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Moffett Gateway wins council approval HOTEL AND OFFICE DEVELOPMENT SPARKS CONCERNS OVER TRAFFIC, TRAIL IMPACTS By Mark Noack

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hotel and office development at a crucial highway juncture received a unanimous round of approvals from the Mountain View City Council on Tuesday night, despite some concerns over the project’s traffic and environmental impacts. The site, known as the Moffett Gateway, is located at the interchange of highways 101 and 85. The 10-acre property is partly owned by the city and officials have long envisioned it as a lucrative spot for a commercial lease. In 2014, the city signed an exclusive deal with development firm Broadreach Capital, picking it over a dozen other submissions.

Over multiple iterations, Broadreach’s proposal grew to include a 255-room hotel, a six-story parking garage and a separate building with 200,000 square feet of office space. Developing that property wasn’t just a bonanza for Broadreach, said Craig Vought, the firm’s managing director, at the Oct. 18 council meeting. He pointed out that the city is projected to reap about $4.3 million annually from hotel taxes when the project is open for business. In addition, about 2 acres of the site would be dedicated as a public park, he said. “This site has been off-limits to the public for about 50 years; our goal tonight is to put this back in use,” Vought said. “We’d like to think what we’re creating

Hospital CEO’s severance payout could reach $834K By Kevin Forestieri

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he El Camino Hospital board of directors said their goodbyes to hospital president and CEO Tomi Ryba last Wednesday night, approving a severance agreement that guarantees as much as $834,200 in payments to her over the next year. In late August, the board voted 7-0 not to renew Ryba’s fiveyear contract. Though both the board and Ryba, who has led the hospital since August 2011, were

“in agreement” with the decision, according to a statement by the hospital, it’s not been made public why the board Tomi Ryba decided to seek new leadership. The board began the search for a new CEO in August, and picked Donald Sibery of Traverse City, Mich., a longtime executive See RYBA, page 8

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The Moffett Gateway project is depicted as it would appear at night. The City Council voted Tuesday to allow the hotel and office development to move forward.

is a terrific gateway to the community. We hope to see this up and running soon.” In approving the project, the City Council signed off on an extensive environmentalimpact report (EIR), effectively giving its assurance that the project’s benefits would out-

weigh its impacts. The EIR warned the hotel and offices would create significant, unavoidable traffic impacts along Highway 101 from Moffett Boulevard to Highway 237. Project planners were particularly eager to highlight a proposed bicycle-and-pedestrian

bridge to connect Moffett Gateway to the Stevens Creek Trail. In concept, this bridge would serve as a critical link allowing hotel guests or office workers to easily access the trail and head to downtown or North BaySee MOFFETT GATEWAY, page 7

Council seeks to ease parking woes CITY TO EXPLORE PAID PARKING, VALET SERVICES AND RIDE-SHARING INCENTIVES By Kevin Forestieri

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ountain View City Council members agreed Tuesday night to explore a broad range of strategies aimed at freeing up parking in the downtown area, after city surveys showed that every parking lot in the area is packed to the brim, forcing restaurant patrons to circulate endlessly. The survey, which was conducted in April, shows that finding a place to park is next to impossible during lunch and

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evening peak hours in downtown Mountain View on Thursdays and Fridays. Parking occupancy was pinned at 96 percent across all of the nearly 1,600 off-street parking spaces on Thursday at noon, and 87 percent at 6 p.m. The worst time was at 8 p.m. on Friday, when the average occupancy was at 100 percent across all of the parking lots and structures. When it comes to parking occupancy, “practical capacity” is at 85 percent, and marks the threshold at which it becomes

difficult to find a space. The downtown area is well past that threshold, forcing people to circle around the downtown and hunt for a spot, according to Alex Andrade, Mountain Views’ economic development manager. “Given that there’s no parking available, people are forced to cruise for parking, forcing congestion and spillover into our residential neighborhoods,” Andrade said. While the situation is bad See PARKING, page 6

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Will Johnsen, a clinical scientist for EchoPixel, works at the Forgarty Institute for Innovation.

A hotbed for hospital innovation FOGARTY INSTITUTE HELPS STARTUP MEDICAL TECH MAKE IT TO THE MARKET By Kevin Forestieri

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n the back of the El Camino Hospital campus, clinical specialist Will Johnsen slapped on a pair of 3-D glasses and began picking apart a virtual human body, pulling out neck vertebrae and arteries, rotating and manipulating each part as it’s projected about 6 inches in front of a computer monitor. It may sound like science fiction, but it’s one of several new products that medical technology innovators are developing at the Fogarty Institute for Innovation, which operates out of the hospital. The institute has proven to be a powerhouse for fledgling startup companies trying to get through a labyrinth of financial and

regulatory hurdles. EchoPixel, a three-year member of the institute, certainly has one of the flashier products deep in development, allowing physicians to transform MRI and CT scan data into 3-D holograms with a clear sense of depth perception. Silicon Valley is the wellestablished home of tech innovation and startup culture, with new software, high-tech and information technology firms cropping up all over the Bay Area. It would seem that companies like EchoPixel would fit right in, but it turns out that launching a new company and putting medical technology on the market is a dreadfully slow process when compared to developing a new app, and finding investors willing to put money down on med-tech

companies can be next to impossible. That’s where the Fogarty Institute for Innovation comes in. For years, Fogarty has been a breeding ground for new companies creating medical technology, but that don’t have the office space, the investor money or the regulatory approvals needed to move forward. Some eight companies operate out of the Melchor Pavilion at El Camino Hospital, as well as the kitchen area of the old main hospital building, which looks suspiciously like a morgue. Along with office space and limited research and development tools, Fogarty also provides a “modest infusion” of staring capital as well as access See HOSPITAL, page 10

Housing project raises hopes and fears MIDDLEFIELD ROAD COMPLEX PROMISES 144 AFFORDABLE HOMES By Mark Noack

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t face value, it’s a proposal packed with exactly what Mountain View leaders want — a colossal new apartment complex that would boost the city’s affordable housing stock by about 15 percent. Yet the city’s Environmental Planning Commission exhibited plenty of nervousness earlier this month when members reviewed plans for a 711-unit apartment

project at 777 W. Middlefield Road. The 10-acre location is already home to the Village Lake Apartments, a 208-unit neighborhood described by residents and city staff as one of the few examples of “naturally affordable” housing left in Mountain View. That led some members of the public to warn that the mass displacement of current residents would do more harm than good. “I realize this checks some of the boxes of what we want in

Mountain View: it’s adding some housing and it’s adding some affordable housing,” said Sarah McDermott, a Village Lake resident. “But this is going to be a loss. A lot of people living here aren’t going to be able to continue living in Mountain View.” Village Lake has long been marked for future development. Last year, a so-called gatekeeper request to build as many as See HOUSING, page 9

oogle’s ambitious plans to build a futuristic headquarters in Mountain View’s North Bayshore is hitting big snags over some of the neighborhood’s deep-rooted inhabitants. About 200 trees, mostly redwoods, lining Shoreline Boulevard and nearby streets will need to be removed to make way for a slate of road improvements to accommodate the company’s growing workforce. In an Oct. 4 study session, the Mountain View City Council signed off on early plans to remove all the trees along the western side of Shoreline Boulevard, despite plenty of apprehension that the sight of all those iconic redwoods being chopped down could prompt a public backlash. Yet most council members concluded that removing the redwoods was ultimately the best environmental course of action. The trees aren’t native to the baylands area, and they require much more water than other species, they said. It was a divisive issue for the council as well as many environmentalists. In a curious turn of events, naturalist groups known for preserving the redwoods, including the Sierra Club and the Audubon Society, attended the Mountain View meeting to lend their support for felling the trees. In this case, the trees near Shoreline are out of place and prevent the development of the larger, eco-friendly campus envisioned by Google, said Gita Dev, vice-chair of the Sierra Club Loma Prieta chapter. “We know (these trees) are going to die. In order to enhance that area, we are supportive of the idea that we need to replace these trees,” Dev said. “We need a new model, a new paradigm for how we live with nature — if we do that, we have to get rid of these trees.” Following the meeting, she explained to the Voice that the Sierra Club and other environmental groups had been meeting regularly with Google officials for more than a year to discuss how the company could best blend its growing office park into the surrounding habitat. That collaboration built a relationship

of trust between the groups, reassuring them that the tech giant’s representatives truly wanted to build a sustainable campus, she said. But some independent environmentalists were appalled. At a March review of the project, tree advocates made impassioned — in one case, tearful — pleas to save the North Bayshore redwoods. “Losing such a large amount of our heritage redwoods is too steep of a price to pay,” said Pamela Tremain, a San Jose resident at the meeting. “Why do these companies seek to destroy our redwoods that have been here for generations?” As part of the city’s North Bayshore Precise Plan, Google’s massive plans for office expansion are contingent on the company’s ability to drastically lower the amount of traffic caused by its employees. The company is helping finance about $90 million in transportation improvements, including construction of a new frontage road along Highway 101, a variety of new bus pullouts and an elaborate bike path to encourage more cycling. But city officials indicated the redwoods along the western side of Shoreline Boulevard were directly along the right-of-way where three lanes for bicycles were slated to go. About 100 trees would need to be removed under this plan, city staff reported. In addition to the Shoreline redwoods, about 100 more trees along Amphitheatre Parkway and Charleston Road would also need to be removed. These trees are a mix of redwood, cherry and cedar, some of which are in poor condition, according to the staff report. Sensing a potential hot-button issue, city staff offered some alternatives, including a plan to remove only a fraction of the trees by scaling back the bike lanes and instead creating a trail through the wooded area that would be shared by cyclists and pedestrians. This idea was opposed by Google team members, who described it as a recipe for bike-versus-pedestrian collisions and hefty ongoing maintenance. “If it were possible to achieve See DILEMMA, page 7

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across the board, some parking lots are worse than others. The parking lot on the east side Hope Street, just north of Dana Street, had 96 percent occupancy throughout Thursdays and Fridays. For the parking lot at the corner of Bryant and Dana streets, the survey showed 100 percent occupancy on Fridays starting at noon and continuing through 8 p.m. The survey also shows a marked increase in parking demand from 2011, which showed average parking occupancy was 67 percent for peak evening hours on Thursday, and 93 percent on Friday. The 2011 study also predicted parking demand would reach today’s levels at around the year 2020, meaning the city has exceeded projections and needs to take measures to increase parking availability. “It is a real problem,” council member Mike Kasperzak said at the Oct. 18 study session. “I’ve gotten emails from businesses saying ‘I’m losing customers now because people can’t find a place to park in Mountain View.’” New developments in the downtown area are partly to blame for the parking night-

mare. Several recently built office buildings, including 871 West Evelyn Avenue and 920 Villa Street, opted to pay inlieu fees instead of providing adequate parking, leaving the city down about 200 parking spaces relative to demand. All told, the city would need to build 236 new parking spaces to accommodate the peak parking demand on Friday evening. During the study session, council members agreed to explore short-term measures to free up parking spaces, including a valet parking pilot program at four of the 11 downtown parking lots. Estimates show that an attendant-assist valet parking program could add one parked car for every three spaces and would cost the city $100,000 annually, according to the staff report. Council members were also receptive to the idea of drivers paying a fee for the valet service in order to offset costs. “People are more amenable to pay for parking when it’s valet parking,” council member Lenny Siegel said. “When I go to cities like Washington, D.C. or San Francisco, I’m used to paying a valet fee, and I think most people feel that way.” Council members also agreed

to explore an incentive program, where ride-sharing trips through apps like Uber and Lyft that begin in Mountain View and end in the downtown area are credited between $3 and $5. Although ride-sharing popularity is already on the rise, city staff noted that an incentive program could accelerate the use of apps like Uber and reduce the number of drivers seeking a parking space during peak hours. City Council members also gave staff the go-ahead to start exploring a paid parking program in the downtown area, which would charge drivers at downtown lots by way of parking meters, permits or reservations, which the staff report called “the most direct routes to instigate a shift in parking behavior in demand.” Council member Chris Clark said he was uneasy with exploring a paid parking program when the other short-term measures — the pilot valet parking program and ride-sharing incentives — haven’t been tried yet. Siegel also questioned how useful paid parking would be at deterring drivers from wanting to park in the area. “I don’t think going to paid parking will actually solve our

problem, that a lot of people want to come to eat in Mountain View,” Siegel said. Kasperzak gave full-throated support to studying paid parking, which he said has already been successfully introduced up and down the Peninsula. Mountain View wouldn’t be reinventing the wheel by launching a paid parking program, he said, and the technology continues to get better. Apps can be used to pay the fee, for example, and drivers can add money to meters remotely with a digital device. “I know everyone hates paid parking because nobody carries quarters or silver dollars, but there are ways to do to make it much more convenient,” he said. Council member John Inks said he would be on board with studying paid parking, but only if the city makes sure the Mountain View Central Business Association and the Mountain View Chamber of Commerce agree with the idea. From the outset, Andrade said, board members from the Central Business Association generally opposed the idea of a paid parking program. Adina Levin, the project director with Friends of Caltrain, encouraged council members to consider a paid parking program, which she said can boost

parking availability and increase convenience for drivers heading into the downtown Mountain View area. She said other cities, including Burlingame and Redwood City, have introduced paid parking and are thriving. Though council members agreed to ask staff to study several measures to ease the parking woes, they stopped short of exploring ways to build a third parking structure and increase parking capacity. Council member Ken Rosenberg said he wanted to take a wait-and-see approach, and find out just how much parking becomes available when pilot programs and other short-term measures take effect. The interim measures could end up adding more capacity than a parking garage, he said. Kasperzak said the city ought to encourage alternate modes of transportation, and that it would send the wrong message to people heading into downtown Mountain View if they moved full-steam ahead on a new parking structure. “Here we are trying to shift peoples’ use of vehicles and the first thing we do is subsidize cars and build free parking for people,” he said. Email Kevin Forestieri at kforestieri@mv-voice.com V

