There will be a special City Council meeting on February 4th, 5:30 PM, to present the results of the Housing Strategy Study. This Study Issue was approved by the Council almost 2 years ago as an omnibus study issue covering a wide range of issues related to housing in Sunnyvale.

Issues include:

• Rent stabilization programs for Sunnyvale mobile home parks
• Age-friendliness of housing in Sunnyvale
• Strategies to increase the affordable housing supply, such as a land acquisition financing program for non-profit developers and reinstating an updated rental inclusionary ordinance consistent with AB 1505
• Strategies to help with the demand for affordable housing, such as homebuyer, tenant, and financial literacy education programs

At our next meeting on February 12th (note the change of date), 6:30 pm at Toyota Sunnyvale, 898 W. El Camino Real, Sunnyvale, our topics will be:

1. Sunnyvale Active Transportation Plan

How can we continue to improve options for bicyclists and pedestrians in Sunnyvale?

How can Sunnyvale students more safely walk and bike to school?

The City of Sunnyvale is exploring these questions as part of a year-long effort to create an Active Transportation Plan that will address bicycle, pedestrian and Safe Routes to Schools needs throughout the City.

The Active Transportation Plan will help the City strategically invest in programs and projects to make walking and bicycling safer and more convenient for residents. In addition, the Plan will analyze ways to make it safer for Sunnyvale students to walk and bike to school.

2. Study Issues. We will look at Study Issues being considered by the City Council related to housing and transportation.

3. Measures G and H

Since the cost of attending California’s public universities has risen to almost five times that of attending a community college, many students and their families rely on their local community college to get a high-quality education and save tens of thousands of dollars. At the same time, the needs of students who face hunger and housing insecurity is a growing challenge across our district. To address these needs, the Board of Trustees voted unanimously on Nov. 25 to place two measures on the March 3, 2020 ballot.

Measure G – the Foothill-De Anza Community College District Affordable Career, College Transfer, Classroom Repair Measure – is a $898 million general obligation bond that would cost property owners approximately 1.6 cents per $100 of assessed value (not market value) annually through 2053-54.

Measure H – the Educational and Teacher Excellence Parcel Tax – is a $48 parcel tax that would be levied for five years and raise approximately $5.6 million annually.

These measures are designed to increase opportunities and support for local students to earn college credits, certifications, and job skills at a reasonable price and transfer to four-year universities.

Meeting is on February 12th (note the change of date), 6:30 pm at Toyota Sunnyvale, 898 W. El Camino Real, Sunnyvale

All meetings are free and open to the public.

Livable Sunnyvale is co-sponsoring this special event with Friends of Caltrain and other partners.

The Bay Area needs to build many more homes to address the housing affordability crisis, but we don’t want to worsen the climate crisis or our traffic challenges. You can advocate for affordable homes with great transportation options that will help make your community more healthy and connected. Join us to:

• Learn about the connections between housing affordability, traffic reduction, and climate change; 
• Hear how communities are planning and building in ways that reduce the need to drive
• See how you can help make your community more walkable, affordable, and transit-friendly.
• Learn about upcoming decisions in Santa Clara and Sunnyvale to help put solutions into practice.
  

Speakers:

• Nina Rizzo manages GreenTRIP Certifications at TransForm. The GreenTRIP program supports multi-family residential developments that implement strategies to reduce traffic, parking, and greenhouse gas emissions
• First Community Housing, an affordable housing developer that designs its projects so that residents can reduce their reliance on cars
• Travis Duncan, Saris Regis, a developer of market-rate and mixed-income housing focusing on transit-rich locations

Co-sponsors:

• Livable Sunnyvale, Santa Clara Community Advocates, Friends of Caltrain, Greenbelt Alliance, Catalyze SV

Event Date and Location

Thursday, February 6th, 2020, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM

Fair Oaks Room
540 N Fair Oaks Ave
Sunnyvale, CA 94085

When we last saw the El Camino Real Specific Plan, at the end of 2017, Sunnyvale’s City Council had selected a preferred land use alternative from among the four presented for consideration (click on the links for the staff report and  meeting video).  After receiving recommendations from the ECR Plan Advisory Committee (ECRPAC), staff and the Planning Commission, considering input from the online survey and public workshops, hearing input from public speakers at the hearing, and much deliberation, the City Council selected Alternative R PLUS as the land use plan to be studied and developed further. Of the four alternatives, ALT-R PLUS is the land use plan that identified the greatest amount of residential development opportunity along the El Camino Real corridor while still preserving opportunities for additional commercial growth.

After a long hiatus, the City is appointing a new Advisory Committee and will hold the next meeting on January 24th, 6:00 pm in the Neighborhood Room, Recreation Center, 550 E Remington Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94087

The agenda includes looking at changes in State law that impact the plan, status of the EIR and the ECR Specific Plan.

Greetings!  Please join us for  

Livable Sunnyvale’s January General Meeting
When: Wed, Jan. 8th, 6:30 – 8:30 pm 
Where: Toyota Sunnyvale, 898 West El Camino Real, 2nd floor.

Featured speakers:

1. James Tuleya entertaining us (cooking) while he explains the differences in cost, convenience, health benefits and more withinduction cooking!  Find out why induction is both much healthier for your family and for the planet!
2. John Supp, Account Services Manager at Silicon Valley Clean Energy will give a brief presentation on going all-electric, including information on the latest rebates and cost savings.  Most of his time will be on answering your questions.

For other related events, please see our Upcoming Events list.