{"id":65,"date":"2017-10-09T23:06:49","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T23:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lennysiegel.users.sonic.net\/writings\/?page_id=65"},"modified":"2017-12-12T21:25:49","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T05:25:49","slug":"taking-office","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/lennysiegel.users.sonic.net\/web\/blog\/reports-to-constituents\/taking-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>January, 2015<\/p>\n<p>I believe that the November 4 election may mark the beginning of a new era in Mountain View politics, in which our city&#8217;s amazing employment growth is constrained and balanced with our capacity to house and provide transportation for that workforce as well as other members of our community.<\/p>\n<p>I expect, as a Council Member, to work to maintain and improve the city&#8217;s exemplary level of service and competency of management, to continue positive personnel relations, to promote sustainability, and to budget for long-term continuity of services and reasonable capital expenditures. But I intend to focus on the issues that led me to run for office in the first place.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mountain View&#8217;s overall development plans should seek to improve, not worsen, our jobs-housing balance.<\/li>\n<li>We must preserve our existing single-family residential neighborhoods while recognizing that new growth will be different.<\/li>\n<li>We need not only to build more housing, in North Bayshore and other areas, but we also need to create walkable, bikable, livable neighborhoods serving a population that is diverse by age, ethnicity, and income, and where practical, all such neighborhoods should be served by elementary schools and parks.<\/li>\n<li>We must develop a transportation infrastructure, from protected bike paths to fixed transit serving North Bayshore, which provides residents and workers commuting alternatives to the automobile.<\/li>\n<li>Mountain View should reach out to neighboring cities to create a forum for creating common solutions to common problems associated with jobs, housing, and transportation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Our current trajectory is not sustainable, but my colleagues and I have an opportunity to make a significant course correction. I am looking forward to working with them, city staff, and indeed, the entire community.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January, 2015 I believe that the November 4 election may mark the beginning of a new era in Mountain View politics, in which our city&#8217;s amazing employment growth is constrained and balanced with our capacity to house and provide transportation for that workforce as well as other members of our community. I expect, as a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":29,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lennysiegel.users.sonic.net\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lennysiegel.users.sonic.net\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lennysiegel.users.sonic.net\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lennysiegel.users.sonic.net\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lennysiegel.users.sonic.net\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/lennysiegel.users.sonic.net\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":364,"href":"http:\/\/lennysiegel.users.sonic.net\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65\/revisions\/364"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lennysiegel.users.sonic.net\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lennysiegel.users.sonic.net\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}