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shore, potentially minimizing the site’s traffic demands. Building that bridge will require approval from Santa Clara Valley Water District officials, who have expressed concerns the project could impact their maintenance costs. But Mountain View city staff members were confident the utility district would eventually grant approval for the bridge. However, the project’s affinity for the Stevens Creek Trail wasn’t reciprocated. Trail advocates criticized the project for putting the face of its office building against the trail, while hiding the parkland on the opposite Moffett Boulevard side. Similar concerns had been brought up in previous public meetings. “Stevens Creek Trail users will have a five-story office building

right across the creek from them, looming over them,” said Ross Heitkamp, a volunteer with the Friends of Stevens Creek Trail. “One would naturally assume the (open space) should have been placed next to the riparian corridor.” Pointing out that he originally opposed adding offices to the project, Councilman Lenny Siegel said that ultimately the project had been reviewed thoroughly and deserved approval. While the project would bring some new traffic to an already congested area, Siegel said the city was working on bringing light-rail or possibly other transit options through the area. “We need to solve our traffic problems by building transit, not simply by not building buildings,” he said. The Moffett Gateway project was unanimously approved in a 7-0 vote. V

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this vision with the trees, then we’d be doing that,” said Michelle Kaufmann, an architect working on Google’s Charleston East project. “Unfortunately, that’s is not the case. The reality is these trees are non-native; they’re young and they require significant amounts of water which will be increasing over time.” Kaufmann and other Google representatives pointed out that their plans would eventually bring 380 new native trees, which would use 40 percent less water. Nevertheless, council members indicated they had a hard time stomaching the idea of chopping down redwoods. Describing the trees as “magnificent”, Councilman Lenny Siegel said he disagreed with the premise that removing the trees was the best environmental option. Eventually the city would be able to pipe in recycled water suitable for the trees, he said. He proposed an

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UBER DRIVER ARRESTED Police arrested a 62-yearold Uber driver in downtown Mountain View after he allegedly backed his car into parkingenforcement vehicle while being issued a ticket. The police assistant saw the Uber driver, identified as Ghulam Mohammadi, drop off a fare and park in a marked red zone at the corner of Bryant and California streets at around 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 13, according to police. When he began issuing the

alternative plan with Councilman Chris Clark that would result in about 45 trees being removed. But Councilman Mike Kasperzak said his colleagues were being blinded by their emotion. He recommended they stick with the transportation improvements suggested by their adopted precise plan. “It’s an emotional decision, but (the redwoods) don’t belong there,” Kasperzak said. “We talk about removing invasive species — well, they are an invasive species.” The council approved removing about 200 trees in a 4-3 straw vote with Clark, Siegel and Councilman John Inks opposing. Yet the council members wanted to make clear they were extremely reluctant to lose the redwoods. “People are going to be upset,” said Councilman Ken Rosenberg. “When we’re known as the council that got rid of the redwoods, I’d like the record to show how much the environmentalists were saying the same thing.” V

ticket, Mohammadi allegedly got out of his car to argue about the citation, according to Capt. Chris Hsiung of the Mountain View Police Department. Mohammadi allegedly got back in his car, put it in reverse and hit the police vehicle, pushing it backwards, according to police. The police assistant was able to get out of the way and was not hurt. There was minimal damage to the parking enforcement vehicle, Hsiung said. Mohammadi was later arrested and booked into Santa Clara County Main Jail on charges of assault with a deadly weapon. —Kevin Forestieri

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PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Mountain View City Council will conduct a public hearing in the Council Chambers, 500 Castro Street, on Tuesday, November 1, 2016, at 6:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, concerning the following proposed action: CONSIDERATION OF AN INTERIM URGENCY ORDINANCE PROHIBITING OUTDOOR CULTIVATION OF MARIJUANA IN THE CITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW The adoption of an interim urgency ordinance is authorized by Government Code Section 65858 and if adopted would go into effect immediately for a period of 45 days. The City Council may, prior to the expiration of the 45 day enactment period, consider extending the interim urgency ordinance at a noticed public hearing for a period of up to 22 months and 15 days. Interested parties may appear and be heard. Written statements may be submitted to the City Clerk, PO Box 7540, Mtn. View CA 94039. Dated 10/21/2016

of health care organizations and consulting firms, to head the hospital as the interim CEO. Ryba won’t be leaving emptyhanded. In addition to awarding her $223,673 in bonus “incentive� pay for her performance in the 2015-16 fiscal year, the board unanimously approved a severance package at the Oct. 12 board meeting that grants Ryba up to $834,200 over the next 12 months. The severance payments are based on her original contract, which states that she is entitled to between 12 and 24 months of her salary if the board elects not to renew or extend her contract. Ryba is guaranteed the first six months of her severance payment, or $417,100; payment for the last six months is subject to “reductions for other income.� In other words, if Ryba finds a new job during the second half of the 12-month period, any new income she earns will be deducted from the severance payment — terms spelled out in her original contract agreement. Ryba’s original contract includes several lengthy clauses

that determine how much the hospital owes her in the severance agreement. It states that she is entitled to 12 months of severance payments “during any successive renewal or extended term� of the original 2011 contract. The contract was automatically extended in 2015, according to hospital spokeswoman Jennifer Thrift. Prior to the vote, Ryba thanked board members for their “unwavering� support for her over the last five years, and hailed their ability to work as a team to transform the hospital’s governance structure, consistently beat financial goals and grow clinical programs. During her tenure, Ryba said, she was able to guide the launch of a new electronic medical records system from start to finish, and set in place $1.1 billion plans to revamp the hospital’s El Camino Hospital campus. “I had the good fortune to help shift the culture, through genuine relationships, open communication, accessibility and transparency,� Ryba said. While some El Camino Healthcare District residents spoke highly of Ryba and thanked her for her work at the hospital, the Wednesday meeting was well-attended by nursing staff

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protesting what they called a hospital culture and philosophy that awards executives and cuts costs everywhere else. The nurses’ union and the hospital have been tangled in contract disputes since last March, and the union membership recently voted against a tentative agreement between both parties. Catherine Walke, a critical care nurse at El Camino’s Los Gatos campus, told board members that executive compensation is all about improving perks designed to attract and retain the best candidate for the job while nurses are expected to accept cuts across the board. She called it a problem of “internal equity,� and said nurses shouldn’t have to face less support from the hospital when they are providing “exceptional nursing care in an environment that asks for more.� “Many El Camino Hospital nurses feel devalued, demoralized and insulted,� she said. Before addressing the board, Ryba turned to the nursing staff in the crowd and said she has “deep gratitude� for their work and assured them that they will find a way to agree on a contract that works for everyone. Email Kevin Forestieri at kforestieri@mv-voice.com V

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650 units on the site was approved, signaling that city officials were amenable to rezoning the land for high-density development. Last December, the applicant abruptly withdrew the gatekeeper application and sold the site for a reported $145 million to the Los Gatos-based development firm FortBay. In interviews, city staff members admit that having the site in the pipeline for gatekeeper review likely boosted its sale value. At the Oct. 5 planning commission meeting, FortBay team members presented a retooled development plan that upped the total number of apartments to 711 — including 144 affordable units — which would be spread out between four buildings of fourand five-stories, each with two levels of underground parking. Built in the 1960s, the Village Lake apartments are nearing the end of their useful life, so it made sense to rebuild them, said Perry Hariri, a FortBay principal. Any construction would still be at least two years away, and he cited the large number of affordable units being built as the reason why his firm couldn’t build the project in phases to allow residents to transition to the new apartments. “We’ll make sure all the residents have a place to go with adequate assistance and to be able to relocate there,” he said. “Nobody’s going to be forced to move without a place to go.” As one of Mountain View’s largest residential proposals ever, redeveloping Village Lake prompted plenty of other concerns. Its location nestled between Shoreline Boulevard and Middlefield Road is already regarded as one of the city’s worst traffic hotspots. Echoing the concerns of her colleagues, Commissioner Lisa Matichak said she supported affordable housing, but she faulted the city’s gatekeeper process for moving a project forward even though it was significantly different from its original proposal. Originally, the city was looking at a phased project with fewer units that would provide a public park as a community benefit. Those details had all been modified, she said. “This is pretty different than what the City Council said they were OK with,” Matichak said. “Now we’re very far along down this path, and I don’t want to change things because of that.” Assistant Community Development Director Terry Blount gave reassurances that the proposal was still at a relatively early stage, and various aspects, such as the traffic impacts and community benefits, were still

being studied. But he reminded commissioners that FortBay’s affordable-housing component is generous, far exceeding what the city could require solely through its housing-impact fees. The bare minimum fee the developer had to provide would amount to only 43 units, he calculated. “Even if the city made a contribution and leveraged funds, we’d never get a project of this size,” he said. Another question hanging over the meeting was how the city’s proposed rent-control measures would impact apartment redevelopment. Under the California Costa-Hawkins Act, rent-control measures can only affect apartments occupied prior to 1995, which could create an incentive for property owners to redevelop older building as a way to circumvent rent restrictions. A city attorney at the planning commission meeting declined to interpret how this scenario would play out. Members of the Mountain View Tenants Coalition explained in an email that Measure V does not explicitly guarantee tenants a right to return to redeveloped apartments at the same rentcontrolled price. Other cities with rent-control policies have usually made it standard practice that older units being demolished must be replaced by an equal number of rent-controlled or affordable units. “If Measure V passes, what happens with particular development projects will depend in part on whether and how the city implements (state law) within the municipal code and regulations under the Charter Amendment,” wrote Measure V co-author Juliet

Brodie in an email. As for the other rent control plan, Measure W, commissioners pointed out the City Council had postponed expanding Mountain View’s Tenant Relocation Assistance Ordinance, which

is referenced in the measure. Currently, only low-income and special-needs tenants must be paid relocation fees by a property owner if they are displaced as part of a redevelopment project. In the end, the planning com-

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his November, voters in several North County and West Valley cities will decide who will lead the Foothill-De Anza Community College District. Six candidates are vying for three seats on the district’s board of trustees, giving voters a rare chance to weigh in on the district’s leadership. This November’s election marks only the second contested race in the last decade. Foothill-De Anza serves 64,000 students each year from all over Santa Clara County, with boundaries that encompass Mountain View, Palo Alto, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Cupertino, Sunnyvale, Stanford and parts of Saratoga and San Jose. Whatever the outcome, there are sure to be new faces on the board this year. Trustees Laura Casas, Betsy Bechtel and Joan Barram all have terms that end this year, but Casas is the only incumbent on the November ballot. Other candidates competing for the three seats are Cupertino City Council member Gilbert Wong, former Cupertino councilman Orrin Mahoney, Cupertino resident Patrick Ahrens, Los Altos resident Peter Landsberger and former Foothill employee Eric Rosenthal. The district has an unrestricted general fund budget of $204 million for operations, and a total budget of $322 million. Foothill-De Anza has only recently gotten back in the black, having run a budget deficit from the start of the 2008 recession until the 2014-15 school year. The district is still on the road to recovery, following deep budget cuts during the recession, and some of the lingering effects remain a big problem today. Candidates agree that deep decreases in enrollment, which began in the 2008-09 school year and never rebounded, need to be addressed by the new board. At its peak, the district had 38,000 full-time equivalent students attending Foothill and De Anza colleges, but that number has since dropped to about 31,900 students. The district is also wrapping up construction with the $490 million Measure C bond, which voters approved in 2006. Final projects include a $41.5 million education center at the former Onizuka Air Force Station on Moffett Field, as well as a $20 million district office. 14

