The thing you predicted would not happen basically happened in 2016: https://www.mv-voice.com/news/2016/11/08/council-incumbents-abe-koga-and-matichak-elected h

The thing you predicted would not happen basically happened in 2016: https://www.mv-voice.com/news/2016/11/08/council-incumbents-abe-koga-and-matichak-elected https://www.mv-voice.com/news/2016/11/08/council-incumbents-... In the same election, neighboring Palo Alto rejected the "residentialist" slate of candidates.