LIZ KNISS

 Where does she stand? Kniss has worked toward affordable housing in Palo Alto and the rest of Silicon Valley for seniors and low-income individuals and families and has also been active in pressing Stanford University to commit to environmental conservation for the Palo Alto foothills. Kniss wants to form a citizen's financial task force. She also wants to make the government more accessible through the Internet and Web sites, as well as to link Palo Alto via public transportation to the light rail station in Mountain View.

DOLORES "DOLLY" SANDOVAL

Where does she stand? Sandoval wants to abolish admission fees for county parks, implement a strong environmental protection policy to govern all county operations and develop school-linked services to deliver county services, such as health care, social services and counseling to school sites. She also wants to devote more money to fight violent crime and focus on restorative justice -- making offenders of minor crimes pay back the criminal justice system with community service rather than send them to jail for short periods of time.

TERRY TRUMBULL

Where does he stand? Trumbull says he wants to create mixed-use residential developments at the district's public transportation hubs. He would also re-zone industrial lands in cities with heavy job balances to allow for more housing. Trumbull also said he wants to create a tri-county Dumbarton Bridge district -- with Alameda, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties -- that would allow the purchase and use of rail across the railroad bridge. He also wants to fund increased bus usage in the corridor.