Mountain View City Council · Nov 3, 2026
John McAlister
Councilmember · term ends 2028Mountain View Voice candidate comparison grid · Sep 17, 2026
John McAlister (Councilmember · term ends 2028) is not on the Nov 3, 2026 ballot and will stay on the Mountain View City Council after the election.
A former mayor, elected to the council again in 2024, so his seat is not on this ballot.
Where John McAlister stands: positions on the record
Rent stabilization2 sourced positions
Voted no on directing staff to cap mobile home rent increases at 60% of inflation, with no floor and a 3% ceiling (passed 4-3, Jan 2025).
Council voteCity Council minutes · Jan 28, 2025
Voted no on the ordinance limiting mobile home rent increases to 60% of inflation, with a 3% ceiling (passed 6-1, Mar 2025).
Council voteCity Council minutes · Mar 25, 2025
Housing4 sourced positions
Voted no on studying the highest R3 density option (75-110 units per acre) in four apartment-zone change areas (failed 3-4, June 2025).
Council voteCity Council minutes · Jun 24, 2025
Voted no on studying the highest R3 density option in two change areas, with 50-75 units per acre in 11 others (passed 4-3, June 2025).
Council voteCity Council minutes · Jun 24, 2025
Voted no on General Plan and zoning amendments carrying out Housing Element Program 1.1(g) (passed 6-1, Dec 2025).
Council voteCity Council minutes · Dec 16, 2025
Voted no on a 15-story, 455-unit builder’s remedy housing project at 901-987 North Rengstorff Avenue (passed 6-1, Nov 2025).
Council voteCity Council minutes · Nov 18, 2025
Vehicle residents and homelessness2 sourced positions
Voted no on the city’s Homeless Response Strategy and Expenditure Plan (passed 6-1, June 2025).
Council voteCity Council minutes · Jun 10, 2025
Voted yes to increase safe parking capacity at Shoreline Lot B (passed 7-0, Mar 2026).
Council voteCity Council minutes · Mar 24, 2026
Budget and taxes1 sourced position
Voted yes to adopt the FY 2025-26 budget (passed 7-0, June 2025).
Council voteCity Council minutes · Jun 24, 2025
Streets1 sourced position
Voted no on the design concept for the Castro and Evelyn transit center grade separation and access project (passed 6-1, Feb 2026).
Council voteCity Council minutes · Feb 10, 2026
Public safety1 sourced position
Voted yes to terminate the city’s automated license plate reader contract with Flock Safety (passed 7-0, Feb 2026).
Council voteCity Council minutes · Feb 24, 2026
Immigration3 sourced positions
Abstained on joining a legal brief seeking to halt an ICE detention facility near Gilroy (passed 5-0 with two abstentions, June 2026).
Council voteMountain View Voice · Jun 25, 2026
Opposed directing staff to draft a policy barring civil immigration enforcement on city property (passed 5-2, May 2026), then voted for the policy in June.
Council voteMountain View Voice · Jun 25, 2026
Voted with the unanimous council to bar use of city property for civil immigration enforcement (June 2026).
Council voteMountain View Voice · Jun 25, 2026
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