Policy Rundown – July 23, 2020
Welcome to SV@Home’s Policy Rundown, your need-to-know overview of important housing policy actions and developments from the past two weeks. As we continue through the month of July, most City Councils are on their summer breaks and will not reconvene until August. This means the next several weeks will likely be quieter than normal on […]
Policy Rundown – June 25, 2020
Welcome to SV@Home’s Policy Rundown, your need-to-know overview of important housing policy actions and developments from the past two weeks. Diridon Station Area Advisory Group (SAAG) Restarts Last week, the Diridon Station Area Advisory Group (SAAG) reconvened for the first time since January to receive an update on the City’s timeline for the Downtown West […]
Policy Rundown – June 11, 2020
Welcome to SV@Home’s Policy Rundown, your need-to-know overview of important housing policy actions and developments from the past two weeks. Call to Action for Affordable Housing Funding – Fee on Commercial Development (CLF) in San José Next Tuesday the San José City Council will consider an action to cap some infrastructure development fees for new […]
A Housing Vision for the Diridon Station Area
SV@Home is excited about the potential for a vibrant, mixed-use Diridon Station Area and the opportunities created for the City’s Downtown San Jose vision, which includes the potential for 60-75,000 new jobs. With Diridon’s prime location adjacent to a multi-modal transit station– that will one day include BART and potentially High Speed Rail– there is […]
Policy Rundown – June 20th, 2019
Welcome to SV@Home’s Policy Rundown, your need-to-know overview of important housing policy actions and developments from the past two weeks: At its June 11th meeting, the San Jose City Council considered and approved the scope of the General Plan Four Year Review, which included a range of important housing proposals. One major idea came from […]
Google Announces $1 Billion Commitment to Bay Area Housing
On June 18th, Google officials took a bold step with the announcement that they will invest $1 billion to create as many as 20,000 housing opportunities in the Bay Area. We anticipate that much of this funding will ultimately be spent in Santa Clara County, where Google is proposing new jobs and homes in four […]
Policy Rundown – June 6th, 2019
Welcome to SV@Home’s Policy Rundown, your need-to-know overview of important housing policy actions and developments from the past two weeks. On June 3rd, after three hours of deliberations, the Palo Alto City Council voted 6-1 to study the inclusion of 112 units of housing as part of the revamp of the Cubberley Community Center. This […]
San Jose City Council approves land sale to Google
On Tuesday night, the San Jose City Council voted unanimously to approve the sale of several key parcels of City-owned land near Diridon Station to Google, paving the way for the next phase in the planning for the redevelopment of the Station Area as a major hub for jobs and housing. Google has proposed to […]
Diridon Station Area Advisory Group Hears Calls for Affordable Housing
SV@Home joined more than 30 organizations earlier last week to provide community input on a future Google development at Diridon Station during the first meeting of the Diridon Station Area Advisory Group (SAAG). We advocated for more housing, a mixed-use, open design, and significant affordability. We were joined by many other partners concerned about housing […]