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For the census-designated place, see Mountain View, Contra Costa County, California. Mountain View is a Census-designated place (CDP in Contra Costa County, California, United States. For other places called "Mountain View", see Mountain View.
City of Mountain View, California
City Hall, Mountain View
City Hall, Mountain View
Location of Mountain View within Santa Clara County, California.
Location of Mountain View within Santa Clara County, California. Santa Clara County is a County located in the San Francisco Bay Area of the U
Coordinates: 37°23′34″N 122°2′31″W / 37.39278, -122.04194
Country United States
State California
County Santa Clara
Government
 - Mayor Tom Means
Area
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 - Land 12. To help compare different Orders of magnitude and geographical regions we list here areas between 100 km² and 1000 km² 1 sq mi (31. 2 km²)
 - Water 0. 2 sq mi (0. 4 km²)
Elevation 105 ft (32 m)
Population (2000)
 - Total 70,708
 - Density 5,863/sq mi (2,263. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 7/km²)
Time zone PST (UTC-8)
 - Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP code 94035, 94039-94043
Area code(s) 650
FIPS code 06-49670
GNIS feature ID 0277611
Website: http://mountainview.gov/

Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. The Pacific Time Zone observes Standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC-8) UTC−8 is a band of Timezones separated from the Universal Coordinated Time by 8 hours Daylight saving time ( DST UTC−7 can be observed in Mountain Standard Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time Zone Canada The ZIP code is the system of Postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks North American area code 650 is a California Telephone Area code which includes most of San Mateo County (except the northernmost Federal Information Processing Standards ( FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the United States Federal government for use by all non-military The Geographic Names Information System ( GNIS) is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout Santa Clara County is a County located in the San Francisco Bay Area of the U A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The city gets its name from the views of the Santa Cruz Mountains. The Santa Cruz Mountains, part of the Pacific Coast Ranges, are a Mountain range in central California, United States. [1] As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 70,708.

Mountain View's sister cities are Iwata, Japan and Hasselt, Belgium. is a city located in Shizuoka, Japan. The city was founded on April 1, 1948. ||-||-||} Hasselt is a Belgian City and municipality, and capital of the Flemish province of Limburg.

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Geography

History

After the former rancho of Don Mariano Castro was split, the south eventually became the city of Sunnyvale, and the north became Mountain View. Sunnyvale ( or) is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States. The town began as a stage stop on the route between San Francisco and San Jose (corresponding to El Camino Real), close to present-day Grant Road. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city El Camino Real ( Spanish for The Royal Road, also known as The King's Highway) usually refers to the 600- Mile (966- Kilometer) With the coming of the railroad, the center of town eventually moved to its current location at Castro Street.

Much of Mountain View was agricultural through the 1940s, 1950s, and most of the 1960s. Row crops and orchards were common during this era, when there was still open space between Palo Alto and Mountain View. In Bittersweet: Memories of Old Mountain View, an Oral History, residents of Japanese ancestry recall their family's strawberry fields adjoining Moffett Field. Moffett Federal Airfield, also known as Moffett Field, is a joint civil-military Airport located 3 miles (5 km north of Mountain View, in Santa Orchards lined much of Grant Road and Miramonte. In the early 1900s, grapes were a common crop in the area of present-day Continental Circle. Phylloxera ended grape production in Mountain View in the early 1900s. This article is about the grape phylloxera For the Genus, see Phylloxera (genus.

In the 1950s, the most popular places for young folk were the Monte Vista drive-in movie theater on Grant Road, Johnny Mac's Scottish-themed burger drive-in (the building still stands vacant on El Camino), and the Eagles Shack dances in the Adobe Building.

During the Cold War, the drone of Navy P-3 turboprop aircraft was a constant presence, Moffett Field being the home of squadrons of them and their almost constant touch-and-go training flights. Cold War is the state of conflict tension and competition that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR and their respective allies from the The horns of railroad locomotives were also frequently heard.

