James Kuszmaul
Candidate for City Council (At-Large), Mountain View · Engineer
James Kuszmaul is a Mountain View native with a BS and MS in Robotics Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. His career has included work at vehicle automation companies and on camera systems for agricultural applications. Since returning to Mountain View, he has served on the city's Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee since 2021 and was appointed to the VTA Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee in 2025. He volunteers as a mentor for high school FIRST Robotics teams and serves as a volunteer lead with Mountain View YIMBY, a local housing-advocacy group.
Positions in brief
He wants more protected bike lanes and housing built near jobs and public transit, and pledges to keep local police policies against cooperating with federal immigration enforcement and to keep surveillance cameras disabled.
Kuszmaul advocates for protected bike lanes and safe, connected streets to make getting around Mountain View possible without a car, and supports building more housing near jobs and transit while opposing excessive parking requirements. On civil liberties, he has said the federal government is trying to encroach on the rights of vulnerable residents, and pledges to maintain Mountain View Police Department policies against cooperating with ICE and to keep the city's license-plate surveillance cameras disabled.
On the issues
- Infrastructure & Transportation
Advocates for protected bike lanes and safe, connected streets to make Mountain View accessible without a car.
“protected bike lanes and safe, connected streets”
Source → - Housing & Homelessness
Supports building more housing near jobs and transit and opposes excessive parking requirements.
“abundant housing near jobs and transit”
Source → - Immigration & Border
Pledges to maintain Mountain View Police Department policies against cooperating with federal immigration (ICE) enforcement.
“The Federal government is trying to trample the rights of our most vulnerable neighbors.”
Source → - Technology & Privacy
Wants to keep the city's license-plate surveillance cameras disabled.
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