VOTER + GUIDE + 16 +2 0 Gilbert Wong Age: 49 Education: associate degree in business, West Valley Community College; bachelor’s degree in business administration, minor in Asian studies and political science, San Jose State University City of residence: Cupertino Occupation: Cupertino City Councilmember Website: gilbertswong.com G i l b e r t Wong, the first in an immigrant family to attend college and the product of a local community college, Gilbert Wong describes himself as a passionate “education advocate.” Wong was born, raised and educated in the Santa Clara Valley. He graduated from Los Gatos High School and went on to West Valley Community College, then San Jose State University. He later became an active community volunteer, from serving on his daughter’s school site council to the Cupertino Chamber of Commerce’s board of directors to the city’s planning commission. Wong was first elected to the Cupertino City Council in 2007 and again in 2011, including two terms as mayor in 2011 and 2014. When he was first elected mayor, he became the first Americanborn Chinese resident to serve as mayor of Cupertino, according to the San Jose Mercury News. Wong sees the Foothill-De Anza Board of Trustees as a natural next step in his public service. If elected, he said he plans to focus on educational excellence, access, fiscal responsibility, innovation and technology, according to his campaign statement. Wong sees equity and access as one of the top three issues facing the Foothill-De Anza community college district. He’s concerned that declining state dollars and a tight budget means the district “making tough choices to cut classes” that affect students’ abilities to graduate in two years, find the classes they need and to repeat courses if necessary. In his 2014 State of the City speech as mayor, Wong said that he hoped to “strengthen our ties” with the city’s school districts, including Foothill-De

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Anza. As mayor, he met quarterly with local school leadership — Cupertino’s school-board president, superintendent and De Anza College president — to talk about overlapping issues, such as traffic. He said he valued these regular collaborative meetings a “healthy” way to “create a sense of open communication and transparency.” If elected to the board of trustees, Wong said he would also continue already aggressive marketing efforts underway to attract more full-time students to the district’s community colleges. Another top issue facing Foothill-De Anza is retaining parttime teachers and striking a balance between the community college’s full-time and part-time faculty, Wong said. “Part time teachers does not have the full-time benefits of full-time faculty, which causes an inequity in our system,” he said. “However we need to be nimble and flexible as enrollment is going down but could also increase in a short period of time.” If elected, he would direct the district to start conversations with the schools’ part-time teachers during contract negotiations and to “provide assistance programs for these teachers until they have an opportunity for tenure.” Wong is critical of the current board’s process and ultimate decision to retrofit De Anza’s Flint Center parking garage. He called the district’s hiring of a consultant to develop four plans for a public-private partnership feasibility study, looking at concepts from housing to retail to more classrooms, a “waste of taxpayer money.” “The main goal of Foothill-De Anza is to provide students with an education and not to be in the business of retail/housing,” he said. Wong “strongly felt” that the district should have pursued a transit center for the campus by partnering with the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Agency, the city of Cupertino and Caltrans. A transit center with ample public transportation options could help to mitigate traffic — “one of the two major problems in Silicon Valley,” Wong said — and make De Anza a more attractive option to students, faculty and staff. Wong also serves on the De Anza Commission and works to increases Asian-Americans’ civic participation through volunteering with the college’s Asian Pacific American Leadership

Institute (APALI). Wong himself took a civic leadership class with the institute, where he met then-Cupertino mayor Michael Chang, who he said encouraged him to apply for a seat on the planning commission. Now, he organizes an annual panel of city employees, council members and commissioners to speak to the institute’s Summer Youth Leadership Academy at Cupertino City Hall about careers in government and public service. Wong also helps organize an Asian Pacific American Leadership Institute round-table discussion of local Asian-American elected and community leaders. Eric Rosenthal Age: 55 Education: bachelor’s degree in chemistry with biology emphasis, San Jose State University City of residence: Los Altos Hills Occupation: sales Website: eric4trustee.com Eric Rosenthal spent 13 years observing the inner workings of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District as Eric Rosenthal a supervisor of Foothill College’s Student Success Center, now called Online Student Services. Rosenthal was one of the founders of the center in 2001, which offered a “one-stop shop” computer lab for students to get help applying for financial aid, enrolling in classes and other services, Rosenthal said. He said he also helped the district set up its database with CCCApply, the statewide online admission application center for California Community Colleges. In his time as a Foothill employee, Rosenthal said he “found many issues that needed to be addressed,” prompting him to run for a seat on the board. Given his work experience at Foothill, cybersecurity is high on Rosenthal’s list of key issues. He is most critical of a 2014 board vote to create an additional database with students’ and employees’ log-in information — a database he believes is “easily shareable with little or no security.” If elected, he said he would push for an opensession discussion of the “merits or faults” of such a separate database. Also concerned about lax sharing of student data with

external organizations, he wants to “stop unauthorized access to student accounts” and would “impose strict rules on when a student’s data can be used,” including requiring an opt-out option and a notification or permission system for students. Another top priority for Rosenthal is helping Foothill and De Anza increase enrollment. The colleges should work to promote themselves more online and also provide better support and guidance for interested students from admission through registration and attendance, he said. More collaboration between departments that currently operate like islands, Rosenthal said, could help better support students. The two colleges could also attract more students by giving their online courses more visibility, Rosenthal said. “Online classes are inexpensive because they don’t require a physical building. We can use our renowned locations in Silicon Valley to market nationally and internationally our online classes without students physically attending.” Rosenthal also proposed replicating at Foothill and De Anza a program in place at other California community colleges that provides a tuition-free semester to qualifying local high-school students. Long Beach Community College, for example, covers one semester for local students who enroll in the fall immediately after their high school graduation. Such a program would be an “excellent recruiting tool and should be used in marketing,” Rosenthal said. A third issue facing the community college district, in Rosenthal’s eyes, is facilities upgrades and safety. As a board member, he would work to closely monitor construction projects “to assure the contractors adhere to their contract, finish on time, and produce a safe learning and working environment.” Among the six candidates, Rosenthal is the only one to have raised less than the cap required to file a campaign finance statement. Rosenthal wrote in an email that he expects to receive “very little (in) donations.” Rosenthal also worked as a grant supervisor in Foothill’s Office of Economic Development and served on various committees, including on safety and hiring. As a longtime neighbor of the campus, the Los Altos Hills resident said he has volunteered in various activities over the years, including with Foothill Music Theatre.

LocalNews Patrick Ahrens Age: 27 Education: associate’s degree, political science, University of California, Los Angeles; bachelor’s degree, political science, San Jose State University; De Anza College City of residence: Cupertino Occupation: education policy advisor and senior district representative Website: patrickahrens.com P a t r i c k Ahrens is a former De Anza College student who couldn’t stay away from the district for long. After launching a Patrick Ahrens f a s t- m o v i n g career through politics and landing himself a senior staffing job for California State Assemblyman Evan Low, Ahrens decided in April to throw his hat in the ring for the FoothillDe Anza Board of Trustees. At 27, Ahrens is the youngest candidate in the field by far, and he vows to bring “new energy” to the district by addressing the problems that students face. As a former student, and a former student trustee, Ahrens says he has the experience he needs to make the right decisions as a board member. His background is also bolstered by his work at California’s state capitol, which he said helps him better understand how statewide decisions affect community college districts. Ahrens was the first in his family to go to college, and he credits his experience at De Anza college for giving him the springboard to succeed in his career. He says his experience is also still fresh in his mind, and that he’s acutely aware of what it’s like to juggle the high cost of textbooks and classes while working part-time to stay afloat in Silicon Valley. Ahrens said he believes the district needs to find “new and innovative” ways to support students in trying economic times. If elected, one of his major goals during his first term would be to provide students tuition-free enrollment for their first semester. The West Valley-Mission Community College District already has a similar offer, he said, and it would be a good fit for Foothill-De Anza as well. Although Ahrens cites the achievement gap as a big problem that needs to be addressed, he says the district can’t do it alone. He suggests that FoothillDe Anza could partner with local high schools to make sure all students, including lowincome and minority students,

are ready for college when they graduate. Summer semester classes for incoming Foothill and De Anza freshman could go a long way towards helping ill-prepared students, he said. Campus safety also tops Ahrens’ list of priorities for the district, which includes improved responses to emergency calls and campus police escorts for students who feel unsafe walking to their vehicle at night. Ahrens believes that the district is “very well run,” but the board needs to refocus its energy on reducing the financial burden on students whenever possible. Textbooks can cost students hundreds of dollars each semester, and Ahrens says faculty members on sabbatical used to help out by creating free, online textbooks. This practice ended in recent years, and Ahrens says it would be a big priority for him as a board member to bring it back. Because Ahrens has served as a student trustee, he believes he already has a strong track record for change at the two college campuses. He was part of a successful student-led effort to adopt the district’s Eco Pass program, which grants all students free bus and light rail passes with the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), and launched a textbook rental program. Laura Casas Age: 55 Education: bachelor’s degree, political science, California State University, Northridge; law degree, Santa Clara University, School of Law City of residence: Mountain View Occupation: incumbent Website: votelauracasas.com The sole incumbent in the race, Laura Casas, who also goes by Laura Casas Frier, believes that her instiLaura Casas t u t i o n a l knowledge and background on the board will be essential in running the Foothill-De Anza Community College District over the next four years. Two of her colleagues, Betsy Bechtel and Joan Barram, decided not to run for re-election this year, leaving plenty of room for new faces on the board of trustees. After serving for 10 years on the board, Casas said she has the knowhow to maintain stability, and that she has learned how to be an effective board member. Over the years, Casas has built

a record as a stalwart advocate for education and social justice. She co-founded a 35-bed transitional home called Harbor Community, aimed at helping battered women and children, and has chaired the Adelante Higher Education Conference, to encourage underrepresented high school girls to go to college. She currently serves as a board member of ALearn, a Santa Clara-based college preparatory program for low-income, Latino and immigrant students in middle and high school. Casas believes that community colleges play an important role in giving everyone an opportunity to participate in higher education, and said she wants to continue to be a part of the Foothill-De Anza district. If re-elected, Casas said she will push for a balanced budget without making any compromises, and that the district must maintain high-quality academic programs even as the district’s enrollment declines. An important part of staying financially solvent, she said, is making sure the district can meet the future pension security and medical liability contract obligations it has with current and retired employees. Although it can get pretty expensive, Casas says she would also advocate for student services that would eliminate the achievement gap and aid in course transfer and completion rates. During the recession, Casas says the recent decline in enrollment, and by extension funding, for the community college district comes from statewide decisions. Because the state no longer provides funding for students who take the same class more than once, Casas believes many of the community members who enjoy taking classes like tennis or painting were lost. As a member of the California Community College Trustees, Casas has fought to introduce legislation that brings at least some of the funding back. Peter Landsberger Age: declined to state Education: associate’s degree, political science, Santa Monica College; bachelor’s degree, political science, University of California at Berkeley; law degree, University of California, Berkeley; Institute for Educational Management, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Harvard Negotiation Project, Program of Instruction for Lawyers, Harvard Law School City of residence: Los Altos Occupation: Member, FoothillDe Anza Foundation board Website: plandsberger.com For more than four decades, Peter Landsberger has been

deeply involved in h ig her education throughout the state, serving in roles ranging from teacher to chancellor. Peter Now LandsLandsberger berger seeks to carry his experience over to the Foothill-De Anza board, where he says he’ll be able to improve both Foothill and De Anza colleges and make sure everyone in the community can receive a quality and affordable education. Landsberger’s experience with the district goes back to 1978, when he was selected to be the district’s first general counsel. He served as vice chancellor for the district for three years, and later worked as a faculty member and the dean of business and the computer systems division at De Anza. He served seven years as the president of the College of San Mateo, and then moved to Southern California to serve as senior vice chancellor and vice chancellor of the Los Angeles Community College District. He worked for three years as a special trustee for Compton Community College District. In his lengthy tenure as a community college district leader, Landsberger says that community colleges offer affordable education that is “essential to building a society that is fair and an economy that is prosperous.” Over the next four years, Landsberger said it’s critical for the school board to maintain or increase enrollment in order to earn all of the state revenue available for FoothillDe Anza. Currently, enrollment is trending downward, which Landsberger believes is a serious problem that can lead to financial instability. He says he has tackled dwindling enrollment before, and would be able to deal with any “structural” problems in the district that could be hindering enrollment growth. Landsberger says the current board has done a “commendable” job leading the district in recent years, but opens itself up to instability with two long-time incumbents stepping down this year. He believes even one problematic or weak board member can cause big problems, which he says happens all too often in other school districts in the area. As a board member, Landsberger vowed to make the transition from high school into college as seamless as possible, and says it’s important to foster a close relationship with local high schools in order to eliminate or minimize any hurdles students face during the switch. In addition to offering the

right classes and quality teachers, Landsberger says the district also has an obligation to provide stronger career counseling, financial aid, library services and tutoring — services he hopes to boost as a board member. Over the last two years, Landsberger has served as a member of the Foothill-De Anza Foundation, where he has worked to promote the district and raise funds for scholarships, stipends for internships, and vouchers for school supplies and textbooks. He says his work on the foundation has helped usher in new STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) programs and support services for low-income and minority students through the Extended Opportunity Program (EOPS). Orrin Mahoney Age: 71 Education: bachelor’s degree in industrial administration, Carnegie Mellon University; master’s degree in mechanical engineering, Stanford University City of residence: Cupertino Occupation: retired Website: mahoney4foothilldeanza.com O r r i n Ma honey, a longtime resident and active volunteer in Cupertino, believes his combined Orrin Mahoney decades of experience as a manager at Hewlett-Packard and as an elected official makes him a prime candidate for the Foothill-De Anza Board of Trustees. Mahoney, now retired, spent 35 years in managerial positions at HP, where he learned the “importance of solid strategic and financial planning,” he said. After retiring, he shifted to the public sector, serving on the planning commission and city council in Cupertino, including two terms as mayor in 2009 and 2013. He was first elected to city council in 2006. Mahoney says he is the only candidate running who “combines the high-tech business experience and significant government experience that the district needs to move forward in today’s dynamic educational and economic environment.” Mahoney said strong fiscal management, aging infrastructure and the region’s high cost of living are the top three issues facing the community college district. He said the school district is in need of “other funding options,” including a possible parcel tax. When the See CANDIDATES, page 17

