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…

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…

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…

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,…

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.…

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.

The Livable Sunnyvale Coalition volunteers are offering Walking Tours of the 4 potential mixed use nodes on El Camino Real. To sign up for the tours contact the tour leader of each node or go to:  Future of El Camino Real Walking Tours. Walking Tours Eastern Node At Wolfe and El Camino, May 13. Tour Leader Mike Serrone, mikeserrone@comcast.net Community Center Node on Remington Drive, May 23 and 27. Tour Leaders Karen Schlesser and Jason Uhlenkhott, sign-up at SouthBayYimby@gmail.com Downtown Node at Mathilda Avenue, May 17. Tour Leader Sue Serrone at sueserrone@comcast.net Western Node at Bernardo Ave, May 13 and 15. Tour Leader James Tuleya at jtuleya@yahoo.com For more information on The…

Check out the Mercury News article about our "Future of Sunnyvale's El Camino Real" event! Sunnyvale Asks for Feedback on Future of El Camino Real Greenbelt Alliance has a great blog post about the event. And Panelist Kirk Vartan live-streamed the event on facebook.  

Upcoming Event: THE FUTURE OF SUNNYVALE'S EL CAMINO REAL: A PANEL DISCUSSION Test, learn about the city's plans for El Camino Real.   Join us Wednesday, April 26 for a discussion by a panel of residents and issue experts on the future of the El Camino Real in Sunnyvale. How can we create great neighborhoods that we can all afford? What can be done to make safer places for walking and biking with smart transportation choices? How will the future of the corridor affect our economy, our environment, and our quality of life? Learn more about the city's upcoming plans for El Camino Real, and how you can help shape the vision…