YIMBY Action

"Why can we not build Affordable Housing in this richest of areas?" ...Sandhill, it found a way to combine a profit objective with Affordable Housing. I was thrilled! I hope all the units get built!" Older homeowner speaks in favor! Yay!

"I can't think of another example of this quantity of Affordable Housing getting built without subsidy." @SouthBayYIMBY

"Like a lot of young people, I was forced out of the area due to the cost of housing."

Opponent is unhappy that the green roof will have to have golf carts with firefighting equipment. We're pretty sure this is super cool.

"SB35 represents a failure of our ability to compromise. Let's not be the little city that couldn't."

"This project is for the future of Cupertino, not just now. ...our community will grow. ...This proposal shows us potential."

"I've been a homeowner for 30 years..." ::oh god oh god oh god:: "...After the years of delay we've had to endure, this is a welcome surprise."

"We must grow our housing for our children and our grandchildren. A static city is a dying city."

"This is planning around what I call grumpy old people," says older man who may or may not appear grumpy.

"Unlike the normal process, the city must judge the city only by *objective* standards and ones that have to be written down." Sandhill Developer "concluded that without a SB35 application a conclusion would never be reached through the normal process."

"I'm a fist generation Californian, I'm not a home owner and my parents are immigrants. ...this will do a lot to help those caught on the wrong side of this housing shortage." - Max "I'm the only YIMBY not on Twitter."

"Here families are being forced out, and we need more places for people to live. ...Most of the people my age are either living with their parents or they've been forced out."

"Let's not let the perfect be the enemy of the good. I'd love to see more very low income Affordable Housing built in Cupertino."

"The housing needs of this region are great. ...I think we can bargain for more. As many units as we can get."

.@pilo_urbnplnr from @SVatHome "We speak up for those who work two or three jobs... Those who don't have the luxury of time. The level and depth of the affordablilty offered by this project is unprecedented. The truth is none of you can afford to drag your feet any longer."

"I'm here to push back against the idea that if you don't live in Cupertino, you don't deserve to have a voice here. ...I think Cupertino needs more places for people to live, work and connect with one another." Woman who spent her childhood going to the mall and wants housing!

"For my part, I think the community is exhausted from the constant opposition."

"Many of the people helped by Affordable Housing don't live in cities nearby and aren't able to advocate for housing."

Minister says she thought she was going to, with a higher wage than expected, be able to buy a home here. But that wasn't possible. So though her church is in Cupertino, she cannot live here. "For those who live in their cars, we offer overnight parking."

"This proposal is a floor. There is an opportunity to do much better than this, with more housing and less office, and I hope you do. ...if you can engage in that process in good faith." -@NeverSassyLaura

"Mayor you are well known, because of your statements that the housing crisis isn't dire. Frankly, it is dire. ...many of the people I work with are literally

"Howdy! I'm here all the way from Sunnyvale! ...do I really need to restate how dire the housing crisis is? People are being forced to commute from farther and farther out ...or gone altogether."

"This housing cris it is the collective in action of many and the greed of a few. ...We made this crisis and we can unmake it. ...1201 families will be able to stay. It will save lives. And if that's not enough, you'll put us Sunnyvalians to shame." -@rf_mehlinger

"Let's all do our part to build - and I do mean build - a truly better Cupertino, a truly better Sunnyvale and a better Bay." @rf_mehlinger