Paul Donahue
CA · Member, Mountain View Environmental Planning Commission
Paul Donahue is an engineer who sits on Mountain View's Environmental Planning Commission and the county Airport Land Use Commission, and formerly served as a library trustee. His priorities are building housing with parks and services and supporting small businesses downtown.
Where Paul Donahue stands, based on their records
Supports
Housing Affordability (7 records), Social Programs and Welfare (1 record), Civil Rights (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 7 support
Voted to recommend rezoning sites on Leong Drive, Miramonte Avenue, Calderon Avenue and Grant Road to allow more housing under the city's housing plan.
November 5, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: mountainview.legistar.com
Voted to recommend new city rules that govern rent increases for below-market-rate apartments.
February 5, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: mountainview.legistar.com
Voted to recommend a large mixed-use project at 675-685 E. Middlefield Road, including removal of 40 heritage trees on the 10.6-acre site. It passed 7-0.
November 20, 2024Supports Housing Affordability
Source: legistar1.granicus.com
Voted to recommend approval of an affordable housing project at 334 San Antonio Road. The planning commission approved it 7-0.
November 20, 2024Supports Housing Affordability
Source: legistar1.granicus.com
Voted to recommend approval of a seven-story, 70-condo project on Fayette Drive, 20% affordable, filed under the state builder's remedy law.
October 16, 2024Supports Housing Affordability
Source: mountainview.legistar.com
Voted to end minimum parking requirements for new housing in parts of Mountain View. The planning commission approved it 4-0, with one abstention.
September 18, 2024Supports Housing Affordability
Source: mv-voice.com
Voted to recommend rezoning parts of Mountain View to allow emergency homeless shelters. The planning commission approved it 3-2.
February 21, 2024Supports Housing Affordability
Source: mv-voice.com
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support
Voted to recommend rezoning parts of Mountain View to allow emergency homeless shelters. The planning commission approved it 3-2.
February 21, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: mv-voice.com
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 1 support
Voted to approve a diversity, equity and inclusion rubric for the Mountain View library. The library board approved it 4-0.
February 22, 2021Supports Civil Rights
Source: legistar1.granicus.com
Track record — General
General · 5 records
Voted against making higher density an explicit goal of the city's multifamily (R3) zoning update, preferring a broader review first. The study-session vote was 2-4-1.
March 13, 2024
Source: mv-voice.com
Was appointed to Mountain View's Environmental Planning Commission by the City Council in a 4-3 tie-breaking vote.
October 18, 2023
Source: mv-voice.com
Was elected vice chair of the Mountain View Board of Library Trustees in a 5-0 vote.
January 25, 2021
Source: legistar1.granicus.com
Moved to recommend ending Link+ overdue fines in the library's 2021-22 budget and seconded a motion to end hold restocking fees. The library board approved both 5-0.
October 19, 2020
Source: legistar1.granicus.com
Spoke against a Mountain View Whisman School District plan to fence school sites, saying it rested on anecdotal complaints and threatened neighbors' park access.
October 19, 2020
Source: mv-voice.com
Past race Paul Donahue ran in:
- City Council Member, City of Mountain View · November 3, 2026 · Mountain View city, California