1 Feb 2025

The Builders Remedy – Brought to you by Ristow, Moore,Rennie and Prevetti

by | posted in: Housing Element, Housing Element 2023-2031, Latest News, Maria Ristow, Rob Moore, Rob Rennie | 0

The harmful development Los Gatos is currently experiencing stems from a failure of leadership. Former Mayor Ristow and council members Moore and Rennie controlled the legislative agenda throughout 2023, failing to adopt a state-compliant Housing Element by the statutory deadline of January 31, 2023. This failure triggered the Builder’s Remedy (California Government Code Section 65589.5), which remained in effect until June 4, 2024, when a compliant Housing Element was finally adopted—16 months late.

30 Sep 2024

Moore Lies – 5 Pinocchio’s

by | posted in: Housing Element, Latest News, Rob Moore | 0

Council Member Rob Moore’s “informational update” on the Los Gatos housing situation contains several inaccuracies. He downplays his role in the Town’s failure to meet the Housing Element deadline (January 31, 2023), which led to Builder’s Remedy applications.

25 Sep 2024

A Developers Dream Team – Ristow, Rennie, Sayoc, Moore and Prevetti

by | posted in: Housing Element, Latest News, Referendum | 0

The LGCA advocated for years for the Town Council to first complete the Housing Element since

1) it would identify the exact number of parcels required to be rezoned to accommodate the RHNA numbers and

2) there was a statutory deadline to accomplish this. There was no statutory deadline to complete the Land Use Element. If the Town missed the deadline to adopt a compliant Housing Element, Town would be subject to the Builder’s Remedy as well as other penalties.

22 Sep 2024

Ristow, Rennie and Moore Need to Resign

by | posted in: 2040 General Plan, Builders Remedy, Housing Element, Latest News, Laurel Prevetti, Maria Ristow, Marico Sayoc, Rob Moore, Rob Rennie, SB 330 | 12

This article specifically addresses the Impact of SB 330 projects on Los Gatos and it also addresses the current deficit of affordable housing units as of 9-19-24.   The missteps that have caused this tragedy are staggering and we have listed … Continued

10 Jun 2024

An email To Rob Moore re: the risk to Los Gatos of you not doing your job.

by | posted in: 2040 General Plan, Builders Remedy, Housing Element 2023-2031, Latest News, Legal Issues, Maria Ristow, Rob Moore, Rob Rennie | 0

Rob, we would be delighted to sit down with you and fully explain our concern. If you didn’t understand our letter, why not reach out directly and ask us for clarification? Wouldn’t that have been the responsible action to have taken as opposed to posting nonsense on NextDoor? How is that helpful to anyone?

29 Mar 2024

Council to Review the Status of the Referendum on 4-2-24

by | posted in: 2040 General Plan, Latest News, Referendum | 0

Elections Code Section 9241 requires that the Town Council either 1) place the referendum on
the ballot for the November 2024 general election or 2) rescind its adoption of the Land Use
Element and the Community Design Element. At its October 2022 meeting, the Town Council
deferred making a decision as to which of these actions to take pending consideration of the
then-upcoming Housing Element adoption. The options are discussed in more detail below.
Once this primary decision has been made, there are other possible steps for the Town Council
to direct staff to take, which are included elsewhere in this document.