[TASC Lunch:] Addressing the Housing Crisis: More than just NIMBY vs YIMBY

[Tian Harter]

Lunch at CAFÉ BAKLAVA MEDITERRANEAN RESTAURANT
341 CASTRO STREET, MOUNTAIN VIEW

Lenny Siegel

May 8

Addressing the Housing Crisis: More than just NIMBY vs YIMBY

The shortage and cost of housing on the Peninsula has reached a crisis
point;
most people recognize that the tech boom in Silicon Valley contributes
significantly
to this lack of affordability. State Senator Scott Wiener’s unsuccessful
attempt
to address the crisis, SB 827, proposed to exempt certain housing
projects from
locally developed and adopted height limitations, densities, parking
requirements,
and design review standards, to significantly increase housing density near
transit lines.

Lenny Siegel, currently Mayor of the City of Mountain View, has been
President
of the non-profit Pacific Studies Center since 1970, and has served as
Executive
Director of the Center for Public Environmental Oversight since 1994.
Mayor Siegel,
founder of the Campaign for a Balanced Mountain View, was elected to the
City Council
in November 2014 on a promise to address the jobs/housing imbalance by
allowing
significant housing in Mountain View’s North Bayshore area.

Mayor Siegel will comment on why SB 827 was unsuccessful, the impact it
would have
had on Mountain View and other cities on the Peninsula, and offer his
ideas on
statewide measures that would help cities address the housing crisis.


Café Baklava Lunch Options (tax/tip included)

1. Chicken/Beef Kabob, rice, vegetables: $16
2. Chicken/Beef/Lamb Kabob, rice, vegetables: $22
3. Greek Salad: $20

Price includes Turkish tea, bread and dipping sauce.

There is no charge for showing up if you don't want to eat lunch.

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