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Hearing after hearing. Meeting after meeting...
And then we pass @Scott_Wiener's #SB35, forcing cities that have ignored their RHNA goals to streamline approvals for projects that are 50% Affordable. This forces Cupertino to stop playing around.https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mercurynews.com/2018/09/20/cupertino-council-approves-alternative-plan-to-rebuild-vallco/amp/ …
So, then there were options. The SB 35 project represents a floor, and the city of Cupertino is forced to try to do better. If Cupertino genuinely wanted a more housing-rich project, they could approve one.https://www.bisnow.com/silicon-valley/news/affordable-housing/cupertino-project-marks-first-bay-area-approval-through-streamlined-process-93178#ath …
Instead, Cupertino kept fighting against the project. They scrapped their own plan...https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/05/08/cupertino-dumps-alternate-plan-for-vallco-malls-redevelopment/ …
And then "Better Cupertino" sued the SB 35 project...https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/03/06/demolition-of-vallco-shopping-mall-in-full-swing-despite-court-challenge/ …
In hopes that they'll win the lawsuit, the city of Cupertino is planning to make sure NOTHING will ever happen at the dead Vallco Mall (barring a sudden resurgence of Jamba Juice).https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/06/17/state-senator-accuses-cupertino-of-trying-to-sink-vallco-project/ …
Tomorrow night will be another Cupertino Public Comment Extravaganza. It's a place where the quiet part is often said out loud.https://twitter.com/yimbyaction/status/1042298668554964992?s=19 …
"This is the wall around Cupertino," jokes Mayor Steven Scharf, who keeps the masses out of Cupertino's quality public schools by maintaining high housing costs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckHvilE2kVs …pic.twitter.com/TS4Y6vx8Kz
AND HERE IS THE SMOKING GUN. In 2014, Cupertino's city council spent time discussing these rezoning strategies for evading HCD's housing goals. They discussed OUT LOUD strategies for rezoning in order to never build...pic.twitter.com/myvXXcqvyq
"So i disagree with one comment that Councilmember Chang made earlier, which is 'you should put it where it’s going to get built.' I actually think you should put it where HCD will *approve* it and hope it’s NOT going to get built." "That’s called cheating."pic.twitter.com/hjzfGWK7k5
"That’s been an effective strategy in the past..." "We should stop talking about this..." "Enough said... haha" "We should stop talking about this..." http://cupertino.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=18&clip_id=1774 …pic.twitter.com/I2xxh2K0Oz
Tomorrow, @penforeveryone, @SouthBayYIMBY, @yimbyaction and other activists will tell them it's wrong. @YIMBY_Law will tell them it's probably illegal.
And likely Cupertino will do it anyway.
This is why we need state laws like @NancySkinnerCA's #SB330.https://actionnetwork.org/letters/support-sb-330 …
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