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…

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…