Mountain View’s Newly Elected and Re-elected Councilmembers Take Oath of Office
City Council elects Ellen Kamei as Mayor and Emily Ann Ramos as Vice Mayor
Mountain View, Calif. — The two new members of the Mountain View City Council – Chris Clark and John McAlister - were sworn in, along with two returning members, Emily Ann Ramos and Pat Showalter, at the Council’s first meeting of the new year on Tuesday, Jan. 14. Margaret Abe-Koga and Lisa Matichak termed out of office, with Abe-Koga now serving as the Santa Clara County District 5 Supervisor.
At Tuesday’s meeting, the Council also elected Ellen Kamei as Mayor and Emily Ann Ramos as Vice Mayor. A third generation Mountain View resident, Mayor Kamei was elected to the Council in November 2018 and re-elected to her second term in November 2022. She previously served as Mayor in 2021 and Vice Mayor in 2020. Vice Mayor Ramos was appointed to the Council in January 2023 and elected to the Council in November 2024.
Both Councilmembers Clark and McAlister previously served on the Council and served as mayor, having first been elected in 2012 and re-elected in 2016. Clark served as mayor in 2014, and McAlister served as mayor in 2015. Showalter served as mayor in 2024 and was re-elected to the Council in November 2024. She previously served a four-year term when first elected to the Council in November 2014 and served as mayor in 2016.
Mountain View has a council-manager form of government, in which the Council is the legislative body of the City, setting policy and establishing the City’s overall priorities and direction.
The seven councilmembers are elected at large for four-year terms. Service on the Council is limited to two consecutive full terms. In January of each year, the Council elects one of its members as Mayor and another as Vice Mayor.
For more information about the makeup of the City Council, visit the City Council Roster webpage.
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