IdaRose Sylvester
Candidate for City Council (At-Large), Mountain View · Entrepreneur/Educator
IdaRose Sylvester is an entrepreneur and educator with a decade of civic service in Mountain View, having served on the Parks and Recreation Commission, the Human Relations Commission, and the Environmental Sustainability Task Force. She works as a city mediator and has served on nonprofit boards including the Community Services Agency, the Mountain View Coalition for Sustainable Planning, and Carbon Free Mountain View. She founded Appetite for Good during the pandemic, helped build climate-safe building code coalitions across the Bay Area, runs a small-business consulting practice, and founded Together We Will, which organized pro-democracy events.
Positions in brief
She wants housing that helps renters, families, seniors, and first-time buyers stay in Mountain View, practical climate action, and support for small businesses through less red tape.
Sylvester supports creating housing that helps people 'stay rooted' in Mountain View, including strong tenant protections, affordable-housing development, and community-ownership models paired with supporting infrastructure. On the environment, she advocates for practical climate action including cleaner buildings, expanded tree coverage, biodiversity-friendly landscaping, parks preservation, and water resilience. On the economy, she prioritizes supporting small businesses by expanding business districts and cutting red tape while welcoming sustainable new employers. On government, she calls for clearer information, more transparent processes, and earlier public outreach on city decisions.
On the issues
- Housing & Homelessness
Supports housing that helps renters, families, seniors, mobile-home residents, and first-time buyers stay in Mountain View, with strong tenant protections and community-ownership models.
“housing that help people stay rooted here”
Source → - Environment, Energy & Climate
Advocates for practical climate action including cleaner buildings, more tree coverage, biodiversity-friendly landscaping, and water resilience.
“practical, visible climate action”
Source → - Economy & Jobs
Wants to support small businesses by expanding business districts and cutting red tape while welcoming new sustainable employers.
“cutting red tape”
Source → - Government, Elections & Democracy
Calls for clearer information, more transparent processes, and earlier public outreach on city decisions.
“clearer information, more transparent processes, earlier outreach”
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