Local measures for Mountain View voters on the Nov 3, 2026 ballot (Santa Clara County). Statewide measures are not included.
Election Day: Tue, Nov 3, 2026Nonpartisan · no endorsements
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City Charter update
City of Mountain View
Updates the City Charter: gender-neutral wording, 60 days instead of 30 to fill a Council vacancy, no requirement to read ordinances aloud, lets the Council set qualifications for boards it creates, and other cleanup.
Lets the City Council raise the tax that hotel and short-term rental guests pay from 10% to as much as 15%. Money funds city services such as streets, public safety, housing and parks, with yearly independent audits.
Yes meansThe Council may raise the hotel tax up to 15%.
No meansThe hotel tax stays at 10%.
MoneyPaid by hotel guests · up to about $5.2M a year · until voters end it
El Camino Healthcare District (most of Mountain View)
Limits El Camino Healthcare District board members to four 4-year terms (16 years) in a lifetime, for terms starting after Dec 1, 2026. Partial or appointed terms don't count. Only on your ballot if you live in the district.
Yes meansDirectors are limited to four full terms.
Adds a 0.5% sales tax in Santa Clara County (1% in San Francisco) for 14 years to fund BART, Caltrain, Muni, AC Transit, VTA and other transit, plus some repaving of roads that buses use, with an independent oversight committee.
Yes meansThe 0.5% sales tax is added in Santa Clara County for 14 years.
No meansNo regional transit sales tax.
Money0.5% sales tax · about $980M a year across all 5 counties · 14 years
Summaries are written from each county's or city's official ballot text and impartial analysis. They are not endorsements. Read the official text before you vote, and check your own sample ballot: some measures only appear if you live in that district.