When: Monday, Dec. 6, 6:30 p.m.
Where: Register for Zoom Link

Hosted in partnership with the Law Foundation, Livable Sunnyvale, SV@Home, and Sunnyvale Mobile Home Resident Group.

Speakers: Nadia Aziz, Emily Ramos, and Bruce Stanton, Esq.         

The Sunnyvale Memorandum of Understanding will stabilize annual space rents and the rent increases when a mobile home is sold to a new buyer. All 10 mobile home owners signed the Memorandum of Understanding and it was formalized on October 18, 2021. All Park Owners are sending long-term leaseholders a Lease Addendum which add the financial terms of the MOU to their existing lease. Mobile Home resident/owners on a long-term lease must sign the Lease Addendum to be covered by the MOU. Mobile Home resident/owners on a month-to-month rental agreement are automatically covered by the MOU. There is no obligation for these month-to-month residents to sign a rental/lease agreement.

The MOU will affect each of the more than 11,000 Mobile Home residents. The three affordable housing advocate organizations hosting this Forum will provide information about the MOU and answer as many questions as possible so that all long-term leaseholders can make the best decision possible.

Question Topics Include:

• Annual rent increase
• Rent increases to new buyers (vacancy rate)
• Passthroughs
• Transfers

The Three Affordable Housing Speakers are:

Nadia Aziz

Nadia Aziz is the Housing Directing Attorney at the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley.  Nadia has led groundbreaking housing litigation and policy advocacy throughout Silicon Valley in her role at the Law Foundation.  Her work includes a multi-year effort to save Palo Alto’s only mobile home park. 

Emily Ramos

Emily Ramos is the Preservation and Protection Associate at SV@H. She assists in the implementation of SV@Home’s approach to tenant protections, affordable housing preservation, and comprehensive anti‐displacement policy solutions, all undertaken in an equity framework.

Bruce Stanton

Bruce Stanton is the foremost authority on Mobile Home law in California. He has been a practicing California attorney since 1982, and has spent the majority of his legal career specializing in the representation of mobilehome residents, small businesses and families. He is the general counsel for the Golden State Manufactured Home Owners League (GSMOL).

The Forum Sponsor Missions

SV@Home is the voice for affordable housing in Silicon Valley by educating elected officials and the community about the need for housing, and the link between housing and other quality of life outcomes, including education, health, transportation, and the environment.

Livable Sunnyvale is a coalition of individuals and organizations that are working together toward a more vibrant, inclusive, and people-friendly Sunnyvale. We educate and activate residents and office-holders to secure an environmentally sustainable future with broadly shared prosperity and a high quality of life.

The Law Foundation advances the rights of under-represented individuals and families in our diverse community through legal services, strategic advocacy, and educational outreach. We serve over 10,000 individuals and families each year.

Please join us!

Livable Sunnyvale’s December General Meeting: 

AGENDA

When: Wednesday, November 3, 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

1. Announcements (10 minutes)
   • Mobile Home MOU Forum – Dec 6th
   • Candy Cane contest
   • Crestview Hotel vote summary
   • Planning Commission Meeting on Sonora and Orchard Gardens – Nov 8th
2. Parking 101 – C. J. Gabbe (15 min + 15 min)
   • C.J. is an associate professor in Santa Clara University’s Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences. His research focuses on land use planning, housing policy, and climate change. C.J. has a Ph.D. in Urban Planning from UCLA and a Master of Urban Planning degree from the University of Washington. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) and has more than 10 years of professional experience in planning and public policy.
3. Housing Element Subcommittee Report (15 min +10 min)
4. Safe Parking Proposal, VOTE (5 min +10 min)
5. Project Homekey for the Unhoused – Robert Stromberg (15 min +10 min)
   • Robert supports the work of Destination: Home by managing the Housing Ready Communities initiative. Focusing on public policy, community engagement and advocacy, Robert previously worked as a consultant and with the National Democratic Institute to support political parties and activists working for civil and political rights in North Korea, Pakistan and Venezuela. He founded and directed the Durham Association for Downtown Arts in Durham, North Carolina, and worked as a grassroots organizer for Barack Obama’s first presidential election campaign. Robert holds a bachelor’s degree in religious studies from Duke University, and a master’s degree from the North Carolina State University School of Public and International Affairs. He speaks German and Spanish fluently.
     

