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

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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

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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

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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

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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
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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.

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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)

When: Wednesday, May 19, 2021,  12 noon to 1:30 pm
If you missed the event you can view a recording at Trespassers? Asian Americans and the Battle for Suburbia .

This event is part of SV@Home’s Affordable Housing Month 

About the Talk: Trespassers? Asian Americans and the Battle for Suburbia
The book, Trespasser? takes an intimate look at the everyday life and politics inside Silicon Valley against a backdrop of dramatic demographic shifts.  It follows one community over several decades as it transforms from a sleepy rural town to a global gateway and one of the nation’s largest Asian American-majority cities.  There, it highlights the passionate efforts of Asian Americans to make Silicon Valley their home by investing in local schools, neighborhoods, and shopping centers.  It also provides a textured tale of the tensions that emerge over this suburb’s changing environment.  With vivid storytelling, Trespassers? demonstrates that suburbia is an increasingly important place for immigrants and minorities to register their claims for equality and inclusion, while also raising questions about the rights of diverse populations to their own suburban American Dream.

About the Speaker:
Professor Willow Lung-Amam is an associate professor in the Urban Studies and Planning Program and director of community development at the National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education at the University of Maryland, College Park. 

Recordings of Past Speaking Events: 

• Professor Willow Lung-Amam – Trespassers? Asian Americans and the Battle for Suburbia
• 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? 

Please join us!  There’s a lot happening in and around our city, including Mobile Home MOU update and Safe Parking in Mt.View & Sunnyvale; And 3 VOTES.

When: Wednesday, April 14, 2021,  6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
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AGENDA

1. Announcements 
   • Moffett Park Land Use Alternative
     • Planning Commission meeting, April 26
     • City Council meeting, May 25
   • AB 1091 Board endorsement
   • Get your shot when it’s your turn!
   • Willow Lung Amam Talk 
   • Housing Element subcommittee
   • Call for volunteers to reach out to councilmembers
2. Apply for Boards and Commissions! Mayor Klein to speak briefly.
   • Arts Commission (2)
   • Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission (2)
   • Board of Building Code Appeals (2)
   • Board of Library Trustees (2)
   • Heritage Preservation Commission (2)
   • Housing and Human Services Commission (4)
   • Parks and Recreation Commission (2)
   • Personnel Board (1)
   • Planning Commission (1)
   • Sustainability Commission (2)
   • REDISTRICTING
3. SB 9/10, VOTE to have last year’s endorsements carry over
4. Pre-board election stuff 
   • Board election to be held in May — 3 open seats!
   • Give people opportunity to speak
5. Mobile Home MOU update. VOTE to support residents’ coalition (City Council meeting April 20)
6. Safe parking in Mountain View and Sunnyvale – Janet Werkman
   • Homeless housing at hotel 555 El Camino Real (VOTE TO ENDORSE)