Mountain View was once the home of Arrow Development, a designer and builder of amusement park rides. Arrow Dynamics was a Roller coaster design company based in Clearfield, Utah, United States. During its time in Mountain View, Arrow was contracted to build many of the original rides at Disneyland. [1]

The El Camino Hospital District, a government entity called a Special District under the California Government Code, came to life in the 1960s. El Camino Hospital is a 395-bed hospital based in Mountain View, California. The hospital facility at 2500 Grant Road has been in continual operation since.

Nearly anyone using the term Silicon Valley would include Mountain View in that region. For the valley nicknamed "Silicone Valley" see San Fernando Valley. An early Silicon Valley company was Fairchild Camera and Instrument Company, located along Whisman Road. Several of Intel's founders came from Fairchild. Local watering holes for workers included Chubby's Broiler (which once stood at Ellis and Fairchild near Hwy 101, but which moved in 1999 to near Tasman and Lawrence Expressway in Sunnyvale[3]) and Walker's Wagon Wheel on Middlefield Road near Whisman (since torn down). Folklore was that semiconductor pioneers were collaborative and met at the Wagon Wheel to discuss problems they were having with production.

Downtown

Demographics

As of the census[4] of 2000, there were 70,708 people, 31,242 households, and 15,902 families residing in the city. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population The population density was 2,263. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 7/km² (5,861. 4/mi²). There were 32,432 housing units at an average density of 1,038. 3/km² (2,688. 5/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 63. 77% White, 2. 53% African American, 0. 39% Native American, 20. 67% Asian, 0. 26% Pacific Islander, 8. 32% from other races, and 4. 07% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 18. 26% of the population.

There were 31,242 households out of which 23. 3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40. 0% were married couples living together, 7. NOTICE TO WOULD-BE ROMEOS ************** 3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 49. 1% were non-families. 35. 6% of all households were made up of individuals and 7. 0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2. 25 and the average family size was 2. 97.

In the city the population was spread out with 18. 0% under the age of 18, 8. 3% from 18 to 24, 43. 4% from 25 to 44, 19. 8% from 45 to 64, and 10. 5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 106. 8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106. 9 males.

According to a 2006 estimate the median income for a household in the city was $80,599, and the median income for a family was $98,836. [2] Males had a median income of $64,585 versus $44,358 for females. The per capita income for the city was $39,693. Per capita income means how much each individual receives in monetary terms of the yearly income generated in the country About 3. 6% of families and 6. 8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7. The poverty threshold, or poverty line, is the minimum level of Income deemed necessary to achieve an adequate Standard of living in a given country 2% of those under age 18 and 5. 9% of those age 65 or over.

Corporate residents

Mountain View is one of the major cities that make up Silicon Valley, and has many notable Silicon Valley companies either headquartered there or with a large presence, including:

Government

Mountain View has a council-manager government system. For the valley nicknamed "Silicone Valley" see San Fernando Valley. Adobe Systems Incorporated (pronounced a-DOE-bee əˈdoʊbiː ( is an American Computer software company headquartered in San Jose California Actel Corporation ( is a manufacturer of single-chip FPGA solutions Cavium Networks ( is a Mountain View California -based company specializing in ARM -based and MIPS -based network and security processors Google Inc is an American public corporation, earning revenue from advertising related to its Internet search, e-mail, online The Googleplex is the Company headquarters for Google Inc, located at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway in Mountain View, Santa Clara County, Intuit Inc ( is an American Software company that develops financial and Tax preparation software and related services for Small Jajah is a VoIP ( Voice over IP) provider founded by Austrians Roman Scharf and Daniel Mattes in 2005 LinkedIn (pronounced ˈlɪŋktˈɪn is a business-oriented social networking site founded in December 2002 and launched in May 2003 mainly used for Professional networking Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational Computer technology Corporation, which rose to dominate the Home computer Tellme Networks is a company founded in 1999 by Mike McCue and Angus Davis, based out of Mountain View California, in the United States MSN (The M icro' s' oft N etwork is a collection of Internet services provided by Microsoft. Windows Live Hotmail, formerly known as MSN Hotmail and commonly referred to simply as Hotmail, is a free Webmail service of the Windows Live The Xbox is a sixth-generation Video game console produced by Microsoft Corporation. MSN TV (formerly WebTV) is the name of both a Thin client which uses a Television for display (rather than a Computer monitor) and the The Mozilla Foundation is a Non-profit organization that exists to support and provide leadership for the Open source Mozilla project The Mozilla Corporation (abbreviated MoCo) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation that coordinates and integrates the development of Internet Nokia Corporation (pronunciation /'nɔkiɑ/),,) is a Finnish multinational Communications Corporation, headquartered In Computing, Red Hat Inc ( is a company dedicated to Free and open source software, and a major Linux distribution vendor Not to be confused with Synopsis Synopsys Inc is one of the largest companies in the Electronic design automation industry VeriSign Inc ( is an American company based in Mountain View California that operates a diverse array of network infrastructure including two of the Wipro Technologies ( is an Information technology service company established in India in 1980 In the council-manager form of government an elected city council (typically between five and 11 people is responsible for making Policy, passing Ordinances voting Appropriations An executive city manager is in charge of several departments, while the city council, supported by several boards, commissions, and committees, is the legislature responsible for the ordinances of the city code. The executive in turn enforces the code and promulgates administrative regulations to execute it. The city clerk and attorney perform supporting roles. The Community Development Department is the agency responsible for planning and zoning.

As of January, 2008, the City Manager is Kevin Duggan, the Mayor is Tom Means, the Chief of Police is Scott Vermeer, and the Fire Chief is Mike Young.

State and Federal legislators

In the state legislature Mountain View is located in the 13th Senate District, represented by Democrat Elaine Alquist, and in the 22nd Assembly District, represented by Democrat Sally Lieber. The California State Legislature is the state legislature of the U The California State Senate is the upper house of the California State Legislature. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. Elaine Kontaminas Alquist (born August 21 1944 in Chicago Illinois) is currently a Democratic State Senator from California The California State Assembly is the Lower house of the California State Legislature. Sally Lieber (born April 24, 1961 in Detroit Michigan) is a Democratic California State Assembly member and former Mountain Federally, Mountain View is located in California's 14th congressional district, which has a Cook PVI of D +18[5] and is represented by Democrat Anna Eshoo. California's 14th congressional district is located between San Francisco and San Jose The Cook Partisan Voting Index ( CPVI) sometimes referred to as simply the Partisan Voting Index ( PVI) is a measurement of how strongly an American Anna Georges Eshoo (born December 13, 1942) is a US politician who has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives

Scandals

In April 2002, after five years of conflict, former mayor Mario Ambra was found guilty of misconduct and removed from office for directly ordering city employees instead of going through the city manager. [6][7]

In May, 2004, City Attorney Michael Martello admitted to having an extramarital affair with Pamela Read, the head of Foothill Disposal Co., the city's garbage company, who was also president of the Chamber of Commerce's board of directors. Martello was accused by Read's husband of lying to city council members about when the affair began, and misusing city funds in supporting an increase totaling over $740,000 for the garbage company. [8] While the accusations concerning whether Martello promptly disclosed the affair were not resolved, he was cleared of financial wrongdoing after sixteen city employees said that he "had no involvement with the increased garbage fees or any other matters involving . . . the Chamber of Commerce. "[9] The City Attorney's Office is responsible for drafting contracts pertaining to the City's business. [10]

