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April 5th Meeting: Transitional Housing and Guaranteed Basic Income

Please join us this Wednesday for our April General Meeting!

When: Wednesday, April 5, 6:30 PM TO 8:30 PM

Where: Sunnyvale Community Services, 1160 Kern Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA

(Attendance at the in-person meeting requires a COVID-19 vaccination)

Or Zoom Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMrcuCopzorHtFaeaQJ-UNE3l4mKX__1WR-

Register in advance or register right before joining the meeting.  After registering, Zoom will email you the link to join the meeting.

Transitional Housing

We will have speakers from LifeMoves, an organization that helps individuals and families experiencing homelessness to return to stable housing and self-sufficiency. They will talk about their organization and a proposed transitional housing development in Sunnyvale.

We will also have speakers from Santa Clara Housing Advocates who are supporting a LifeMoves transitional housing project in Santa Clara.

Guaranteed Basic Income

In addition, we will have a presentation by Mountain View Councilmember Margaret Abe-Koga on Elevate MV, a Guaranteed Basic Income (GBI) pilot which provides $500 monthly payments to 166 randomly selected eligible extremely low income Mountain View residents.

Councilmember Abe-Koga led Mountain View’s program and she will share, among other things, what a GBI program is, what prompted Mountain View to pilot this program, how did the city determine the criteria to participate.

Sunnyvale is considering implementing a similar program and is working on a study issue titled, “Evaluate a Pilot Program for Universal Basic Income Including Potential Funding Sources” (CDD 22-07) to be led by the Community Development Department. Sunnyvale is preparing an RFP for the program and hopes to select a consultant to work on the project this summer.

AGENDA

  • Announcements
    • Proposed developments at Sonora Ct.           
    • Sunnyvale Tenant Protection/Right to Lease Ordinance
  • LifeMoves
  • Santa Clara Housing Advocates
  • Mountain View Councilmember Margaret Abe-Koga – Elevate MV Guaranteed Basic Income Program
  • Steven’s Creek Trail Update
  • Village Center Master Plan Update
  • Housing Element Update