Google Bus Hearings

These 8,000 or so, 1% of San Francisco's population, who insist on taking huge, heavy, polluting, city street damaging buses a 100-mile roundtrip to Mt. View from San Francisco, a 1 hour commute in light traffic, are only here because they can take over our rent-controlled apartments and due to lack of vacancy control, can pay higher rents. That is why the Google Buses must be abolished. We desperately need our rent-controlled housing for the workingclass of San Francisco. Mt. View and the rest of Santa Clara County have FAR MORE AMENITIES THAN SAN FRANCISCO. If they still insist on commuting, they should take the train from 4th and Townsend or carpool. Here are some of the amenities of Santa Clara County:
1. More sunshine than San Francisco
2. Santa Clara County overall:
1.7 million people. San Jose International Airport. Caltrain from SF to San Jose with a stop in Mt. View. Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority with buses and light rail.
Population: San Jose, 1,015,000; Sunnyvale, 140,000; Santa Clara, 120,000; Mt. View, 74,000; Palo Alto, 64,000.
Palo Alto has PUBLIC POWER, an advance over San Francisco.
Hospitals: Kaiser Hospital/Clinic has many facilities in Santa Clara County INCLUDING IN MT. VIEW. Stanford Hospital is a world-renowned medical center.
Parks: Almaden Quicksilver County Park, Grant Ranch Park, Henry W. Coe State Park, Sanborn Park, Vasona Park, Eagle Park in Mt. View has a public swimming pool.
Lakes: Shoreline Lake and Cypress Point Lake in Mt. View. Also many reservoirs in Santa Clara County good for swimming, fishing and boating.
General Entertainment: Great America Amusement Park and Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara
SWIMMING POOLS ALL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: Santa Clara Swim Club (produces Olympic medalists); California Sports Center in Sunnyvale; Avery Aquatic Center at Stanford University (a university that produces Olympic medalists in swimming). Eagle Park in Mt. View has a public swimming pool.
Shopping with everything from Macy’s to Tiffany’s and all other clothing and other retail stores: Eastridge Center, East San Jose; Great Mall of the Bay Area, Milpitas; Pruneyard Shopping Center, Campbell; SAN ANTONIO SHOPPING CENTER, MOUNTAIN VIEW; Santana Row, West San Jose; Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto; Vallco Shopping Mall, Cupertino; Westfield Oakridge, South San Jose; Westfield Valley Fair, West San Jose; Westgate Mall, West San Jose.
Events: Cinequest Film Festival, multiple venues, FanimeCon, downtown San Jose
LiveStrong Challenge bike race, San Jose; San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, downtown San Jose; San Jose Jazz Festival, downtown San Jose; Stanford Jazz Festival, Stanford University
Cultural: Opera, symphony and ballet in San Jose and many other dance, music and theater groups in Santa Clara County, including in Mt. View. Mt. View has the 22,500 seat Shoreline Amphitheatre and Mt. View Center for Performing Arts
FIVE STAR HOTELS IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY: Epiphany Hotel, Palo Alto; Juniper Hotel, Cupertino; Fairmont San Jose; Cordevalle, San Martin; Rosewood Sand Hill in Menlo Park; Westin Palo Alto AND MANY MORE.
RESTAURANTS OF ALL ETHNICITIES ABOUND in Santa Clara County and range from small to 5-star restaurants. Europe still well-represented, and Asia, Latin America and Africa have hundreds of restaurant representation in Santa Clara County. In Mt. View, Samovar Deli & Catering provides Eastern European cuisine. French restaurants include Le Petit Bistro, La Fontaine, La Panotie, Chez TJ. German cuisine at Hardy’s Bavaria in Sunnyvale, Esther’s German Bakery in Los Altos, Naschmarkt in Campbell.