Silja Paymer
Candidate for City Council (At-Large), Mountain View · Teacher/Mother/Engineer
Silja Paymer teaches physics at Los Altos High School. She holds a BS in Physics and History from Boston College and an MSc in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College London.
Positions in brief
She is focused on safe streets for children and environmental sustainability, and wants growth in Mountain View to be community-centered, transparent, and safe for families.
Paymer describes her approach as informed by being both a teacher and a mother, prioritizing safe streets for children and environmental sustainability, and framing her campaign around ensuring growth benefits the community without compromising family safety.
On the issues
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