Policy/Tech Nerd | City of Mountain View Vice Mayor (the best city) | Preservation & Protection Associate at SV@Home | California Democratic Party Asian American Pacific Islander Caucus Northern Vice-chair | She/herhttps://bsky.app/profile/engineeremily.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/engineeremily.bsky.social/post/3lr2w3rkqtk2gHappy Pride! 🏳️‍🌈 Today, we held Mountain View’s inaugural Pride event, reaffirming our city's commitment to be a Community for All.08 Jun 2025 03:25 +0000at://did:plc:f33nafcf35vc4w2fwtv7lt2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr2w3rkqtk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/engineeremily.bsky.social/post/3lqqxgpg4nk2wI had a great weekend at the California Democratic Party Convention! I attended the Close the Gap California Party for Parity, got re-elected to my Northern Vice Chair Seat for the AAPI Caucus, and saw my friend, Deepa get elected to be the Vice Chair of the Party!04 Jun 2025 04:22 +0000at://did:plc:f33nafcf35vc4w2fwtv7lt2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqqxgpg4nk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/engineeremily.bsky.social/post/3lq554ghbok2pThe Mountain View Coty Council will meet on May 27. It begins at 5:00pm with a closed session. This meeting is in person at City Hall, but you can also join the meeting online. Regular session begins at 6:30pm with a Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month Proclamation.27 May 2025 07:11 +0000at://did:plc:f33nafcf35vc4w2fwtv7lt2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq554ghbok2phttps://bsky.app/profile/engineeremily.bsky.social/post/3llkvdyfmus2o💦 It was a long time coming, but we finally had our grand opening of our new aquatics center! The planned summer 2024 opening of the Aquatics Center was delayed to March 2025 due to construction challenges.30 Mar 2025 03:23 +0000at://did:plc:f33nafcf35vc4w2fwtv7lt2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3llkvdyfmus2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/engineeremily.bsky.social/post/3llgb4zkik227Sharing some moments from my trip to Washington DC for National League of Cities. I served on the Community Economic Development Committee and I took the opportunity to advocate to my Senators and Representative for my City. #CCC25 #nationalleagueofcities #throwbackthursday28 Mar 2025 07:11 +0000at://did:plc:f33nafcf35vc4w2fwtv7lt2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3llgb4zkik227https://bsky.app/profile/engineeremily.bsky.social/post/3lkumkjnsps2qClosing out this #throwbackthursday with some pics from the PDC annual meeting celebrating Former Supervisor Joe Simitian! We’re so cute! 🥰21 Mar 2025 06:47 +0000at://did:plc:f33nafcf35vc4w2fwtv7lt2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkumkjnsps2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/engineeremily.bsky.social/post/3ljw5zgzjes2wCity Councilmembers usually get Committee assignments based on what they are interested. Here are my committee assignments. Internal assignments like the Council Neighborhoods Committee are with two other Mountain View councilmembers.09 Mar 2025 04:07 +0000at://did:plc:f33nafcf35vc4w2fwtv7lt2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljw5zgzjes2whttps://bsky.app/profile/engineeremily.bsky.social/post/3ljqjzpjooc2cA #throwbackthursday to this past Saturday when I did another ribbon cutting as the Vice Mayor. We welcomed Mission Binz which sells Amazon, Target, and retail returns and overstock. They start the week on Saturday with items on sale for $20 and then end it on $1 on Fridays.06 Mar 2025 22:26 +0000at://did:plc:f33nafcf35vc4w2fwtv7lt2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljqjzpjooc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/engineeremily.bsky.social/post/3lj4pyehqe22hLast night at the city council meeting, we were joined by Senator Becker virtually to announce that a great Mountain View Community Leader, Olga Melo was honored as the 2025 Woman of the Year for the State Senate District 13!27 Feb 2025 01:19 +0000at://did:plc:f33nafcf35vc4w2fwtv7lt2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj4pyehqe22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/engineeremily.bsky.social/post/3lixz76szk22xThe City of Mountain View will have its next council meeting tomorrow, February 25, 2025. It begins at 5:00pm with a closed session. This meeting is in person at City Hall, but you can also join the meeting online. Regular session begins at 5:15pm with a study session on Broadband.25 Feb 2025 04:21 +0000at://did:plc:f33nafcf35vc4w2fwtv7lt2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lixz76szk22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/engineeremily.bsky.social/post/3liszow7abk2bVice Mayor duties! Yesterday, I had the opportunity to fill in for the mayor on some fun events: celebrating the awardees from the Daughters of the American Revolution essay and video contests and the grand opening of Mediterranean Grill’s new cafe - Sana'a.23 Feb 2025 04:46 +0000at://did:plc:f33nafcf35vc4w2fwtv7lt2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3liszow7abk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/engineeremily.bsky.social/post/3liqrepmyfc25The best city just got a little more magical! We are excited to open the Magical Bridge playground at Rengstorff Park. Sharing some photos for this week’s #FlashbackFriday from when we had our big ribbon cutting. The kids couldn’t wait to play!22 Feb 2025 07:12 +0000at://did:plc:f33nafcf35vc4w2fwtv7lt2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3liqrepmyfc25https://bsky.app/profile/engineeremily.bsky.social/post/3lio2m6752k2jFor this week’s #throwbackthursday, I’m finally catching up on sharing the last of my photos from all the great swearing in ceremonies last month! I posted part one last month, but here’s the final part. I got to see the swearing in of my friend Charlsie for Sunnyvale City Council.21 Feb 2025 05:19 +0000at://did:plc:f33nafcf35vc4w2fwtv7lt2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lio2m6752k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/engineeremily.bsky.social/post/3ligjmj3nxs2sThe City of Mountain View will have its next council meeting tomorrow, February 18, 2025. It is a special meeting to interview candidates for the Environmental Planning Commission (EPC) and it begins at 6:30pm. This meeting is in person at City Hall, but you can also join the meeting online.18 Feb 2025 05:27 +0000at://did:plc:f33nafcf35vc4w2fwtv7lt2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3ligjmj3nxs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/engineeremily.bsky.social/post/3lhvdy65qps2bThe City of Mountain View will have its next council meeting tomorrow, February 11, 2025. It begins at 5:15pm with a closed session. This meeting is in person at City Hall, but you can also join the meeting on zoom. Regular session begins at 6:30pm with a proclamation for American Heart Month.11 Feb 2025 09:31 +0000at://did:plc:f33nafcf35vc4w2fwtv7lt2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhvdy65qps2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/engineeremily.bsky.social/post/3lhngq23fqs2eThanks to the work of Donald Shoup, I had my first understanding of the importance of land use. 😭😭😭 [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Feb 2025 05:59 +0000at://did:plc:f33nafcf35vc4w2fwtv7lt2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhngq23fqs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/engineeremily.bsky.social/post/3lgpimrhna223Agenda for next Mountain View City Council meeting (Tuesday, January 28) is up! https://www.reddit.com/r/mountainview/s/9xZZI3whWa27 Jan 2025 08:13 +0000at://did:plc:f33nafcf35vc4w2fwtv7lt2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgpimrhna223https://bsky.app/profile/engineeremily.bsky.social/post/3lbvv7s64k22cWith the most recent batch of ballots counted, I can confidently say that I will continue serving on the Mountain View City Council! I am truly honored to have earned the trust and support of Mountain View voters.27 Nov 2024 06:08 +0000at://did:plc:f33nafcf35vc4w2fwtv7lt2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbvv7s64k22c