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| leader_name = Pat Showalter<ref name="ca">{{Cite web | url = https://www.mountainview.gov/our-city/city-council/councilmembers| title = City Council Roster | publisher = City of Mountain View | access-date = July 19, 2023}}</ref> |
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|leader_name = Pat Showalter<ref name="ca">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mountainview.gov/our-city/city-council/councilmembers |title=City Council Roster |publisher=City of Mountain View |access-date=July 19, 2023}}</ref> |
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|leader_title1 = [[Deputy mayor|Vice mayor]] |
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| leader_title3 = [[Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors|Supervisor]] |
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|leader_name1 = Lisa Matichack<ref name="ca"/> |
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| leader_name3 = [[Joe Simitian]]<ref>[http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CA/Santa_Clara/60535/173168/Web01/en/summary.html] {{dead link|date=November 2023}}</ref> |
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| leader_title4 = [[California State Assembly|State Assembly Member]] |
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|leader_name2 = Kimbra McCarthy<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mountainview.gov/depts/manager/default.asp |title=Office of the City Manager |access-date=January 14, 2021 |publisher=City of Mountain View |archive-date=January 29, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129035445/http://mountainview.gov/depts/manager/default.asp |url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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| leader_name4 = [[Marc Berman]]<ref>{{cite web |title=General Election - Statement of Vote, November 6, 2018 |url=https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/prior-elections/statewide-election-results/general-election-november-6-2018/statement-vote/ |publisher=California Secretary of State}}</ref> |
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|leader_title3 = [[Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors|Supervisor]] |
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|leader_name3 = [[Joe Simitian]]<ref>[http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CA/Santa_Clara/60535/173168/Web01/en/summary.html] {{dead link|date=November 2023}}</ref> |
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| established_date = November 7, 1902<ref>{{Cite web |url = http://www.calafco.org/docs/Cities_by_incorp_date.doc |title = California Cities by Incorporation Date |format = Word |publisher = California Association of [[Local Agency Formation Commission]]s |access-date = August 25, 2014 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141103002921/http://www.calafco.org/docs/Cities_by_incorp_date.doc |archive-date = November 3, 2014 |df = mdy-all}}</ref> |
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|leader_title4 = [[California State Assembly|State Assembly Member]] |
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|leader_name4 = [[Marc Berman]]<ref>{{cite web|title=General Election - Statement of Vote, November 6, 2018 |url=https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/prior-elections/statewide-election-results/general-election-november-6-2018/statement-vote/ |publisher=California Secretary of State}}</ref> |
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|established_date = November 7, 1902<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.calafco.org/docs/Cities_by_incorp_date.doc |title=California Cities by Incorporation Date |format=Word |publisher=California Association of [[Local Agency Formation Commission]]s |access-date=August 25, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103002921/http://www.calafco.org/docs/Cities_by_incorp_date.doc |archive-date=November 3, 2014 }}</ref> |
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| area_total_sq_mi = 12.24 |
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| area_total_km2 = 31.69 |
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|area_total_sq_mi = 12.236 |
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| elevation_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite GNIS|277611|Mountain View|access-date=October 13, 2014}}</ref> |
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|population_as_of = [[2020 United States census|2020]] |
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| population_total = 82376 |
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|population_rank = US: 439th<br>CA: [[List of largest cities in California by population|103rd]] |
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| postal_code = 94035, 94039–94043 |
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| website = {{URL|www.mountainview.gov}} |
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|area_code = [[Area code 650|650]] |
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'''Mountain View''' is a city in [[Santa Clara County, California]], [[United States]], part of the [[San Francisco Bay Area]]. Named for its views of the [[Santa Cruz Mountains]],<ref>{{cite book |
'''Mountain View''' is a city in [[Santa Clara County, California|Santa Clara County]], [[California]], [[United States]], part of the [[San Francisco Bay Area]]. Named for its views of the [[Santa Cruz Mountains]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Munro-Fraser |first=J. P. |title=History of Santa Clara County, California |year=1881 |url=https://archive.org/details/historysantacla00munrgoog |access-date=April 1, 2008 |publisher=Alley, Bowen & Co. |location=San Francisco |page=[https://archive.org/details/historysantacla00munrgoog/page/n299 262]}}</ref> the population was 82,376 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="2020 Census (City)">{{cite web|title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Mountain_View_city,_California?g=160XX00US0649670 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=April 17, 2024}}</ref> |
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Mountain View was integral to the early history and growth of [[Silicon Valley]], and is the location of many [[high technology]] companies. In 1956, [[William Shockley]] established [[Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory]] in Mountain View, the first company to develop silicon semiconductor devices in Silicon Valley. Mountain View houses the headquarters of many of the world's largest technology companies, including [[Google]] and [[Alphabet Inc.]], [[Unicode Consortium]], [[Intuit]], NASA Ames Research Center, and former or existing headquarters for [[Microsoft]], [[NortonLifeLock|Symantec]], [[23andMe]], [[LinkedIn]], [[Samsung]], [[Quora]] and [[Synopsys]]. |
Mountain View was integral to the early history and growth of [[Silicon Valley]], and is the location of many [[high technology]] companies. In 1956, [[William Shockley]] established [[Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory]] in Mountain View, the first company to develop silicon semiconductor devices in Silicon Valley. Mountain View houses the headquarters of many of the world's largest technology companies, including [[Google]] and [[Alphabet Inc.]], [[Unicode Consortium]], [[Intuit]], NASA Ames Research Center, and former or existing headquarters for [[Microsoft]], [[NortonLifeLock|Symantec]], [[23andMe]], [[LinkedIn]], [[Samsung]], [[Quora]] and [[Synopsys]]. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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{{More citations needed|section|date=February 2022}} |
{{More citations needed|section|date=February 2022}} |
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[[File:MountainView-1890.png|thumb|upright|Map of Mountain View surrounds, 1890. Note [[Rancho Posolmi]] (here called Ynigo Rancho) and [[Rancho Pastoria de las Borregas]]. [[Mountain View Whisman School District]] is named for Whisman.]] |
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{{See also|Timeline of Mountain View, California}} |
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[[File:2009-0723-CA-MtnViewAdobe.jpg|thumb|[[Mountain View Adobe]] was constructed as a [[Works Progress Administration]] project in 1934.]] |
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[[File:Lupe Yñigo of Rancho Posolmi.jpg|thumb|left|Lupe Yñigo was granted [[Rancho Posolmi]] in 1844, covering the northern part of [[Sunnyvale, California|Sunnyvale]] and Mountain View.]] |
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[[File:2009-0723-CA-MtnViewAdobe.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Historic Adobe Building]] was constructed as a [[Works Progress Administration]] project in 1934.]] |
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The fertile land between the Santa Cruz Mountains and the shores of the southern San Francisco Bay once supported multiple villages of the indigenous [[Ohlone people]]. Spanish missionaries utilized the land for sheep pastures.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SfbOwB-bidwC&q=images+of+america+California|title=Mountain View|first=Nicholas|last=Perry|date=November 9, 2012|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=9780738595764 |access-date=November 9, 2023|via=Google Books}}</ref> |
The fertile land between the Santa Cruz Mountains and the shores of the southern San Francisco Bay once supported multiple villages of the indigenous [[Ohlone people]]. Spanish missionaries utilized the land for sheep pastures.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SfbOwB-bidwC&q=images+of+america+California|title=Mountain View|first=Nicholas|last=Perry|date=November 9, 2012|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=9780738595764 |access-date=November 9, 2023|via=Google Books}}</ref> |
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Eventually, the former land grant was developed as the cities of Mountain View and [[Sunnyvale, California|Sunnyvale]]. |
Eventually, the former land grant was developed as the cities of Mountain View and [[Sunnyvale, California|Sunnyvale]]. |
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The southwest shore of San Francisco Bay was settled by European-Americans in 1852 as a stagecoach station. This was after the United States acquired California. By the early 1900s, it was a shipping point for fruit and grain, as well as a center of religious book publishing.<ref name="EB">{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Mountain-View-California |title=Mountain View, California, United States |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopedia Britannica]] |access-date=February 19, 2018 |
The southwest shore of San Francisco Bay was settled by European-Americans in 1852 as a stagecoach station. This was after the United States acquired California. By the early 1900s, it was a shipping point for fruit and grain, as well as a center of religious book publishing.<ref name="EB">{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Mountain-View-California |title=Mountain View, California, United States |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopedia Britannica]] |access-date=February 19, 2018}}</ref> |
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The early pioneers were commonly buried at the old cemetery between Mercy & Church, off Castro Street. This is now the site of the present city library and park, known as Pioneer Park. |
The early pioneers were commonly buried at the old cemetery between Mercy & Church, off Castro Street. This is now the site of the present city library and park, known as Pioneer Park. |
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===Residents=== |
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Reverend Henry Merrill Henderson, born in Maryland, arrived here at age 35 with his family in 1852; he was meeting relatives: the Ricketts and others who had migrated from [[Missouri]] and [[Kentucky]]. He was the first Baptist minister in town. He soon rode a circuit for preaching, going by horseback to Half-Moon Bay and [[Saratoga, California|McCarthysville]] for services.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}} |
Reverend Henry Merrill Henderson, born in Maryland, arrived here at age 35 with his family in 1852; he was meeting relatives: the Ricketts and others who had migrated from [[Missouri]] and [[Kentucky]]. He was the first Baptist minister in town. He soon rode a circuit for preaching, going by horseback to Half-Moon Bay and [[Saratoga, California|McCarthysville]] for services.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}} |
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Later that year, Seligman Weilheimer and his brother Samuel immigrated from Dossenheim, [[Baden, Germany]]. They settled on the next plot, and in 1856 built the first big general merchandise store in the settlement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hodder |first=Mary |title=History Of Castro Street And Its Buildings |url=https://www.livablemv.org/2019/03/15/history-of-castro-street-and-its-building/ |access-date=2023 |
Later that year, Seligman Weilheimer and his brother Samuel immigrated from Dossenheim, [[Baden, Germany]]. They settled on the next plot, and in 1856 built the first big general merchandise store in the settlement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hodder |first=Mary |title=History Of Castro Street And Its Buildings |url=https://www.livablemv.org/2019/03/15/history-of-castro-street-and-its-building/ |access-date=March 2, 2023 |website=Livable Mountain View |language=en-US |archive-date=March 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302220026/https://www.livablemv.org/2019/03/15/history-of-castro-street-and-its-building/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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William Bubb bought {{convert|80|acres|ha}} to farm in October 1851; he became a leader in town and died there in 1864. His heirs' descendants prospered, marrying into other pioneer families.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}} |
William Bubb bought {{convert|80|acres|ha}} to farm in October 1851; he became a leader in town and died there in 1864. His heirs' descendants prospered, marrying into other pioneer families.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}} |
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===Advent of local aerospace and electronics industries=== |
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The U.S. Navy's adjacent {{convert|1000|acre|km2|adj=on}} Moffett Field Complex was constructed beginning after 1931; its development attracted many workers and it brought many economic opportunities. After [[World War II]], the population grew significantly with the development of regional aerospace and electronics industries.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mountainview.gov/services/learn_about_our_city/default.asp |title=City of Mountain View – Learn About Our City |access-date=March 15, 2011 |archive-date=March 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110326142047/http://www.mountainview.gov/services/learn_about_our_city/default.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> Between 1950 and 1960, the population grew from 6,563 to 30,889, an increase of 370.7%. |
The U.S. Navy's adjacent {{convert|1000|acre|km2|adj=on}} Moffett Field Complex was constructed beginning after 1931; its development attracted many workers and it brought many economic opportunities. After [[World War II]], the population grew significantly with the development of regional aerospace and electronics industries.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mountainview.gov/services/learn_about_our_city/default.asp |title=City of Mountain View – Learn About Our City |access-date=March 15, 2011 |archive-date=March 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110326142047/http://www.mountainview.gov/services/learn_about_our_city/default.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> Between 1950 and 1960, the population grew from 6,563 to 30,889, an increase of 370.7%. |
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Between 1929 and 1994, [[Moffett Field Naval Air Station]] operated in Mountain View. In 1940, the city was the base of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (now the NASA Ames Research Center), which had a strong influence on the development of aerospace and electronics industries.<ref name="EB" /> |
Between 1929 and 1994, [[Moffett Field Naval Air Station]] operated in Mountain View. In 1940, the city was the base of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (now the NASA Ames Research Center), which had a strong influence on the development of aerospace and electronics industries.<ref name="EB" /> |
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===Current economic climate=== |
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Today, high technology is the foundation of the local economy. Few remnants are visible of the city's agricultural past. |
Today, high technology is the foundation of the local economy. Few remnants are visible of the city's agricultural past. |
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In 1990, Kevin Duggan began his position as city manager. He built a relationship with Google, Inc., and issued a long-term lease to it and other technology companies. <!-- A lease of land? whose? What were the terms of the leases? Needs explanation-->As of 2014, those leases generate over $5 million per year in city revenue. The Castro Street downtown area also benefited from a special tax district.<ref>{{cite news |
In 1990, Kevin Duggan began his position as city manager. He built a relationship with Google, Inc., and issued a long-term lease to it and other technology companies. <!-- A lease of land? whose? What were the terms of the leases? Needs explanation-->As of 2014, those leases generate over $5 million per year in city revenue. The Castro Street downtown area also benefited from a special tax district.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gibboney |first=Tom |date=July 4, 2014 |title=A front-row seat watching the city boom: Farewell to the Voice |newspaper=[[Embarcadero Media|Mountain View Voice]]}}</ref> |
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In 2016, the city's voters approved a [[rent control]] ordinance.<ref>{{Cite news| |
In 2016, the city's voters approved a [[rent control]] ordinance.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/14/business/mountain-view-california-confronts-housing-crisis.html |title=Teslas in the Trailer Park: A California City Faces Its Housing Squeeze |last=Dougherty |first=Conor |work=The New York Times |date=November 14, 2016 |access-date=October 19, 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/151783/deceptive-shameful-lucratively-funded-war-rent-control |title=The Deceptive, Shameful, Lucratively Funded War Against Rent Control |magazine=The New Republic |access-date=October 19, 2018 |language=en-US |first=Sophie |last=Kasakove}}</ref> |
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==Geography== |
==Geography== |
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According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert| |
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|12.236|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|11.958|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.278|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (2.26%) is water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2023"/> |
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Mountain View is located in the south-eastern and south-western section of the San Francisco Peninsula, at the north end of [[California State Route 85|State Route 85]], where it meets [[U.S. Route 101 in California|U.S. Route 101]]. [[California State Route 82|State Route 82]] follows the route of the historic [[El Camino Real (California)|El Camino Real]] through Mountain View. The city is bounded to the north by the [[San Francisco Bay|Bay]], northeast by |
The city borders [[Palo Alto]] and the [[San Francisco Bay]] to the north, [[Los Altos, California|Los Altos]] to the south, and [[Moffett Federal Airfield]] and [[Sunnyvale, California|Sunnyvale]] to the east. |
