Mountain View leaders choose pro-housing candidate to fill vacant council seat

MOUNTAIN VIEW — City leaders appointed a pro-housing candidate with a history of supporting rent control and tenant protections to the city council, a victory for the council’s progressive block.

Emily Ann Ramos, a member of the Rental Housing Committee responsible for administering rent control in the city, beat out three past council members for the vacant seat left open by Sally Lieber following her election to the state Board of Equalization in 2022.

Ramos received votes from five of six council members with only Councilmember Lisa Matichak — a voice for Mountain View’s slow-growth faction — voting for two other candidates. A member of the Rental Housing Committee

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