Editorial: California has so many new housing laws. Now let’s put them to use ADU developer United Dwelling installs an ADU in homeowner Lexie Upshur’s backyard in South Los … Continued
Phil Koen Fri, Sep 29, 1:45 PM (3 days ago) to Joel, Laurel, paul.mcdougall@hcd.ca.gov, jose.jauregui@hca.ca.gov, Gabrielle, me, Rick Dear Mr. Paulson, At last night’s HEAB meeting, Staff made the statement that it was appropriate to credit the 6th cycle RHNA with units that are made available during … Continued
The reason this meeting was a stinker was that it seemed the decision had been made by all but Hudes prior to the start of the meeting. It felt like the objective was to get this off their desks … Continued
September 28, 2023 Dear Mr. Paulson and Members of the Housing Element Advisory Board, The Los Gatos Community Alliance is writing to you as a group of concerned residents regarding the draft 2023-2031 Housing Element which was recently released … Continued
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
June 11, 2023 Dear Housing Element Advisory Board, The LGCA thanks each member of the HEAB for your assistance in advising the Town Council as the Town continues to draft a compliant 2024 Housing Element. We look forward to the … Continued
Below is our response to Councilmember Moore’s statement that the Los Gatos Community Alliance was “untruthful” when computing the maximum number of living units the Town would allow. And there is a Summary for those who only want the … Continued
There have recently been press reports regarding the so-called “Builder’s Remedy” that can be used to avoid local zoning requirements when a locality’s housing element does not substantially comply with state law. These reports have stated that … Continued
Summarization of our position:
Why did the Los Gatos Community Alliance have to resort to a Referendum to slow down the reckless development of the Town by four members of the Town Council? This has been a confusing issue for some people, so here is the data and opinion behind our Referendum.