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Mountain View is located in the south-eastern and south-western section of the San Francisco Peninsula, at the north end of [[California State Route 85|State Route 85]], where it meets [[U.S. Route 101 in California|U.S. Route 101]]. [[California State Route 82|State Route 82]] follows the route of the historic [[El Camino Real (California)|El Camino Real]] through Mountain View. The city is bounded to the north by the [[San Francisco Bay|Bay]], northeast by [[Palo Alto, California|Palo Alto]], to the south and southwest by [[Los Altos, California|Los Altos]], and to the east by [[Sunnyvale, California|Sunnyvale]] and [[Moffett Federal Airfield]]. |
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The [[Santa Cruz Mountains]], the origin of the city's name, lie to the west. This range separates Mountain View from the Pacific Ocean and, together with the Diablo Range to the south-east, form the [[Santa Clara Valley]]. |
The [[Santa Cruz Mountains]], the origin of the city's name, lie to the west. This range separates Mountain View from the Pacific Ocean and, together with the Diablo Range to the south-east, form the [[Santa Clara Valley]]. |
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===Neighborhoods=== |
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Most of Mountain View consists of residential neighborhoods. Business parks are located mostly in the North Shoreline neighborhood, north of Highway 101 |
Most of Mountain View consists of residential neighborhoods. Business parks are located mostly in the North Shoreline neighborhood, north of Highway 101. |
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The Blossom Valley neighborhood comprises five smaller neighborhoods: Springer Meadows, Varsity Park, Blossom Valley Estates, Springer Trees, and Gest Ranch subdivision known as Miramonte Oaks which borders Los Altos. This would be one of the more exclusive areas, this development was built in 1963 to about 1965. |
The Blossom Valley neighborhood comprises five smaller neighborhoods: Springer Meadows, Varsity Park, Blossom Valley Estates, Springer Trees, and Gest Ranch subdivision known as Miramonte Oaks which borders Los Altos. This would be one of the more exclusive areas, this development was built in 1963 to about 1965. The other neighborhood's [[Ranch-style house|ranch-style housing]] were built in the 1950s and 1960s on orchard land.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2010/01/13/blossom-valley|title=Blossom Valley|last=Tai|first=Crystal|date=2017|website=Palo Alto Online|language=en|access-date=January 23, 2020}}</ref> |
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The Cuernavaca neighborhood is located off Crestview Drive near the Sunnyvale border. This neighborhood used to be the location of a cherry orchard, and later a nine-hole golf course and swim club before it was turned into housing, which was completed in 1989.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://mv-voice.com/news/2015/12/16/cuernavaca-neighborhood|title=Cuernavaca neighborhood|last=Calloway-Appleton|first=TaLeiza|date=2015|website=Mountain View Voice|language=en|access-date=January 23, 2020}}</ref> Most of the housing in Cuernavaca is Spanish-style, with red tiled roofs.<ref name=":1" /> |
The Cuernavaca neighborhood is located off Crestview Drive near the Sunnyvale border. This neighborhood used to be the location of a cherry orchard, and later a nine-hole golf course and swim club before it was turned into housing, which was completed in 1989.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://mv-voice.com/news/2015/12/16/cuernavaca-neighborhood|title=Cuernavaca neighborhood|last=Calloway-Appleton|first=TaLeiza|date=2015|website=Mountain View Voice|language=en|access-date=January 23, 2020}}</ref> Most of the housing in Cuernavaca is Spanish-style, with red tiled roofs.<ref name=":1" /> |
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The [[Monta Loma, Mountain View|Monta Loma]] neighborhood is located between the bounds of San Antonio Road, Middlefield Road, Rengstorff Avenue and Central Expressway.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2009/01/26/monta-loma|title=Monta Loma|last=Schrenk|first=Kathy|website=PaloAltoOnline.com|language=en|access-date=January 23, 2020}}</ref> Currently Monta Loma houses a collection of California-style [[mid-century modern]] houses by [[Joseph Eichler]], [[John Calder Mackay]], and Mardell Building Company.<ref name=":0" /> |
The [[Monta Loma, Mountain View|Monta Loma]] neighborhood is located between the bounds of San Antonio Road, Middlefield Road, Rengstorff Avenue and Central Expressway.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2009/01/26/monta-loma|title=Monta Loma|last=Schrenk|first=Kathy|website=PaloAltoOnline.com|date=January 26, 2009 |language=en|access-date=January 23, 2020}}</ref> Currently Monta Loma houses a collection of California-style [[mid-century modern]] houses by [[Joseph Eichler]], [[John Calder Mackay]], and Mardell Building Company.<ref name=":0" /> |
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===Hazardous waste=== |
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Due to its history as a center for semiconductor manufacturing, Mountain View has seven sites on the [[Environmental Protection Agency]]'s Final [[National Priorities List]] (NPL), a list of hazardous waste sites in the United States eligible for long-term remedial action financed under the federal [[Superfund]] program. The sites were formerly used by companies including [[Fairchild Semiconductor]], [[Intel]], [[Raytheon]], CTS Printex Inc., Spectra-Physics, Jasco Chemical, [[GTE]] and [[Teledyne]]. These seven sites make up a portion of the 22 NPL sites in Santa Clara County, which are included in the total of 94 sites in California.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/query/queryhtm/nplfin.htm#CA |title=Final National Priorities List (NPL) Sites - by State |publisher=[[United States Environmental Protection Agency]] |access-date=March 25, 2011}}</ref> |
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===Climate=== |
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Mountain View has a [[warm-summer Mediterranean climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]] ''Csb'': dry-summer subtropical).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=90547&cityname=Mountain+View%2C+California%2C+United+States+of+America&units=|title=Mountain View, California Climate Summary|publisher=Weatherbase|access-date=July 8, 2015}}</ref> Summers are warm and dry, while winters are cool and wet. However, both summers and winters are somewhat moderated due to its relative proximity to the Pacific, although it has a lesser maritime influence than San Francisco further north on the peninsula. |
Mountain View has a [[warm-summer Mediterranean climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]] ''Csb'': dry-summer subtropical).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=90547&cityname=Mountain+View%2C+California%2C+United+States+of+America&units=|title=Mountain View, California Climate Summary|publisher=Weatherbase|access-date=July 8, 2015}}</ref> Summers are warm and dry, while winters are cool and wet. However, both summers and winters are somewhat moderated due to its relative proximity to the Pacific, although it has a lesser maritime influence than San Francisco further north on the peninsula. |
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==Economy== |
==Economy== |
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[[File:Googleplex HQ (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Google]], |
[[File:Googleplex HQ (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Google]] headquarters, [[Googleplex]], is Mountain View's largest employer]] |
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Mountain View is one of the major cities that make up [[Silicon Valley]], and has many notable Silicon Valley companies either headquartered there or with a large presence. As of 2018, major tech companies such as [[Google]]<ref name="BI" /> and [[Mozilla]] were headquartered in Mountain View.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/layoffs-mozilla-taiwan-changes-firefox-work-in-asia/ |title=Layoffs strike as Firefox's Mozilla reworks Asian operations |author=Stephen Shankland |date=January 18, 2018 |website=[[CNET]] |access-date=February 18, 2018}}</ref> In 2018, the comparison site CareerBliss ranked the city number 1 in the United States on its list of Happiest Cities to Work for 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wtop.com/business-finance/2018/02/rockville-happiest-cities-work/ |title=Rockville is among 'Happiest Cities to Work' |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=February 9, 2018|publisher=WTOP |access-date=February 18, 2018 }}</ref> |
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Mountain View is one of the major cities that make up [[Silicon Valley]], and has many notable Silicon Valley companies either headquartered there or with a large presence. As of 2024, major tech companies such as [[Google]]<ref name="BI" /> and [[Intuit]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Worldwide Office Locations {{!}} Intuit |url=https://www.intuit.com/company/locations/ |access-date=March 30, 2024 |website=www.intuit.com |language=en}}</ref> were headquartered in Mountain View.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/layoffs-mozilla-taiwan-changes-firefox-work-in-asia/ |title=Layoffs strike as Firefox's Mozilla reworks Asian operations |author=Stephen Shankland |date=January 18, 2018 |website=[[CNET]] |access-date=February 18, 2018}}</ref> |
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After voting to increase the minimum wage incrementally in 2015, in December 2017, the Mountain View City Council implemented a mandatory $15 minimum wage, to apply to employees who work two or more hours a week.<ref name="M" /> At the start of 2018, Mountain View raised its minimum wage to $15.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sanjoseinside.com/2018/01/02/minimum-wage-increases-to-13-50-in-san-jose-15-in-sunnyvale-and-mountain-view/ |title=Minimum Wage Increases to $13.50 in San Jose, $15 in Sunnyvale and Mountain View |author=Jennifer Wadsworth |date=January 2, 2018 |publisher=San Jose Inside |access-date=December 31, 2018}}</ref> Starting on January 1, 2019, the minimum wage was to be "adjusted annually based on the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose regional Consumer Price Index."<ref name="M">{{cite news |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/12/30/mountain-view-minimum-wage-reaches-15-an-hour-on-monday/ |title=Mountain View: Minimum wage reaches $15 an hour on Monday |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= December 31, 2017|newspaper=[[Mercury News]] |access-date=February 18, 2018 }}</ref> A proposal to slow down the rate of the wage increases by a year<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.mv-voice.com/news/2018/12/04/city-could-slow-down-minimum-wage-increases |title=City could slow down minimum wage increases |author=Mark Noack |date=December 4, 2018 |newspaper=Mountain View Voice |access-date=December 31, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/12/03/mountain-view-to-consider-freezing-minimum-hourly-wage-at-15-for-next-year/ |title=Mountain View to consider freezing minimum hourly wage at $15 for next year |author=Kevin Kelly |date=December 4, 2018 |newspaper=[[Mercury News]] |access-date=December 31, 2018}}</ref> was defeated in a City Council meeting on December 4, 2018.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.mv-voice.com/news/2018/12/05/plan-to-delay-minimum-wage-hike-defeated |title=Plan to delay minimum-wage hike defeated |author=Mark Noack |date=December 5, 2018 |newspaper=[[Mountain View Voice]] |access-date=December 31, 2018}}</ref> Subsequently, on December 30, 2018, it was announced that Mountain View's minimum wage would rise to $15.65 on January 1, 2019, with the increase delayed by one year for companies with 25 or fewer employees.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/minimum-wage-goes-up-in-california-on-jan-1-2019/1680243855|title=Minimum wage goes up in California on Jan. 1, 2019|last=Seldon|first=Aja|date=December 31, 2018|publisher=KRON|access-date=December 31, 2018}}</ref> As of January 2023, the minimum wage in Mountain View is $18.15 per hour.<ref>{{Cite web|title=City of Mountain View - Mountain View Minimum Wage Ordinance|url=https://econdev.mountainview.gov/resources/city-minimum-wage|access-date=June 5, 2023|website=Mountainview.gov}}</ref> |
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After voting to increase the minimum wage incrementally in 2015, in December 2017, the Mountain View City Council implemented a mandatory $15 minimum wage, to apply to employees who work two or more hours a week.<ref name="M" /> At the start of 2018, Mountain View raised its minimum wage to $15.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sanjoseinside.com/2018/01/02/minimum-wage-increases-to-13-50-in-san-jose-15-in-sunnyvale-and-mountain-view/ |title=Minimum Wage Increases to $13.50 in San Jose, $15 in Sunnyvale and Mountain View |author=Jennifer Wadsworth |date=January 2, 2018 |publisher=San Jose Inside |access-date=December 31, 2018}}</ref> Starting on January 1, 2019, the minimum wage was to be "adjusted annually based on the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose regional Consumer Price Index."<ref name="M">{{cite news |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/12/30/mountain-view-minimum-wage-reaches-15-an-hour-on-monday/ |title=Mountain View: Minimum wage reaches $15 an hour on Monday |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= December 31, 2017|newspaper=[[Mercury News]] |access-date=February 18, 2018 }}</ref> A proposal to slow down the rate of the wage increases by a year<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.mv-voice.com/news/2018/12/04/city-could-slow-down-minimum-wage-increases |title=City could slow down minimum wage increases |author=Mark Noack |date=December 4, 2018 |newspaper=Mountain View Voice |access-date=December 31, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/12/03/mountain-view-to-consider-freezing-minimum-hourly-wage-at-15-for-next-year/ |title=Mountain View to consider freezing minimum hourly wage at $15 for next year |author=Kevin Kelly |date=December 4, 2018 |newspaper=[[Mercury News]] |access-date=December 31, 2018}}</ref> was defeated in a City Council meeting on December 4, 2018.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.mv-voice.com/news/2018/12/05/plan-to-delay-minimum-wage-hike-defeated |title=Plan to delay minimum-wage hike defeated |author=Mark Noack |date=December 5, 2018 |newspaper=[[Mountain View Voice]] |access-date=December 31, 2018}}</ref> Subsequently, on December 30, 2018, it was announced that Mountain View's minimum wage would rise to $15.65 on January 1, 2019, with the increase delayed by one year for companies with 25 or fewer employees.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/minimum-wage-goes-up-in-california-on-jan-1-2019/1680243855|title=Minimum wage goes up in California on Jan. 1, 2019|last=Seldon|first=Aja|date=December 31, 2018|publisher=KRON|access-date=December 31, 2018}}</ref> As of January 2024, the minimum wage in Mountain View is $18.75 per hour.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 29, 2023 |title=Minimum Wage in Mountain View will be $18.75 for 2024 |url=https://www.mountainview.gov/Home/Components/News/News/758/284 |access-date=March 30, 2024}}</ref> |
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===Top employers=== |
===Top employers=== |
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According to the city's 2023 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mountainview.gov/our-city/departments/finance-and-administrative-services/accounting |title=Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2023 |publisher=City of Mountain View, California |format=[[PDF]] |page=165 |access-date=April 17, 2024}}</ref> the largest employers in the city are: |
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| [[Google]]/[[Alphabet Inc.|Alphabet]] |
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| 30,600 |
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| 22.8% |
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| 2 |
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| [[El Camino Hospital]] |
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|[[Google]]/[[Alphabet Inc.|Alphabet]] |
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| 3,200 |
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| 2.4% |
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| 3 |
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| [[Intuit]] |
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| 3,060 |
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| 2.3% |
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| [[LinkedIn]] |
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| 2,500 |
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| 1.9% |
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| 5 |
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|[[Intuit]] |
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| [[Microsoft]] |
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|2,600 |
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| 2,300 |
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| 1.7% |
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| [[Pure Storage]] |
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| 1,600 |
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| 1.2% |
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| 7 |
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| [[Nuro]] |
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| 1,000 |
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| 0.7% |
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| 8 |
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|[[ |
| [[Waymo]] |
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| 900 |
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|1,000 |
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| 0.7% |
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|[[ |
| [[Synopsys]] |
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| 900 |
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|700 |
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| 0.7% |
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| [[Mountain View Whisman School District]] |
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|700 |
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| 600 |
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|[[Samsung Electronics]] |
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|'''46,660''' |
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|500 |
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===Economic past=== |
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Due to its history as a center for semiconductor manufacturing, Mountain View has seven sites on the [[Environmental Protection Agency]]'s Final [[National Priorities List]] (NPL), a list of hazardous waste sites in the United States eligible for long-term remedial action financed under the federal [[Superfund]] program. The sites were formerly used by companies including [[Fairchild Semiconductor]], [[Intel]], [[Raytheon]], CTS Printex Inc., Spectra-Physics, Jasco Chemical, [[GTE]] and [[Teledyne]]. These seven sites make up a portion of the 22 NPL sites in Santa Clara County, which are included in the total of 94 sites in California.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/query/queryhtm/nplfin.htm#CA | title = Final National Priorities List (NPL) Sites - by State | publisher = [[United States Environmental Protection Agency]] | access-date = March 25, 2011}}</ref> |
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==Demographics== |
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|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2022">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html |date=April 15, 2024|title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2022|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=April 15, 2024}}</ref> |
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|+'''Mountain View, California – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small> |
|+'''Mountain View, California – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small> |
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As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], there were 82,376 people and 34,423 households, and 19,585 families residing in the city.<ref>{{Cite web|title=US Census Bureau, Table P16: Household Type |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Mountain%20View%20city,%20California%20p16&y=2020 |access-date=April 17, 2024 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> The [[population density]] was {{convert|6888.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}} There were 37,295 housing units. |
