This is worse than Cupertino's previous RHNA cycle, 2007-2014, where they permitted only 12% of their lower income housing allocation.pic.twitter.com/6A9ah5G1WT
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"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
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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
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"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
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"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
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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 …Show this thread
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