Recordings of Past Speaking Events: 

• Professor Michael Lens – What Works in Making Housing More Affordable
  • More About Professor Lens
• Professor Jessica Trounstine discusses the themes of her awarding winning book, Segregation by Design: Local Politics and Inequality in American Cities 
  • More About Professor Trounstine
• Don Weden – Urbanism After the Pandemic, What futures should we be preparing for? 
• Professor Willow Lung-Amam – Trespassers? Asian Americans and the Battle for Suburbia

When: Wednesday, October 6, 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

1. Announcements (10 minutes)
   • Message from New Chair 
   • Legislative Update
   • Mobile Home MOU update
   • 501(c)3 announcement
2. Vote on emergency endorsements (10 min)
3. Update on relevant city council actions (10 min)
4. Safe Parking in Sunnyvale readout (10 minutes)
5. The Cost of Commutes – Marlee Smith (10 min + 10 min)
6. Housing Element Subcommittee update (10 min + 10 min)
7. Single use plastics ban in Sunnyvale; Vote to Endorse (15 min + 10 min)
8. Moffett Park Update(5 min + 5 min)

Recordings of Past Speaking Events: 

• Professor Michael Lens – What Works in Making Housing More Affordable
  • More About Professor Lens
• Professor Jessica Trounstine discusses the themes of her awarding winning book, Segregation by Design: Local Politics and Inequality in American Cities 
  • More About Professor Trounstine
• Don Weden – Urbanism After the Pandemic, What futures should we be preparing for? 
• Professor Willow Lung-Amam – Trespassers? Asian Americans and the Battle for Suburbia

About the Event: 
As you know, due to a lack of affordable housing, our community is experiencing a housing crisis resulting in many of our residents living in their vehicles (car, van, RV…).  Our surrounding communities such as Mountain View, Fremont, San Jose, Cupertino and Saratoga have implemented safe parking programs to address this issue.

At this special event, we will hear from Sunnyvale Community Services about the magnitude of the problem in Sunnyvale and find out about a successful  Safe Parking Program in Mountain View.  We will also hear about the exciting new interim housing communities from LifeMoves   You can view a site tour of the LifeMoves facility in Mountain View here.

Finally we will get an update from Santa Clara County and the City of Sunnyvale on ongoing efforts to address this crisis.

We hope to see you at the event!
When: Thursday, Sept 23, 2021, 7pm to 9pm
Where: Click here to register for the Meeting link

Co-Sponsors for this Important Event Are:

Sunnyvale Community Services, Sunnyvale Democratic Club, Firebirds for All, Leadership Sunnyvale, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Sunnyvale Social Justice Team, League of Women Voters Cupertino-Sunnyvale, Cupertino For All, Greenbelt Alliance, SV@Home, Peninsula For Everyone, and South Bay YIMBY, and CA YIMBY.

When: Wednesday, Sept 1,  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

1. Announcements (10 minutes)
   • Flyer Distribution 
   • Sunnyvale Ave. Bike Lanes
   • Legislative Update
   • Lawrence Station Area Plan
   • Message from the Chair
2. CA Rent Relief (15 min + 5 min)
   • Joanne Pham, Project Sentinel
   • VOTE: Endorse extending eviction moratorium
3. Sunnyvale Redistricting – Jacqui Guzman, Sunnyvale Deputy City Manager (15 min + 10 min)
4. Sunnyvale Specific Housing Element
   • Ryan Dyson, Sunnyvale’s Housing Specialist – Sunnyvale’s process for completing the Housing Element Chapter of the General Plan (10 min + 5 min).
   • Join Livable Sunnyvale’s subcommittee (5 min)
5. Caltrain grade crossings, restarting rail service – Glenn Hendricks, Sunnyvale Vice Mayor and Chair of VTA Board (15 min + 10 min)
6. Caltrain electrification + advances in Seamless Transit – Adina Levin, Friends of Caltrain  (10 min + 5 min)

Day:   Wednesday Date:  August 18th Time:  6:30 PM Location: Zoom link to register – https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0vcuypqjkrE9I_zXJrddSYd-gqbd_qtdBv

Livable Sunnyvale is hosting an endorsement meeting for two affordable housing developments.  During this meeting you will hear from the developers, share your concerns and, if you are a member of Livable Sunnyvale and eligible to vote, vote to endorse or not each of these proposed developments.

Sonora Court (1178 Sonora Court – close to Lawrence Station) is sponsored by MidPen Housing.  Jennifer Liu, Senior Project Manager for MidPen Housing will give a brief presentation to introduce this development and then go over our Endorsement Form.

• You can review the presentation for the project before the meeting at https://drive.google.com/file/d/13yMYs2R5mgmTzMgYPLwJnYW2dr1Y8OPC/view?usp=sharing
  

Orchard Gardens (245 W. Weddell Drive) is sponsored by First Community Housing.  Jose Lujano, Project Manager for First Community Housing will give a brief presentation to introduce this development and then go through our Endorsement Form.