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According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mountain View had an unemployment rate of 5.0% in August 2013.<ref name="B">{{cite web|url=https://www.mountainview.gov/our-city/about-mountain-view/city-demographics |title=City Demographics |publisher=City of Mountain View |access-date=April 17, 2024}}</ref> It had a female population of 47.8 percent and a male population of 52.2 percent. Persons under five were 6.4 percent, persons under 18 were 20.3 percent, and persons aged 65 and older were 11.1 percent in 2020. In 2022, 5.4 percent of people in Mountain View were living below the poverty line. Of the citizens over the age of sixteen, 72.9 percent were employed in the labor force, while 27.1 percent were not. |
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===2010–2018=== |
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The [[2010 United States Census]]<ref name="C">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0649670|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715040124/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0649670|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - Mountain View city|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref> reported that Mountain View had a population of 74,066. The population density was {{convert|6,034.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|adj=off}}.<ref name="C" /> The census reported that 73,801 people (99.6% of the population) lived in households, 145 (0.2%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 120 (0.2%) were institutionalized.<ref name="C" /> There were 31,957 households, out of which 8,731 (27.3%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 13,806 (43.2%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 2,456 (7.7%) had a female householder with no husband present, 1,253 (3.9%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 1,928 (6.0%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 280 (0.9%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 10,961 households (34.3%) were made up of individuals, and 2,471 (7.7%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31. There were 17,515 [[family (U.S. Census)|families]] (54.8% of all households); the average family size was 3.01.<ref name="C" /> The population was spread out, with 14,594 people (19.7%) under the age of 18, 5,401 people (7.3%) aged 18 to 24, 28,577 people (38.6%) aged 25 to 44, 17,647 people (23.8%) aged 45 to 64, and 7,846 people (10.6%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.5 males.<ref name="C" /> There were 33,881 housing units at an average density of {{convert|2,760.6|/sqmi|/km2|adj=off}}, of which 13,332 (41.7%) were owner-occupied, and 18,625 (58.3%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.3%; the rental vacancy rate was 4.4%. 32,002 people (43.2% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units, and 41,799 people (56.4%) lived in rental housing units.<ref name="C" /> |
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As of 2013, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mountain View had an unemployment rate of 5%.<ref name="B">{{cite web |url=http://www.mountainview.gov/about/learn/demographics.asp |title=City Demographics |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=City of Mountain View |access-date=February 16, 2018 |archive-date=February 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217024018/http://www.mountainview.gov/about/learn/demographics.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> It had a female population of 49.1 percent and a male population of 50.9 percent. Persons under five were 7.1 percent, persons under 18 were 19.7 percent, and persons aged 65 and older were 10.6 percent.<ref name="B" /> In 2016, 8.7 percent of people in Mountain View were living below the poverty line. Of the citizens over the age of sixteen, 64.3 percent were employed in the labor force, while 26.2 percent were not.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|title=U.S. Census website|first=U. S. Census|last=Bureau|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=February 15, 2018}}</ref> |
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As of the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]], there were 74,066 people, _ households, and _ families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|6174.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 34,136 housing units.{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}} |
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145 (0.2%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 120 (0.2%) were institutionalized. There were 31,957 households, out of which 8,731 (27.3%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 13,806 (43.2%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 2,456 (7.7%) had a female householder with no husband present, 1,253 (3.9%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 1,928 (6.0%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 280 (0.9%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 10,961 households (34.3%) were made up of individuals, and 2,471 (7.7%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31. There were 17,515 [[family (U.S. Census)|families]] (54.8% of all households); the average family size was 3.01. The population was spread out, with 14,594 people (19.7%) under the age of 18, 5,401 people (7.3%) aged 18 to 24, 28,577 people (38.6%) aged 25 to 44, 17,647 people (23.8%) aged 45 to 64, and 7,846 people (10.6%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.5 males. There were 33,881 housing units at an average density of {{convert|2,760.6|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units |units|}}, of which 13,332 (41.7%) were owner-occupied, and 18,625 (58.3%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.3%; the rental vacancy rate was 4.4%. 32,002 people (43.2% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units, and 41,799 people (56.4%) lived in rental housing units. |
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[[File:RV Campers in Mountain View2.jpg|thumb|RV campers being used as residences on a city street in Mountain View]] |
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[[File:RV Campers in Mountain View2.jpg|thumb|RV campers used as residences on a Mountain View street]] |
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{{anchor|Homelessness}}According to the Santa Clara County Homeless Census and Survey, the number of homeless individuals in Mountain View increased 51% from 2015 to 2017, with 276 homeless individuals in 2015, and 416 in 2017.<ref name="MN" /> In August 2017, the ''Mercury News'' reported that Mountain View had seen RVs and recreational vehicles become the choice of residence for many working poor in the city. The city's communications coordinator called it a "new" situation, noting that many of the residents living in RVs were working up to three jobs, and that affordable housing was hard to come by in the city.<ref name="MN">{{cite news |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/07/12/working-poor-finding-homes-on-four-wheels-in-mountain-view/ |title=Working Poor Finding Homes on Four Wheels in Mountain View |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=July 12, 2017 |newspaper=[[Mercury News]] |access-date=February 18, 2018 }}</ref> In December 2017, Google received approval to build nearly 10,000 new units of housing near its future campus in the city.<ref name="BI">{{cite web |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/google-is-building-homes-in-mountain-view-2017-12 |title=Silicon Valley might get some relief from high housing prices — Google will build nearly 10,000 homes near its new campus |author=<!--Not stated-->Melia Robinson |date=December 13, 2017 |website=[[Business Insider]] |access-date=February 18, 2018 }}</ref> |
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{{anchor|Homelessness}}According to the Santa Clara County Homeless Census and Survey, the number of homeless individuals in Mountain View increased 51% from 2015 to 2017, with 276 homeless individuals in 2015, and 416 in 2017.<ref name="MN" /> In August 2017, the ''Mercury News'' reported that Mountain View had seen RVs and recreational vehicles become the choice of residence for many working poor in the city. The city's communications coordinator called it a "new" situation, noting that many of the residents living in RVs were working up to three jobs, and that affordable housing was hard to come by in the city.<ref name="MN">{{cite news |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/07/12/working-poor-finding-homes-on-four-wheels-in-mountain-view/ |title=Working Poor Finding Homes on Four Wheels in Mountain View |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=July 12, 2017 |newspaper=[[Mercury News]] |access-date=February 18, 2018 }}</ref> In December 2017, Google received approval to build nearly 10,000 new units of housing near its future campus in the city.<ref name="BI">{{cite web |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/google-is-building-homes-in-mountain-view-2017-12 |title=Silicon Valley might get some relief from high housing prices — Google will build nearly 10,000 homes near its new campus |author=<!--Not stated-->Melia Robinson |date=December 13, 2017 |website=[[Business Insider]] |access-date=February 18, 2018}}</ref> |
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===2000=== |
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 70,708 people, 31,242 households, and 15,902 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was 2,263.7/km<sup>2</sup> (5,861.4/mi<sup>2</sup>). There were 32,432 housing units at an average density of 1,038.3/km<sup>2</sup> (2,688.5/mi<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the city was 63.77% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 20.67% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 18.26% [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] (of any race), 2.53% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.39% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.26% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 8.32% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 4.07% from two or more races.<ref name="GR2" /> |
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===2000 census=== |
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There were 31,242 households, out of which 23.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 49.1% were non-families. 35.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.97.<ref name="GR2" /> |
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As of the [[2000 United States census|2000 census]], there were 70,708 people, 31,242 households, and 15,902 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|2,263.7|/km2|/mi2|abbr=on}}. There were 32,432 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,038.3|/km2|/mi2|abbr=on}}. The racial makeup of the city was 63.77% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 20.67% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 18.26% [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] (of any race), 2.53% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.39% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.26% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 8.32% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 4.07% from two or more races. |
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There were 31,242 households, out of which 23.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 49.1% were non-families. 35.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.97. |
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In the city, the population was spread out, with 18.0% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 43.4% from 25 to 44, 19.8% from 45 to 64, and 10.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 106.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.9 males. |
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According to a 2007 estimate the median income for a household in the city was $82,648, and the median income for a family was $105,079.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/STTable?_bm=y&-context=st&-qr_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_S1901&-ds_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_&-CONTEXT=st&-tree_id=307&-redoLog=false&-_caller=geoselect&-geo_id=16000US0649670&-format=&-_lang=en|title=Factfinder.census.gov|access-date=October 25, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212060056/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/STTable?_bm=y&-context=st&-qr_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_S1901&-ds_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_&-CONTEXT=st&-tree_id=307&-redoLog=false&-_caller=geoselect&-geo_id=16000US0649670&-format=&-_lang=en|archive-date=February 12, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> Males had a median income of $64,585 versus $44,358 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $39,693. About 3.6% of families and 6.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 7.2% of those under age 18 and 5.9% of those age 65 or over. |
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The median income for a household in the city was $69,362, and the median income for a family was $80,379. Males had a median income of $64,585 versus $44,358 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $39,693. About 3.6% of families and 6.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 7.2% of those under age 18 and 5.9% of those age 65 or over. |
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==Government== |
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[[File:Mountain View, City Hall.jpg|thumb|Mountain View City Hall]] |
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[[File:Mountain View Fire Station Number 1.jpg|thumb|Mountain View Fire Station {{abbr|No.|Number}} 1]] |
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==Arts and culture== |
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Mountain View has a [[council-manager government]] system. An executive city manager is in charge of several departments, while the city council, supported by several boards, commissions, and committees, is the legislature responsible for the ordinances of the city code. The executive in turn enforces the code and promulgates administrative regulations to execute it. The city clerk and attorney perform supporting roles. The Community Development Department is the agency responsible for planning and zoning.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.mtnview.ca.us/city_hall/default.asp|title=City of Mountain View - Departments|access-date=October 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715125005/http://www.ci.mtnview.ca.us/city_hall/default.asp|archive-date=July 15, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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===Points of interest=== |
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====Downtown==== |
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=== State and federal representatives === |
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[[File:Castro Street Mountain View sidewalk.jpg|thumb|Sidewalk along Castro Street in downtown Mountain View]] |
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In the [[California State Legislature|state legislature]], Mountain View is in {{Representative|casd|13|fmt=sdistrict}}, and in {{Representative|caad|23|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://statewidedatabase.org/gis/gis2011/index_2011.html |title=Statewide Database |publisher=UC Regents |access-date=November 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201113744/http://statewidedatabase.org/gis/gis2011/index_2011.html |archive-date=February 1, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the [[United States House of Representatives]], Mountain View is in {{Representative|cacd|16|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|18}}</ref> |
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Mountain View has a pedestrian-friendly downtown centered on Castro Street. The downtown area consists of the seven blocks of Castro Street from the [[Downtown Mountain View Station]] transit center in the north to the intersection with [[California State Route 82|El Camino Real]] in the south. The transit center links the [[Caltrain]] commuter rail and [[Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority]] (VTA) light rail and bus systems. |
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=== City council === |
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Mountain View is represented by a 7-member council elected at-large. The mayor is a council member appointed by their peers each year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mountainview.gov/council/default.asp|title=City of Mountain View - City Council|access-date=July 2, 2017|archive-date=July 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710074837/http://mountainview.gov/council/default.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> The City Council maintains a number of [https://www.mountainview.gov/council/bcc/default.asp Council Advisory Bodies] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008181807/https://www.mountainview.gov/council/bcc/default.asp |date=October 8, 2019 }}, which provide input on a range of city matters pertaining to development, land use and historical preservation. |
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Four blocks with a concentration of restaurants, cafes, and shops extend south from the downtown station. The [[Michelin Guide]]-starred restaurant Chez TJ is located a block from Castro Street on Villa Street. Tied House, located next door, was one of the first brewpubs in the Bay Area, and was a popular stop in downtown until it closed in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kadvany |first1=Elena |title=Facing monthslong closure due to chemical contamination, Mountain View brewery Tied House calls it quits |url=https://www.mv-voice.com/blogs/p/2019/12/23/facing-monthslong-closure-due-to-chemical-contamination-mountain-view-brewery-tied-house-calls-it-quits |website=Mountain View Voice |date=December 23, 2019 |access-date=September 17, 2020}}</ref> |
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=== Public safety === |
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The Mountain View Fire Department maintains five stations, and is responsible for fire protection and emergency medical services.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mountainview.gov/documents/MVFD/Fire%20Annual%20Report%20FY%2015-16.pdf|title=Mountain View Fire Department Annual Report 2015-2016|access-date=July 12, 2018|archive-date=July 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713074250/https://www.mountainview.gov/documents/MVFD/Fire%20Annual%20Report%20FY%2015-16.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mountainview.gov/depts/fire/default.asp|title=City of Mountain View - Fire|access-date=July 12, 2017|archive-date=July 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724130032/http://www.mountainview.gov/depts/fire/default.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mountainview.gov/depts/fire/emergency/apparatus.asp|title=City of Mountain View - Fire - Apparatus|access-date=July 12, 2018|archive-date=July 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713073054/https://www.mountainview.gov/depts/fire/emergency/apparatus.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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The core of downtown is the plaza shared by City Hall, the [[Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts]] (MVCPA) and the Mountain View Public Library. The plaza is used for many community gatherings and events, and features a collection of public art. Peninsula Youth Theatre and [[TheatreWorks (Silicon Valley)|TheatreWorks]] are among the home companies of the MVCPA.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.mtnview.ca.us/mvcpa/gen_info.html|title=MVCPA General Info|access-date=October 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025114218/http://www.ci.mtnview.ca.us/mvcpa/gen_info.html|archive-date=October 25, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> The City Hall and MVCPA complex, designed by William Turnbull of San Francisco, opened in 1991.<ref>{{cite news |first=Morris |last=Newman |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/16/realestate/national-notebook-mountain-view-calif-a-civic-center-for-a-revival.html |title=National Notebook: Mountain View, Calif.; A Civic Center For a Revival |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 16, 1991}}</ref> Behind those buildings is Pioneer Park, formerly the site of Mountain View's first cemetery.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mv-voice.com/special_pubs/mountainview/55/section1.pdf |title=Info Mountain View 2014–15 |newspaper=Mountain View Voice |page=16 |type=pdf}}</ref> |
