Silja Paymer
CA
Silja Paymer is a Los Altos High School teacher and a parent. Her priorities are safer streets for children under a Vision Zero approach and more green space and tree canopy.
Where Silja Paymer stands, based on their records
Supports
Environment and Public Health (2 records), Housing Affordability (1 record), Public Infrastructure (2 records)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 2 support
Spoke for GreenSpacesMV faulting a seven-story builder's remedy project for removing trees that careful planning could have kept.
March 13, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: mv-voice.com
Spoke for the group GreenSpacesMV arguing that Mountain View's park fees on new housing were too low to meet the city's park-space standard.
May 20, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: mv-voice.com
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 1 support
Told the City Council that downtown Castro Street was better suited for housing than the office project next to City Hall.
August 30, 2022Supports Housing Affordability
Source: mv-voice.com
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 2 support
Criticized the city's Moffett Boulevard redesign as built around cars and urged a traffic study and better bike and pedestrian space.
February 27, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: mv-voice.com
Published a guest opinion urging parents to walk and bike children to school instead of driving, to make streets safer for all students.
August 7, 2022Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: mv-voice.com
Track record — General
General · 2 records
Was endorsed by the Santa Clara County Democratic Party for Mountain View City Council in the 2026 election.
October 1, 2026
Source: sccdp.org
As Bubb Elementary PTA vice president, co-created a weekly bike bus that rides students to school.
May 9, 2026
Source: mv-voice.com
Past race Silja Paymer ran in:
- City Council Member, City of Mountain View · November 3, 2026 · Mountain View city, California