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hat some officials say is the most significant measure in Santa Clara County history to help lowand moderate-income residents find affordable housing will come before voters on Nov. 8. Measure A, a $950 million bond measure, would provide funding to acquire or improve an estimated 5,000 affordablehousing units and provide assistance to 1,000 first-time home buyers, according to the county. If voters approve the measure,

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owners would pay an estimated $10.76 per $100,000 of property value. The measure is notable not just for its nearly $1 billion price tag, an estimated $1.9 billion when including the principal and interest, according to the county. It is also groundbreaking for its inclusion of low- and moderate-income individuals and families who might not qualify for aid under other housing programs. “Low income” is defined as not exceeding 80 percent of area median income; “moderate income” is in the range of 80 percent to 120 percent of area median income, the ballot measure states. The median in 2014 was $93,854, according to the U.S. Census. Of the total funding, $150 million may be used to provide housing for moderateincome families and individuals, with not more than $50 million for first-time home buyers. The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors voted in June to put the measure on the ballot. The funding would be distributed through a competitive bidding process, just like any service contracted in the county, according to county Supervisor Joe Simitian’s office. Any agency throughout the county can put in a bid for the funds; the Board of Supervisors will decide whether to approve the allocation. In Santa Clara County, an estimated 6,560 individuals and families are homeless, according to measure proponents. The revenue will help make up for lost state funding after redevelopment agencies ended in February 2012, said Erica Wood, chief community impact officer for the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, which is supporting Measure A. When the program ended, “a major source of affordablehousing funding for communities went away,” Wood said. The Housing Trust of Silicon Valley noted in 2008 that agencies in Santa Clara County received $126.2 million for affordable housing. But by 2013 that figure dropped to $47.3 million per year. If passed, the measure would enable communities to leverage state and federal matching grants, which could Continued on next page

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further the measure’s impact, Wood said. But the measure does have its detractors. Mark Hinkle, president of the Silicon Valley Taxpayers Association, said the affordable-housing problem is caused by government over-regulation of builders, which has driven up the costs to consumers and discouraged construction. His organization does not support solving the housing problem by raising taxes on existing housing, he said. “This is a government solution to a government-created problem,” he said. Instead, Hinkle favors changing zoning laws to allow multifamily housing in some R-1 neighborhoods and building at higher densities. “Maintain real property rights for owners to build what they want and get rid of the red tape,” he said. Hinkle said that while Measure A would help provide housing and programs for the most needy, it won’t reduce the affordable-housing problem in terms of the quantity of housing needed to lower prices significantly enough for low-and moderate-income people. Zoning and building restrictions on developers, he said, keep the costs elevated. The California Housing Partnership has found that 67,576 additional homes are need-

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district put a $69 parcel tax on the ballot in 2010, it failed to gain the two-thirds majority required to pass. Aging infrastructure at Foothill and De Anza have been “helped” by previous bonds, there are still some “unmet needs,” Mahoney said. He points to the district’s new facilities master plan as a blueprint for much of the work that needs to be done. He was critical of the current board’s approval of a $24 million renovation of De Anza’s Flint Center for the Performing Arts parking garage, primarily driven by a need to upgrade the four-level garage for earthquake safety. The board had considered demolishing the aging garage and building a new one in its place or elsewhere on campus, but ultimately opted for the less expensive option of retrofitting. Proposals were also brought to the board for constructing a transit center to help address student and staff parking needs. While a “necessary project,”

ed for very-low-income and extremely-low income Santa Clara County renters. Hinkle also sees flaws in the oversight process the bond promises. A special Citizens’ Oversight Committee would review the annual report and ensure fiscal accountability, and an independent external auditor would review the county’s spending of bond monies. But Hinkle thinks that any dissenting vote on the oversight committee would be meaningless because only one taxpayergroup representative is likely to be appointed. And bond-oversight committees have allowed funds to be used for other purposes than what the voters approved in the past, he said. The more than $250 million San Jose Evergreen Community College District Measure G bond approved by voters in 2010 was supposed to rebuild a run-down, 60-year-old vocational center, among other things, but $22 million was later considered by San Jose City College administrators for a theater complex. The move was branded a bait-andswitch by opponents, including the Silicon Valley Taxpayers Association. Ultimately, although college district officials discussed redirecting Measure G funds from the project to renovate the collegeís career technical education facilities to a media arts center, the money was used as originally planned. The career

technical education buildings underwent nearly $12 million in renovations and no media arts center was built, said Ryan Brown, public information officer for San Jose Evergreen Community College District. Measure A, however, specifically states that proceeds from the bond would be used to acquire or improve real property for the vulnerable populations, including veterans, seniors, people with disabilities, foster youth and victims of abuse, and, where necessary, supporting mental health or substance-abuse services. The Board of Supervisors passed an oversight measure on Oct. 4 to strengthen independence by the oversight committee. The nine-member board includes only one member who is an affordable housing and supportive housing professional — no housing advocates — and the remainder include an auditor, business professional, representative of organized labor, civic organization member, investment professional, a member of the general public, a member of the State Bar of California and a representative of the Santa Clara County Cities Association who is nominated by the association. In addition, an independent auditor will also be appointed by the Board of Supervisors through a competitive bid. Measure A needs a twothirds vote in favor to pass. A Santa Clara County survey of

Mahoney said that “more time could have been spent on the future role of the Flint Center space and what an integrated plan would look like for the combined site.” And like most academic institutions in Silicon Valley, both K-12 and higher education, the Foothill-De Anza district must find ways to mitigate the impact of a rising cost of living on their ability to attract and retain highquality professors and staff, Mahoney said. If elected, Mahoney said he hopes to establish “stronger” relationships with the district’s feeder schools, city governments and high-tech companies to build meaningful partnerships, his campaign website states. He has been an active supporter of the community college district, particularly De Anza, for many years. He is a 14-year member of the De Anza Commission, which works to promote the community college within the community and to “engage in projects, activities and fundraising in support of educational excellence for students,” the

commission’s website reads. He has served as the group’s cochair for the last three years and for the past five years has led a major fundraising event for the community college, he said. The De Anza Commission has also advocate for partnerships with the City of Cupertino, he noted, and helped with the district’s last parcel tax campaign. For the past three years, Mahoney has worked on various fundraising activities through his role on the Foothill-De Anza Foundation Board. The foundation’s “key initiative” this year was on social equity, Mahoney noted, with a focus on programs that support low-income students, veterans, exposure to STEM and student engagement. Mahoney also served on two bond oversight committees for the Cupertino Union School District, where his four daughters attended school. In 2005, he was named Cupertino’s “citizen of the year.” Email Kevin Forestieri at kforestieri@mv-voice.com and Elena Kadvany at ekadvany@paweekly.com

registered voters conducted in March and early April found that close to two-thirds support for the measure. Of voters surveyed in District 5, which includes Palo Alto and Mountain View, 73 percent said they would likely vote “ yes” to approve the measure. The measure has the support of more than 100 agencies, businesses, nonprofit organizations, city and county leaders, veterans and seniors groups. Mountain View Mayor Pat Showalter, who supports the measure, called affordable

housing one of the biggest issues facing the Bay Area, particularly in Santa Clara County. “This is landmark legislation,” she said of the $1 billion measure. In particular, she lauded the impact it could have on the least prosperous members of the community. “We’ve all been touched by somebody who has had to move out of the area because of the high cost of housing. This (measure) will go a long way to helping this problem,” she said. Email Sue Dremann at sdremann@paweekly.com V

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No disguising Costume Bank’s role at Halloween By Sanjana Garg

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etting its start from a theater company’s donation of its old costumes, the Costume Bank in Los Altos has been in business for over 50 years. Among the thousands of get-ups, many are high quality handmade and vintage costumes, said volunteer Katie Hammerson. Hidden in plain sight, the Cos-

tume Bank is located at 169 State St. and run by the Assistance League of Los Altos to help fund its many philanthropic projects. Open year-round Monday to Friday, from noon-5 p.m. and on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., the Costume Bank will be open seven days a week through the end of the month and is offering a Halloween special on costume rentals for four weeks for the price of one.

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Most of the costumes are oneof-a-kind. “You’re not going to find a costume like ours at any other costume store.” Hammerson said. “We’re known for putting together very unique costumes for any occasion.” “That’s one of the things that makes us special. We know our inventory pretty well and we really like to work with the customers to help them find something that they are going to be proud of,” Hammerson said. From “Game of Thrones” characters to “Pulp Fiction,” the Costume Bank’s offerings include pirate costumes and get-ups from all the decades of the 20th century. It rarely carries anything that rents for more than $100, she said. “Anything that you think of that you wanted to be ... we can almost always find something to put together to make a cool costume.” Hammerson said. A countless number of their costumes are donations, but volunteers also make and repair many of them. “The costume bank is a fun place to be and we are always looking for more volunteers.” Hammerson said. She said she decided to volunteer with the costume bank three years ago because “the volunteers were all so nice and helpful. I just thought this place was really cool.” “I really wanted something where I can give back to the community,” she said. Hammerson said she loved how the Costume Bank funds

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people who are going through extended medical treatment. “It’s kind of like a Ronald McDonald house, but for adults and families,” Hammerson said. In a year, they serve over 1,000 patients. “If you live a state away, this can be the difference of literally making you bankrupt trying to get healthy. It’s already a terrible time, having to go through something like that,” she said. Email Sanjana Garg at sgarg@mv-voice.com V

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FUNDS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION NEED CHALLENGING TWO-THIRDS VOTE FOR PASSAGE

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wo important measures on the Nov. 8 ballot ask Santa Clara County voters to approve a $950 million bond measure to build badly needed housing to serve homeless and low-income residents and a half-cent sales-tax increase to fund transportation projects over the next 30 years. Together, these measures seek to provide some relief to the region’s two biggest and most urgent problems, and we urge a “yes” vote on both. With two-thirds voter approval required for passage, the success of neither is assured. Measure A, the affordablehousing bond measure, was placed on the ballot by the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors in a unanimously vote and is part of a larger initiative to reduce homelessness and provide subsidized housing for very low-income individuals and families. Most of the funds would go to projects serving the homeless and those with incomes of less than 30 percent of the county’s median income. Smaller amounts would target those making up to 50 percent and moderate-income individuals who are seeking to become firsttime homebuyers. Current property-tax rates would increase by $12.66 per $100,000 of assessed valuation. A resident with a home assessed at $1 million would pay $127 per year more in property taxes; $2 million assessed valuation would mean an increase of $254 per year. The funds generated would be leveraged to attract match-

