{"id":100771,"date":"2025-12-19T06:36:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T06:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/100771\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T06:36:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T06:36:09","slug":"rob-moore-is-the-youngest-mayor-ever-to-take-charge-of-los-gatos-but-just-barely-los-gatan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/100771\/","title":{"rendered":"Rob Moore is the youngest mayor ever to take charge of Los Gatos (but just barely) | Los Gatan"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Rob<\/a>BEAMING – Rob Moore in Council Chambers at the special meeting of the Town Council, Dec. 9, 2025 just after his swearing in. (Dinah Cotton \/ Los Gatan)<\/p>\n

In a special meeting of the Town Council, Dec. 9, the reins of power were handed over from former mayor Matthew Hudes<\/a> to Rob Moore<\/a>, who, at 27, is the youngest Los Gatos mayor ever. (Brent Ventura was also 27 when he assumed the role\u2014but was a few months older).<\/p>\n

The mayoral position rotates every December, and it\u2019s customary for the vice mayor to be promoted.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Los Gatos Town Council has focused on local issues and stayed above hyperartisanship,\u201d outgoing mayor Hudes stated. \u201cI\u2019m grateful to my fellow Council members. You gave me the opportunity to serve and who constantly provide ideas and have helped guide me and give me feedback along the way. I love working with you.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added, \u201cFinally, I want to thank my family. My wife Qui\u2014who puts up with me jumping up from the table and skipping dinner to get to town meetings and who is a sounding board for me\u2014for my ideas as well as my frustrations\u2014and thank you to Colette and Simon, who are so important.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hudes added, \u201cIt is more than time for a young person to step forward and have a go at it.\u201d<\/p>\n

His nomination process was interrupted by applause from the overflowing crowd.<\/p>\n

Hudes formally nominated Moore for mayor. This was then seconded by still-Councilmember Ristow\u2014and approved unanimously.<\/p>\n

Councilmember Rob Rennie was slated to become the vice mayor, but due to personal reasons he declined this position. Ristow was nominated and unanimously appointed to serve in the role instead.<\/p>\n

Vice Mayor Ristow\u2019s Council term will expire in December 2028.<\/p>\n

Kylie Clark<\/a>, Moore\u2019s finance, did the honors of swearing-in both Moore Ristow as Vice Mayor. The overflow crowd gave them both a standing ovation.<\/p>\n

Evidenced by the evening\u2019s festivities, it\u2019s clear Moore has tremendous support among town residents.<\/p>\n

\"packedPACKED HOUSE \u2013 Moore was welcomed into office by an overflow crowd. (Dinah Cotton \/ Los Gatan)<\/p>\n

In his acceptance speech, Moore expressed, \u201cI can not tell you how honored I am to see the chambers so full this evening. As I look around this room, I see a community that refuses to sit on the sidelines. And I feel your optimism, your energy, and your love for Los Gatos.\u201d<\/p>\n

He went on, \u201cThis is what participatory democracy looks like.\u201d<\/p>\n

In his acceptance speech, Moore promised to \u201cbe a mayor for all of Los Gatos\u2014for every resident, every neighborhood and every perspective.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added, \u201cIn addition to the essential responsibilities of every mayor\u2014ensuring public safety and managing our finances\u2014I will focus on the following key priorities: 1. Housing. 2. Youth, seniors and families. 3. Street safety and traffic. 4. Preparedness. And 5., Community vitality.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thunderous applause concluded the evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BEAMING – Rob Moore in Council Chambers at the special meeting of the Town Council, Dec. 9, 2025…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100772,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[2323,54907,54908,54909,54175,88,90,89],"class_list":{"0":"post-100771","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-jose","8":"tag-council","9":"tag-kylie-clark","10":"tag-matthew-hudes","11":"tag-mayoral-handoff","12":"tag-rob-moore","13":"tag-san-jose","14":"tag-san-jose-headlines","15":"tag-san-jose-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}