Please join us this Wednesday for our August General Meeting: Village Centers and Gun Safety

When: Wednesday, August 3, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM

Where: Click here to register for the Meeting link. 

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Village Centers

The City’s 2017 General Plan Land Use and Transportation Element (LUTE) identified seven locations for mixed use Village Centers, in the context of various neighborhood planning areas to ensure each neighborhood is adequately supported by commercial services, as well as schools and parks. These Village Centers are typically located at the crossroads of arterial and collector street intersections and accessible by pedestrian, bicycle, and transit connections.

Development projects have currently been approved at Fremont Avenue and Sunnyvale Saratoga Road and a new development has been proposed at Fremont Avenue and Mary Avenue.

Shaunn Mendrin, Sunnyvale’s Planning Officer will talk about the new Village Centers Master Plan currently underway.

Gun Safety in Sunnyvale

Following almost daily mass shootings in 2022 including the racist shooting in Buffalo, New York, which killed 10 people and the horrific school shooting in Uvalde, Texas that killed 19 children and 2 teachers, many Sunnyvale residents are asking, “What can we do locally to help prevent more gun violence?”

On August 30th, the Sunnyvale City Council will have a Study Session to look at actions the City can take to improve gun safety in Sunnyvale. At our August meeting we will have a brief presentation on possible gun safety measures from the local group behind the 2013 ballot measure that was approved overwhelmingly by the voters.

Finally, following their presentation at the July meeting, we will vote for Mountain View Coalition for Sustainable Planning to become our Coalition Partner

Please join us this Wednesday for our July General Meeting:

When: Wednesday, July 6, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM

Where: Click here to register for the Meeting link. 

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AGENDA

1. Announcements and Greetings (10 minutes) 
2. Committee Updates (20 minutes): 
   • Housing Element
   • El Camino Real Specific Plan
   • Moffett Park Specific Plan
3. Mountain View Coalition for Sustainable Planning’s presentation (15+5 minutes)
   • Next month we will vote on whether to have MVCSP become our Coalition Partner
4. The Joinery; Minkoff Group’s Downtown Project Update (10+10 minutes)
   • Use of mass timber construction

Please join us this Wednesday, June 1, for our monthly General Meeting:

When: Wednesday, June 1, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM

Where: Click here to register for the Meeting link. 

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AGENDA

1. Announcements:  
   • New Board and their roles (5 minutes)
   • Member Announcements (5 minutes)
2. Updates: 
   • El Camino Real Specific Plan – Mike (5 minutes)
   • Moffett Park – Gail (5 minutes)
   • Application for Nonprofit Status – Julia (5 minutes)
3. 777 Sunnyvale-Saratoga site:
   • Kathy Thibodeaux, Carmel Partners Presentation (15 minutes)
4. Sunnyvale’s Housing Element – Ryan Dyson, Sunnyvale’s Housing Specialist, in a Q/A style moderated by Livable Sunnyvale’s Housing Element Committee Co-Chairs Chuck Fraleigh and Agnes Veith (60 minutes)
   • The purpose of this session is to help us understand the background and issues so we can provide good input to Council.  Council is to vote on this on June 21.  For our letters to be included in the Council packet, we have to send in our letters by June 8th.  
   • Ryan’s presentation is not the same as the one City Staff has given at community outreach meetings and to Council/Commissions.  This session will zoom in on Livable Sunnyvale’s Housing Element Committee’s concerns.  This Committee of six has been reviewing in depth the Sunnyvale Draft Housing Element document.  We will examine:
     • Sunnyvale’s demographic outlook – growth, by age group, renters vs homeowners, etc.
     • Sunnyvale’s Site Inventory – RHNA numbers for different income levels, where are sites, etc.
     • Village Centers – master plan and how we can get involved.
     • Affirmatively Further Fair Housing (AFFH) – what it is, requirements and how will the City meet this?

The City of Sunnyvale 2023-2031 Draft Housing Element is now available for public review. This guides how we’ll meet the future housing needs and priorities of our community. We need your input to revise the draft and get it ready for review by the State. Tell us what matters to you at these meetings:

Wednesday, May 11 – Virtual Community Workshop

Monday, May 23 – Planning Commission Meeting

Wednesday, May 25 – Housing and Human Services Commission Meeting

Tuesday, June 21 – City Council Meeting

Draft document and meeting details: https://sunnyvale.ca.gov/property/housing/housingelement.htm

Please join us this Wednesday for our May General Meeting:

When: Wednesday, May 4, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM

Where: Click here to register for the Meeting link. 

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AGENDA

• Announcements (5 min)
• Members vote to approve Livable Sunnyvale’s (5 min)
  • Letter of Support – FY23 Federal Funding Request
  • Support Seamless Bay Area
  • ECR SP letter

• Housing Element: Overview, upcoming events (5-10 min)
• El Camino Real Specific Plan: Overview (10 min)
• Katia Kamangar – Development plan for 877 W Fremont Ave (at Mary Ave, northeast corner) (30 min)
• Board election (25 min)

Please join us this Wednesday for our April General Meeting:

When: Wednesday, April 6, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM

Where: Click here to register for the Meeting link. 

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AGENDA

• Announcements (10 minutes)
• Cityline update (20 minutes + 10) – presented by Thor Hoskins, SF Bay Area Assistant VP of Development for Sares Regis Group (the Developer of Cityline)
• Mobile Home Legislation update (5 minutes)
• VOTE for MV YIMBY to become our Coalition Partner (10 minutes)
• SB 917: Seamless Bay Area (20 minutes +10) – presented by Adina Levin, Advocacy Director at Seamless Bay Area and Exec Director at Friends of Caltrain
• El Camino Real Specific Plan – EIR comment period closing soon. Focus is on forming a subcommittee (5 minutes)
• VOTE for 2 bylaws changes (posted at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Gr1demKjuZSfDOPuhAAArxW-h-8DZEyPqhwDihnQVes/edit?usp=sharing)
• VOTE for whether Liv Sv should become a 501(c)3

Please join us this Wednesday for our March General Meeting:

When: Wednesday, March 2, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM

Where: Click here to register for the Meeting link. 

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AGENDA:

• Announcements (5 minutes)
• Cupertino For All
  • Introduction about Cupertino For All (5 minutes)
  • Cupertino Union School District school closures (25 minutes)
• Housing elements for Cupertino and Sunnyvale (20 minutes)
• Section 8 (30 minutes)
  • Presented by a representative from the Santa Clara County Housing Authority 
• Livable Sunnyvale to become a 501(c)3 Nonprofit organization (30 minutes)

Please join us! 

Livable Sunnyvale’s February General Meeting: 

When: Wednesday, Feb 9, 2022,  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. 
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AGENDA

1. Announcements (10 minutes)
2. ECR Specific Plan Call 2 Action (5 minutes)
3. Board election (10 minutes)
4. Joint Campaign for Reduced Parking Study Issue (20 minutes) 
5. Warming Center Study Issue (10 minutes)
6. Public Shuttles Study Issue (10 minutes)
7. MV YIMBY Partner Vote (10 minutes)
8. Housing Element Committee Update (10 minutes)
9. 501(C)3 update (5 minutes)
10. Open Discussion on Crows  

Best healthy regards,
Galen Kim Davis, Chair
Agnes Veith, Vice Chair
Justin Wang, Vice Chair
Janette Brambila, Communications Director
Julia Liu 
Angela Rausch
Gail Rubino
Mike Serrone, 
Sue Serrone, Chair Emerita

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