Schools

Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, Mountain View has twelve public and eight private schools. The public elementary and middle schools, which are (with the exception of Springer Elementary) governed by the Mountain View-Whisman School District, are: Benjamin Bubb Elementary School, Castro Elementary, Crittenden Middle School, Graham Middle School, Huff Elementary, Landels Elementary, Monta Loma Elementary, PACT School a progressive public school [3], and Theuerkauf Elementary. Mountain View Whisman School District serves Mountain View California, USA at the elementary and middle school levels Mountain View Whisman School District serves Mountain View California, USA at the elementary and middle school levels Springer Elementary, located within the city's borders, is governed by the Los Altos School District. Los Altos School District (LASD serves the elementary and intermediate educational needs of Los Altos California, United States led by Superintendent The public high schools, governed by the Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District, are Alta Vista High, Freestyle Academy of Communication Arts & Technology, Mountain View High School and Los Altos High School, which is located within Los Altos city boundaries. The Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District (MVLA is a School district serving High schools in Mountain View and Los Altos California Mountain View High School ( MVHS or just MV) one of three Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District public High schools, Los Altos High School, established in 1954, is located in Suburban Los Altos, California, which is situated between the cities of San Los Altos (lɑːˈsæltoʊs is a city at the southern end of the San Francisco Peninsula, in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Mountain View-Whisman School District students
qualified for free and reduced-price lunches
Year Enrollment Free Reduced
1999-0 4710 n/a n/a
2003-4 4418 1375 (28%) 454 (10%)
2004-5 4391 1593 (37%) 435 (10%)
2005-6 4313 1898 (44%*) 409 (11%)
Source: MVWSD/Sodexho Food Service Dept. Sodexo ( Sodexho Alliance prior to 23 January 2008) is a French Multinational corporation and one of the largest Food services and Facilities management , November, 2005
and 2005-6 General Fund Budget Assumptions Presentation
* inconsistent percentage values verbatim in source


In Mountain View public elementary schools the class size ratio is 20. 4 students per full-time-equivalent teacher,[11] while that of the neighboring Palo Alto Unified School District is 16. The Palo Alto Unified School District is a public school district located in Palo Alto, California. 9. [12] The Mountain View-Whisman district is a "Revenue Limit" district, meaning that the state provides additional funding to bring per-pupil spending up to a certain minimum limit, while the Mountain View High School District and neighboring Palo Alto's school district are "Basic Aid" districts, meaning that no additional funding is required to meet the state's per-pupil spending minimum, and the district keeps any excess above it. Mountain View taxes a large portion of its most valuable commercial and industrial properties in the Shoreline Regional Park Community at very low relative levels, and until the creation of a joint-powers agreement (JPA) in 2006, none of those property taxes reached any local schools. After the creation of the JPA, the Shoreline Regional Park Community will be sharing less than $1 million per year with the elementary and high school districts. [13][14]

A citizen-supported parcel tax, largely aimed at reducing class size, was recently renewed with an overwhelming positive vote[15]

Private Schools

Usage of Slater Elementary by Google

Because of declining enrollment, and after a long decision process, Mountain View-Whisman School District opted to close the Slater Elementary School. Saint Francis High School, founded in 1954 by the Brothers of Holy Cross, is a Roman Catholic, Co-educational, College preparatory [16][17][18] Google has leased the former Slater Elementary for use as a private preschool and corporate daycare. Google Inc is an American public corporation, earning revenue from advertising related to its Internet search, e-mail, online [19]

Library

Mountain View has one central public library, the Mountain View Public Library, offering video, music, books, self-check out, and access to the Internet. During fiscal year 2006-7: 810,589 customers visited the Library. Circulation was more than 1. 4 million, 105,870 reference and information questions were answered, 36,693 children listened to stories and participated in children's programs and 27,342 new books and media items were added to the collection which includes holdings of 300,000, including 210,000 books and 423 periodical subscriptions. The library also provides valuable outreach services through the bookmobile and S. O. S. volunteer program to those in Mountain View, who are unable to come to the main branch. The building was built in 1997. The second floor of the library has a special collection in a room devoted to the history of Mountain View, next to a portrait of Don Mariano Castro, for whom the downtown main street is named.

The award-winning library hosts the innovative Mountain View Reads TogetherProgram.

