, but ideally you would into the idea at the next board benefit. upcoming school year. Gilbert
that will allow us to support a like to have in a a core content retreat, which is scheduled for Wheeler said the district said she was hoping the district
dual immersion curriculum,” area,” he said. “The idea of early next year. Board member could look into offering could take action sooner, but
she said. having it as simply just a Span- Tamara Wilson said dual-lan- advanced Spanish courses remains optimistic.
Although the school district ish elective course wouldn’t guage support, if it’s offered at beyond Spanish II, but it’s an “I was hoping there was
doesn’t offer classes like math suffice.” Graham, should to be offered at open question whether they maybe a way to do baby steps
or science in Spanish at the After the meeting, Gilbert Crittenden as well, and said the would be popular. Students for 2018-19 school year just to
middle-school level, one social told the Voice that the roughly school board will need to take a may be more interested in give students something and
studies teacher at Graham has 60 Mistral students who enter cautious approach to any major using their single elective peri- create some parity for both
taken it upon himself to teach middle school each year are increases in staffing costs for od to do something like music (middle) schools,” she said “But
some of his classes in Spanish stuck in a tough situation, par- the narrow number of students or computer programming. I’m not discouraged that he
in order to support the Dual ticularly the ones going to Crit- who would actually benefit. “I think the main point our said it might take another
Immerson students. Graham tenden where there is no dual- “We’re talking about 30 kids DI parents have told us over year.” V
teacher Edgar Gomez told language support. They either at each middle school (for each the years is that they want Email Kevin Forestieri at
board members he has been have to take an easy Spanish grade),” Wilson said. “That’s their children to continue to [email protected]
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SCHOOL BOARD increases over the last decade. CRIME BRIEFS
The assessed value of proper-
Continued from page 4
Continued from page 5 ties in the district went from
woman, according to the men,
district. The district’s finances $21.4 billion in 2005-06 to $44.2
OPEN ENROLLMENT 2018 – 19 told them not to speak to the
remain prosperous despite the billion in 2016-17, averaging a
(Kindergarten – 8th grade) lack of supplemental funding, growth rate of about 7 percent vendor and slapped one of
them across the face, according
January 5 – February 2 in part because of the robust each year. That kind of growth
to police spokeswoman Katie
annual funding provided by is unheard of in other areas of
KKiinnddeergarten Information Night Nelson.
the Mountain View-Los Altos the state, and it shouldn’t come
WWeednesday, November 29 High School Foundation. The as a surprise to anyone watching The suspect slapped the
other man in the face “without
nonprofit raised just shy of $2 the housing prices and building
Castro Elementary School
comment” before getting back
million last year, most of it from patterns in the region, Harding
505 Escuela Ave
in her vehicle and driving
district families. said.
Spanish: 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm The report by Isom Advisors “The one constant here is away.
The woman is described as a
English: 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm also shows that the property val- growth, and that shouldn’t be a
Hispanic adult, about 5-foot,
School information nights: ues in Mountain View, Los Altos surprise to anyone,” he said. V 5-inches tall and wearing a
and Los Altos Hills is growing at Email Kevin Forestieri at
All Elementary Schools: red top. She was seen driving a
a staggering rate, showing huge [email protected]
December 6 at 6:00 pm four-door maroon sedan.
Mistral & Stevenson:
RV BURGLARY SUSPECT
December 13 at 6:00 pm
EVADES POLICE
FFoorr more information please visit
oouurr wwebsite at www.mvwsd.org/register Police were unable to locate
Para información en español, visite nuestra página web. an attempted auto burglary
750 A San Pierre Way suspect who witnesses say
Mountain View Sign up today at MountainViewOnline.com entered an RV on Saturday
650.526.3500 • www.mvwsd.org and threatened the RV own-
er with a screwdriver when
confronted.
A neighboring RV-dweller on
700 block of Continental Circle
called police on Saturday, Nov.
19, around 4:20 p.m. after he
reportedly saw the suspect
park his car in the middle of
the road and enter the RV,
according to police spokes-
woman Katie Nelson. The man
told police that the RV’s owner
was with him at the time, Nel-
son said.
When the RV owner con-
fronted the suspect, the man
allegedly threatened him with
a screwdriver before getting
into his car and leaving.
The suspect is described as a
Hispanic man, about 28 years
old and 5-foot, 7-inches tall,
weighing 165 pounds with
medium-length dark hair. He
was seen wearing a T-shirt and
jeans and was driving a red car.
ATTACK IN RENGSTORFF
PARK
Police are investigating after
two Mountain View men say
MONDAY FREE they were attacked by a group
of men in Rengstorff Park on
Sunday night, leaving both vic-
tims with moderate injuries.
DECEMBER 4 5:30 TO 7:30 P.M.
The two men said they were
in Rengstorff Park around 10
p.m. on Nov. 19 when they
were approached by a group of
men they did not know. The
men allegedly hit both of the
victims, who suffered inju-
ries to their face, according
to police spokeswoman Katie
Nelson.
No suspect information is
available, and the two victims
said they could not identify the
suspects.
—Kevin Forestieri
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