Paul Donahue
Candidate for City Council (At-Large), Mountain View · Engineer
Paul Donahue grew up in Illinois, where his parents operated a downtown clothing store. He earned a computer science degree from Cornell University's College of Engineering and moved to Mountain View to pursue a microprocessor engineering career. He and his wife, who works in the Mountain View Whisman school district, raised two children in the city. He has served nearly two decades on Mountain View city bodies, including the Santa Clara County Airport Land Use Commission, the Environmental Planning Commission, the Downtown Committee, and the Parks and Recreation Commission.
Positions in brief
He supports building thousands of new homes, including housing affordable to teachers and young families, reducing red tape for small businesses, and expanding the city's tree canopy to address climate risks.
Donahue supports Mountain View's pro-housing approach, calling for thousands of new homes including units affordable to teachers, retirees, and young families, integrated throughout the city while respecting neighborhood character and paired with needed infrastructure. On the economy, drawing on his parents' retail experience, he prioritizes downtown revitalization, reducing red tape for small businesses, and implementing the city's economic vitality strategy to address storefront vacancies. On the environment, he champions urban forestry and park expansion in underserved neighborhoods, having worked on the Community Tree Master Plan, to address climate risks like sea-level rise and drought.
On the issues
- Housing & Homelessness
Supports building thousands of new homes, including housing affordable to teachers, retirees, and young families, integrated throughout the city while respecting neighborhood character.
“thousands of new homes, including homes that are affordable to teachers, retirees, and young families”
Source → - Economy & Jobs
Wants to reduce red tape for small businesses and implement the city's economic vitality strategy to address downtown storefront vacancies.
“reducing unnecessary red tape”
Source → - Environment, Energy & Climate
Champions expanding the urban tree canopy and parks in underserved neighborhoods to address climate risks like sea-level rise and drought.
“protecting and expanding tree canopy throughout our city”
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