It’s sad that some first generation Asian American immigrants want to pull up the drawbridges behind them and shut off access to the neighborhoods that provided them with economic mobility by fighting housing at a mall that’s been failing for decades.https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/09/17/battle-heats-up-over-trailblazing-silicon-valley-housing-development/amp …
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Also the house I grew up in was built the year Steve Jobs graduated high school and it’s crazy that the suburb looks the same as it did decades ago even though Apple is a $1T company. Homeowners just appropriated value in property appreciation w/out investing in infrastructure.
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Kim-Mai Cutler Retweeted SV@Home
Also while the proposal to replace this failed mall, which is practically across the street from Apple HQ, still has too much office space relative to housing, it does produce 50% affordable housing at 80% of area median income.https://twitter.com/svathome/status/978742618350747649?s=21 …
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SV@Home @SVatHomeBreaking: Affordable housing comes to@CityofCupertino!@revitalizvallco moves forward with an#SB35 application to build 2,402 new homes - half of which (1,201) are affordable!!#RevitalizeVallco#Cupertino4All#CupertinoHousing https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/03/27/developer-unveils-new-long-awaited-plans-dead-vallco-mall/ …Show this thread2 replies 3 retweets 22 likesShow this thread
Kim-Mai Cutler Retweeted PodCastFan88
Clarification, several proposals are being voted on *tonight* in Cupertino. Here are the options:https://twitter.com/PodCastFan88/status/1042124724707373056 …
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