Endorsements
James is proud to be supported by neighbors, commissioners, and community members from across Mountain View and beyond.
I'm proud to endorse James for City Council. With his deep roots in the city and his long-term commitment to serving our community, he is exactly the kind of leader we need. I believe in his vision for a vibrant, safe Mountain View for all, and he has the experience and record needed to make it a reality.
As a current mayor, I can tell you we need more advocates for housing, transit, and working families in our communities. James is that and more - he has my support!
James knows both modern road safety principles and the city of Mountain View. He always comes to the committee meetings prepared, and advocates for what he believes in.
I had the pleasure of serving with James on the Mountain View Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee, where his dedication to safe streets and active transportation was evident in everything he did. James brings the same passion to housing: fighting for the homes our community needs and ensuring that our most vulnerable neighbors have a real path to stability. Mountain View will be well served by James Kuszmaul on City Council.
When there are important issues in our community, he's willing to step up and lead.
Ever since James joined Mountain View YIMBY a few years back, he has been an invaluable leader for the organization: making sure we show up for local housing issues, do endorsements in local races, and even get together for fun happy hours from time to time. James is a hardcore believer in democracy. He runs the marathon of hard and slow change towards the futuristic vision of Mountain View and our country: one in which people lead healthier less car reliant lives without risking their lives on dangerous roads, in dense mixed use neighborhoods. I share James' vision for our city and trust that he will work tirelessly to bring it about.
I trust that James will help to move Mountain View in forward directions with no fear of challenging keeping things as they are in our city.:
Elected officials
- Charles DiFazio — President, Mountain View Whisman School Board
- Rob Moore — Mayor of Los Gatos
- Lenny Siegel — former Mayor of Mountain View
- Sergio Lopez — Campbell City Councilmember; VTA Board Chair
- George Lu — Palo Alto City Council
- Pete Dailey — Los Altos City Council
- Isabella Chu — Redwood City City Council
- Mark Dinan — East Palo Alto City Council
- Anthony Montes — East Side Union High School District, Trustee-Designate
Appointed board & commission members
- Isaac Stone — Member, Mountain View Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee
- Valerie Fenwick — Vice Chair, Performing Arts Committee; former member, Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee
- Serge Bonte — Vice Chair, Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee
- Kevin Ma — Member, Rental Housing Committee
- Alex Nuñez — Chair, Environmental Planning Commission
- April Webster — Ex-officio, VTA Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee
- Jocelyn Chadwell — Chair, Human Relations Committee
- Jesse Cupp — former Chair, Visual Arts Committee
- Nathan Chan — Millbrae Planning Commissioner
Community leaders
- David Watson — Lifelong Mountain View resident
- Pardis Beikzadeh — Co-founder, Mountain View YIMBY
- Bruce England — Community Advocate
Titles for identification purposes only.
Mountain View community members
- Susan Russell
- Gavin Achtemeier
- Scott Berman
- Michael Bick
- Jean-Luc Chamaa
- Cliff Chambers
- Beth Cichon
- Nicholas Dal Porto
- Ilya Gurin
- Deb Henigson
- Tracy King
- Chris Kuszmaul
- Jane Kuszmaul
- Jack Linchey
- Anne Paulson
- John Peake
- Ariel Ranker
- Sarah Rich
- Jan Wignall
- Brian Silverman
- Jarad Day
Endorsing organizations
A local group of Mountain View residents advocating for more housing in our city and beyond.
A Bay Area nonprofit that advocates for policies to make housing in California more affordable, equitable, and sustainable.
A Mountain View coalition working for policies that create and preserve housing for everyone in the community.
The AFL-CIO labor federation for Santa Clara County, uniting local unions behind working families across the South Bay.
The SEIU Local 521 is a union representing public-sector, non-profit, and family child care provider workers in the Bay Area and Central Valley, including approximately 200 City of Mountain View employees.
The electricians' union for Santa Clara County, whose members wire Silicon Valley's tech campuses, hospitals, schools, and public buildings.
Pro-housing activists organizing across the South Bay to legalize housing and expand the supply of homes.
The Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee, an LGBTQ+ political action committee advocating for civil and human rights across Santa Clara, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, and Monterey counties since 1984.
A national organization that recruits, trains, and elects scientists, engineers, and doctors to public office.
Distinctions
2026 Moms Demand Action Gun Sense Candidate
James has earned the 2026 Moms Demand Action Gun Sense Candidate distinction, which recognizes candidates who advocate for gun violence prevention.
The Gun Sense Candidate distinction is not an endorsement from Moms Demand Action or Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund.
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