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The Mountain View Police Department maintains patrol, traffic enforcement, detective, K9 and SWAT services for the city,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mountainview.gov/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?blobid=26646|title=Mountain View Police Department Annual Report 2017|website=Mountainview.gov|access-date=February 27, 2021|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308145557/https://www.mountainview.gov/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?blobid=26646|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mountainview.gov/depts/police/default.asp|title=City of Mountain View - Police|access-date=July 12, 2018|archive-date=July 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713073032/https://www.mountainview.gov/depts/police/default.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://joinmvpd.com/specialty-units/|title=Mountain View Police Department Specialty Units|access-date=July 12, 2018|archive-date=July 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713073314/https://joinmvpd.com/specialty-units/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and participates in several task forces,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mountainview.gov/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?BlobID=13148|title=Mountain View Police Department Annual Report 2013|access-date=July 12, 2018|archive-date=August 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819141515/https://www.mountainview.gov/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?BlobID=13148|url-status=dead}}</ref> including the Regional Allied Computer Crime Task Force (REACT) and the Regional Auto Theft Task Force (RAATF).{{citation needed|date=July 2018}} |
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The Mountain View Police Department is located two blocks away from Castro Street on Villa Street.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mountainview.gov/depts/police/contact.asp |title=Contact Us |publisher=Mountain View, California |access-date=December 31, 2018 |archive-date=January 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101002832/https://www.mountainview.gov/depts/police/contact.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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==Education== |
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Mountain View is served by a mix of public and private schools. |
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Since 1971, the city has held the annual Mountain View Art & Wine Festival on Castro Street by closing down the street to traffic for two days. There is a farmers' market in the Caltrain parking lot every Sunday morning. Every summer, once a month, the city celebrates Thursday Night Live by closing off Castro street to cars and providing live music events and car shows on Castro Street. |
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===Public=== |
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The public elementary (Bubb, Castro, Imai, Landels, [[Gabriela Mistral Elementary School|Mistral]], [[Monta Loma, Mountain View|Monta Loma]], Stevenson, Theuerkauf, and Vargas) and middle schools (Crittenden and Graham) are governed by the [[Mountain View-Whisman School District]].<ref>{{cite web| url =http://www.mvwsd.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070724021047/http://www.mvwsd.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=27| title= Mountain View Whisman School District - School Info|archive-date=July 24, 2007 |website=Mvwsd.org| access-date=May 27, 2015}}</ref> Springer Elementary, although located within the borders of Mountain View, is governed by the [[Los Altos School District]]. The public high schools are governed by the [[Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District]] and consist of [[Alta Vista High School (California)|Alta Vista High School]], [[Mountain View High School (Mountain View, California)|Mountain View High School]], and [[Los Altos High School (Los Altos, California)|Los Altos High School]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.mvla.net/Home.aspx|title=MVLA High School District| access-date=October 25, 2014| url-status =dead| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130801172620/http://www.mvla.net/Home.aspx|archive-date=August 1, 2013}}</ref> Mountain View High and Los Altos High each contain approximately 50% Los Altos residents and 50% Mountain View residents. Some Mountain View residents attend Almond Elementary and Egan Junior High in the Los Altos School District. |
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The entire length of El Camino in Mountain View is a low-density commercial area.{{citation needed|date=August 2014}} |
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Mountain View taxed a large portion of its most valuable commercial and industrial properties in the Shoreline Regional Park Community at very low relative levels, and until the creation of a joint-powers agreement (JPA) in 2006, none of those property taxes reached the local schools. After the creation of the JPA, the Shoreline Regional Park Community shared less than $1 million per year with the elementary and high school districts.<ref>[http://www.mv-voice.com/story.php?story_id=1732 "Flush times at high school district,"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927084607/http://www.mv-voice.com/story.php?story_id=1732 |date=September 27, 2007}} ''Mountain View Voice,'' June 30, 2006</ref><ref>[http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/kopec/b155/html/tab-234.html "Mountain View Shoreline Regional Park Community Act,"] {{webarchive| url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060903100613/http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/kopec/b155/html/tab-234.html |date=September 3, 2006}} uncodified Act of the California Legislature, 1969, Chapter 1109.</ref> |
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===Buildings=== |
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In 2008, a citizen-supported parcel tax, largely aimed at reducing class sizes, was renewed in an overwhelmingly positive vote.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.mv-voice.com/news/2008/06/04/measure-c-passes-by-a-landslide| title=Measure C passes by a landslide|author=Casey Weiss|date=June 4, 2008| website=Mv-voice.com|access-date=May 27, 2015}}</ref> The current ratio of students to full-time-equivalent teachers in the Mountain View public elementary schools is 20.4 : 1.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&DistrictID=0626280&ID2=0626280|title=District Detail for Mountain View-Whisman Elementary|access-date= October 25, 2014}}</ref> |
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[[File:Computer history museum.jpg|thumb|[[Computer History Museum]]]] |
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[[File:Shoreline Amphitheatre.jpg|thumb|[[Shoreline Amphitheatre]]]] |
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The [[Computer History Museum]] has a collection of computing artifacts. |
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===Private=== |
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[[File:Mountain_View_High_School_building.jpg|thumb| [[Mountain View High School (Mountain View, California)|Mountain View High School]] ]] |
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The [[Shoreline Amphitheater]] is a large outdoor venue for large concerts and shows. |
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Notable private schools in Mountain View include: [[Khan Lab School]], a [[laboratory school]] associated with [[Khan Academy]]; [[Saint Francis High School (Mountain View)|Saint Francis High School]], a [[Roman Catholic]] [[secondary school]]; [[German International School of Silicon Valley]] (GISSV), a [[K–12 (education)|PK-12]] German-English bilingual international school; and [[Yew Chung International School of Silicon Valley]], a PK-8 Chinese-English bilingual international school. |
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[[Moffett Federal Airfield|Moffett Field]] is a joint civil-military federal airfield located between northern Mountain View and northern [[Sunnyvale, California]]. It is home to the [[Air National Guard]]. Its [[hangar]]s for [[blimp]]s and [[rigid airship]]s (now mostly vacant) make unique landmarks for motorists on Highway 101. |
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[[NASA Ames Research Center]] is a research facility adjacent to Moffett, and also houses a gift-shop NASA visitor center. |
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The [[Mountain View Adobe]], a small events center on Moffett Boulevard, is listed in the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. |
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===Seminary=== |
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[[Saint Joseph Parish (Mountain View, California)|St. Joseph Parish]] was founded in 1905, and survived the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake]], only to burn down in 1928.<ref name="Joey" /> [[St. Joseph's Seminary (Mountain View, California)|St. Joseph's Seminary]] operated here between 1924 and 1991.<ref>{{cite web|title=Welcome Friends|url=http://www.saintjosephscollege.ws/|website=Saintjosephscollege.ws|access-date= October 30, 2012}}</ref> The current St. Joseph church building was built in 1929.<ref name="Joey">{{cite web|url=http://www.sjpmv.org/content/history/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228074626/http://www.sjpmv.org/content/history/|title=St. Joseph Parish: History|archive-date=February 28, 2008 |website=Sjpmv.org|access-date=May 27, 2015}}</ref> |
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===Library=== |
===Library=== |
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[[File:City of Mountain View Public Library exterior.jpg|thumb|Library |
[[File:City of Mountain View Public Library exterior.jpg|thumb|Library]] |
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Mountain View has one central public library, the Mountain View Public Library, which has video, music, books, and access to the Internet. The library provides outreach services through the bookmobile and S.O.S. volunteer program to those in Mountain View who are unable to come to the main branch. The building was built in 1997. The second floor of the library has a special collection in a room devoted to the history of Mountain View, which features a portrait of Crisanto Castro, for whom the major downtown thoroughfare is named.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mountainview.gov/city_hall/library/default.asp|title=City of Mountain View - Library|access-date=October 25, 2014|archive-date=July 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714230300/http://www.mountainview.gov/city_hall/library/default.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> Displayed outside the library is a piece of the [[Berlin Wall]], installed in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2013/03/19/berlin-wall-sections-find-new-home-in-mountain-view-in-front-of-library/|title=Berlin Wall sections find new home in Mountain View in front of library|website=Mercurynews.com|date=March 20, 2013|access-date=February 27, 2021}}</ref> |
Mountain View has one central public library, the Mountain View Public Library, which has video, music, books, and access to the Internet. The library provides outreach services through the bookmobile and S.O.S. volunteer program to those in Mountain View who are unable to come to the main branch. The building was built in 1997. The second floor of the library has a special collection in a room devoted to the history of Mountain View, which features a portrait of Crisanto Castro, for whom the major downtown thoroughfare is named.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mountainview.gov/city_hall/library/default.asp|title=City of Mountain View - Library|access-date=October 25, 2014|archive-date=July 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714230300/http://www.mountainview.gov/city_hall/library/default.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> Displayed outside the library is a piece of the [[Berlin Wall]], installed in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2013/03/19/berlin-wall-sections-find-new-home-in-mountain-view-in-front-of-library/|title=Berlin Wall sections find new home in Mountain View in front of library|website=Mercurynews.com|date=March 20, 2013|access-date=February 27, 2021}}</ref> |
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==Parks and recreation== |
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==Infrastructure== |
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[[File:Mountain View Farmers Market.jpg|thumb|Mountain View Farmers' Market]] |
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=== Roads === |
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Several freeways end and intersect in Mountain View, including [[California State Route 237|SR-237]] (which begins at Grant Rd), [[California State Route 85|SR-85]] (terminates at Shoreline Blvd), and [[Bayshore Freeway|US-101]] (passes through the city). Due to the various alignments of these freeways, they form a triangle within the city of Mountain View and are partially interconnected at each end of the triangle. [[Interstate 280 (California)|I-280]] is also nearby via [[Cupertino, California|Cupertino]], and Santa Clara County Route [[California county routes in zone G#G6|G6]] is one of the city's major arterial roads. Other major thoroughfares include El Camino Real ([[California State Route 82|SR 82]]), Shoreline Blvd (which is the main entrance road for [[Google]]'s campus and [[Shoreline Amphitheatre]]), Grant Road, Rengstorff & El Monte Avenues, San Antonio Road, California Street, Moffet Blvd and Middlefield Road. Castro Street serves as the cities main downtown business corridor - it previously carried regular road traffic, but since 2022, has been officially converted to a [[Pedestrian zone|pedestrian plaza]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Castro Pedestrian Mall {{!}} Mountain View, CA |url=https://www.mountainview.gov/our-city/departments/public-works/roads-and-transportation/transportation-planning/castro-pedestrian-mall-feasibility-study?locale=en |access-date=2023-07-26 |website=Mountainview.gov |language=en}}</ref> Speed limits on most surface streets range from 20 to 35 MPH, with the highest speeds posted as 45 MPH (on 237's non-freeway portion and on G6). |
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The largest park in the city is [[Shoreline Park, Mountain View|Shoreline Park]], which was built on a landfill and runs along the Bay north of [[U.S. Route 101 in California|U.S. Route 101]]. It includes [[Shoreline Amphitheatre]], Shoreline Golf Course, as well as [[Rengstorff House]], which is listed in the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. On the north side, facing the Bay, the park includes tidal ponds and mudflats, accessible via pedestrian and bicycle paths. The [[San Francisco Bay Trail]] runs along Shoreline Park. |
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===Public transportation=== |
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[[File:Caltrain at Mountain View.jpg|thumb|[[Caltrain]] commuter rail at the Mountain View Station]] |
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[[File:VTA Tasman Station (August 11th, 2005).jpg|thumb|[[Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority]] (VTA) light rail]]The [[Downtown Mountain View Station]] is the transit center for the city, connecting the public commuter rail, light rail, bus, and private shuttle systems. It is one of the busiest transit centers in the county, behind Milpitas, Palo Alto and San Jose.<ref>[https://www.caltrain.com/media/1359/download] {{dead link|date=November 2023}}</ref> |
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[[Stevens Creek (California)|Stevens Creek]] runs through Mountain View from the south and empties into the Bay in Shoreline Park. A paved pedestrian and bicycle path, the Stevens Creek Trail, runs alongside the creek for nearly its entire distance in Mountain View. Stevens Creek is home to coyotes, gray foxes, black-tailed deer, butterflies, dragonflies, and 150 species of birds,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfbaywildlife.info/places/stevens_creek_county_park.htm|title=Stevens Creek County Park : sfbaywildlife.info|website=Sfbaywildlife.info|access-date=January 3, 2020}}</ref> as well as shorebirds that feed in the mudflat. The shorebirds can be seen at low tide.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fws.gov/refuge/don_edwards_san_francisco_bay/visit/Stevens.Creek.East.Map.html|title=12. Stevens Creek East Trail - Mountain View - Don Edwards San Francisco Bay - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service|website=Fws.gov|access-date=January 3, 2020}}</ref> |
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==== Rail service ==== |
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Mountain View is served by the [[Caltrain]] commuter rail system, which runs from [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]] to [[Gilroy, California|Gilroy]]. The two Caltrain stations in the city are the Mountain View Station and the [[San Antonio (Caltrain station)|San Antonio Station]]. Caltrain provides all classes of service in Mountain View, with Baby Bullet trains stopping at the main downtown station. |
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Other parks include: |
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The city is also served by the [[Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority]] (VTA), which operates various bus lines and a [[VTA light rail|light rail system]] connecting Mountain View with other points in [[Santa Clara County, California|Santa Clara County]]. There are a total of four stations in the city on the [[Orange Line (VTA)|Orange Line]] VTA [[light rail]] line, with Downtown Mountain View Station serving as the northern terminus, while the other three stations are [[Whisman (VTA)|Whisman]], [[Middlefield (VTA)|Middlefield]], and [[Bayshore-NASA (VTA)|Bayshore/NASA]]. |
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[[File:Charleston Park.jpg|thumb|Charleston Park]] |
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* Eagle Park, which holds a public swimming pool, dog-friendly lawn, and World War II [[war memorial|memorial]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=City of Mountain View - Memorials |url=https://www.mountainview.gov/depts/cs/memorials.asp |access-date=May 12, 2023 |website=Mountainview.gov |archive-date=May 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512071254/https://www.mountainview.gov/depts/cs/memorials.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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==== Bus service ==== |
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* Cuesta Park, a sprawling park with tennis courts, barbecue areas, and playgrounds, near El Camino Hospital and the YMCA |
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MVgo is a free shuttle service that runs three routes throughout Mountain View beginning and ending at Downtown Mountain View Station during morning and evening commute hours. Many large local employers (including [[Google]], [[Microsoft]], [[Apple Inc.]], and [[NASA Ames Research Center]]) operate employee shuttles that stop at the Downtown Mountain View Station. There is also a free community shuttle bus that serves 50 stops in a loop within Mountain View, which connects the major shopping areas with the residential neighborhoods.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://mvcommunityshuttle.com/ | title = Mountain View Community Shuttle | access-date = February 11, 2015}}</ref> |
