For the Livable Sunnyvale March General Meeting we are requesting all members of Livable Sunnyvale to attend the Sunnyvale Lawrence Station Area Plan Sense of Place Community Workshop. This Housing Development is large and needs to include Affordable Housing.

The Lawrence Station Area Plan meeting is:
Date: Wednesday, March 6, 2019, at 6:30PM – 8:00PM
Location: Ponderosa Park Building, 811 Henderson Avenue

The Meeting Notice is posted here.

Meeting Purpose This is Sunnyvale’s first community workshop to gather initial input from residents and other stakeholders towards the development of the LSAP Sense of Place Plan. The Sense of Place Plan would identify streetscape improvements to enhance the pedestrian and bicycling experience in the area. Please join us to learn more about this process and contribute your thoughts to this important effort. 

The next Livable Sunnyvale General meeting will be in April. Stay tuned for more info. 

After the meeting – plan to adjourn to VinoVino, 199 S. Murphy St, Sunnyvale, 408.675.8466. So be hungry, thirsty and ready to socialize with other Livables.

In November of 2016, Santa Clara County voters approved Measure A – a
$950 million Affordable Housing Bond. It was projected that the
Housing Bond would fund 120 new affordable housing developments
over ten years, including 4,800 new units dedicated to Extremely
Low-Income and Very Low-Income households.Council Member Glenn Hendricks, Sunnyvale’s representative on the Measure A Oversight Committee, will give us an update on the distribution of funds from this measure.He will also provide an update on transportation funding for Sunnyvale.

The meeting is February 6th, 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.

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.

RSVP here.

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.

Download flyer for the event.

RSVP at Eventbrite.

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.

Last week the City Council approved the Residential-Plus option for El Camino Real.

The topic of this meeting will be Circulation and Multimodal Access.

City Staff and Consultants will present the possible strategies the El Camino Real Plan Advisory Committee (ECRPAC) and community can consider incorporating into the ECR Plan to improve safety and access on the corridor for different modes of travel (pedestrians, bicycles and vehicles). These strategies are based on existing City goals and policies and the input received from staff and from the community through the pop-up workshops, community workshop and previous ECRPAC meetings.

Thursday, August 24, 2017
6:30pm  9:00pm
Sunnyvale Senior Center (Laurel Room)
550 East Remington Drive
Sunnyvale, CA, 94087 United States (map)

SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON EL CAMINO REAL

Sunnyvale is currently accepting community input on the El Camino Real Specific Plan, which will serve as the visionary blueprint for developing the corridor in the coming years. The City will be selecting a preferred alternative from three options this summer that will guide the developmental priorities of the projects to come on El Camino Real. Now is the time to speak up for what you think will best improve El Camino Real for the Sunnyvale community.

To combat the housing crisis and reduce traffic congestion, we must speak up for transit-friendly neighborhoods with desperately needed homes that we can all afford. Workers who are able to live closer to their work can be a big help to reduce commuter congestion.

Join Livable Sunnyvale at the Sunnyvale Planning commission Hearing on July 24th and at the Sunnyvale City Council Hearing on August 15th to make your voice heard.

Please ask the City to do the following:

• Adopt the ‘Housing-Rich Alternative’, Alternative R, with at least 5,100 new homes along the corridor
• Create strategies to ensure that homes are affordable for all residents.
• Keep the balance of jobs and homes from getting worse.

MEETING DETAILS
Planning Commission Hearing    
Date: July 24, 2017
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: City Hall, 456 W. Olive Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086

City Council Hearing   
Date: August 15, 2017
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: City Hall, 456 W. Olive Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086

Let’s make sure the City knows what the needs of the Sunnyvale community are so that we can all thrive together.

Co-Sponsored by the Livable Sunnyvale Coalition

Speakers include Sunnyvale Councilmembers Larry Klein and Nancy Smith, Vice-Mayor Gustav Larsson and Sue Serrone from Livable Sunnyvale.