City Council - September 30, 2026

Council questions candidates as commission selections remain open

Appointments to the Human Relations Commission and Planning and Transportation Commission remained pending after the City Council interviewed candidates for vacancies on both panels. Further candidate interviews were expected.

The Human Relations Commission had two full-term openings and one two-year partial-term vacancy. Council members asked applicants about access to child care and services for older adults, youth mental health and substance-use support, homelessness outreach, wildfire risks for vulnerable residents, grantmaking, artificial intelligence, CEDAW recommendations and ways to promote belonging across political and cultural differences. The city clerk said one applicant had withdrawn and another interview was shifted because of a scheduling conflict.

For the Planning and Transportation Commission, questions focused on regional transportation and land-use coordination, housing near transit, mobility on San Antonio Road, bird-safe building design, stream-corridor outreach, Safe Routes to School and Vision Zero measures, retail space in housing developments, accessory dwelling unit permitting and the effects of housing growth.

Closed session ends without reportable action

The council voted unanimously to enter closed session on evaluations of the city clerk and city attorney, labor negotiations involving the city attorney, city clerk and city manager, and real-estate negotiations concerning the Cubberley site at 4000 Middlefield Road. After returning, the council announced no reportable action and said there would be none until the following month.

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