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ing funds from state and local government as well as nonprofit and philanthropic investment, with the hope that as much as $3 billion could ultimately be invested in new housing. With a survey last year showing that the county had more than 6,000 unhoused residents and long wait-lists for federally subsidized housing, Measure A is the result of extensive work by county leaders to put together a plan that would more aggressively tackle the housing needs of our most vulnerable populations, including veterans, seniors, the disabled, low and moderate income individuals or families, foster youth, victims of abuse, the homeless and individuals suffering from mental health or substance abuse illnesses.\ Measure B would raise the sales tax in Santa Clara County by a half-cent to fund more than $6 billion in transportation improvements over the next three decades. It would be in addition to two previously approved transportation-related county sales tax increments totaling five-eighths of a cent, one for a half-cent expiring in 2036 and another for one-eighth of a cent expiring in 2042. With the passage of Measure B, the sales-tax rate in most cities, including Palo Alto, will rise to 9 3/8 percent. This new tax, like those that preceded it, has been spearheaded by the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, an organization funded by major Silicon Valley companies, and the Valley Transportation Authority (VTA.) Its

timing — during a booming local economy and amid high frustration over traffic and commuting — creates the best chance of passage by voters frustrated by the state of local transit, but the measure must overcome a lot of discontent about the BART-centric approach to the use of tax measures already in place. To address this concern, Measure B has emerged as a consensus plan after some tough bargaining by cities, particularly in the north and the west of the county. These cities have felt burned by the allocation of funds raised from the existing sales taxes and made clear that their support for Measure B was dependent on firm limits to spending on BART and the commitment to fund transit projects that local communities consider priorities. The result is a spending plan that will provide funding for the BART extension to downtown San Jose but that caps the allocation for BART at 25 percent of the

total estimated $6.3 billion to be raised (in current dollars). Funding for Caltrain improvements, including grade separations in North County, improvements to highway interchanges and expressways, local street maintenance, and bicycle and pedestrian projects make up the bulk of the funding. The VTA will issue bonds secured by the future tax revenues, a financing strategy that will reduce the total money actually available for projects but that will enable spending in advance of the receipt of the tax revenue. We have many concerns over the VTA and transportation planning in Santa Clara County, but Measure B shouldn’t fall victim to those frustrations. The region has severe transportation challenges requiring huge investments, and Measure B is a fair compromise of interests that will bring substantial improvements benefiting everyone, regardless of the means of transportation they utilize. V

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Guest Opinions: Rent control pro and con PRO: CITY’S RENTERS DESERVE SOME PROTECTIONS By Greg Unangst

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’m one of the fortunate minority in the city: I own my house. My wife and I moved to Mountain View in 1998 and in the interim period we have managed to pay off our mortgage. In that same period, our townhouse has increased in value by a few multiples of what we bought it for, due to no effort on my part. I am indeed fortunate. So here I sit on an island of stability as the regional housing crisis roils around me. My cost of housing is a minuscule portion of my household budget. Property tax is my biggest housing expense and that is stabilized by Proposition 13. I know it will increase no more than a stable 2 percent per year and that’s 2 percent of a relatively low number set when I purchased my home in 1998. The current City Council members and most of the candidates are, like me, homeowners and enjoy the stability of Proposition 13 and fixed rate mortgages, if they have a mortgage. But for many of my fellow residents, housing is the single biggest expense and for those who rent, it is an expense that is uncontrollable and growing. Renters currently have very few rights and legal protections. Under current law, landlords can raise rents by an unlimited amount and as many times a year as they feel the market will bear. While some landlords rarely raise rents and then only modestly, there are many others who do the opposite. This has caused considerable anguish and fear in the renter community. Starting about a year ago, renters organized themselves to raise their concerns with the City Council. They persisted for months at City Council meetings with crowds of speakers and supporters pleading for some relief from unreasonable rent increases, evictions and displacements. Initially the council sat on the dais with poker faces, then they asked for data, then after months of continuous pleas, they finally started some discussion of what could be done. After months of discussion and a late night study session, this council proved incapable of doing anything meaningful for the stressed renters in the city. The renters then further organized themselves into the Mountain View Tenants Coalition and launched a signature campaign to place a initiative on this November’s ballot. Working with Stanford lawyers they drafted the “Community

Stabilization and Fair Rent Act.” And with a remarkable and herculean effort, they succeeded in garnering over 7,300 signatures in the short time-frame they had available, which was more than enough to get the measure on the ballot. This caught the council flatfooted and members hastily responded with their own makeshift counter-measure. The end result is that we now have two measures on the ballot. We can vote for neither, we can vote for both or we can vote for only one. Having read through the Community Stabilization and Fair Rent Act (Measure V), I consider it a well-thought out and reasonable measure. It contains a number of escape clauses for capital expenses, appeals and for a downturn in rental occupancy. The appointed rent commission has the flexibility and responsibility to construct policies and procedures to implement the Act. As with any other city commission or committee, the council can remove an appointee by a simple majority, if they feel a commissioner is not serving properly. The Council sponsored measure (Measure W) is essentially a mediation program and a partially defined relocation program. It is much weaker than Measure V but better than nothing, which is what renters have now. The Renters Coalition decided to make the Community Stabilization and Fair Rent Act a change to the city charter as opposed to a city ordinance, the latter being much easier to change, the former much more difficult. I believe the Renters Coalition made this decision out of deep respect for the ability of the landlord associations to exert influence on future city councils. A future council could easily undo any ordinance based measure. A charter change protects the great investment of hard work needed to get this measure on the ballot and protects the stability of the rental community into the future. But there will be unintended consequences from Measure V! Yes, quite possibly, just like there have been many unintended consequences from Proposition 13, but we homeowners enjoy the stability of Proposition 13. We have learned to deal with these consequences and no one has dared to substantively change Prop 13 in its nearly 40-year history. I see it as a matter of equity and fairness that renters enjoy some of the same advantages and stability that I do as a homeowner. I’m going to vote for both Measure V and W. Greg Unangst is a member of Mountain View’s Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory Committee.

CON: RENT STABILIZATION IS STILL RENT CONTROL. By Tom Means

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ountain View voters will be asked in the upcoming election to consider two rent control measures, V and W. Both measures are an attempt to deal with rising rents and their impact on low-income residents. Measure V was written by a special interest group, and in response, the Mountain View City Council voted to put an alternative ordinance, Measure W, on the ballot. Rent control laws have a poor history of helping the people they are intended to help. If they are binding, they lead to huge queues of renters hoping to take advantage of the lower rents. They allow landlords to use non-price characteristics to discriminate between buyers rather than using the rental rate. Proponents argue that their ordinance provides a modern type of rent control that is more flexible than past price controls. They argue that the ordinance applies only to units built before 1995, that rents can be raised according to the annual Consume Price Index growth with a cap, and that rents must provide a “fair” rate of return to landlords. However, this is just clever window dressing. Both ordinances still impose rent controls on a segment of the rental market and will still create artificial shortages, which will lead to impacts on the non-price controlled rental market. I have read both measures and find them both deeply flawed. Both measures reveal a lack of basic understanding of economics and price controls. They also reveal ignorance about the financial incentives that would lead a landlord to provide rental units. This is typical of reactionary decision-making. Measure V proponents like to tell a narrative of lowincome renters being forced out of their homes after receiving extremely high rent increase notices. No doubt rents, like housing prices, have risen at higher rates than the rest of the country. Let’s concede this is caused by the huge increases in highly skilled and highly paid workers hired by tech companies. When proponents argue that income is not rising as fast as rents, they are clearly wrong, since landlords would not be able to charge higher rents unless potential renters have higher incomes. Measure W proponents seem to believe the same false narrative. Since both measures only apply to units built before 1995, they falsely assume that old units must also be low-rent units

rented by low-income workers. However it’s very likely that some of these units have already been updated. During my term as council member, I observed many older units being upgraded. A rent control on these units will merely help subsidize wealthy renters who live in higher-priced rental units built before 1995. There are too many flaws in both ordinances to discuss all of them, but here are a few. Both measures take away the right of a landlord and a tenant to decide the best rental rate along with the quality of services offered. Measure V is a charter amendment, which can only be revised by a vote of the residents. Measure W can be revised with a council vote, but my experience is that most council members are reluctant to admit they made a mistake and change an ordinance. Whatever flaws exist in these measures are sure to last for many years. Measure V claims that landlords will receive a “fair” rate of return, but the ordinance excludes several cost factors that will impact a landlord’s return. A council-appointed rent committee is expected to decide what is a “fair” return and will only include improvements necessary to bring a unit up to code. Specifically excluded in Measure V are “capital improvements that are not necessary to bring the property into compliance” with local codes. What landlord in his right mind would invest $100,000 or more in capital improvements only to be told they are not necessary and therefore not considered as part of a “fair rate of return? Under Measure W, a similar improvement could be appealed to an arbitrator who could also deny the expenditure. The net result is that landlords will be reluctant to improve the quality of their units and will just invest in basic maintenance. Decision-making by a rental committee or the City Council is flawed because these bureaucrats have no stake in the game. They lack the detailed knowledge of either the landlord or the tenant in setting rental rates and determining a “fair” return. They are not stakeholders and bear no financial risk in making poor decisions. Individual buyers and sellers have far more knowledge in setting prices, quality and terms for an exchange. Let’s not add more bureaucracy to a voluntary exchange between a landlord and tenant. Please vote no on measures V and W. Tom Means is a former mayor and the director of the Council of Economic Education at San Jose State University.

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THE EPIPEN AND THE CASE FOR RENT CONTROL You may know the story of the EpiPen, a pen-sized emergency treatment for those with severe allergies. The device has been a lifesaver for millions. But over the past 10 years EpiPen’s distributor, Mylan, raised the pen’s price 600 percent. The same device in Canada

is about a quarter the price. Many people with large insurance deductibles risk their lives and no longer carry the pens. Others purchase them through their insurance and pass the inflated price on to everyone else. What do the EpiPen and Mountain View rentals have in common? They are both basic human needs. And an insatiable and unnecessary demand for

profit on both threatens our health and welfare as a society. The EpiPen price hike has caused a scandal in the U.S. as well as a healthy debate. People are asking whether there are limits to the amount of profit a business should be able to make on basic human needs. Should a business be allowed to jack up a price to any level it wants just because it can?

I believe the same moral questions apply to rentals in Mountain View. Rents have nearly doubled in only eight years. As a former landlord, it looks to me like price gouging has become common, and Measure V’s limits on rent increases are entirely reasonable. Many landlords are making windfall profits and the outcome is very damaging for many residents and the city itself. We have

lost over 100 local teachers since 2015, mostly because of skyrocketing rents. Local businesses are supporting Measure V because they are losing longtime customers and experienced employees. Rent control is a common remedy used to curb runaway rent pricing, used successfully around the world. That’s why six Continued on next page

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cities around the Bay Area now proposing new and improved rent control, which doesn’t have the drawbacks opponents have decried for decades. Real estate speculators are cashing in on our housing shortage in a way that is unnecessary and predatory, like the price being charged for the EpiPen. Housing is like medicine: it has the power to make or break people’s lives. We cannot allow real estate speculation to threaten our community. Please vote to protect your-

self and your community from extreme rent hikes, please vote YES on Measure V. Alison Hicks Mountain View homeowner and former landlord

VICE MAYOR SAYS NO ON V During my first two years on the Mountain View City Council, it’s become obvious to me that regional failure to solve our housing crisis jeopardizes the very fabric of our community. While well intentioned, Measure V, as a City of Mountain View charter

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amendment, is an inflexible ballot measure that could cost millions of dollars without creating any affordable rental housing. I am fully committed to finding good solutions that benefit as many people as possible in our community; however, the list of issues with Measure V make it impossible to support. Measure V left out critical language to limit rent control benefits to only those who actually need assistance. Measure V would mandate privately-funded subsidies to residents with highpaying jobs who could afford market-rate rents, while making housing even more scarce and expensive for struggling families in need of affordable housing. Measure V gives blank-check authority to an unelected bureaucracy to demand and receive money from the city. With no obligation to repay the funds, the commission could take money from public safety, parks, libraries, street maintenance and other essential city services. This commission will have unlimited power to levy fees and penalties, hire staff, and establish regulations, with zero accountability to taxpayers. Good legislation always has unintended consequences. However, Measure V is inflexible

because it is an amendment to our city’s charter. Think of that as a constitutional amendment. It is extremely difficult to change and can only be done by going back to the voters. Your elected officials would not be able to fix even one word in the language of the law. That means we’d be unable to address any issues or problems until the next election at a cost of tens of thousands of dollars to you, the tax payer, until the next election. Mountain View is addressing our housing challenges: we are building thousands of new apartments, including hundreds of affordable units for veterans and others; we have created a rental assistance fund; ensured every renter the right to a long-term lease; and established a mediation program which is already working to provide tenants and landlords a way to quickly resolve their disputes. It was developed after months of public hearings, and approved by the mayor and our City Council. Voters should not be fooled into believing that Measure V will solve the housing crisis or that there will be no cost to the city and taxpayers. Measure V will drive-up rents and make housing unaffordable. The unlimited power given to this unaccount-

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As Julie Lovins describes (Letters, Sept. 30), I support voting in favor of both Measures V and W, which seek to establish some form of rent stabilization in Mountain View. A large number of Mountain View residents are renters. But even those of us who are homeowners today might well remember how tough coming up with month-to-month rent payments could be back when we were in that position (I certainly do), and the situation is far worse now for local renters. Besides these measures helping to address affordable housing and the impacts of the jobs/ housing imbalance in our town, and to ensure the population diversity we enjoy today, local businesses can benefit by having more of their employees living locally and not needing to commute significant distances from locations where they can afford to live. As it is, employers can be hard pressed to even find the employees they need under current conditions. And, for those who live here, engaging local service providers is becoming more and more of a challenge. By voting for both Measures V and W, we improve the chances that one or the other, or both, will pass. Please consider all of this as you enter the voting booth. Bruce England Whisman Station Drive

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ding consistency and stuffed into sheep casings and become sausage-like. A stick is inserted, the haggis is breaded and deep-fried. The result is haggis on a stick ($8) and it looks like a corn dog. Rutabaga-apricot mustard accompanies. It’s an appealing, fun and unusual way of serving the national dish of Scotland. Continued on next page

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Martins West is all about Scotland. Though co-owner Moira Beveridge’s family lived in Menlo Park, they operated a hotel in Scotland for years and she spent summers living in different parts of Europe. She graduated from the California Culinary Academy with a degree in hospitality management.

