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…

Make your opinion count!  There are many items to be voted on by eligible members, including one of our major focus for next year -  Neighborhood-Scale Multi-Family Housing Initiative.  Please look out for an email coming soon from Richard Mehlinger explaining what that means.  And attending this meeting is the final event that would qualify you to receive a free, Jessica Trounstine autographed book! Click here to register on Zoom.  Agenda:    Announcements (10 min)Neighborhood-Scale Multi-Family Housing Initiative (30 min) - VOTENancy Smith on League of Cities: housing and local control (15 minutes)Propose softening local control legislative priority as pertains to housing (15 min) - VOTEMOU letter to the city (15 min) - VOTESanta Clara Community Advocates presents…

Please join us for  Livable Sunnyvale's November General Meeting When: Wednesday, November 11, 2020,  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 1.    Announcements (10 min)        o    Reach Codes        o    Moffett Park Committee Report2.    Debrief Housing Strategy (15 min)3.    Mobile Home Parks: If we go with the MOU, what does a successful MOU look like and what provisions should it contain? (15 minutes)4.    Accessible City Meetings and Better Public Outreach (30 min)5.    Vote on CatalyzeSV to become our Coalition Partner (10 min)6.    Regional Update Presentation…

The membership of Livable Sunnyvale has voted to endorse the following positions on ballot measures: Prop 14: No Position Prop 15: Support Prop 16: Support Prop 17: Support Prop 18: Support Prop 19: Support Prop 20: Oppose Prop 21: Support Prop 22: Oppose Prop 23: No Position Prop 24: No Position Prop 25: Support Measure RR: Support We urge you to strongly consider these recommendations as you fill out your November ballot, and to tell your friends!

Please join us for these important candidate forums. Our focus will be on our three pillars: Housing, Transportation, and Sustainability. Livable Sunnyvale is non-partisan and does not endorse candidates. The forums are open to the public. Livable Sunnyvale’s Mayoral Candidates’ Forum – 3 Candidates When: Wednesday, September 23, 2020, 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM Where: Click here to register for the Meeting link Register in advance or register right before joining the meeting.  After registering, Zoom will email you the link to join the meeting. Google Calendar Livable Sunnyvale’s City Council Candidates’ Forum – 7 Candidates When: Wednesday, September 30, 2020, 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM Where: Click here to register for the Meeting link Register in advance or register right before joining the…

This is a special joint meeting with the Sunnyvale Democratic Club to review the November 2020 ballot measures. The meeting is on Zoom and will start at 1:45 pm and end around 4:30 pm. The meeting link will be sent by email closer to the event time. These are the propositions (with links to more information). We will present pros and cons of each measure and vote to endorse or not. The meeting is open to the public. PROP 14: STEM CELL RESEARCH PROP 15: TAXES ON COMMERCIAL PROPERTY PROP 16: ALLOW PUBLIC AGENCIES TO CONSIDER DIVERSITY PROP 17: VOTING RIGHTS FOR PEOPLE ON PAROLE PROP 18: VOTING RIGHTS FOR 17-YEAR-OLDS PROP…