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Housing Element
Update
Written Comments
From:Sue Moore
To:Darcy Paul; Liang Chao; Jon Robert Willey; Kitty Moore; Hung Wei
Cc:Cupertino City Manager"s Office; City Clerk; Benjamin Fu
Subject:Please include the 2020-21 Housing Survey in Housing Element Process
Date:Tuesday, March 8, 2022 12:46:51 AM
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Dear Major Paul, Vice Major Chao, Council Members Willey, Moore and Wei,
I wish to request that the data from the 2021 Housing Survey be included in the required Public Engagement
portion of the Housing Element Process. With over 900 responses, the survey demonstrates considerable
involvement by the public
Thank you for your dedication and continuing efforts on behalf of Cupertino residents.
With Appreciation,
Susan Moore,
Resident
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From:Connie Cunningham
To:City Council; City Clerk
Subject:March 8, 2022 City Council Agenda Item 2, Housing Element Update
Date:Tuesday, March 8, 2022 3:23:31 PM
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March 8, 2022 City Council Agenda Item 2, Housing Element Update
Dear Mayor, Vice-Mayor and Councilmembers:
As you consider the Stakeholder Group that is required by the law for this Housing Element, I ask you to consider
that the voices being considered in the Stakeholder Group as described by EMC will be helpful in your deliberations
of the Housing Element as a whole. These voices bring perspectives that may not have been heard before.
Hundreds of residents who are current homeowners are knowledgeable about how to reach you individually, or
know how to address the Council at its regularly scheduled meetings. This number of people proposed for the
Stakeholder Group do not outnumber those you will hear from other homeowners in the City. If anything, the
Stakeholder Group is far outnumbered by the number of homeowners in Cupertino who are not members of those
groups represented by the Stakeholder Group.
It may seem to you that the Stakeholder Group will have outsize influence on the process, however, I ask you to
consider that hundreds of Cupertino homeowners have reached out to you on issues of housing over the years.
Westport Cupertino and Vallco projects resulted in many emails and feedback about housing issues. Over the time
remaining for the Housing Element process, you will hear from many interested residents.
I urge you to allow the process set up by EMC to continue as it was established in their plan.
Sincerely,
Connie Cunningham
Chair, Housing Commission (self only)
From:Jennifer Griffin
To:City Clerk
Subject:Fw: Not Having Stake Holder Group (City Council Meeting, 3/8/22. Item 2- Housing Element, cont)
Date:Tuesday, March 8, 2022 2:06:43 PM
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FYI. Please add to the Public Record for Item 2 on Housing Element Update
for Cupertino City Council meeting on March 8, 2022. Thank you.
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From: Jenny Griffin <grenna5000@yahoo.com>
To: CityCouncil@Cupertino.org <citycouncil@cupertino.org>
Cc: grenna5000@yahoo.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 8, 2022, 01:56:38 PM PST
Subject: Not Having Stake Holder Group (City Council Meeting, 3/8/22. Item 2- Housing Element, cont)
Dear City Council:
I am wondering why Cupertino even has to have a Stake Holder Group for this Housing
Element Cycle? We never had one before. Is HCD or ABAG requiring one to pass this Housing
Element Cycle? HCD and ABAG have been micromanaging this Housing Element so much
Up to this point that it seems like they are trying to manipulate this whole Housing Element
To their anticipated goals and ends and not letting the public have any say in the matter.
Having dealt with advisory committees dreamed up by the San Jose Urban Village process,
I do not feel like an Advisory Committee for Cupertino's Housing Element is the way to
Go. The whole public has to be involved. If HCD doesn't like that, then that is their problem.
The public has not been allowed to say anything about this entire new time-driven Housing
Element Cycle and I feel like the whole process is being rushed. I don't feel comfortable
With this rush rush rush timeline HCD is pushing. Why are they rushing? Do they want the city
To do a bad job? Is that their goal? Are we supposed to suffer these dire rezoning consequences
If we ask questions and take our time? If we rush and do a bad job, we still get penalized.
This is a no win situation either way. The goal is to massively rezone our city lands either way.
Those are not very good odds.
So let the public go through all the sites. We don't need a committee to do that. We have spent
Hours before going through items. We spent hours going through the Urban Village meetings and
Data. We can do it again with the Housing Sites in this Housing Element. Cupertino is concerned
About what happens in the city. HCD needs to respect that. If they dont, then may be they
Do have a fast rezoning agenda.
I remain unconvinced that HCD and ABAG care about public input from cities. I remain unconvinced
That HCD and ABAG are not promoting some sort of secret rezoning process of California cities
For some secret process or group. Let's let the public go through all the sites in a public process
Like we have done before in the previous Housing Elements in Cupertino and then the public
Will feel they have done their due diligence on this matter. It will take hours. But who cares?
True democracy is not easy. It is time-consuming and messy. But, that is what makes up
Democracy, people, the public and questions and answers.
If HCD and ABAG have a problem with true democracy, they need to tell us, the public.
We don't need an Advisory Committee. We can do it ourselves.
Sincerely,
Jennifer Griffin