Mountain View Selects Justin Mates for City Attorney, With Formal Vote Next Week
Mountain View’s City Council has selected Justin Mates as its next city attorney, with a formal appointment vote scheduled for Nov. 10. Mountain View Voice reported Thursday that Mates would begin Jan. 4, 2027, at a starting salary of $400,000.
By the Bay Area Brief staff · Edited by Seamus McKenna · · 2 min read
Aerial view of Foster City, San Mateo and the San Mateo Bridge. Photo: Firstcultural / Wikimedia Commons, CC0 (cropped, resized and color-graded). Archive photo of the area; not a photo of the events in this story.
Mountain View’s City Council has selected Justin Mates as its next city attorney, with a formal appointment vote scheduled for Nov. 10. Mountain View Voice reported Thursday that Mates would begin Jan. 4, 2027, at a starting salary of $400,000.
Mates currently serves as an assistant county executive in San Mateo County. The county’s official biography says he joined its attorney’s office in 2012, advising departments on housing, real estate, public finance and litigation, before moving into executive roles.
He joined the County Executive’s Office as a deputy in 2019 and also helped lead COVID-19 testing and vaccination work. He holds degrees from Stanford and Harvard Law School. The council’s upcoming vote is the formal next step, not a completed appointment.
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