This Committee is supervised by staff and make recommendations to the Town Council as to the General Plan for 2020 to 2040
We are deeply troubled the Town Manager continues to refuse to make the newly hired Consultant available to our elected officials (who are responsible for adopting a compliant Housing Element) and the public to provide their findings as to the … Continued
Dear Members of the HEAB and General Planning Commission, The Los Gatos Community Alliance (LGCA) believes the Town does not have sufficient sites identified in the Housing Element site inventory to provide the development capacity to meet the Town’s … Continued
Establishing Vested Rights Through SB 330’s Preliminary Application: Understanding the Key Differences Between “Deemed Complete” and “Determined to be Complete” in the “Housing Crisis Act of 2019” By Bryan W. Wenter, AICP on January 15, 2020 Senate Bill 330, referred … Continued
The Staff report (which is 1,278 pages) for the upcoming Town Council meeting of 6-20-22, contains a tremendous amount of documentation as the Town Council begins to deliberate the draft 2040 General Plan and FEIR. However, there are two documents … Continued
Executive Summary: The Regional Housing Needs Assessment (“RHNA”) is the process established in State law by which housing needs within each jurisdiction are determined as part of the periodic process (“cycle”) of updating local housing elements of the General Plan. … Continued
One of the stated goals of the 2040 General Plan is “support local and regional efforts in the Town’s response to climate change” (goal ENV-9). The State has set a target to reduce GHG emissions to 40 percent below 1990 … Continued
From the Los Gatos 2040 DEIR: 6.6 Environmentally Superior Alternative This section compares the impacts of the four alternatives to those of the proposed 2040 General Because this is about how the town can make a dent into Green House … Continued
What’s Wrong with the Los Gatos 2040 General Plan? Housing Projected by ABAG for the Next 20 years – 619 Housing Required by ABAG for the 6th Cycle (8 Years) – 1993 Housing Proposed by the Town’s General Plan Advisory Committee (GPAC) … Continued
“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