League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
Santa Clara County, CA November 4, 2014 Election
	Ken Rosenberg Answers Questions Candidate for Council Member; City of Mountain View

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Questions & Answers

1. What experience related to city government would you bring to the City Council?

I have been working in leadership roles specific to Mountain View organizations for many many years. Those roles include:
- Immediate Past Chair of the Board, Mountain View Chamber of Commerce
- Immediate Past Chair, Mountain View Human Relations Commission
- Creator, Mountain View Civility Roundtable Discussion Series
- Former Chair of the Old Mountain View Neighborhood Association
- Former Vice Chair of the Mountain View Downtown Committee
- Former Member, Los Altos School District Superintendent Enrollment Taskforce
- Director and Executive Committee Member, Peninsula Youth Theatre Board
- Graduate, Leadership Mountain View, 2004
- Former Member, Leadership Mountain View Council
- Former Member, Old Mountain View Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
- Treasurer, Mountain View Los Altos Soccer

2. What concerns are of particular importance to the city and how would you address them?

After the 2030 General Plan came out, commercial interests flooded the council with requests to build. As a result, if everything approved were built, we'd have an untenable situation with respect to jobs/housing. As it stands now, there aren't enough housing units to meet demand. I support the various (draft) precise plans to add moderate-density housing in four change areas of Mountain View.

3. How would you balance the needs of the City as a whole with groups' interests?

Because council members represent the City as a whole, my belief is that Council Members should do what is in the best interests of the City as whole. That can lead to more significant negative impacts to some. It is important to minimize the negative impacts as much as possible and ensure that the community benefits are as broad as possible and are indeed needed.

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