When: Wednesday, May 19, 2021,  12 noon to 1:30 pmIf 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 SuburbiaThe 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…

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 PMWhere: Click here to register for the Meeting linkRegister in advance or register right before joining the meeting. After registering, Zoom will email you the link to join the meeting. AGENDA Announcements Moffett Park Land Use AlternativePlanning Commission meeting, April 26City Council meeting, May 25AB 1091 Board endorsementGet your shot when it’s your turn!Willow Lung Amam Talk Housing Element subcommitteeCall for volunteers to reach out to councilmembersApply for Boards and Commissions! Mayor Klein to speak briefly.Arts Commission (2)Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission (2)Board of Building…

Don Weden, Retired Principal Planner, County of Santa Clara, onUrbanism After the Pandemic, What futures should we be preparing for?When: Thursday, March 25, 2021,  6:30 PM to 8:30 PMWhere: Click here to register for the Meeting link

Come join us for some very important topics: Protecting the Juristac Sacred Grounds, 2. Hear how Sacramento legalized Fourplexes, followed by brainstorming in small groups on how we can achieve the same in Sunnyvale.  When: Wednesday, February 3, 2021,  6:30 PM to 8:30 PMWhere: Click here to register for the Meeting linkRegister in advance or register right before joining the meeting. After registering, Zoom will email you the link to join the meeting. AGENDA Sunnyvale's Study Issues Roundup - RichardProtecting Juristac Sacred Grounds, a critical wildlife corridor in Gilroy and for thousands of years a sacred Native American landscape. Presentation + Q/A by Colleen Cabot of South Bay Indigenous Solidarity.   By learning and taking a stance, we may help influence the Santa…

Livable Sunnyvale is honored to host Professor Michael Lens for an insightful talk. Professor Lens studies housing affordability and segregation. Current projects concern the neighborhood context of eviction, evaluating California's efforts to further fair housing, studying how housing vouchers impact economic, health, and justice outcomes in Sonoma County, and several projects (with Mike Manville and Paavo Monkkonen) concerning housing supply in California.  Lens is also working on a book project that examines fifty years of neighborhood change in Black neighborhoods following the 1968 Fair Housing Act. When: Wednesday, January 27,  6:30 PM to 8 PMWhere: Click here to register for the Meeting link    Michael Lens is Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy, and Associate Faculty Director of the Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies at…