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* Rengstorff Park, home to a public swimming pool, community center, skate park, fenced dog park, and multiple playgrounds and picnic areas |
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* Charleston Park, a five-acre park located near the [[Googleplex]]. The park was designed by SWA Group who received an ASLA Centennial Medallion in 1999 for their work.<ref>{{cite news |first = Helaine |last = Taylor |title = Company Headquarters For Google Inc Googleplex In California Receive ASLA National Honor Award 2001 |url = http://www.newslikethis.com/company-headquarters-google-inc-googleplex-california-receive-asla-national-honor-award-2001 |publisher = NewsLikeThis.com |date = August 23, 2011 |access-date = January 3, 2015 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150318170707/http://www.newslikethis.com/company-headquarters-google-inc-googleplex-california-receive-asla-national-honor-award-2001 |archive-date = March 18, 2015 |df = mdy-all}}</ref> |
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==Government== |
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VTA operates several regularly scheduled routes within the city, including Routes 21, 22/522, 40, 51, and 52. VTA also has a bus yard in Mountain View, near Shoreline Blvd and US-101. |
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[[File:Mountain View, City Hall.jpg|thumb|upright|Mountain View City Hall]] |
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Mountain View has a [[council-manager government]] system. An executive city manager is in charge of several departments, while the city council, supported by several boards, commissions, and committees, is the legislature responsible for the ordinances of the city code. The executive in turn enforces the code and promulgates administrative regulations to execute it. The city clerk and attorney perform supporting roles. The Community Development Department is the agency responsible for planning and zoning.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.mtnview.ca.us/city_hall/default.asp|title=City of Mountain View - Departments|access-date=October 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715125005/http://www.ci.mtnview.ca.us/city_hall/default.asp|archive-date=July 15, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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==== Air travel ==== |
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The nearest major commercial airport is [[San Jose International Airport]] (SJC), located about 11 miles (15 minutes) from downtown Mountain View. [[San Francisco International Airport]] (SFO) and [[Oakland International Airport]] (OAK) also serve Mountain View and often have more international flights available than SJC. [[Moffett Federal Airfield]] is located just north of Mountain View, but it is restricted to government, military, and private use. The nearest [[general aviation]] airport is the [[Palo Alto Airport of Santa Clara County]]. |
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{{See also|List of airports in the San Francisco Bay area}} |
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===State and federal representatives=== |
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===Utilities=== |
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In the [[California State Legislature|state legislature]], Mountain View is in {{Representative|casd|13|fmt=sdistrict}}, and in {{Representative|caad|23|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://statewidedatabase.org/gis/gis2011/index_2011.html |title=Statewide Database |publisher=UC Regents |access-date=November 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201113744/http://statewidedatabase.org/gis/gis2011/index_2011.html |archive-date=February 1, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the [[United States House of Representatives]], Mountain View is in {{Representative|cacd|16|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|18}}</ref> |
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Power in the city is operated by [[Pacific Gas and Electric Company]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://patch.com/california/mountainview/mountain-view-power-outages-ongoing |title=Mountain View Power Outages Ongoing |author=Maggie Avants |date=April 24, 2018 |website=Patch |publisher=Bay City News Service |access-date=April 26, 2018 }}</ref> |
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===City council=== |
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The city is one of the region's largest users of [[Reclaimed water|Recycled Water]], mostly for landscaping in the area North of US-101 covering Shoreline Park and the Google campus. Mountain View uses about 460,000 gallons of recycled water daily, with plans to expand that usage to up to 1.4 million gallons each day.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Forestieri |first=Kevin |title=Mountain View seeks to triple its recycled water use over the next decade amid statewide droughts |url=https://www.mv-voice.com/news/2022/03/21/mountain-view-seeks-to-triple-its-recycled-water-use-over-the-next-decade-amid-statewide-droughts |access-date=2023-08-25 |website=Mv-voice.com |language=en}}</ref> |
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Mountain View is represented by a 7-member council elected at-large. The mayor is a council member appointed by their peers each year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mountainview.gov/council/default.asp|title=City of Mountain View - City Council|access-date=July 2, 2017|archive-date=July 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710074837/http://mountainview.gov/council/default.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> The City Council maintains a number of [https://www.mountainview.gov/council/bcc/default.asp Council Advisory Bodies] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008181807/https://www.mountainview.gov/council/bcc/default.asp |date=October 8, 2019}}, which provide input on a range of city matters pertaining to development, land use and historical preservation. |
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==Education== |
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On August 16, 2006, after over a year of test deployments, Google announced that its implementation of free [[IEEE 802.11]]g wireless service for all of the city was fully operational.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/16/technology/16google.html|title=Google Says It Has No Plans for National Wi-Fi Service|first=John|last=Markoff|work=The New York Times |date=August 16, 2006|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> |
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[[File:Mountain_View_High_School_building.jpg|thumb|[[Mountain View High School (Mountain View, California)|Mountain View High School]]]] |
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===Public=== |
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On February 19, 2014, the City of Mountain View and [[Google]] announced a new connectivity plan for residents, to replace the existing system. Service was to be available along the downtown corridor of Mountain View, primarily on Castro Street. Other areas to be covered included Rengstorff Park, the Mountain View Public Library, Senior, Community, and Teen Centers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mountainview.gov/depts/it/wi_fi.asp|title=City of Mountain View - Wi-Fi|website=Mountainview.gov|access-date=May 27, 2015|archive-date=May 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524212037/http://www.mountainview.gov/depts/it/wi_fi.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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The public elementary (Bubb, Castro, Imai, Landels, [[Gabriela Mistral Elementary School|Mistral]], [[Monta Loma, Mountain View|Monta Loma]], Stevenson, Theuerkauf, and Vargas) and middle schools (Crittenden and Graham) are governed by the [[Mountain View-Whisman School District]].<ref>{{cite web| url =http://www.mvwsd.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070724021047/http://www.mvwsd.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=27| title= Mountain View Whisman School District - School Info|archive-date=July 24, 2007 |website=Mvwsd.org| access-date=May 27, 2015}}</ref> Springer Elementary, although located within the borders of Mountain View, is governed by the [[Los Altos School District]]. The public high schools are governed by the [[Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District]] and consist of [[Alta Vista High School (California)|Alta Vista High School]], [[Mountain View High School (Mountain View, California)|Mountain View High School]], and [[Los Altos High School (Los Altos, California)|Los Altos High School]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.mvla.net/Home.aspx|title=MVLA High School District| access-date=October 25, 2014| url-status =dead| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130801172620/http://www.mvla.net/Home.aspx|archive-date=August 1, 2013}}</ref> Mountain View High and Los Altos High each contain approximately 50% Los Altos residents and 50% Mountain View residents. Some Mountain View residents attend Almond Elementary and Egan Junior High in the Los Altos School District. |
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Mountain View taxed a large portion of its most valuable commercial and industrial properties in the Shoreline Regional Park Community at very low relative levels, and until the creation of a joint-powers agreement (JPA) in 2006, none of those property taxes reached the local schools. After the creation of the JPA, the Shoreline Regional Park Community shared less than $1 million per year with the elementary and high school districts.<ref>[http://www.mv-voice.com/story.php?story_id=1732 "Flush times at high school district,"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927084607/http://www.mv-voice.com/story.php?story_id=1732 |date=September 27, 2007}} ''Mountain View Voice,'' June 30, 2006</ref><ref>[http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/kopec/b155/html/tab-234.html "Mountain View Shoreline Regional Park Community Act,"] {{webarchive| url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060903100613/http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/kopec/b155/html/tab-234.html |date=September 3, 2006}} uncodified Act of the California Legislature, 1969, Chapter 1109.</ref> |
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== Points of interest == |
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===Downtown=== |
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Mountain View has a pedestrian-friendly downtown centered on Castro Street. The downtown area consists of the seven blocks of Castro Street from the [[Downtown Mountain View Station]] transit center in the north to the intersection with [[California State Route 82|El Camino Real]] in the south. The transit center links the [[Caltrain]] commuter rail and [[Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority]] (VTA) light rail and bus systems. |
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In 2008, a citizen-supported parcel tax, largely aimed at reducing class sizes, was renewed in an overwhelmingly positive vote.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.mv-voice.com/news/2008/06/04/measure-c-passes-by-a-landslide| title=Measure C passes by a landslide|author=Casey Weiss|date=June 4, 2008| website=Mv-voice.com|access-date=May 27, 2015}}</ref> The current ratio of students to full-time-equivalent teachers in the Mountain View public elementary schools is 20.4 : 1.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&DistrictID=0626280&ID2=0626280|title=District Detail for Mountain View-Whisman Elementary|access-date=October 25, 2014}}</ref> |
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Four blocks with a concentration of restaurants, cafes, and shops extend south from the downtown station. The [[Michelin Guide]]-starred restaurant Chez TJ is located a block from Castro Street on Villa Street. Tied House, located next door, was one of the first brewpubs in the Bay Area, and was a popular stop in downtown until it closed in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kadvany |first1=Elena |title=Facing monthslong closure due to chemical contamination, Mountain View brewery Tied House calls it quits |url=https://www.mv-voice.com/blogs/p/2019/12/23/facing-monthslong-closure-due-to-chemical-contamination-mountain-view-brewery-tied-house-calls-it-quits |website=Mountain View Voice |access-date=September 17, 2020}}</ref> |
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===Private=== |
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[[File:Castro Street Mountain View sidewalk.jpg|thumb|left|Sidewalk along Castro Street in downtown Mountain View]] |
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Notable private schools in Mountain View include: [[Khan Lab School]], a [[laboratory school]] associated with [[Khan Academy]]; [[Saint Francis High School (Mountain View)|Saint Francis High School]], a [[Roman Catholic]] [[secondary school]]; [[German International School of Silicon Valley]] (GISSV), a [[K–12 (education)|PK-12]] German-English bilingual international school; and [[Yew Chung International School of Silicon Valley]], a PK-8 Chinese-English bilingual international school. |
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The core of downtown is the plaza shared by City Hall, the [[Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts]] (MVCPA) and the Mountain View Public Library. The plaza is used for many community gatherings and events, and features a collection of public art. Peninsula Youth Theatre and [[TheatreWorks (Silicon Valley)|TheatreWorks]] are among the home companies of the MVCPA.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.mtnview.ca.us/mvcpa/gen_info.html|title=MVCPA General Info|access-date=October 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025114218/http://www.ci.mtnview.ca.us/mvcpa/gen_info.html|archive-date=October 25, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> The City Hall and MVCPA complex, designed by William Turnbull of San Francisco, opened in 1991.<ref>{{cite news |first=Morris |last=Newman |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/16/realestate/national-notebook-mountain-view-calif-a-civic-center-for-a-revival.html |title=National Notebook: Mountain View, Calif.; A Civic Center For a Revival |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 16, 1991}}</ref> Behind those buildings is Pioneer Park, formerly the site of Mountain View's first cemetery.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mv-voice.com/special_pubs/mountainview/55/section1.pdf |title=Info Mountain View 2014–15 |newspaper=Mountain View Voice |page=16 |type=pdf}}</ref> |
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==Media== |
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The Mountain View Police Department is located two blocks away from Castro Street on Villa Street.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mountainview.gov/depts/police/contact.asp |title=Contact Us |publisher=Mountain View, California |access-date=December 31, 2018 |archive-date=January 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101002832/https://www.mountainview.gov/depts/police/contact.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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The ''[[Mountain View Voice]]'' is a local newspaper, which began publishing in 1993.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.mv-voice.com/about/ |access-date=September 7, 2022 |website=Mountain View Voice}}</ref> |
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==Infrastructure== |
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Since 1971, the city has held the annual Mountain View Art & Wine Festival on Castro Street by closing down the street to traffic for two days. There is a farmers' market in the Caltrain parking lot every Sunday morning. Every summer, once a month, the city celebrates Thursday Night Live by closing off Castro street to cars and providing live music events and car shows on Castro Street. |
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===Roads=== |
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Major thoroughfares that feed through the city include: |
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* [[California State Route 237|SR-237]] |
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* [[California State Route 85|SR-85]] |
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* [[Bayshore Freeway|US-101]] |
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* [[California county routes in zone G#G6|County Route G6]] |
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* El Camino Real ([[California State Route 82|SR 82]]) |
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The entire length of El Camino in Mountain View is a low-density commercial area.{{citation needed|date=August 2014}} |
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[[File:Caltrain at Mountain View.jpg|thumb|[[Caltrain]] commuter rail at Mountain View Station]] |
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[[File:VTA Tasman Station (August 11th, 2005).jpg|thumb|[[Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority]] (VTA) light rail]] |
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The [[Downtown Mountain View Station]] is the transit center for the city, connecting the public commuter rail, light rail, bus, and private shuttle systems. It is one of the busiest transit centers in the county, behind Milpitas, Palo Alto and San Jose.<ref>[https://www.caltrain.com/media/1359/download] {{dead link|date=November 2023}}</ref> |
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===Parks=== |
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[[File:Mountain View Farmers Market.jpg|thumb|The Mountain View Farmers' Market is held every Sunday in the [[Downtown Mountain View Station]] parking lot.]] |
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The largest park in the city is [[Shoreline Park, Mountain View|Shoreline Park]], which was built on a landfill and runs along the Bay north of [[U.S. Route 101 in California|U.S. Route 101]]. It includes [[Shoreline Amphitheatre]], Shoreline Golf Course, as well as [[Rengstorff House]], which is listed in the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. On the north side, facing the Bay, the park includes tidal ponds and mudflats, accessible via pedestrian and bicycle paths. The [[San Francisco Bay Trail]] runs along Shoreline Park. |
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[[Stevens Creek (California)|Stevens Creek]] runs through Mountain View from the south and empties into the Bay in Shoreline Park. A paved pedestrian and bicycle path, the Stevens Creek Trail, runs alongside the creek for nearly its entire distance in Mountain View. Stevens Creek is home to coyotes, gray foxes, black-tailed deer, butterflies, dragonflies, and 150 species of birds,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfbaywildlife.info/places/stevens_creek_county_park.htm|title=Stevens Creek County Park : sfbaywildlife.info|website=Sfbaywildlife.info|access-date=January 3, 2020}}</ref> as well as shorebirds that feed in the mudflat. The shorebirds can be seen at low tide.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fws.gov/refuge/don_edwards_san_francisco_bay/visit/Stevens.Creek.East.Map.html|title=12. Stevens Creek East Trail - Mountain View - Don Edwards San Francisco Bay - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service|website=Fws.gov|access-date=January 3, 2020}}</ref> |
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Mountain View is served by the [[Caltrain]] commuter rail system, which runs from [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]] to [[Gilroy, California|Gilroy]]. The two Caltrain stations in the city are the Mountain View Station and the [[San Antonio (Caltrain station)|San Antonio Station]]. Caltrain provides all classes of service in Mountain View, with Baby Bullet trains stopping at the main downtown station. |
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The city is also served by the [[Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority]] (VTA), which operates various bus lines and a [[VTA light rail|light rail system]] connecting Mountain View with other points in [[Santa Clara County, California|Santa Clara County]]. There are a total of four stations in the city on the [[Orange Line (VTA)|Orange Line]] VTA [[light rail]] line, with Downtown Mountain View Station serving as the northern terminus, while the other three stations are [[Whisman (VTA)|Whisman]], [[Middlefield (VTA)|Middlefield]], and [[Bayshore-NASA (VTA)|Bayshore/NASA]]. |