• You can review the presentation for the project before the meeting at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LVTUmSEHEt4rFzVCQX5IrdGUk2HdpAZk/view?usp=sharing
  

Subsequent to these presentations, eligible members will vote to endorse the project or not.  If we endorse the project, Livable Sunnyvale will send a letter to the Planning Commission and City Council in support of the project. 
We want to commend the developers for their willingness to come to this meeting and hope to see you on the 18th!

When: Wednesday, August 4,  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

1. Announcements (5 minutes)
   • Redistricting Meeting on Aug 5th
   • SB9 Letters to Becker
   • AB1401 Letters to Berman
2. Board Special Election (one vacancy) (10 minutes)
3. SVL Meeting Format: Call to Action for Public Comment & VOTE on Livable Sunnyvale position (5 minutes)
4. Mobile Home MOU status (10 minutes)
5. Impacts to Sunnyvale of the current catastrophic drought — Gustav Larsson, Sunnyvale Council Member (30 minutes)
   • As a new Council Member in 2014, Gustav Larsson was appointed to Sunnyvale’s seat on the board of the Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency (BAWSCA), which represents the 26 Bay Area cities and water districts that purchase water from San Francisco’s Hetch Hetchy system. Today, after almost 8 years on the board, he serves as BAWSCA’s board chair where he has become deeply involved in water issues affecting the 1.8 million people in BAWSCA’s service area.
6. Housing Element 101 and more — Aaron Eckhouse of CA YIMBY (30 minutes)
   • What is the Housing Element?  It’s hugely important for housing advocates to get involved to make sure plans for the next 8 years of housing are fair and feasible!  
   • Note: Livable Sunnyvale plans to be very involved in our city’s process.
7. Orchard Gardens Introduction & Overview — Jose Lujano of First Community Housing (20 minutes)
   • Orchard Gardens is a new affordable housing project in Sunnyvale being planned by First Community Housing.  The plans for the re-development of 245 Weddell Drive include the development of 123 affordable apartments, with 15 apartments for people with developmental disabilities.

Recordings of Past Speaking Events: 

• Professor Michael Lens – What Works in Making Housing More Affordable
  • More About Professor Lens
• Professor Jessica Trounstine discusses the themes of her awarding winning book, Segregation by Design: Local Politics and Inequality in American Cities 
  • More About Professor Trounstine
• Don Weden – Urbanism After the Pandemic, What futures should we be preparing for? 
• Professor Willow Lung-Amam – Trespassers? Asian Americans and the Battle for Suburbia

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Sonora Court & Orchard Gardens Endorsement Meeting, August 18, 6:30

Special event: Forum on Safe Parking and the Unhoused in Sunnyvale, September 23rd, 7:00 pm

Please join us!  This meeting starts at 6PM so we can squeeze everything in! 

When: Wednesday, July 7,  6 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

1. Announcements (5 minutes)
2. Legislation Updates (5 minutes)
   • SB 9, SB 10, AB 1401 (Richard)
   • Eviction Moratorium Emergency Endorsement (Janette)
     • Now Law
3. Safe Parking Report (30 + 10 minutes)
   • Site Overview (Coleen Housler)
   • Fry’s former Sunnyvale site (Jim Davis)
4. Mobile Home MOU update (5+10 minutes)
5. Environmental Benefits of Missing Middle Housing (Justin20 + 10 minutes)
6. Project Scoring, Fremont Corners (40 minutes)
   • Endorsement VOTE based on scoring (10 minutes)

Recordings of Past Speaking Events: 

• Professor Michael Lens – What Works in Making Housing More Affordable
  • More About Professor Lens
• Professor Jessica Trounstine discusses the themes of her awarding winning book, Segregation by Design: Local Politics and Inequality in American Cities 
  • More About Professor Trounstine
• Don Weden – Urbanism After the Pandemic, What futures should we be preparing for? 
• Willow Lung-Amam – Trespassers? Asian Americans and the Battle for Suburbia

Join us on June 2, 6:30 pm for our June General Meeting to be held on Zoom.

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 items include:

• Update on negotiations for a memorandum of understanding between mobile home residents and mobile home park owners.
• Kristel Wickham, Chair of the Sustainability Commission, will discuss an expanded program on sustainability that includes updates on the Climate Action Plan implementations, next steps, with their connections to housing and transportation.
• Shani Kleinhaus on light pollution, bird safety, and the Bay ecosystem
• Janette Brambila – presentation on CA Rent-Relief application process & requirements
• Multi-Family Housing Update (Richard, Mehlinger)