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interior still exhibits its no-frills past with sturdy wood tables, a long bar and quiet lighting. Besides haggis, the rest of the fare fared well. Haggis is a staple while the rest of the menu evolves seasonally. On a recent visit, the bone marrow appetizer ($14) fea-

tured two large bones filled with creamy marrow that was easily scooped onto of hunks of toasted baguette. Anthony Bourdain called marrow “God’s Butter,” and it’s hard to disagree. At Martins West, it’s served with a kohlrabi, radish and mustard salad.

The fish and chips ($19) was delectable. The beer-battered Pacific cod was meaty and crisp. The batter was just right — not overly breaded, but enough to keep the fish crunchy. The generous portion was served with tandoori roasted chips (fries) and a creamy celery-root tartar sauce. The pork belly buttys ($12) were slider-sized scotch-cured pork belly, served with shredded apple, fennel and frisee. The larger-sized pork belly sandwich ($15) used the same pork belly, cooked for 36 hours, with miso mustard, mayo and apple. The chicken breast ($21) was served with chanterelles, pear and thyme velouté sauce, preserved lemon pistou and a white pudding made from chicken suet, oatmeal, bread and other ingredients. It had a great flavor profile with the pistou and

velouté pooling like a soup in which to mop the chicken. I was intrigued by the roasted tomato pudding ($19). It wasn’t exactly a pudding — more like a fried patty held together with tomato gel. The two patties had more flavor than I would have thought, delicate but decisive. Braised shiitakes, braised lettuce and avocado mousseline made the dish memorable. Desserts were less memorable. The “Not Grandma’s Cobbler” ($10) of peach compote, nectarines, pluots, thyme ice cream, mini buttered scones and orange-blossom crème fraîche did not come together. The peach compote was overripe and watery nestled under not-closeto-ripe nectarines. Only the pluots were just right. The bland mini buttered scones added nothing. The whole was much less than the sum of the parts.

The Guinness ginger bread ($10), served with key lime curd, espresso emulsion and Chantilly crème, sounded better than it was. It didn’t taste bad, it just lacked pizzazz. Sticky toffee pudding ($9) was a flavorsome round of date cake, almond bastilla (pastry), topped with brown-sugar ice cream. It was the best of a weak dessert lineup. Service was on point but the kitchen was sometimes uneven. Some courses came too quickly, others took too long, amplified by how busy the restaurant was. There is also a comprehensive libations menu. At Martins West, the food is certainly worthwhile and the haggis on a stick so memorable I purchased one of their “I love haggis” T-shirts. Come on, try it. You’ll like it. Email Dale Bentson at dfbentson@gmail.com. V

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Q MOVIETIMES A Man Called Ove (PG-13) Guild Theatre: 1:50, 4:25, 7 & 9:35 p.m. The Accountant (R) + Century 16: 9:30, 10:30 & 11:25 a.m., 12:40, 1:40, 2:40, 3:50, 4:50, 5:50, 7, 8, 9, 10:10 & 11 p.m. Century 20: 11:45 a.m., 1:15, 2:45, 4:15, 5:45, 7:15, 8:45 & 10:20 p.m. Sat. 9:45 a.m. In DBOX at 11:45 a.m., 2:45, 5:45 & 8:45 p.m.

Act of Violence (1948) (Not Rated) Century 20: Stanford Theatre: Sat. & Sun. 5:55 & 9:30 p.m. American Pastoral (R) Aquarius Theatre: 1:30, 4, 7:30 & 10 p.m. Boo! A Madea Halloween (PG-13) Century 16: 9:10 & 11:45 a.m., 2:20, 5, 7:35 & 10:10 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 11:55 p.m. Century 20: 11 a.m., 2, 5, 7:55 & 10:40 p.m. Deepwater Horizon (PG) +++ Century 16: 10:20 a.m., 1:20, 4:20, 7:15 & 10:15 p.m. Century 20: 10:50 a.m., 1:30, 4:30, 7:35 & 10:15 p.m. Sat. 9:45 a.m. Denial (PG-13) Century 20: 10:55 a.m., 1:55, 4:35, 7:20 & 10:15 p.m. Palo Alto Square: 1:15, 4:15 & 7:15 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 10 p.m. Desierto (R) Century 20: 12:10, 2:50, 5:30, 8:05 & 10:45 p.m. El Jeremias (PG-13) Century 20: 11:40 a.m., 2:15, 4:50, 7:30 & 10:10 p.m. Sat. 9:35 a.m. The Girl on the Train (R) ++1/2 Century 16: 9, 10 & 11:45 a.m., 1:05, 2:35, 4:05, 5:35, 7:10, 8:30, 10 & 11:15 p.m. Century 20: 11:05 a.m., 1:50, 4:40, 7:30 & 10:20 p.m. Hell or High Water (R) +++ Aquarius Theatre: 4:40, 7 & 9:15 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 2:20 p.m. I’m Not Ashamed (PG-13) Century 20: 11 a.m., 1:40, 4:20, 7:05 & 10 p.m. Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (PG-13) Century 16: 9:15 & 10:45 a.m., 12:15, 1:45, 3:15, 4:45, 6:15, 7:45, 9:15 & 10:45 p.m. Sat. & Sun. 12:05 a.m. Century 20: 12:20, 3:15, 6:15 & 9:15 p.m. Sat. 9:30 a.m. In DBOX at 12:20, 3:15, 6:15 & 9:15 p.m. Sat. 9:30 a.m. In X-D at 10:50 a.m., 1:45, 4:45, 7:45 & 10:45 p.m.

Keeping Up with the Joneses (PG-13) 1/2 Century 16: 9:35 a.m., 12:10, 2:45, 5:20, 7:55 & 10:35 p.m. Century 20: 11:10 a.m., 1:55, 4:55, 7:40 & 10:30 p.m. Kevin Hart: What Now? (R) Century 16: 9:50 a.m., 12:20, 2:55, 5:25, 7:55 & 10:25 p.m. Century 20: 11:55 a.m., 2:35, 5:20, 8 & 10:40 p.m. The Magnificant Seven (PG-13) Century 16: 10:15 a.m., 1:30, 4:35, 7:50 & 10:55 p.m. Century 20: 7:25 & 10:40 p.m. Masterminds (PG-13) Century 20: 9:55 p.m. Fri. 3:35 p.m. Max Steel (PG-13) Century 16: 9:30 p.m. Fri. & Sun. 9 a.m. Century 20: 12:05 p.m. Mayerling (1936) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Fri. 7:30 p.m. Mayerling to Sarajevo (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Fri. 5:50 & 9:20 p.m. Met Opera: Don Giovanni (Not Rated) Century 16: Sat. 9:55 a.m. Century 20: Sat. 9:55 a.m. Palo Alto Square: Sat. 9:55 a.m. Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (PG) Century 16: 4:35 & 7:05 p.m. Fri. & Sun. 11:30 a.m., 1:55 p.m. Century 20: 11:10 a.m., 1:35, 4:10, 7 & 9:30 p.m. Sat. 9:30 a.m. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (PG-13) Century 16: 10:10 a.m., 1:15, 4:25, 7:30 & 10:30 p.m. Century 20: 11:50 a.m., 2:55, 6:50 & 10:05 p.m. Sat. 9:30 a.m. National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera (Not Rated) Aquarius Theatre: Sun. 11 a.m. Ouija: Origin of Evil (PG-13) Century 16: 9:05 & 11:40 a.m., 2:15, 5:05, 7:40 & 10:20 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 12:01 a.m. Century 20: 12:25, 3, 5:35, 8:10 & 10:45 p.m.

The Queen of Katwe (PG) +++ Century 20: 12:55 & 4 p.m. Palo Alto Square: 1, 4 & 7 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 9:50 p.m. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1957) (R) Guild Theatre: Sat. 11:55 p.m. The Shining (1980) (R) Century 20: Sun. 2 & 7 p.m. Snowden (R) +++1/2 Guild Theatre: 6:45 p.m. Fri. 12:15 p.m. Sun. 10:50 a.m. Storks (PG) +++ Century 16: 9 & 11:30 a.m., 2 & 4:30 p.m. Century 20: 10:55 a.m., 1:25, 4:05, 6:55 & 9:25 p.m. Sat. 9:40 a.m. Sully (PG-13) ++ Century 20: 2:30, 5:10, 7:50 & 10:25 p.m. Taxi Driver 40th Anniversary (R) Century 16: Fri See theater name for showtimes Sun See theater name for showtimes

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‘Jones’ing for something better THERE’S NOTHING FUNNY ABOUT NEW SPY COMEDY 1/2 (Century 16 & 20) Ever wonder what it must be like to be a Hollywood actor attending a red-carpet premiere while knowing — or, worse, discovering — that the movie you sweated to make turned out to be a steaming turd? Well, Zach Galifianakis, Jon Hamm, Isla Fisher, and Gal Gadot know what it’s like, and the turd has a name: “Keeping Up with the Joneses.” Surely these hapless stars looked at the talent signing up, including director Greg Mottola (“Superbad,” “Adventureland”), and thought, “We can polish the turd by screenwriter Michael LeSieur” (“You, Me and Dupree”). But only in a wellpopulated movie theater can one truly appreciate the sound of silence when Gadot’s character boasts she could crack a walnut with her vagina. And that, my friends, is the funniest joke in the picture. Admittedly, those ‘Jones’ing to see Gadot in her underwear will get their wish (though it’ll cost them about $3 a minute). Everyone else unfortunate enough to wander into this unfortunate movie will have to suffer a mirthless spy fantasy with no such satisfaction. Galifianakis plays Jeff Gaffney, who lives on

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a suburban cul-de-sac with his wife, Karen (Fisher), and two kids. Jeff works as an HR manager at the local aerospace and defense firm, making him an attractive sap — or is it asset? — to spies going by the names of Tim and Natalie Jones. Hijinks ensue. From the musty premise, one can see every joke coming right up Maple Circle. Experienced humor artistes get set adrift, comic timing goes out the window, and 101 minutes will feel like 101 episodes of “Chuck,” except without the entertainment value. With no seeming clue where to go, or even what a joke is, “Joneses” plays out a played-out spy scenario by marking time with tired tropes (the suburban marrieds in a sexual slump) and

pointless visual distractions (Jeff and Tim go indoor sky diving!). The story lacks romance and intrigue, and it basically musters one action sequence, a thrill-less shoot-’em-up vehicular chase. “Joneses” earned a delay from early April to late October, which is evident from the terrible wig slapped on Jon Hamm for the reshoot of a cobra-themed restaurant scene. Reshoots didn’t help. Comedy cannot exist in a vacuum. “Keeping Up with the Joneses” totally wastes the time of a handful of very funny actors, a hard-working crew, and everyone else unfortunate enough to wander into this unpleasant, unfunny movie. Rated PG-13 for sexual content, action/violence and brief strong language. One hour, 41 minutes. — Peter Canavese

accountant for Living Robotics, where CEO Lamar Black (John Lithgow) has recently discovered millions embezzled; there, Wolff takes a shine to awkwardly perky accountant Dana Cummings (Anna Kendrick). Plus there’s another mystery man (Jon Bernthal) going around confronting fiscal crooks and on a collision course with Wolff. So “The Accountant” doesn’t lack for plot over the course of its 128 minutes. But director Gavin O’Connor (“Warrior”) doesn’t seem to know how to make this material compelling. Much of the time “The Accountant” is just plain goofy, inviting laughs that sometimes backfire. “The Accountant”’s biggest sin is simply not being interesting. The independence and goal-oriented success of the autistic anti-hero is meant to be inspiring, but winds up creepy. Rated R for strong violence and language throughout. Two hours, 8 minutes. —P.C.

mental-health exploitation picture. The unemployed, alcoholic divorcee (Emily Blunt) still commutes to nowhere every day, making a point to spy on her ex-husband Tom (Justin Theroux); Anna (Rebecca Ferguson), the ex-mistress that became his new wife; and their neighbors Megan and Scott Hipwell (Haley Bennett and Luke Evans), who appear to be practicing hard for the Sex Olympics. All the while, Rachel sucks the plastic straw on her travel tumbler of vodka as if it were a baby bottle, which is even more disturbing given how many babies (and wishes for babies) figure into the lurid plot. Predictably, it’s Blunt that almost holds the picture together, with a turn better than the movie deserves. Like almost everything in “Girl on the Train,” Blunt’s performance threatens to tip over into comedy, but she mightily overcomes Hawkins’ unlikely contrivances to ground Rachel in psychological realism. With its round-robin of affairs and alcoholic blackouts and domestic violence, failed IVF and aborted pregnancies and babies in danger, it’s no wonder the plot necessitates a therapist (…dgar RamÌrez). After these 112 minutes, you may want one, too. Rated R for violence, sexual content, language and nudity. One hour, 52 minutes. — P.C.