Transportation

Mountain View is served by the Caltrain rail system, which runs from San Francisco to Gilroy. Caltrain ( AAR reporting marks JPBX) is a California Commuter rail line on the San Francisco Peninsula and the Santa Clara The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Gilroy (ˈgɪlrɔɪ is the southernmost city in Santa Clara County, California, USA It also served by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, including various bus lines and the Mountain View - Winchester light rail line. Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA is a Special-purpose district responsible for public transit services congestion management specific highway improvement Mountain View - Winchester is a Light rail route operated by Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. For specific light rail systems many of which use the words "light rail" as part of their name see List of light-rail transit systems.

Moffett Federal Airfield is located just north of Mountain View, but its use is restricted to aeromedical, government and military users. Moffett Federal Airfield, also known as Moffett Field, is a joint civil-military Airport located 3 miles (5 km north of Mountain View, in Santa The nearest major airports are Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) and San Francisco International Airport (SFO). Norman Y Mineta San José International Airport in Santa Clara County, California, United States. San Francisco International Airport is a major international Airport located south of downtown San Francisco, California, United States adjacent to the The nearest general aviation airport is the Palo Alto Airport of Santa Clara County. General aviation (abbr GA) is one of two categories of Civil aviation. Palo Alto Airport of Santa Clara County is a General aviation Airport in the city of Palo Alto in Santa Clara County, California

See also: List of airports in the San Francisco Bay area

Communications

On August 16, 2006, after over a year of test deployments, Google declared, as planned, that its implementation for free IEEE 802.11g wireless service for all of the City was fully operational. The following airports are located in the area around the San Francisco Bay, including the major cities of San Jose, San Francisco, and Oakland, as well Events 1384 - The Hongwu Emperor of Ming China, Emperor Dong hears a case of a couple who tore paper money bills while fighting Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. IEEE 80211 is a set of standards for wireless local area network (WLAN computer communication developed by the IEEE LAN/MAN Standards Committee ( IEEE 802 [20] Mountain View is the first city in the United States entirely covered by a free wireless Internet access network provided by Google. The Internet is a global system of interconnected Computer networks

Notable features

Centennial Plaza at the Mountain View Caltrain station
Centennial Plaza at the Mountain View Caltrain station
1960s Mountain View logo.
1960s Mountain View logo.

See also

References

  1. ^ Munro-Fraser, J. The Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District (MVLA is a School district serving High schools in Mountain View and Los Altos California Mountain View Whisman School District serves Mountain View California, USA at the elementary and middle school levels P. [1881]. History of Santa Clara County, California. San Francisco: Alley, Bowen & Co. , 262. Retrieved on April 2008. International holidays and other major events April 1 - April Fools' Day April 4 - Qingming Festival (Mainland  
  2. ^ US Gazetteer files: 2000 and 1990. United States Census Bureau (2005-05-03). The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João Retrieved on 2008-01-31. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes
  3. ^ From burgers to burritos, Chubby's eatery has it all
  4. ^ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census Retrieved on 2008-01-31. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes
  5. ^ Will Gerrymandered Districts Stem the Wave of Voter Unrest?. Campaign Legal Center Blog. Retrieved on 2008-02-10. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead
  6. ^ Timeline of some key events mentioned during Ambra trial
  7. ^ Ambra guilty of misconduct
  8. ^ Letter prompted city probe
  9. ^ Council clears city attorney
  10. ^ City of Mountain View - City Attorney
  11. ^ District Detail for Mountain View-Whisman Elementary
  12. ^ District Detail for Palo Alto Unified
  13. ^ "Flush times at high school district," Mountain View Voice, June 30, 2006
  14. ^ "Mountain View Shoreline Regional Park Community Act," uncodified Act of the California Legislature, 1969, Chapter 1109. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
  15. ^ http://www.mv-voice.com/news/show_story.php?id=638
  16. ^ Mountain View Schools
  17. ^ Slater's neighbors want their space
  18. ^ Closure would end math program
  19. ^ Google may lease Slater school
  20. ^ Google Says It Has No Plans for National Wi-Fi Service

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