Lyle Weaver
Candidate for City Council Member, Woodside, District 2 · Retired Engineer
Lyle Weaver has lived in Woodside for 24 years with his wife; their sons attended Woodside Elementary School from preschool through 8th grade. He holds a BS from Case Western Reserve University and an MS from Stanford University, and worked as an engineering professional and manager for 35 years. He has served on the Woodside Planning Commission since 2023, including a two-year period as chair running public meetings on controversial topics. He has held volunteer and leadership roles with Alpine Little League, Scouting groups, and Valley Presbyterian Church.
Positions in brief
Weaver says Woodside's major challenges are meeting the state-mandated Housing Element and controlling the rising cost of the Sheriff's contract, and pledges to weigh those tradeoffs collaboratively.
Weaver points to the state-mandated Housing Element and the rising cost of the town's Sheriff's contract as the difficult choices facing Woodside in the next few years, and says his engineering and Planning Commission experience equip him to work through them collaboratively and logically while listening to all viewpoints.
On the issues
- Housing & Homelessness
Says the town must navigate difficult choices around the state-mandated Housing Element
“The major issues facing the Town of Woodside are the state-mandated requirements of the Housing Element and the ballooning costs of the Sheriff's contract.”
Source → - Public Safety & Policing
Flags the rising cost of the town's Sheriff's contract as a major fiscal and safety challenge
“the ballooning costs of the Sheriff's contract”
Source → - Government, Elections & Democracy
Pledges to listen to all viewpoints and make decisions collaboratively and logically
“listen respectfully and attentively to all viewpoints, to make decisions collaboratively and logically”
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