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.