Monthly Archives: September 2020

Sunnyvale Mayor and City Council Forums

Please join us for these important candidate forums. Our focus will be on our three pillars: Housing, Transportation, and Sustainability. Livable Sunnyvale is non-partisan and does not endorse candidates. The forums are open to the public.

Livable Sunnyvale’s Mayoral Candidates’ Forum – 3 Candidates

Livable Sunnyvale’s City Council Candidates’ Forum – 7 Candidates

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Special Meeting: California Ballot Measures – September 26th

This is a special joint meeting with the Sunnyvale Democratic Club to review the November 2020 ballot measures.

The meeting is on Zoom and will start at 1:45 pm and end around 4:30 pm. The meeting link will be sent by email closer to the event time.

These are the propositions (with links to more information). We will present pros and cons of each measure and vote to endorse or not. The meeting is open to the public.

PROP 14: STEM CELL RESEARCH

PROP 15: TAXES ON COMMERCIAL PROPERTY

PROP 16: ALLOW PUBLIC AGENCIES TO CONSIDER DIVERSITY

PROP 17: VOTING RIGHTS FOR PEOPLE ON PAROLE

PROP 18: VOTING RIGHTS FOR 17-YEAR-OLDS

PROP 19: CHANGES IN PROPERTY TAX RULES

PROP 20: CHANGES TO CRIMINAL PENALTIES AND PAROLE

PROP 21: LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND RENT CONTROL

PROP 22: RIDESHARE AND DELIVERY DRIVERS

PROP 23: KIDNEY DIALYSIS CLINICS

PROP 24: CHANGES TO CONSUMER PRIVACY LAWS

PROP 25: YES OR NO ON GETTING RID OF BAIL

Measure RR: Caltrain Sales Tax

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September General Meeting – Sunnyvale Housing Strategy

We have a full agenda including one hour with Jenny Carloni, Sunnyvale’s Housing Officer on the recently released Housing Strategy Draft. 

The Housing Strategy is a pivotal document for housing in Sunnyvale.  The Draft passed the Housing and Human Services Commission last week with a few modified recommendations.  It will be going to City Council on Oct 13 for final approval. Livable Sunnyvale as well as some coalition partners have sent the City initial comments. 

Come learn more and help shape the future of development in Sunnyvale for years to come. 

During “Soliciting input for Candidates’ Forum questions” (15 min), we will be asking folks to input their suggestions for questions to the candidates into an online google doc/sheet with 3 separate areas: Housing, Transportation, Sustainability. These questions are for the upcoming Sunnyvale Mayor Forum on September 23rd and the City Council Forum on September 30th.

When: Wednesday, September 2, 2020,  6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Where: Click here to register for the Meeting link
Register in advance or register right before joining the meeting. 
After registering, Zoom will email you the link to join the meeting.

AGENDA 

Announcements – 5 minutes
Updates on Sunnyvale’s: Active Transportation Plan, Downtown Specific Plan, and Moffet Park Specific Plan – 10 minutes
Turnout4Transit – VOTE – to become our coalition partner – 10 minutes
Caltrain Sales Tax Measure – Presentation by Adina Levin, discussion, then VOTE – 20 minutes
Solicit input for our Candidates’ Forum (Mayoral on 9/23, Council on 9/30) – 15 minutes
Housing Strategy: Jenny Carloni, Sunnyvale’s Housing Officer – 60 minutes

More Details on using Zoom: 
If your device has never been used for a Zoom meeting, after you click on the meeting link, your browser will prompt you to download and install the app. It is free and very quick.  After install, you may have to come back and click on the Meeting Link again. 
On Mac/iPhone/iPad, you can download the Zoom app before you click on the meeting link.  Go to the App Store and search for “Zoom Cloud Meetings”. 

Questions and comments will be taken via the Chat function on Zoom.  Please type them in anytime during the presentation and our meeting moderator will ask them or answer them after the presentation.  (The Chat button is somewhere along the periphery of your Zoom screen – usually between the ‘Share Screen’ and ‘Record’ buttons.)  

To satisfy future voting eligibility, Livable Sunnyvale members please “sign-in” if applicable:  If more than 1 member are logged in on the same device, please send your name(s) via Chat to ‘Livable Sunnyvale’. If you are calling in, please email LivableSunnyvale@gmail.com to let us know you called in on what phone number.
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