Robert Cox
Candidate for City Council (At-Large), Mountain View · Retired Software Engineer
Robert Cox is a retired engineer who worked as a project lead at Intel Corporation's Compilers and Languages group in Santa Clara before retiring in October 2024. He served on the Mountain View Planning Commission from 2013 to 2020 and currently serves on the city's Rental Housing Committee, which oversees Mountain View's rent-control law. He is active with the Mountain View Historical Association, the Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter, and Livable Mountain View, a historic-preservation advocacy group.
Positions in brief
His priorities include preserving downtown's historic buildings and filling retail vacancies, and ensuring new housing developments come with adequate parks and infrastructure.
Cox has said his focus is on downtown Mountain View: protecting its historic buildings and addressing retail vacancies, while making sure new housing development is paired with parks and supporting infrastructure.
On the issues
- Housing & Homelessness
Says new housing development should come with parks and infrastructure to support it.
“making sure that new housing comes with parks and infrastructure”
Source → - Economy & Jobs
Wants to protect downtown's historic buildings while filling empty retail storefronts.
“protecting its historic buildings and filling retail vacancies”
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