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THEATER ‘Major Barbara’ by George Bernard Shaw George Bernard Shaw’s classic “Major Barbara” is a thought-provoking look at human nature, morality and social engineering. Coming at the height of the election season, “Major Barbara” shines the light of Shaw’s analytical wit on serious questions that continue to impact the state of our union. Oct. 28-Nov. 20 $35. $10, previews; discounts for students and seniors. The Pear Theatre, 1110 La Avenida, Mountain View. thepear.org ‘Outside Mullingar’ “Outside Mullingar” tells the tale of two lovelorn neighbors split apart by family feuds and rustic fences as they stumble their way toward the brink of happiness. Set amidst the rustic cottages of rural Ireland, this moving Broadway hit asks if it is ever too late to take a chance on love. Oct. 5-30, times vary. $19-$80. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View. theatreworks.org ‘Punk Rock’ Presented by Upstage Theater, “Punk Rock” focuses on eight British teens in the library of an elite grammar school who are preparing for their mock-A level exams and nearing the end of their school lives. Dealing with grades, fights and love, their vulnerabilities are left on display in this edgy, powerful display of the teenage condition. Oct. 28-30, 7:30 p.m. $22, adults; $17, students. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View.

MUSIC El Grupo Sinigual, CSMA Family Concert El Grupo Sinigual is one of the Bay Area’s most entertaining Afro-Cuban jazz combos! Featuring the percussion styles of Carmen Cansino (CSMA faculty), El Grupo Sinigual performs a family-friendly program of mambo, cha-cha and bomba music, plus a few surprises. Oct. 30, 2-3 p.m. Free. Tateuchi Hall, Community School of Music and Arts, 230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain View. arts4all.org/ attend/concerts.htm Natasha Carlitz Dance Ensemble: ‘Acadia and other stories’ This collaboration between choreographer Natasha Carlitz and composer Mike Coffin features exhilarating dance and live music by Brilliante Strings, bringing to life the natural drama and grandeur of Acadia National Park in Maine. The program also includes premieres ranging from quirky to elegant. Oct. 28 and 29, 8-10 p.m. $20, general; $15, students. Cubberley Theatre, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. carlitzdance.org Open Mic Open Mic takes place every Monday on the 2nd floor of Red Rock Coffee in downtown Mountain View. It features free live music, comedy, poetry and a wonderful supportive atmosphere for experienced and new performers. Oct. 16, 6:30 p.m., sign-ups; starts at 7 p.m. Free. Red Rock Coffee, 201 Castro St., Mountain View. redrockcoffee.org/calendar Opera for Families Opera for Families spreads the magic of opera among children of all ages in a way that is up-to-date, fascinating and, of course, fun. Two singers and a pianist will perform a selection of pieces from operas and musicals. Their performance will be enhanced with insightful explanations, role-playing games and exercises that help the young audience explore different aspects of opera. Oct. 29, 10:30-11:30 a.m. $18, general; $15, members. Oshman Family JCC, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. paloaltojcc.org/ operaforfamilies Sabados Latinoamericanos Alberto’s NightClub presents “Sabados Latinoamericanos” with a variety of Latin genres including Reggaeton, Hip Hop, Cumbia, Merengue, Salsa and Rock Pop in Spanish. This event features DJ Omar and the band Ruido Azul. Saturdays, ongoing, 8 p.m. $7, student; $10, general; $15, band nights. Alberto’s Salsa Studio, 736 W. Dana St., Mountain View. albertos.com/calendar SPOOK-ULELE: Halloween Musical Jam The usual Monday night jam moves to Saturday, Oct. 29, to celebrate Halloween. Attendants are

encouraged to bring their ukulele (or borrow one of ours), and join in to sing and play Halloween songs. All levels, all instruments, all ages are welcome, and costumes are encouraged. Oct. 29, 2-3:30 p.m. Free. Mountain View Library, 585 Franklin St., Mountain View.

community. This event is for families with kids of all ages. Oct. 21, 6-8 p.m. $10, children 2-12; $20, per adult; $50, 5 family members. Oshman Family JCC, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto.

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Art Exhibit This fine art exhibit by awardwinning artist John Burton, will feature oil paintings of iconic California landscapes and seascapes in the new tradition of the early California Impressionists, who are revered for capturing so much of the Golden State’s untainted beauty, long before the imprint of dense population. Monday-Friday, ongoing, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Los Altos Hills Town Hall, 26379 Fremont Road, Los Altos Hills. losaltoshills.ca.gov Hau Beiren@100: Works from the Old Apricot Villa This exhibit is a solo retrospective of Hau Beiren, internationally renowned artist. His unique “splash ink and color” style unites Chinese ink tradition with modern Western artistic techniques. It is curated by Professor Mark Johnson, Director of the Fine Arts Gallery at SFSU. Oct. 13-Nov. 14, ongoing, noon-4 p.m. Free. Los Altos History Museum, 51 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos. losaltoshistory.org

Shoreline Lake’s Pumpkin Splash Shoreline Lake Boathouse and Bistro is holding its 5th Annual waterfront pumpkin patch extravaganza. This multi-day event provides access to a pumpkin patch and pumpkin-related activities in a beautiful, serene lakeside setting in the heart of Silicon Valley. Oct. 15-31, from 10 or 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. $1-$35, depending on the activity. Shoreline Lake, 3160 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View.

TALKS & LECTURES 13th Annual Caregiver Conference Cultivating communication, community resources and changing landscapes are the three tracks offered as part of the 13th Annual Caregiver Conference. Workshops in each track range from coping with cognitive decline, navigating the hospital discharge plan and learning about helpful new technologies. Oct. 22, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Mountain View Senior Center, 266 Escuela Ave., Mountain View. How to successfully balance relationship and parenthood This workshop is aimed at helping couples strengthen their relationship and manage conflict as they navigate through the parenting tasks. This workshop will examine the challenges that relationships face when raising children, the statistics and research conducted in this field and effective strategies to maintain and improve relationships while forming a strong parenting team. Oct. 28, 10-11:30 a.m. $8, member; $10, general. Oshman Family JCC, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. Out to Eat This party celebrates LGBTQQ youth and features guest speaker, Michelle Honda Phillips, mother of a 10-year-old transgender daughter and an advocate of transgender and gender nonconforming youth. All proceeds go to Outlet, a program of Adolescent Counseling Services. Oct. 21, 6-10 p.m. $75-1500, individual tickets or table sponsorship. Oshman Family JCC, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. acsteens.ejoinme.org/outtoeat2016

FAMILY Healthy Cooking Class: Lunch Michelle Greenebaum, owner of “Together In The Kitchen,” will lead social hands-on healthy cooking classes during which participants will prepare nutritious meals and snacks using organic, real food ingredients. Each class will feature a different healthy menu and theme, and attendants are encouraged to bring their questions about nutrition, meal planning, food allergies and picky eaters. Oct. 28, 11:15 a.m.-12:45 p.m. $45. Oshman Family JCC, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. Monster Bash The community is invited to celebrate Halloween with family, friends and neighbors at the Mountain View Monster Bash! An outdoor movie will be featured along with Halloween games, music and light refreshments. The movie will start at approximately 6:30 p.m., and attendants are encouraged to take a lowback chair and blanket. Oct. 28, 4-8 p.m. Free. Rengstorff Park, 201 S. Rengstorff Ave., Mountain View. mountainview.gov/monsterbash Robot Storytime with Tim McCanna This Robot storytime features local author Tim McCanna reading from his picture book, “Bitty Bot.” Attendants are encouraged to come dressed as a robot, munch on yummy snacks and join in on themed activities. (Ages 4+) Oct. 29, 3-5 p.m. Free. Books Inc., 301 Castro St., Mountain View. booksinc.net/event/ Sukkot Community Shabbat Dinner Those who are searching for a tradition, time with friends or something new, are invited to join other Jewish families from around the world at this laid back, kid-friendly buffet-style kosher Shabbat dinner in the JCC’s Sukkot. Attendants will meet new friends and become part of a welcoming

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GALLERIES Life and Works of Shu Shin Zhe This exhibit celebrates the life of artist Shu Shin Zhe (1916-2010). Shin Zhe grew up during the SinoJapanese war and the civil war between the Communist and the Nationalist party. She studied under Huang Jun Bi (1898-1991), a well-known Chinese artist. Oct. 14-Nov. 27, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-10 p.m.; Saturday, 8 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sunday, 10:15 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Free. Mohr Gallery, Community School of Music and Arts, 230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain View. arts4all.org

DANCE Argentine Tango Alberto’s NightClub presents Argentine Tango, modeled after a traditional milonga in the atmosphere of a Buenos Aires tango bar with bar snacks and a first-class wooden dance floor. Sundays, ongoing, 7 p.m. $10. Alberto’s Salsa Studio, 736 W. Dana St., Mountain View. albertos.com/calendar In Good Standing: An Open Floor Weekend Standing up is not a one-time event — it takes fortitude, and people often have to stand alone. In this weekend workshop, participants will mine the innate wisdom of their bodies to investigate the concept of standing in different ways. Oct. 28, 6:30-9:30 p.m.; Oct. 29, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Oct. 30, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. $265. Mountain View Masonic Hall, 890 Church St., Mountain View. inbodied.com NYC Style Salsa On2 with Victoria Alberto’s salsa studios hosts New York-style Salsa On2 with Victoria. All levels are welcome, and no partner is necessary. This event is for ages 21 and up. Mondays, ongoing, 7:30, doors open; 8 p.m., ladies’ styling; 9 p.m., partnering; 10 p.m., social dancing. $10, general; $7, student; $15, band nights. Alberto’s Salsa Studio, 736 W. Dana St, Mountain View. albertos.com/calendar Salsa with Pantea Alberto’s salsa studio hosts salsa classes and dancing. All levels are welcome, and no partner is necessary. The event is for ages 21 and up and also features DJ Say No More. Tuesdays, ongoing, 7:30 p.m., beginner; 8:30 p.m., intermediate; 10 p.m., social dancing. $10, general; $7, student; $15, band nights. Alberto’s Salsa Studio, 736 W. Dana St., Mountain View. albertos.com/calendar

FILM HDTV Studio Production Basics Students will learn the different positions that go into making a High-Definition TV show: producing, directing, camera, audio, graphics operation, floor directing and switching on digital gear. As a class, students will produce, crew or star in their own HDTV show which will air on the Midpen Media’s Center’s cable channels, stream live on the Web and be uploaded to Youtube. Oct. 28, 6-10 p.m.; Oct. 29, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. $180. Midpen Media, 900 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto. midpenmedia.org/

LESSONS & CLASSES English as a Second Language: Beyond the Basics During this class, participants will learn pronunciation and expression in English. This course is for intermediate and advanced English as a Second Language (ESL) speakers who are 18 years of age and older. Registration is required, and interested participants are invited to register since classes fill up quickly. Tuesdays, ongoing, 2-3 p.m. Free. Mitchell Park Library, 3700 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. cityofpaloalto.org Health Care Programs Orientation The Mountain View-Los Altos Adult School will hold a workshop for those interested in health care careers, providing information on the Certified Nursing Assistant and Medical Assistant paths and the programs offered by the school. Online registration is requested. Oct. 28, 10 a.m. Free. Mountain View-Los Altos Adult School, 333 Moffett Blvd., Mountain View. mvlaae.net Knit & Crochet Club This is a time for participants to learn something new, get answers to questions or just take a project and enjoy the company of other knitters and crocheters. Supplies are provided for beginners, and it is open to all skill levels, ages 8 and up. Oct. 21, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Free. Mountain View Library, 585 Franklin St., Mountain View.