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Other parks include: |
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[[File:Charleston Park.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Charleston Park]] |
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* Eagle Park, which holds a public swimming pool, dog-friendly lawn, and World War II [[war memorial|memorial]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=City of Mountain View - Memorials |url=https://www.mountainview.gov/depts/cs/memorials.asp |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Mountainview.gov |archive-date=May 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512071254/https://www.mountainview.gov/depts/cs/memorials.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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* Cuesta Park, a sprawling park with tennis courts, barbecue areas, and playgrounds, near El Camino Hospital and the YMCA |
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* Rengstorff Park, home to a public swimming pool, community center, skate park, fenced dog park, and multiple playgrounds and picnic areas |
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* Charleston Park, a five-acre park located near the [[Googleplex]]. The park was designed by SWA Group who received an ASLA Centennial Medallion in 1999 for their work.<ref>{{cite news |first = Helaine |last = Taylor |title = Company Headquarters For Google Inc Googleplex In California Receive ASLA National Honor Award 2001 |url = http://www.newslikethis.com/company-headquarters-google-inc-googleplex-california-receive-asla-national-honor-award-2001 |publisher = NewsLikeThis.com |date = August 23, 2011 |access-date = January 3, 2015 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150318170707/http://www.newslikethis.com/company-headquarters-google-inc-googleplex-california-receive-asla-national-honor-award-2001 |archive-date = March 18, 2015 |df = mdy-all}}</ref> |
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MVgo is a free shuttle service that runs three routes throughout Mountain View beginning and ending at Downtown Mountain View Station during morning and evening commute hours. Many large local employers (including [[Google]], [[Microsoft]], [[Apple Inc.]], and [[NASA Ames Research Center]]) operate employee shuttles that stop at the Downtown Mountain View Station. There is also a free community shuttle bus that serves 50 stops in a loop within Mountain View, which connects the major shopping areas with the residential neighborhoods.<ref>{{Citation|url=http://mvcommunityshuttle.com/ |title=Mountain View Community Shuttle |access-date=February 11, 2015}}</ref> |
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The ''[[Mountain View Voice]]'' is a local newspaper, which began publishing in 1993.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.mv-voice.com/about/ |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=Mountain View Voice}}</ref> |
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VTA operates several regularly scheduled routes within the city, including Routes 21, 22/522, 40, 51, and 52. VTA also has a bus yard in Mountain View, near Shoreline Blvd and US-101. |
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===Buildings=== |
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[[File:Computer history museum.jpg|thumb|The [[Computer History Museum]]]] |
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[[File:Shoreline Amphitheatre.jpg|thumb|[[Shoreline Amphitheatre]]]] |
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The [[Computer History Museum]] has a collection of computing artifacts. |
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The nearest major commercial airport is [[San Jose International Airport]] (SJC), located about 11 miles (15 minutes) from downtown Mountain View. [[San Francisco International Airport]] (SFO) and [[Oakland International Airport]] (OAK) also serve Mountain View and often have more international flights available than SJC. [[Moffett Federal Airfield]] is located just north of Mountain View, but it is restricted to government, military, and private use. The nearest [[general aviation]] airport is the [[Palo Alto Airport of Santa Clara County]]. |
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{{See also|List of airports in the San Francisco Bay area}} |
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===Utilities=== |
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The [[Shoreline Amphitheater]] is a large outdoor venue for large concerts and shows. |
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Power in the city is operated by [[Pacific Gas and Electric Company]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://patch.com/california/mountainview/mountain-view-power-outages-ongoing |title=Mountain View Power Outages Ongoing |author=Maggie Avants |date=April 24, 2018 |website=Patch |publisher=Bay City News Service |access-date=April 26, 2018}}</ref> |
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The city is one of the region's largest users of [[Reclaimed water|Recycled Water]], mostly for landscaping in the area North of US-101 covering Shoreline Park and the Google campus. Mountain View uses about 460,000 gallons of recycled water daily, with plans to expand that usage to up to 1.4 million gallons each day.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Forestieri |first=Kevin |title=Mountain View seeks to triple its recycled water use over the next decade amid statewide droughts |url=https://www.mv-voice.com/news/2022/03/21/mountain-view-seeks-to-triple-its-recycled-water-use-over-the-next-decade-amid-statewide-droughts |access-date=August 25, 2023 |website=Mv-voice.com |date=March 21, 2022 |language=en}}</ref> |
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[[Moffett Federal Airfield|Moffett Field]] is a joint civil-military federal airfield located between northern Mountain View and northern [[Sunnyvale, California]]. It is home to the [[Air National Guard]]. Its [[hangar]]s for [[blimp]]s and [[rigid airship]]s (now mostly vacant) make unique landmarks for motorists on Highway 101. |
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On August 16, 2006, after over a year of test deployments, Google announced that its implementation of free [[IEEE 802.11]]g wireless service for all of the city was fully operational.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/16/technology/16google.html|title=Google Says It Has No Plans for National Wi-Fi Service|first=John|last=Markoff|work=The New York Times |date=August 16, 2006|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> |
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[[NASA Ames Research Center]] is a research facility adjacent to Moffett, and also houses a gift-shop NASA visitor center. |
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On February 19, 2014, the City of Mountain View and [[Google]] announced a new connectivity plan for residents, to replace the existing system. Service was to be available along the downtown corridor of Mountain View, primarily on Castro Street. Other areas to be covered included Rengstorff Park, the Mountain View Public Library, Senior, Community, and Teen Centers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mountainview.gov/depts/it/wi_fi.asp|title=City of Mountain View - Wi-Fi|website=Mountainview.gov|access-date=May 27, 2015|archive-date=May 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524212037/http://www.mountainview.gov/depts/it/wi_fi.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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The [[Mountain View Adobe]], a small events center on Moffett Boulevard, is listed in the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. |
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[[File:Mountain View Fire Station Number 1.jpg|thumb|Mountain View Fire Station No. 1]] |
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[[Saint Joseph Parish (Mountain View, California)|St. Joseph Parish]] was founded in 1905, and survived the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake]], only to burn down in 1928.<ref name="Joey" /> [[St. Joseph's Seminary (Mountain View, California)|St. Joseph's Seminary]] operated here between 1924 and 1991.<ref>{{cite web|title=Welcome Friends|url=http://www.saintjosephscollege.ws/|website=Saintjosephscollege.ws|access-date= October 30, 2012}}</ref> The current St. Joseph church building was built in 1929.<ref name="Joey">{{cite web|url=http://www.sjpmv.org/content/history/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228074626/http://www.sjpmv.org/content/history/|title=St. Joseph Parish: History|archive-date=February 28, 2008 |website=Sjpmv.org|access-date=May 27, 2015}}</ref> |
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The Mountain View Fire Department maintains five stations, and is responsible for fire protection and emergency medical services.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mountainview.gov/documents/MVFD/Fire%20Annual%20Report%20FY%2015-16.pdf|title=Mountain View Fire Department Annual Report 2015-2016|access-date=July 12, 2018|archive-date=July 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713074250/https://www.mountainview.gov/documents/MVFD/Fire%20Annual%20Report%20FY%2015-16.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mountainview.gov/depts/fire/default.asp|title=City of Mountain View - Fire|access-date=July 12, 2017|archive-date=July 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724130032/http://www.mountainview.gov/depts/fire/default.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mountainview.gov/depts/fire/emergency/apparatus.asp|title=City of Mountain View - Fire - Apparatus|access-date=July 12, 2018|archive-date=July 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713073054/https://www.mountainview.gov/depts/fire/emergency/apparatus.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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The Mountain View Police Department maintains patrol, traffic enforcement, detective, K9 and SWAT services for the city,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mountainview.gov/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?blobid=26646|title=Mountain View Police Department Annual Report 2017|website=Mountainview.gov|access-date=February 27, 2021|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308145557/https://www.mountainview.gov/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?blobid=26646|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mountainview.gov/depts/police/default.asp|title=City of Mountain View - Police|access-date=July 12, 2018|archive-date=July 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713073032/https://www.mountainview.gov/depts/police/default.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://joinmvpd.com/specialty-units/|title=Mountain View Police Department Specialty Units|access-date=July 12, 2018|archive-date=July 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713073314/https://joinmvpd.com/specialty-units/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and participates in several task forces,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mountainview.gov/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?BlobID=13148|title=Mountain View Police Department Annual Report 2013|access-date=July 12, 2018|archive-date=August 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819141515/https://www.mountainview.gov/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?BlobID=13148|url-status=dead}}</ref> including the Regional Allied Computer Crime Task Force (REACT) and the Regional Auto Theft Task Force (RAATF).<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 7, 2005 |title=Resolution - Approve Police Dept's Participation in REACT |url=https://laserfiche.mountainview.gov/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=19736&dbid=0&repo=CityDocuments&cr=1 |access-date=October 25, 2024 |website=City of Mountain View}}</ref> |
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The rock garden in Pioneer Park was a gift from the sister city of Iwata to celebrate the completion of Mountain View's City Hall building.<ref>{{Cite news |
The rock garden in Pioneer Park was a gift from the sister city of Iwata to celebrate the completion of Mountain View's City Hall building.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.mv-voice.com/morgue/2002/2002_02_01.andy.html |title=Former Mayor Dies |newspaper=Mountain View Voice |access-date=February 11, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM9AFZ_Pioneer_Park_Rock_Garden_Mountain_View_CA |title=Pioneer Park Rock Garden |publisher=Waymarking.com |access-date=February 11, 2015}}</ref> The rock garden is located near the Mountain View Public Library. |
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<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM9AFZ_Pioneer_Park_Rock_Garden_Mountain_View_CA | title = Pioneer Park Rock Garden | publisher = Waymarking.com | access-date = February 11, 2015}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
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{{Portal|San Francisco Bay Area}} |
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* [[Timeline of Mountain View, California]] |
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* [[St. Joseph's Seminary (Mountain View, California)]] |
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==Notable people== |
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* [[Jabri Abdur-Rahim]], [[college basketball]] player for the [[Georgia Bulldogs basketball|Georgia Bulldogs]] |
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=== Business === |
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* [[Tully Banta-Cain]], two-time [[Super Bowl]] champion<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BANTATUL01|title = Tully Banta-Cain| website=Databasefootball.com|access-date=December 3, 2012}}</ref> |
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* [[Steve Jobs]], technology entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of Apple, lived in Mountain View during his childhood<ref>{{cite web |title=Mountain View Online : Steve Jobs called Mountain View home as a child |url=http://www.mv-voice.com/news/show_story.php?id=4823 |website=Mv-voice.com}}</ref> |
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* [[Salman Khan (educator)|Salman Khan]], Khan Academy online educator, resides in Mountain View<ref>{{cite news |last1=Begos |first1=Kevin |title=Salman Khan among three Bay Area residents getting $250,000 Heinz awards |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_25223089?source=rss |newspaper=San Jose Mercury News}}</ref> |
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* [[Jan Koum]], CEO and co-founder of WhatsApp, grew up in Mountain View |
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=== Entertainment === |
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* [[Alex Brightman]], actor and singer |
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* [[Carroll Clark]], seven-time [[Academy Award for Best Art Direction]] nominee<ref>{{cite web|title=CARROLL CLARK AND EMILE KURI|url=http://fan.tcm.com/_Carroll-Clark-and-Emile-Kuri/blog/6176929/66470.html?createPassive=true|publisher=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=July 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714154215/http://fan.tcm.com/_Carroll-Clark-and-Emile-Kuri/blog/6176929/66470.html?createPassive=true|archive-date=July 14, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
* [[Carroll Clark]], seven-time [[Academy Award for Best Art Direction]] nominee<ref>{{cite web|title=CARROLL CLARK AND EMILE KURI|url=http://fan.tcm.com/_Carroll-Clark-and-Emile-Kuri/blog/6176929/66470.html?createPassive=true|publisher=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=July 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714154215/http://fan.tcm.com/_Carroll-Clark-and-Emile-Kuri/blog/6176929/66470.html?createPassive=true|archive-date=July 14, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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* [[Laura Chavez]], blues, soul, and rhythm and blues guitarist, songwriter and record producer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/laura-chavez-mn0000320109/biography|title=Laura Chavez | Biography & History|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=February 26, 2021}}</ref> |
* [[Laura Chavez]], blues, soul, and rhythm and blues guitarist, songwriter and record producer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/laura-chavez-mn0000320109/biography|title=Laura Chavez | Biography & History|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=February 26, 2021}}</ref> |
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* [[Assaf Cohen]], supporting actor, ''[[Heroes (U.S. TV series)|Heroes]]'' and ''[[Entourage (U.S. TV series)|Entourage]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=Assaf Cohen|url=http://www.tv.com/people/assaf-cohen/|website=TV.com|access-date=July 9, 2014|archive-date=July 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713174240/http://www.tv.com/people/assaf-cohen/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
* [[Assaf Cohen]], supporting actor, ''[[Heroes (U.S. TV series)|Heroes]]'' and ''[[Entourage (U.S. TV series)|Entourage]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=Assaf Cohen|url=http://www.tv.com/people/assaf-cohen/|website=TV.com|access-date=July 9, 2014|archive-date=July 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713174240/http://www.tv.com/people/assaf-cohen/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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* [[Kurt Kuenne]], filmmaker and composer best known for the documentary ''[[Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father]]''<ref>{{cite web |title=Kurt Kuenne |url=https://www.soundtrack.net/person/kurt-kuenne/ |website=Soundtrack.net}}</ref> |
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* [[Josh Cohen (soccer)|Josh Cohen]], professional soccer player |
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* [[Brandon Crawford]], professional baseball player in MLB, plays for the [[San Francisco Giants]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=crawfbr01|title = Brandon Crawford Stats| publisher=Baseball Almanac |access-date=December 3, 2012}}</ref> |
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=== Media === |
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* [[Paula Creamer]], professional golfer and formerly [[Women's World Golf Rankings]] number two player<ref>{{cite web|title=Hottest players on the LPGA Tour|url=http://www.golf.com/photos/hottest-players-lpga-tour/paula-creamer-0|website=Golf.com|access-date=July 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714115634/http://www.golf.com/photos/hottest-players-lpga-tour/paula-creamer-0|archive-date=July 14, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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* [[Hugh Fate]], dentist and Alaska state representative<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.akleg.gov/basis/Member/Detail/23?code=FHT|title=Alaska State Legislature|website=Akleg.gov|access-date=February 27, 2021}}</ref> |
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* [[Dave Finocchio]], co-founder of [[Bleacher Report]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2014/03/10/Forty-Under-40/Dave-Finocchio.aspx|title=Forty Under 40: Dave Finocchio|website=Sportsbusinessdaily.com|date=March 10, 2014 |access-date=October 24, 2018}}</ref> |
* [[Dave Finocchio]], co-founder of [[Bleacher Report]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2014/03/10/Forty-Under-40/Dave-Finocchio.aspx|title=Forty Under 40: Dave Finocchio|website=Sportsbusinessdaily.com|date=March 10, 2014 |access-date=October 24, 2018}}</ref> |
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* [[Doris Gates]], author and librarian<ref>{{cite book |
* [[Doris Gates]], author and librarian<ref>{{cite book |title=Something About the Author, Autobiography Series, Vol. 1 |publisher=Gale Research |year=1986 |isbn=978-0-8103-4450-1 |editor-last=Sarkissian |editor-first=Adele}}</ref> |
