Our first item for Wednesday’s meeting will be an update on Downtown Sunnyvale developments from Travis Duncan of CityLine. Between the ongoing construction of Whole Foods and the recently announced closing of Macy’s, there will be a lot to talk about.

Next we will discuss the CASA Compact. CASA is a ten point plan developed by MTC and ABAG (the Association of Bay Area Governments) to solve the housing crisis, and is based on three pillars: protecting tenants, preserving existing affordable housing, and producing new housing. The Compact passed the CASA steering committee 14-3 last month, and now goes to the ABAG executive committee, who will be voting on CASA at their next meeting on January 17. The proposal has generated a lot of controversy, but it’s the only systemic, region-wide attempt on the table right now to actually solve the housing crisis.

Sunnyvale Mayor Glenn Hendricks will be there to talk about why he opposes CASA. We will also find out why many advocacy organizations are supporting it.

The meeting is January 9th, 6:30pm at Toyota Sunnyvale, 898 W El Camino Real, Sunnyvale. The meeting is in the 2nd floor conference room. Meetings are open to the public, everyone is welcome to attend.

At our December meeting we will focus on available housing in existing homes. This is affordable housing that could be available immediately. San Mateo County has an excellent home sharing program from Hip Housing.  Catholic Charities operates a House Sharing Program for Santa Clara County. 

Susan Castillo, Program Manager for the Catholic Charities House Sharing Program, will talk about their program and answer questions.

For our second topic: This is Study Issue season in Sunnyvale when all of the Study Issues proposed in the past year gather together and compete to see which ones will be approved for 2019. Council Member Jim Griffith will explain this process and take questions.

The meeting will be December 5th, 6:30pm, at Toyota Sunnyvale, 898 W El Camino Real, Sunnyvale. The meeting is in the 2nd floor conference room. Meetings are open to the public, everyone is welcome to attend.

Livable Sunnyvale’s General Meeting on October 17th will feature Paul Hebert and Tom Skinner from Project Sentinel, a non-profit organization. that assists individuals with housing problems such as discrimination, mortgage foreclosure & delinquency, rental issues including repairs, deposits, privacy, dispute resolution, home buyer education, post purchase education and reverse mortgages.

Paul Hebert has been with Project Sentinel for 5 years and is very knowledgeable about tenant/landlord law. Tom Skinner is a staff attorney on the fair housing side of Project Sentinel and he will speak to how their department looks at housing differently than tenant/landlord.

We will also get an update on Block 15, a proposed affordable housing development at Mathilda and Iowa in Sunnyvale.

And finally, we will have brief discussions on Proposition 10: Repeal Costa Hawkins, and Proposition 3: Water Bond, then vote to endorse (or not) these propositions. These are both complicated propositions, so we recommend researching the pros and cons before the meeting.

The meeting is on October 17th, 6:30 pm at Toyota Sunnyvale, 898 W. El Camino Real, Sunnyvale.

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Join Livable Sunnyvale for a Sunnyvale City Council candidates forum on Housing and Transportation. Candidates will answer questions on affordable Housing, transportation and climate change.

The candidates are:

Seat 1: Gustav Larsson, Henry Alexander III

Seat 2: Glenn Hendricks, Josh Grossman

Seat 3: John Cordes, Mason Fong 

Moderator is Tara Martin-Milius

The Forum will be held on September 27th, 7:00pm to 9:00pm (doors open at 6:40pm), at the Sunnyvale Elks Lodge #2128, 375 Pastoria Ave. , Sunnyvale 94085

Drinks and snacks will be provided.

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Please join us for our next General Meeting,  Wednesday, September 19th, 6:30pm at Toyota Sunnyvale – 898 W El Camino Real, Sunnyvale!

The agenda includes a discussion of State propositions and ballot measures on the November ballot. This meeting follows the September 15th presentation by the League of Women Voters – Cupertino- Sunnyvale, jointly sponsored by the Sunnyvale Democratic Club and Livable Sunnyvale.

There will also be a presentation on Leadership Sunnyvale by Executive Director Tara Martin-Milius.

Parking at Toyota Sunnyvale is in customer parking areas on the lot until 9pm. So, although they may not close the lot that early, it’s probably safest to park on the street. Just go in through the main customer entrance which is on the right (when facing the building), the elevator is to your right in the hall as soon as you enter. Take two more rights when you get off the elevator on the 2nd floor , the conference room will be down the hall on your left.