As Lucas Ramirez approaches his final year on Mountain View City Council, he announced last week he’s running for a position on the Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter Executive Committee.
Founded by environmental activist John Muir in 1892, the Sierra Club is a nonprofit, grassroots environmental organization dedicated to ensuring clean air and water, protecting wildlife and open spaces, and fighting the impacts of climate change.
Only members of the Sierra Club are allowed to vote. Other Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter Executive Committee candidates include Sue Chow, Robin Montoya, Nicole Lee and Shruti Chandrasekhar – all nominated by the Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter Executive Committee – and non-nominated candidates Mike Swire, Michael Regula and Natalie Geise. Ramirez was not nominated by the executive committee.
Ramirez, who’s pushed for affordable housing, environmental sustainability and climate resilience since he joined city council in 2019, said in an email that he’s running because he wants to continue the Sierra Club’s work in protecting environmentally sensitive lands, protecting agriculture, promoting sustainable development and enhancing and expanding open space and tree canopy.
“On the Mountain View Council, I have advocated for bird-safe building design, a dark sky ordinance, stronger reach codes, and ongoing funding for parks, open space, and affordable housing,” he stated in an email to his newsletter subscribers.
In the past, he said he’s worked with organizations including and similar to the Sierra Club, like Green Foothills, Greenbelt Alliance and the Santa Clara Valley Bird Alliance. He said he looks forward to “contributing to the success of the regional environmental sustainability movement.”