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* [[Edward Michael Keating]] (1925–2003), American publisher, journalist, lawyer; founder of ''[[Ramparts (magazine)|Ramparts]]'', member of the [[New Left]] movement.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |last=McLellan |first=Dennis |date=April 12, 2003 |title=Edward Keating, 77; Founder of Ramparts |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-apr-12-me-keating12-story.html |access-date=February 22, 2022 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |issn=0458-3035}}</ref> |
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* [[Dan Green (powerlifter)|Dan Green]], powerlifter, world record holder in 220 and 242 lbs weight classes<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.powerliftingwatch.com/records/raw/world|title=Men's Raw World Records|website=Powerliftingwatch.com|access-date=May 27, 2015}}</ref> |
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* [[Jose Antonio Vargas]], journalist, filmmaker, immigration rights activist, and namesake of new Mountain View elementary school<ref>{{cite web |title=Jose Antonio Vargas Elementary |url=https://www.mvwsd.org/district_business/facilities/school_construction/jose_antonio_vargas_elementary_construction |access-date=September 7, 2019 |publisher=Mountain View Whisman School District}}</ref> |
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* [[Andy Weir]], wrote ''The Martian'' book and eventual film, while living in Mountain View |
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* [[Edward Michael Keating]] (1925–2003), American publisher, journalist, lawyer; founder of ''[[Ramparts (magazine)|Ramparts]]'', member of the [[New Left]] movement.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web|last=McLellan|first=Dennis|date=2003-04-12|title=Edward Keating, 77; Founder of Ramparts|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-apr-12-me-keating12-story.html|access-date=2022-02-22|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}</ref> |
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* [[Salman Khan (educator)|Salman Khan]], Khan Academy online educator, resides in Mountain View<ref>{{cite news|last1=Begos|first1=Kevin|title=Salman Khan among three Bay Area residents getting $250,000 Heinz awards|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_25223089?source=rss|newspaper=San Jose Mercury News}}</ref> |
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=== Politicians === |
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* [[Hugh Fate]], dentist and Alaska state representative<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alaska State Legislature |url=http://www.akleg.gov/basis/Member/Detail/23?code=FHT |access-date=February 27, 2021 |website=Akleg.gov}}</ref> |
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=== Sports === |
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* [[Jabri Abdur-Rahim]], [[college basketball]] player for the [[Georgia Bulldogs basketball|Georgia Bulldogs]] |
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* [[Tully Banta-Cain]], two-time [[Super Bowl]] champion<ref>{{cite web |title=Tully Banta-Cain |url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BANTATUL01 |access-date=December 3, 2012 |website=Databasefootball.com}}</ref> |
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* [[Josh Cohen (soccer)|Josh Cohen]], professional soccer player |
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* [[Brandon Crawford]], professional baseball player in MLB, played for the [[San Francisco Giants]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Brandon Crawford Stats |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=crawfbr01 |access-date=December 3, 2012 |publisher=Baseball Almanac}}</ref> |
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* [[Paula Creamer]], professional golfer and formerly [[Women's World Golf Rankings]] number two player<ref>{{cite web |title=Hottest players on the LPGA Tour |url=http://www.golf.com/photos/hottest-players-lpga-tour/paula-creamer-0 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714115634/http://www.golf.com/photos/hottest-players-lpga-tour/paula-creamer-0 |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |access-date=July 9, 2014 |website=Golf.com}}</ref> |
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* [[Dan Green (powerlifter)|Dan Green]], powerlifter, world record holder in 220 and 242 lbs weight classes<ref>{{cite web |title=Men's Raw World Records |url=http://www.powerliftingwatch.com/records/raw/world |access-date=May 27, 2015 |website=Powerliftingwatch.com}}</ref> |
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* [[Mark Keil]], five-time ATP tennis doubles champion |
* [[Mark Keil]], five-time ATP tennis doubles champion |
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* [[Jan Koum]], CEO and co-founder of WhatsApp, grew up in Mountain View |
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* [[Kurt Kuenne]], filmmaker and composer best known for the documentary ''[[Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soundtrack.net/person/kurt-kuenne/|title=Kurt Kuenne|website=Soundtrack.net}}</ref> |
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* [[Mark Leonard (baseball)|Mark Leonard]], former left fielder for the [[San Francisco Giants]] and [[Baltimore Orioles]] |
* [[Mark Leonard (baseball)|Mark Leonard]], former left fielder for the [[San Francisco Giants]] and [[Baltimore Orioles]] |
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* [[Adam Peters]], football scout and executive<ref>{{cite web |title=Player Bio: Adam Peters |url=https://uclabruins.com/sports/2013/4/17/208195218 |access-date=January 9, 2024 |website=uclabruins.com |publisher=[[UCLA Bruins]]}}</ref> |
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* [[Sally J. Lieber]], former mayor of Mountain View and politician |
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* [[Kenny Roberts Jr.]], 2000 [[List of 500cc/MotoGP Motorcycle World Champions|500cc Road Racing World Champion]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Kenny Roberts Jr |url=https://www.motogp.com/en/riders/profile/Kenny+Roberts%20Jr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204084531/https://www.motogp.com/en/riders/profile/Kenny+ROBERTS%2520JR |archive-date=December 4, 2020 |access-date=May 27, 2015 |website=Motogp.com}}</ref> |
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* [[Kenny Roberts Jr.]], 2000 [[List of 500cc/MotoGP Motorcycle World Champions|500cc Road Racing World Champion]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Kenny Roberts Jr |url=https://www.motogp.com/en/riders/profile/Kenny+Roberts%20Jr |access-date=May 27, 2015 |website=Motogp.com |archive-date=December 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204084531/https://www.motogp.com/en/riders/profile/Kenny+ROBERTS%2520JR |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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* [[Bianca Sierra]], player for [[Mexico women's national football team]] |
* [[Bianca Sierra]], player for [[Mexico women's national football team]] |
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* [[Jose Antonio Vargas]], journalist, filmmaker, immigration rights activist, and namesake of new Mountain View elementary school<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mvwsd.org/district_business/facilities/school_construction/jose_antonio_vargas_elementary_construction|title = Jose Antonio Vargas Elementary| publisher=Mountain View Whisman School District|access-date=September 7, 2019}}</ref> |
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* [[Andy Weir]], wrote ''The Martian'' book and eventual film, while living in Mountain View |
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Mountain View, California | |
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Coordinates: 37°23′10″N 122°05′02″W / 37.38611°N 122.08389°W | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | Santa Clara |
Incorporated | November 7, 1902[1] |
Government | |
• Type | Council–manager[2] |
• Mayor | Pat Showalter[2] |
• Vice mayor | Lisa Matichack[2] |
• City manager | Kimbra McCarthy[3] |
• Supervisor | Joe Simitian[4] |
• State Assembly Member | Marc Berman[5] |
Area | |
• Total | 12.236 sq mi (31.691 km2) |
• Land | 11.958 sq mi (30.971 km2) |
• Water | 0.278 sq mi (0.719 km2) 2.26% |
Elevation | 105 ft (32 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 82,376 |
• Estimate (2022)[9] | 81,059 |
• Rank | US: 439th CA: 103rd |
• Density | 6,780/sq mi (2,617/km2) |
Time zone | UTC–8 (Pacific (PST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC–7 (PDT) |
ZIP Codes[10] | 94035, 94039, 94040, 94041, 94042, 94043 |
Area code | 650 |
FIPS code | 06-49670 |
GNIS feature IDs | 0277611,[7] 2411186 |
Sales tax | 9.125%[11] |
Website | mountainview |
Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States, part of the San Francisco Bay Area. Named for its views of the Santa Cruz Mountains,[12] the population was 82,376 at the 2020 census.[8]
Mountain View was integral to the early history and growth of Silicon Valley, and is the location of many high technology companies. In 1956, William Shockley established Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory in Mountain View, the first company to develop silicon semiconductor devices in Silicon Valley. Mountain View houses the headquarters of many of the world's largest technology companies, including Google and Alphabet Inc., Unicode Consortium, Intuit, NASA Ames Research Center, and former or existing headquarters for Microsoft, Symantec, 23andMe, LinkedIn, Samsung, Quora and Synopsys.
History
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The fertile land between the Santa Cruz Mountains and the shores of the southern San Francisco Bay once supported multiple villages of the indigenous Ohlone people. Spanish missionaries utilized the land for sheep pastures.[13]
The Mexican land grant of Rancho Pastoria de las Borregas was given in 1842 by Alta California Governor Juan Alvarado to Francisco Estrada. This grant was later passed on to Mariano Castro, who sold half of the land to Martin Murphy Jr. Eventually, the former land grant was developed as the cities of Mountain View and Sunnyvale.
The southwest shore of San Francisco Bay was settled by European-Americans in 1852 as a stagecoach station. This was after the United States acquired California. By the early 1900s, it was a shipping point for fruit and grain, as well as a center of religious book publishing.[14]
The early pioneers were commonly buried at the old cemetery between Mercy & Church, off Castro Street. This is now the site of the present city library and park, known as Pioneer Park.
Residents
[edit]Reverend Henry Merrill Henderson, born in Maryland, arrived here at age 35 with his family in 1852; he was meeting relatives: the Ricketts and others who had migrated from Missouri and Kentucky. He was the first Baptist minister in town. He soon rode a circuit for preaching, going by horseback to Half-Moon Bay and McCarthysville for services.[citation needed]
Later that year, Seligman Weilheimer and his brother Samuel immigrated from Dossenheim, Baden, Germany. They settled on the next plot, and in 1856 built the first big general merchandise store in the settlement.[15]
William Bubb bought 80 acres (32 ha) to farm in October 1851; he became a leader in town and died there in 1864. His heirs' descendants prospered, marrying into other pioneer families.[citation needed]
Advent of local aerospace and electronics industries
[edit]The U.S. Navy's adjacent 1,000-acre (4.0 km2) Moffett Field Complex was constructed beginning after 1931; its development attracted many workers and it brought many economic opportunities. After World War II, the population grew significantly with the development of regional aerospace and electronics industries.[16] Between 1950 and 1960, the population grew from 6,563 to 30,889, an increase of 370.7%.
Between 1929 and 1994, Moffett Field Naval Air Station operated in Mountain View. In 1940, the city was the base of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (now the NASA Ames Research Center), which had a strong influence on the development of aerospace and electronics industries.[14]
Current economic climate
[edit]Today, high technology is the foundation of the local economy. Few remnants are visible of the city's agricultural past.
In 1990, Kevin Duggan began his position as city manager. He built a relationship with Google, Inc., and issued a long-term lease to it and other technology companies. As of 2014, those leases generate over $5 million per year in city revenue. The Castro Street downtown area also benefited from a special tax district.[17]
In 2016, the city's voters approved a rent control ordinance.[18][19]
Geography
[edit]According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 12.236 square miles (31.69 km2), of which 11.958 square miles (30.97 km2) is land and 0.278 square miles (0.72 km2) (2.26%) is water.[6]
The city borders Palo Alto and the San Francisco Bay to the north, Los Altos to the south, and Moffett Federal Airfield and Sunnyvale to the east.
Mountain View is located in the south-eastern and south-western section of the San Francisco Peninsula, at the north end of State Route 85, where it meets U.S. Route 101. State Route 82 follows the route of the historic El Camino Real through Mountain View. The city is bounded to the north by the Bay, northeast by Palo Alto, to the south and southwest by Los Altos, and to the east by Sunnyvale and Moffett Federal Airfield.
The Santa Cruz Mountains, the origin of the city's name, lie to the west. This range separates Mountain View from the Pacific Ocean and, together with the Diablo Range to the south-east, form the Santa Clara Valley.
Neighborhoods
[edit]Most of Mountain View consists of residential neighborhoods. Business parks are located mostly in the North Shoreline neighborhood, north of Highway 101.
The Blossom Valley neighborhood comprises five smaller neighborhoods: Springer Meadows, Varsity Park, Blossom Valley Estates, Springer Trees, and Gest Ranch subdivision known as Miramonte Oaks which borders Los Altos. This would be one of the more exclusive areas, this development was built in 1963 to about 1965. The other neighborhood's ranch-style housing were built in the 1950s and 1960s on orchard land.[20]
The Cuernavaca neighborhood is located off Crestview Drive near the Sunnyvale border. This neighborhood used to be the location of a cherry orchard, and later a nine-hole golf course and swim club before it was turned into housing, which was completed in 1989.[21] Most of the housing in Cuernavaca is Spanish-style, with red tiled roofs.[21]
The Monta Loma neighborhood is located between the bounds of San Antonio Road, Middlefield Road, Rengstorff Avenue and Central Expressway.[22] Currently Monta Loma houses a collection of California-style mid-century modern houses by Joseph Eichler, John Calder Mackay, and Mardell Building Company.[22]
Hazardous waste
[edit]Due to its history as a center for semiconductor manufacturing, Mountain View has seven sites on the Environmental Protection Agency's Final National Priorities List (NPL), a list of hazardous waste sites in the United States eligible for long-term remedial action financed under the federal Superfund program. The sites were formerly used by companies including Fairchild Semiconductor, Intel, Raytheon, CTS Printex Inc., Spectra-Physics, Jasco Chemical, GTE and Teledyne. These seven sites make up a portion of the 22 NPL sites in Santa Clara County, which are included in the total of 94 sites in California.[23]
Climate
[edit]Mountain View has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csb: dry-summer subtropical).[24] Summers are warm and dry, while winters are cool and wet. However, both summers and winters are somewhat moderated due to its relative proximity to the Pacific, although it has a lesser maritime influence than San Francisco further north on the peninsula.
Climate data for Moffett Federal Airfield, Mountain View, California | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °F (°C) | 77 (25) |
84 (29) |
85 (29) |
98 (37) |
100 (38) |
107 (42) |
105 (41) |
101 (38) |
105 (41) |
100 (38) |
89 (32) |
75 (24) |
107 (42) |
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 59.0 (15.0) |
61.8 (16.6) |
65.0 (18.3) |
68.0 (20.0) |
71.7 (22.1) |
75.9 (24.4) |
76.9 (24.9) |
76.9 (24.9) |
77.7 (25.4) |
74.1 (23.4) |
65.5 (18.6) |
58.9 (14.9) |
69.3 (20.7) |
Daily mean °F (°C) | 50.7 (10.4) |
53.1 (11.7) |
55.8 (13.2) |
58.4 (14.7) |
62.1 (16.7) |
65.8 (18.8) |
67.7 (19.8) |
68.0 (20.0) |
67.5 (19.7) |
63.6 (17.6) |
55.9 (13.3) |
50.5 (10.3) |
59.9 (15.5) |
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 42.2 (5.7) |
44.5 (6.9) |
46.7 (8.2) |
48.9 (9.4) |
52.5 (11.4) |
55.7 (13.2) |
58.5 (14.7) |
59.0 (15.0) |
57.3 (14.1) |
53.1 (11.7) |
46.3 (7.9) |
42.1 (5.6) |
50.6 (10.3) |
Record low °F (°C) | 21 (−6) |
20 (−7) |
22 (−6) |
31 (−1) |
33 (1) |
40 (4) |
43 (6) |
44 (7) |
37 (3) |
34 (1) |
26 (−3) |
20 (−7) |
20 (−7) |
Average precipitation inches (mm) | 3.06 (78) |
3.31 (84) |
2.49 (63) |
0.98 (25) |
0.48 (12) |
0.09 (2.3) |
0 (0) |
0.03 (0.76) |
0.15 (3.8) |
0.76 (19) |
1.96 (50) |
2.95 (75) |
16.26 (412.86) |
Average precipitation days | 10 | 10.5 | 9.6 | 5.2 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 4.1 | 8.3 | 11.1 | 63.9 |
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Source 2: [26] |
Economy
[edit]Mountain View is one of the major cities that make up Silicon Valley, and has many notable Silicon Valley companies either headquartered there or with a large presence. As of 2024, major tech companies such as Google[27] and Intuit[28] were headquartered in Mountain View.[29]
After voting to increase the minimum wage incrementally in 2015, in December 2017, the Mountain View City Council implemented a mandatory $15 minimum wage, to apply to employees who work two or more hours a week.[30] At the start of 2018, Mountain View raised its minimum wage to $15.[31] Starting on January 1, 2019, the minimum wage was to be "adjusted annually based on the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose regional Consumer Price Index."[30] A proposal to slow down the rate of the wage increases by a year[32][33] was defeated in a City Council meeting on December 4, 2018.[34] Subsequently, on December 30, 2018, it was announced that Mountain View's minimum wage would rise to $15.65 on January 1, 2019, with the increase delayed by one year for companies with 25 or fewer employees.[35] As of January 2024, the minimum wage in Mountain View is $18.75 per hour.[36]
Top employers
[edit]According to the city's 2023 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report,[37] the largest employers in the city are:
# | Employer | # of Employees | Percentage |
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1 | Google/Alphabet | 30,600 | 22.8% |
2 | El Camino Hospital | 3,200 | 2.4% |
3 | Intuit | 3,060 | 2.3% |
4 | 2,500 | 1.9% | |
5 | Microsoft | 2,300 | 1.7% |
6 | Pure Storage | 1,600 | 1.2% |
7 | Nuro | 1,000 | 0.7% |
8 | Waymo | 900 | 0.7% |
9 | Synopsys | 900 | 0.7% |
10 | Mountain View Whisman School District | 600 | 0.4% |
— | Total employers | 46,660 | 34.8% |
Demographics
[edit]Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1880 | 250 | — | |
1930 | 3,308 | — | |
1940 | 3,946 | 19.3% | |
1950 | 6,563 | 66.3% | |
1960 | 30,889 | 370.7% | |
1970 | 54,132 | 75.2% | |
1980 | 58,655 | 8.4% | |
1990 | 67,460 | 15.0% | |
2000 | 70,708 | 4.8% | |
2010 | 74,066 | 4.7% | |
2020 | 82,376 | 11.2% | |
2022 (est.) | 81,059 | [9] | −1.6% |
U.S. Decennial Census[38] 2020 Census[8] |
2020 census
[edit]Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) | Pop 2000[39] | Pop 2010[40] | Pop 2020[41] | % 2000 | % 2010 | % 2020 |
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White alone (NH) | 39,029 | 34,052 | 33,008 | 55.20% | 45.98% | 40.07% |
Black or African American alone (NH) | 1,674 | 1,468 | 1,155 | 2.37% | 1.98% | 1.40% |
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) | 164 | 116 | 101 | 0.23% | 0.16% | 0.12% |
Asian alone (NH) | 14,513 | 19,064 | 28,760 | 20.53% | 25.74% | 34.91% |
Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 160 | 372 | 215 | 0.23% | 0.50% | 0.26% |
Other race alone (NH) | 221 | 241 | 557 | 0.31% | 0.33% | 0.68% |
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) | 2,036 | 2,682 | 4,374 | 2.88% | 3.62% | 5.31% |
Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 12,911 | 16,071 | 14,206 | 18.26% | 21.70% | 17.25% |
Total | 70,708 | 74,066 | 82,376 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
As of the 2020 census, there were 82,376 people and 34,423 households, and 19,585 families residing in the city.[42] The population density was 6,888.8 inhabitants per square mile (2,659.8/km2) There were 37,295 housing units.
