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New mayor touts recent city achievements, lists goals Written by Neysa Fligor Neysa Fligor was sworn in as Los Altos mayor for 2020-2021 Dec. 8. Following are edited remarks made at the city council meeting. Let me start by expressing my sincere gratitude to all of you. Thank you so much for being here with us virtually to share in this celebration. I know these are challenging times for our community as a whole and for many of you individually, so your presence here this evening is even more special. Thank you to Supervisor Joe Simitian for swearing me...

Megan V. Winslow/Town Crier Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters workers conduct a manual recount of the Los Altos Hills and Mountain View city council Nov. 3 general election races on Dec. 8. Last week, the ROV announced the results of the Hills recount, and the results of the Mountain View recount are expected this week. New Los Altos Hills City Council members Stanley Q. Mok, Lisa Schmidt and Linda Swan, like so many newly elected officials before them this year, took the oath of office virtually Thursday, each raising a right hand from their respective Zoom panel. U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo,...

Public confronts Los Altos council member on claims of threats during meeting Written by Eric He Los Altos City Councilwoman Lynette Lee Eng faced direct criticism during this week’s council meeting from several public speakers who believed she falsely claimed to have been threatened by a member of Justice Vanguard, a local racial justice organization, in a council meeting last month. Lee Eng The public comment session on nonagendized items at the Tuesday's (Dec. 15) meeting turned into a 30-minute back-and-forth, as others later called in to defend L...

Written by Eric He During last week’s Los Altos City Council reorganization meeting, outgoing Mayor Jan Pepper asked for a motion to approve the consent calendar. After a few seconds of silence, Pepper said, “I will move it then.” Ellie Van Houtte/Town Crier File Photo Jeannie Bruins is termed out after serving eight years on the Los Altos City Council. “And I will second,” chirped outgoing Councilwoman Jeannie Bruins, laughing. “Our last motions, right, Jeannie?” Pepper said. “Moved by Pepper, seconded by Bruins — may we please have a roll...