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