NOVEMBER 8 IS THE DATE

LAR Housing Town Hall
November 8, 7:00-8:30pm
Sequoia Room, Community Center

All planned to be in our commercial districts.

Can we save neighborhood shopping and protect residential?

Get answers at the November 8 LAR Town Hall.

City Manager Gabe Engeland and Development Services Director Nick Zornes will discuss options and impacts: increased density, taller buildings, limited parking, more traffic … 

Bring your questions and concerns. They want to hear from YOU!

LAR TOWNHALL

Wednesday, October 11, 7:00 – 8:30pm, Manzanita Room

Los Altos Community Center

WORRIED ABOUT 1,958 NEW HOMES COMING TO LOS ALTOS?

HOW MANY IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? 4, 5, 6 STORIES? HIGHER?

WHAT ABOUT PARKING? TRAFFIC? GREEN SPACE? LOCAL SHOPS?

City Manager Gabe Engeland and Development Services Director Nick Zornes will discuss city-wide impacts of the state’s housing mandate. Learn what locations have been re-zoned, changes in height and density allowances, requirements to serve  various income levels, and why it was so important to get our Housing Element approved.

  Bring your questions. Bring your friends.

Join Us Thursday, April 27, at 6:30pm and Learn How We Can Take Back Control of Our Neighborhoods! Register by clicking on this Link.

SAVE THE DATE! All LAR subscribers will receive an email so they can RSVPP for this opportunity to get to know our new City Manager and ask him questions.

LAR invites you to a panel discussion with experts on all sides of the issue including:

Robert Sandor, Professor Foothill College. Robert is an Electrical Engineer who has transitioned several Silicon Valley IT based companies from start-up to full production operations. He has served in an executive role at DirecTV, Neoforma (Healthcare), Ricoh (web services) and General Magic (voice recognition, personal assistant web based service). He has a MS degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from U.C. Berkeley. Robert believes that energy is a fundamental resource for all society and as such should be used wisely, and distribution systems for energy should be based upon solid design principles. He has concerns that current political pressures upon the California electrical grid deployment will violate best engineering practices and result in unreliable, expensive outcomes that will harm rather than benefit us.

John Supp, Account Services Manager, Silicon Valley Clean Energy. John brings nearly twenty years of energy experience in both the private and public sectors. While he began his career focused on customer-sited wind then solar, the current decade shifted toward comprehensive solutions including market transformation, policy, workforce development, and decarbonization of buildings and transportation. He is a Certified Energy Manager (CEM) and received his undergraduate degree from UCLA.

Additional Experts on panel

LAR - Moderator

Join Los Altos Residents (LAR) and Anita Enander, former Planning Commissioner and current Los Altos City Council Member, in an evening of discussion about how to become a Commissioner or Council Member.

Council Member Enander will focus on:

• What are City Commissions?
• How to get appointed to a Commission.
• How to run for City Council.
• The experience of serving on a Commission or City Council.
• The time and commitment involved in serving.

Participating in civic leadership is a superb way to contribute to the health of our community.

Where: Orchard Room, Los Altos Main Library, 13 S. San Antonio Rd., Los Altos

Bring your questions for the QnA portion.

Los Altos Community Engagement Meetings

Los Altos City Government is piloting a program to engage with Los Altans to find out what your concerns are, what you think the city's priorities should be, what services should be improved or added. Please speak out - this is your opportunity to provide input to City Council Members and City Staff. We are providing the schedule for all 5 meetings so that if you miss the one in your neighborhood, or if one isn't scheduled for your neighborhood, you will still have the opportunity to provide your input by attending one of the other meetings. We got less than 24 hours notice of the Nov 9th meeting!! We hope by posting the entire calendar we can increase participation.

Los Altos Community Engagement Neighborhood Event "Join a member of the City Council to discuss any neighborhood issues or concerns.” To contact the entire city council: Email: council@losaltosca.gov

11/9/2019 Oak Avenue School 12:00 noon 1501 Oak Ave

11/13/2019 Santa Rita School 7:00pm 700 Los Altos Avenue

11/20/2019 Grant Park Community Center 7:00pm 1575 Holt Avenue

12/09/2019 Covington School 7:00pm 205 Covington Road

1/20/2020 Almond School 7:00pm 550 Almond Avenue

Join us for an evening about California Housing Legislation & how it may affect you

The guest speakers are San Francisco Planning Commissioner Dennis Richards and board member of Livable California Michael Nash

Date: Sunday, October 20th, 2019
Time: 5:15 to 7:15 p.m.
Place: Los Altos Main Library Orchard Room
Address: 13 South San Antonio Road, Los Altos, CA. 94022

Please encourage your friends and neighbors to join us as well.
This event is sponsored by Los Altos Residents
 
Please RSVP below, space is limited.
See you there!

Sponsored by Los Altos Residents 
 
In case you missed the last event, come join Los Altos Residents (LAR) for an evening with Anita Enander speaking on the status of the state housing bills.

Worried about how SB-50, SB-592 and other CA Senate Bills will affect local and California-wide communities?  

 - Learn about these housing bills, key players, and the impact on our neighborhoods from local expert Anita Enander, City of Los Altos Council Member and Los Altos representative on the Santa Clara County Cities Association Legislative Committee.  During this conversation, Anita plans to talk about local housing and density issues and what neighborhoods can do to fight these initiatives.

 
When: September 22, 2019
Where: The Orchard Room at the Los Altos Main Library, 13 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos
Time: 5:15 - 6:45 p.m.
 
If you RSVP we can be certain to have enough chairs.
Be sure to share this invitation with your friends and neighbors.
See you there!