According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mountain View had an unemployment rate of 5.0% in August 2013.[43] It had a female population of 47.8 percent and a male population of 52.2 percent. Persons under five were 6.4 percent, persons under 18 were 20.3 percent, and persons aged 65 and older were 11.1 percent in 2020. In 2022, 5.4 percent of people in Mountain View were living below the poverty line. Of the citizens over the age of sixteen, 72.9 percent were employed in the labor force, while 27.1 percent were not.
2010 census
[edit]As of the 2010 census, there were 74,066 people, _ households, and _ families residing in the city. The population density was 6,174.6 inhabitants per square mile (2,384.0/km2). There were 34,136 housing units.[citation needed]
145 (0.2%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 120 (0.2%) were institutionalized. There were 31,957 households, out of which 8,731 (27.3%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 13,806 (43.2%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 2,456 (7.7%) had a female householder with no husband present, 1,253 (3.9%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 1,928 (6.0%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 280 (0.9%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 10,961 households (34.3%) were made up of individuals, and 2,471 (7.7%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31. There were 17,515 families (54.8% of all households); the average family size was 3.01. The population was spread out, with 14,594 people (19.7%) under the age of 18, 5,401 people (7.3%) aged 18 to 24, 28,577 people (38.6%) aged 25 to 44, 17,647 people (23.8%) aged 45 to 64, and 7,846 people (10.6%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.5 males. There were 33,881 housing units at an average density of 2,760.6 units per square mile (1,065.9 units/km2), of which 13,332 (41.7%) were owner-occupied, and 18,625 (58.3%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.3%; the rental vacancy rate was 4.4%. 32,002 people (43.2% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units, and 41,799 people (56.4%) lived in rental housing units.
According to the Santa Clara County Homeless Census and Survey, the number of homeless individuals in Mountain View increased 51% from 2015 to 2017, with 276 homeless individuals in 2015, and 416 in 2017.[44] In August 2017, the Mercury News reported that Mountain View had seen RVs and recreational vehicles become the choice of residence for many working poor in the city. The city's communications coordinator called it a "new" situation, noting that many of the residents living in RVs were working up to three jobs, and that affordable housing was hard to come by in the city.[44] In December 2017, Google received approval to build nearly 10,000 new units of housing near its future campus in the city.[27]
2000 census
[edit]As of the 2000 census, there were 70,708 people, 31,242 households, and 15,902 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,263.7/km2 (5,863/sq mi). There were 32,432 housing units at an average density of 1,038.3/km2 (2,689/sq mi). The racial makeup of the city was 63.77% White, 20.67% Asian, 18.26% Hispanic or Latino (of any race), 2.53% African American, 0.39% Native American, 0.26% Pacific Islander, 8.32% from other races, and 4.07% from two or more races.
There were 31,242 households, out of which 23.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.0% were married couples living together, 7.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 49.1% were non-families. 35.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.97.
In the city, the population was spread out, with 18.0% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 43.4% from 25 to 44, 19.8% from 45 to 64, and 10.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 106.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.9 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $69,362, and the median income for a family was $80,379. Males had a median income of $64,585 versus $44,358 for females. The per capita income for the city was $39,693. About 3.6% of families and 6.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.2% of those under age 18 and 5.9% of those age 65 or over.
Arts and culture
[edit]Points of interest
[edit]Downtown
[edit]Mountain View has a pedestrian-friendly downtown centered on Castro Street. The downtown area consists of the seven blocks of Castro Street from the Downtown Mountain View Station transit center in the north to the intersection with El Camino Real in the south. The transit center links the Caltrain commuter rail and Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) light rail and bus systems.
Four blocks with a concentration of restaurants, cafes, and shops extend south from the downtown station. The Michelin Guide-starred restaurant Chez TJ is located a block from Castro Street on Villa Street. Tied House, located next door, was one of the first brewpubs in the Bay Area, and was a popular stop in downtown until it closed in 2019.[45]
The core of downtown is the plaza shared by City Hall, the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts (MVCPA) and the Mountain View Public Library. The plaza is used for many community gatherings and events, and features a collection of public art. Peninsula Youth Theatre and TheatreWorks are among the home companies of the MVCPA.[46] The City Hall and MVCPA complex, designed by William Turnbull of San Francisco, opened in 1991.[47] Behind those buildings is Pioneer Park, formerly the site of Mountain View's first cemetery.[48]
The Mountain View Police Department is located two blocks away from Castro Street on Villa Street.[49]
Since 1971, the city has held the annual Mountain View Art & Wine Festival on Castro Street by closing down the street to traffic for two days. There is a farmers' market in the Caltrain parking lot every Sunday morning. Every summer, once a month, the city celebrates Thursday Night Live by closing off Castro street to cars and providing live music events and car shows on Castro Street.
The entire length of El Camino in Mountain View is a low-density commercial area.[citation needed]
Buildings
[edit]The Computer History Museum has a collection of computing artifacts.
The Shoreline Amphitheater is a large outdoor venue for large concerts and shows.
Moffett Field is a joint civil-military federal airfield located between northern Mountain View and northern Sunnyvale, California. It is home to the Air National Guard. Its hangars for blimps and rigid airships (now mostly vacant) make unique landmarks for motorists on Highway 101.
NASA Ames Research Center is a research facility adjacent to Moffett, and also houses a gift-shop NASA visitor center.
The Mountain View Adobe, a small events center on Moffett Boulevard, is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Seminary
[edit]St. Joseph Parish was founded in 1905, and survived the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, only to burn down in 1928.[50] St. Joseph's Seminary operated here between 1924 and 1991.[51] The current St. Joseph church building was built in 1929.[50]
Library
[edit]Mountain View has one central public library, the Mountain View Public Library, which has video, music, books, and access to the Internet. The library provides outreach services through the bookmobile and S.O.S. volunteer program to those in Mountain View who are unable to come to the main branch. The building was built in 1997. The second floor of the library has a special collection in a room devoted to the history of Mountain View, which features a portrait of Crisanto Castro, for whom the major downtown thoroughfare is named.[52] Displayed outside the library is a piece of the Berlin Wall, installed in 2013.[53]
Parks and recreation
[edit]The largest park in the city is Shoreline Park, which was built on a landfill and runs along the Bay north of U.S. Route 101. It includes Shoreline Amphitheatre, Shoreline Golf Course, as well as Rengstorff House, which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. On the north side, facing the Bay, the park includes tidal ponds and mudflats, accessible via pedestrian and bicycle paths. The San Francisco Bay Trail runs along Shoreline Park.
Stevens Creek runs through Mountain View from the south and empties into the Bay in Shoreline Park. A paved pedestrian and bicycle path, the Stevens Creek Trail, runs alongside the creek for nearly its entire distance in Mountain View. Stevens Creek is home to coyotes, gray foxes, black-tailed deer, butterflies, dragonflies, and 150 species of birds,[54] as well as shorebirds that feed in the mudflat. The shorebirds can be seen at low tide.[55]
Other parks include:
- Eagle Park, which holds a public swimming pool, dog-friendly lawn, and World War II memorial[56]
- Cuesta Park, a sprawling park with tennis courts, barbecue areas, and playgrounds, near El Camino Hospital and the YMCA
- Rengstorff Park, home to a public swimming pool, community center, skate park, fenced dog park, and multiple playgrounds and picnic areas
- Charleston Park, a five-acre park located near the Googleplex. The park was designed by SWA Group who received an ASLA Centennial Medallion in 1999 for their work.[57]
Government
[edit]Mountain View has a council-manager government system. An executive city manager is in charge of several departments, while the city council, supported by several boards, commissions, and committees, is the legislature responsible for the ordinances of the city code. The executive in turn enforces the code and promulgates administrative regulations to execute it. The city clerk and attorney perform supporting roles. The Community Development Department is the agency responsible for planning and zoning.[58]
State and federal representatives
[edit]In the state legislature, Mountain View is in the 13th Senate District, represented by Democrat Josh Becker, and in the 23rd Assembly District, represented by Democrat Marc Berman.[59] In the United States House of Representatives, Mountain View is in California's 16th congressional district, represented by Democrat Anna Eshoo.[60]
City council
[edit]Mountain View is represented by a 7-member council elected at-large. The mayor is a council member appointed by their peers each year.[61] The City Council maintains a number of Council Advisory Bodies Archived October 8, 2019, at the Wayback Machine, which provide input on a range of city matters pertaining to development, land use and historical preservation.
Education
[edit]Public
[edit]The public elementary (Bubb, Castro, Imai, Landels, Mistral, Monta Loma, Stevenson, Theuerkauf, and Vargas) and middle schools (Crittenden and Graham) are governed by the Mountain View-Whisman School District.[62] Springer Elementary, although located within the borders of Mountain View, is governed by the Los Altos School District. The public high schools are governed by the Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District and consist of Alta Vista High School, Mountain View High School, and Los Altos High School.[63] Mountain View High and Los Altos High each contain approximately 50% Los Altos residents and 50% Mountain View residents. Some Mountain View residents attend Almond Elementary and Egan Junior High in the Los Altos School District.
Mountain View taxed a large portion of its most valuable commercial and industrial properties in the Shoreline Regional Park Community at very low relative levels, and until the creation of a joint-powers agreement (JPA) in 2006, none of those property taxes reached the local schools. After the creation of the JPA, the Shoreline Regional Park Community shared less than $1 million per year with the elementary and high school districts.[64][65]
In 2008, a citizen-supported parcel tax, largely aimed at reducing class sizes, was renewed in an overwhelmingly positive vote.[66] The current ratio of students to full-time-equivalent teachers in the Mountain View public elementary schools is 20.4 : 1.[67]
Private
[edit]Notable private schools in Mountain View include: Khan Lab School, a laboratory school associated with Khan Academy; Saint Francis High School, a Roman Catholic secondary school; German International School of Silicon Valley (GISSV), a PK-12 German-English bilingual international school; and Yew Chung International School of Silicon Valley, a PK-8 Chinese-English bilingual international school.
Media
[edit]The Mountain View Voice is a local newspaper, which began publishing in 1993.[68]
Infrastructure
[edit]Roads
[edit]Major thoroughfares that feed through the city include:
- SR-237
- SR-85
- US-101
- County Route G6
- El Camino Real (SR 82)
Public transportation
[edit]The Downtown Mountain View Station is the transit center for the city, connecting the public commuter rail, light rail, bus, and private shuttle systems. It is one of the busiest transit centers in the county, behind Milpitas, Palo Alto and San Jose.[69]
Rail service
[edit]Mountain View is served by the Caltrain commuter rail system, which runs from San Francisco to Gilroy. The two Caltrain stations in the city are the Mountain View Station and the San Antonio Station. Caltrain provides all classes of service in Mountain View, with Baby Bullet trains stopping at the main downtown station.
The city is also served by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), which operates various bus lines and a light rail system connecting Mountain View with other points in Santa Clara County. There are a total of four stations in the city on the Orange Line VTA light rail line, with Downtown Mountain View Station serving as the northern terminus, while the other three stations are Whisman, Middlefield, and Bayshore/NASA.
Bus service
[edit]MVgo is a free shuttle service that runs three routes throughout Mountain View beginning and ending at Downtown Mountain View Station during morning and evening commute hours. Many large local employers (including Google, Microsoft, Apple Inc., and NASA Ames Research Center) operate employee shuttles that stop at the Downtown Mountain View Station. There is also a free community shuttle bus that serves 50 stops in a loop within Mountain View, which connects the major shopping areas with the residential neighborhoods.[70]
VTA operates several regularly scheduled routes within the city, including Routes 21, 22/522, 40, 51, and 52. VTA also has a bus yard in Mountain View, near Shoreline Blvd and US-101.
Air travel
[edit]The nearest major commercial airport is San Jose International Airport (SJC), located about 11 miles (15 minutes) from downtown Mountain View. San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and Oakland International Airport (OAK) also serve Mountain View and often have more international flights available than SJC. Moffett Federal Airfield is located just north of Mountain View, but it is restricted to government, military, and private use. The nearest general aviation airport is the Palo Alto Airport of Santa Clara County.
Utilities
[edit]Power in the city is operated by Pacific Gas and Electric Company.[71]
The city is one of the region's largest users of Recycled Water, mostly for landscaping in the area North of US-101 covering Shoreline Park and the Google campus. Mountain View uses about 460,000 gallons of recycled water daily, with plans to expand that usage to up to 1.4 million gallons each day.[72]
On August 16, 2006, after over a year of test deployments, Google announced that its implementation of free IEEE 802.11g wireless service for all of the city was fully operational.[73]
On February 19, 2014, the City of Mountain View and Google announced a new connectivity plan for residents, to replace the existing system. Service was to be available along the downtown corridor of Mountain View, primarily on Castro Street. Other areas to be covered included Rengstorff Park, the Mountain View Public Library, Senior, Community, and Teen Centers.[74]
Public safety
[edit]The Mountain View Fire Department maintains five stations, and is responsible for fire protection and emergency medical services.[75][76][77]
The Mountain View Police Department maintains patrol, traffic enforcement, detective, K9 and SWAT services for the city,[78][79][80] and participates in several task forces,[81] including the Regional Allied Computer Crime Task Force (REACT) and the Regional Auto Theft Task Force (RAATF).[82]
Sister cities
[edit]The Mountain View Sister City Affiliation was incorporated in 1974 as an independent non-profit governed by a board of directors. Mountain View is affiliated with the cities of
- Iwata, Shizuoka, Japan
- Hasselt, Belgium
The rock garden in Pioneer Park was a gift from the sister city of Iwata to celebrate the completion of Mountain View's City Hall building.[83][84] The rock garden is located near the Mountain View Public Library.
Notable people
[edit]Business
[edit]- Steve Jobs, technology entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of Apple, lived in Mountain View during his childhood[85]
- Salman Khan, Khan Academy online educator, resides in Mountain View[86]
- Jan Koum, CEO and co-founder of WhatsApp, grew up in Mountain View
Entertainment
[edit]- Alex Brightman, actor and singer
- Carroll Clark, seven-time Academy Award for Best Art Direction nominee[87]
- Laura Chavez, blues, soul, and rhythm and blues guitarist, songwriter and record producer[88]
- Assaf Cohen, supporting actor, Heroes and Entourage[89]
- Kurt Kuenne, filmmaker and composer best known for the documentary Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father[90]
Media
[edit]- Dave Finocchio, co-founder of Bleacher Report[91]
- Doris Gates, author and librarian[92]
- Edward Michael Keating (1925–2003), American publisher, journalist, lawyer; founder of Ramparts, member of the New Left movement.[93]
- Jose Antonio Vargas, journalist, filmmaker, immigration rights activist, and namesake of new Mountain View elementary school[94]
- Andy Weir, wrote The Martian book and eventual film, while living in Mountain View
Politicians
[edit]Sports
[edit]- Jabri Abdur-Rahim, college basketball player for the Georgia Bulldogs
- Tully Banta-Cain, two-time Super Bowl champion[96]
- Josh Cohen, professional soccer player
- Brandon Crawford, professional baseball player in MLB, played for the San Francisco Giants[97]
- Paula Creamer, professional golfer and formerly Women's World Golf Rankings number two player[98]
- Dan Green, powerlifter, world record holder in 220 and 242 lbs weight classes[99]
- Mark Keil, five-time ATP tennis doubles champion
- Mark Leonard, former left fielder for the San Francisco Giants and Baltimore Orioles
- Adam Peters, football scout and executive[100]
- Kenny Roberts Jr., 2000 500cc Road Racing World Champion[101]
- Bianca Sierra, player for Mexico women's national football team
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