Letter to the Los Gatos Planning Commission

  Fellow Los Gatans: The attached letter contains the comments and arguments of the Los Gatos Community Alliance (LGCA) against the current Proposed 2040 General Plan, (PGP), the Environmental Impact Report,(EIR), and the sequence in which the planning process has proceeded, … Continued

If You Don’t Like The Forecast, Change The Policies, Not The Forecast Assumptions

2-24-22 A letter to the editor of the Bay Area News; Los Gatan; Los Gatos Weekly; Spotlight CC: Los Gatos Town Council; Los Gatos Finance Commission   To give you context, please see the article in the BayAreaNews that incensed … Continued

Allocation of up to 3904 Housing Units in the 2040 General Plan is the Wrong Decision

  Executive Summary:   The Town is in the process of updating its general plan for the next 20 years.  Part of this process is the requirement to identify space for future development of residential units to meet the State’s … Continued

Thoughts On The 2040 General Plan and Why It Should Not Be Adopted

“Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because and only when, they are created by everybody” – Jane Jacobs   The General Plan is more than a legal underpinning for land use decisions; it reflects the community’s … Continued

Questions on Measure A – The Finance Commission – for the 11-3-20 Election

Jak Vannada  •  Los Gatos Main Liza, these are very thoughtful questions and hopefully others who are following this string will get some answers too. Let’s see if I can answer them such that you understand my answer clearly. 1. … Continued

Pension Debt and Annual Costs Are Increasing Again for Los Gatos During the 2020-2021 Fiscal Year!

The Town just posted the new CALPERs actuarial valuations as of June 30, 2019 and as we suspected they are not pretty. Funded status for both plans decreased. Safety is down to 67.9% and Misc is also down to 71.9%. … Continued