HEALTH & WELLNESS EcoMeditation Using a simple routine, participants learn how to simultaneously produce alpha brain waves, induce heart coherence and relax the muscles that send relaxation signals to the central nervous system. During this workshop, participants will learn and practice EcoMeditation’s 7 steps until a deep meditative state can be triggered. Oct. 29, 3-5 p.m. $40. East West Book Store, 324 Castro St., Mountain View. eastwest.com October Subtypes Panels Workshop This three-day course presents a thorough introduction to seminal Enneagram author Claudio Naranjo’s latest and most complete descriptions of the Enneagram’s 27 personality subtypes. Through vivid descriptions, group discussion, film clips and type panels of experienced self-observers speaking about their subtypes, this interactive workshop will help attendants develop a more complete understanding of the content and

operation of the 27 subtype personalities. Oct. 21-23, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. $525-$625. The Palo Alto Elks Lodge, 4249 El Camino Real, Palo Alto. Pickleball for Seniors Drop-in Pickleball for seniors ages 50 and older, has moved from Rengstorff to Mitchell park in Palo Alto. Learn to play this social, low impact and fun sport. No experience is necessary. All equipment is provided. Players should wear court shoes. Wednesdays, Aug 17-Nov. 16, 9 a.m.-noon. Free. Mitchell Park, 3000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. mountainview.gov Stanford Compassion Cultivation Training Stanford Compassion Cultivation Training is an 8-week program aimed at strengthening compassion personally and professionally. Developed at Stanford’s School of Medicine, CCT integrates the science and psychology of compassion with contemplative practices. Oct. 24, 7-9 p.m. $395. Li Ka Shing Center, 291 Campus Drive, Stanford. ccare. stanford.edu Yoga with surfer Mike All ages and levels are welcome at this yoga class during which attendants will breath, move, play and listen to their bodies. This class is geared toward renewing, revitalizing and lowering stress; letting go of aches and pains; and discovering inner peace and wellbeing. Mondays, Sept. 12-Dec. 12, 5:30 p.m. $140 for 14 weeks. Lucie Stern Center, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. yogawithsurfermike.om

BUSINESS Pitch Globally with Tech Celebrities The Wise Founder Global Network invites interested participants to Silicon Valley’s most well connected Sharktank-style event. The Network is committed to make the best connections possible for local and global startups who want to connect with VC’s, investors and other influencers in Silicon Valley. Oct. 21, 6 p.m. $15-$90. OPAL, 251 Castro St., Mountain View. opalsiliconvalley.com/ networking.html

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY Insight Meditation South Bay Shaila Catherine and guest teachers lead a weekly Insight Meditation sitting followed by a talk on Buddhist teachings. Tuesday, Aug. 16-Oct. 11, 7:30-9 p.m. Donation. St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church/Edwards Hall, 2094 Grant Road, Mountain View. imsb.org

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Public Notices 995 Fictitious Name Statement AMBER SCHULTZ DESIGN FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 621475 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Amber Schultz Design, located at 280 W. California Ave. Apt. 204, Sunnyvale, CA 94086, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): AMBER SCHULTZ 280 W. California Ave. Apt. 204 Sunnyvale, CA 94086 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 8/17/16.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on September 16, 2016. (MVV Sept. 30, Oct. 7, 14, 21, 2016) THERAVIE WELLNESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 621588 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: TheraVie Wellness, located at 692 W. Dana Street, Suite A, Mountain View, CA 94041, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): RASHMI CHIDANAND 2260 Wyandotte St., Apt. 6 Mt. View, CA 94043 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 9-8-16. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on September 20, 2016. (MVV Sept. 30, Oct. 7, 14, 21, 2016) SLIIQ NOSNIM FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 621524 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1.) Sliiq, 2.) Nosnim, located at 668 Willowgate St., Unit D, Mountain View, CA 94043, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: A Limited Liability Company. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): GENUVATION, LLC 668 Willowgate St., Unit D Mountain View, CA 94043 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on November, 2015. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on September 19, 2016. (MVV Sept. 30, Oct. 7, 14, 21, 2016) MOE’S PAINTING FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 621894 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Moe’s Painting, located at El Monte Ave., Mountain View, CA 94040, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): MOHSEN-MAHBADI 1010 El Monte Ave. Mountain View, CA 94040 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 9-28-16. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on September 28, 2016. (MVV Oct. 7, 14, 21, 28, 2016) WYNN HAUSSER FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 621951 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Wynn Hausser, located at 1162 Boranda Ave. Mountain View, CA 94040, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): EDWIN F. HAUSSER III 1162 Boranda Ave. Mtn. View, CA 94040 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on September 29, 2016. (MVV Oct. 7, 14, 21, 28, 2016)

Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on October 5, 2016. (MVV Oct. 14, 21, 28, Nov. 4, 2016)

Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on October 18, 2016. (MVV Oct. 21, 28, Nov. 4, 11, 2016)

LET US LEARN TOGETHER FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 622120 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Let Us Learn Together, located at 1802 Hackett Ave., Mountain View, CA 94043, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): KRISTENE ANN GEERING 1802 Hackett Ave. Mountain View, CA 94043 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 9/19/2016. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on October 3, 2016. (MVV Oct. 14, 21, 28, Nov.4, 2016)

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MAROO CONSULTING FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 622199 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Maroo Consulting, located at 575 S. Rengstorff Ave., Apt. 2, Mountain View, CA 94040, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): SUDHANSHOO MAROO 575 S. Rengstorff Ave., Apt. 2 Mountain View, CA 94040 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on October 5, 2016. (MVV Oct. 21, 28, Nov. 4, 11, 2016)

AMENDED ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA Case No.: 16CV298263 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: SUKHPREET SINGH filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: SUKHPREET SINGH to SUKHPREET SINGH BRAR. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: December 6, 2016, 8:45 a.m., Room: Probate, of the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in

JESUS RODRIGUEZ SERVICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 622129 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Jesus Rodriguez Services, located at 245 West Weddell Drive Ap. 201, Sunnyvale, CA 94089, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): JESUS RODRIGUEZ 245 West Weddell Drive Ap. 201 Sunnyvale, CA 94089 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 10/03/16. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on October 3, 2016. (MVV Oct. 14, 21, 28, Nov. 4, 2016)

INCREDIBLE HORDERVES ARRANGEMENTS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 622474 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Incredible Horderves Arrangements, located at 581 Saratoga Ave., Santa Clara, CA 95050, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: Copartners. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): JENNYFER PHAM 662 Garland Ave. #4 Sunnyvale, CA 94086 LEE JACKSON 325 Sylvan Ave. #111 Mountain View, CA 94041 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on October 14, 2016. (MVV Oct. 21, 28, Nov. 4, 11, 2016)

UFRATE UNIVERSITY FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 622201 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Ufrate University, located at 1155 Tasman Dr., Sunnyvale, CA 94089, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: A Corporation. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): LECOUCOU GROUP HOLDING INC. 1155 Tasman Dr. Sunnyvale, CA 94089 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County

FULFILLMENT COACHING FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 622553 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Fulfillment Coaching, located at 3395 Lubich Drive, Mountain View, CA 94040, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): IRENE V. PATEL 3395 Lubich Drive Mountain View, CA 94040 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: CONSTANCE KAY BARKER aka CONNIE KAY BARKER Case No.: 116PR179681 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of CONSTANCE KAY BARKER, aka CONNIE KAY BARKER. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: KENT H. JONES and ERIK E. BARKER in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA CLARA. The Petition for Probate requests that: KENT H. JONES and ERIK E. BARKER be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant

the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held on November 17, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept.: 10 of the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, located at 191 N. First St., San Jose, CA, 95113. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Petitioner: 4795 Wildwood Drive Mariposa, CA 95338 (209)628-5495 (MVV Oct. 21, 28, Nov. 4, 2016)

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BAY Periodontics and Dental Implants FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 622327 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: BAY Periodontics and Dental Implants, located at 500 South Murphy Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: A Corporation. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): BAY Periodontics and Dental Implants 500 South Murphy Ave. Sunnyvale, CA 94086 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 9/6/16. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on October 11, 2016. (MVV Oct. 21, 28, Nov. 4, 11, 2016) ALKA CONSTRUCTION FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 622376 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Alka Construction, located at 303 Windmill Park Lane, Mountain View, CA 94043, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): MOHAMAD A. ALKADRI 303 Windmill Park Lane Mountain View, CA 94043 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 3/5/2010. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on October 12, 2016. (MVV Oct. 21, 28, Nov. 4, 11, 2016)

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ATHERTON Sat 1:30 - 4:30 $5,780,000 282 Camino Al Lago 4 BR 2.5 BA Nearly 1.5 level acres in West Atherton. 1 level, formal entrance/DR/FR. New fence/patio. Judy Shen CalBRE #01272874 650.325.6161

PALO ALTO Sat/Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $4,888,888 2516 Webster Street 5 BR 5 BA New contemporary 3400sf home in quiet cul-de-sac, close to vibrant midtown shopping center Jennifer Liu CalBRE #01933885 650.325.6161

LOS ALTOS Sat/Sun 2 - 5 $3,575,000 1083 Valley View Ct 4 BR 3 BA Quiet, peaceful, updated, great schools. Come by & see! Deniece Smith CalBRE #01295757 650.325.6161

GILROY $2,900,000 7 BR 7 BA 41 acres, 7BR/7BA house + 2BR/1.5BA guest unit, owner + income uses, many scenarios Susanne Bohl CalBRE #01430611 650.941.7040

MOUNTAIN VIEW Sat 1:30 - 4:30 $2,498,000 427 Chiquita Ave 5 BR 3 BA 5 BD/3 BA almost 3,000 SF Ideal for entertaining in grand style! Shelly Potvin CalBRE #01236885 650.941.7040

STANFORD Sat/Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $2,285,000 813 Cedro Way 4 BR 2 BA Stanford Eligible Faculty Only Lovingly maintained & updated. Nestled on large level lot Carole Feldstein CalBRE #00911615 650.941.7040

LOS ALTOS Sat/Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $2,000,000 1720 Larkellen Lane 6 BR 3 BA Light drenched custom built gem with 6 bedrooms, and an oasis of tranquil & relaxing yard Vivi Chan CalBRE #00964958 650.941.7040

PALO ALTO Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $1,998,000 101 Alma St 1203 3 BR 3 BA Spectacular mountain and city views. Updated 12th floor 3bd/3ba condo w/ hardwood floors. Dan Ziony CalBRE #01380339 650.325.6161

LOS ALTOS Sat/Sun 12 - 5 $1,688,000 1004 Marcelli Circle 3 BR 2.5 BA Brand new and beautifully appointed, this immaculate townhome has never been lived in! Kim Copher CalBRE #01423875 650.941.7040

MENLO PARK Sat 1 - 4 / Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $1,530,000 1427 San Antonio Ave 3 BR 2.5 BA Affordable luxury approx. 2 blocks to downtown Menlo Park and Caltrain Jerry Haslam CalBRE #011880022 650.941.7040

REDWOOD CITY Sat/Sun 1 - 4 $1,398,000 28 Circle Road 3 BR 2 BA Beautifully updated home in desirable westside RC. Eat-in kit&DR, spacious upstairs master Gil Oraha CalBRE #01355157 650.325.6161

SAN MATEO $950,000 2 BR 2 BA Turn your Retirement into a Renaissance! Luxury retirement community w/ 24 hour service. Colleen Cooley CalBRE #0269455 & 01219308 650.325.6161

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CAMPBELL Sat/Sun 1 - 4 $949,000 618 Lisa Way 3 BR 2 BA Warm and cozy one level 3br 2ba remodeled home*state of the art kitchen. Nena Price CalBRE #01015160 650.941.7040

SAN JOSE Sat/Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $749,950 2167 Peachtree Lane 2 BR 1 BA Charming 2 bed/1 ba home near Valley Fair & Santana Row Ric Parker CalBRE #00992559 650.941.7040

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