Yard signs must be picked up by the end of tomorrow, Sunday 11/8. Please drop yours off at the library today and tomorrow 2-5pm. Thank you!

How can the CUSD funding crisis be helped with new leadership? CUSD is looking at closing 12 schools.

Bill Mitchell, the CTO of Cupertino, California, was ready and able to answer the call to support many services digitally after the state ordered city staff to work from home during the Covid-19 pandemic.

After a recommendation for denial of the Westport project by the Cupertino Planning Commission, 3-2, due to the missing financial information for a concession to consolidate the Senior Below Market Rate units into one building, the Westport project came to the Cupertino City Council along with the financial information and was approved 5-0.

Please read my Cupertino Library Foundation questionnaire responses.

The Vallco Legal Fee reimbursements are shown in this blog. My accusers failed to request the reimbursement amounts and only provided the original bills, because that fit their narrative. This post includes the Public Records Request I made and the response received 10/26/2020.

JOIN US for the HOME STRETCH!

FRIDAY, OCT. 23 and SUNDAY, OCT. 25

4–6 pm at Cali Mill Plaza

(Intersection of De Anza and Stevens Creek Blvd)

We will give you a sign to carry if you don't have one!

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STRETCH YOUR LEGS on a fun BIKE RIDE!

SATURDAY, OCT. 24 • 4–6 pm

Meet at the CUPERTINO LIBRARY

10800 Torre Ave, Cupertino, CA 95014

in the parking lot, by the book drop

The Public Records Request of the FUHSD per square footage parcel tax plan indicated that they found that model to be fairer than the current fixed amount parcel tax.

CUSD failed to convince voters in March 2020 that they should add $125 to their parcel tax. How about not increasing the parcel tax on single family homes, yet spreading the burden of taxation equitably? Sound interesting?

Photo album of our chain event/meet and greet. Join us Friday, October 16th from 4-6pm at Cali Mill Plaza for another chain event/get out the vote rally at the intersection of De Anza Blvd. and Stevens Creek Blvd. Bring a sign or carry one of ours! Help get out the VOTE!

Cupertino City Council voted to support Prop 15 at their July 21, 2020 meeting. The video and links to the meeting are provided in this post. CUSD would receive $9.3 Million according to the presentation. Cupertino Chamber of Commerce opposes Prop. 15.

One of the most important things city leadership does is care for the health, safety, and wellfare of the community. We are bordered by a large cement plant, Lehigh, which has proposed a Reclamation Plan and expansion of mining activities. The project will require environmental review and as of August 13, 2020, the county has hired an outside consultant to assist in planning oversight.

Special Guest author Rhoda Fry, has shared her initial analysis by permission, read it here.

“Senate Bill 828, co-sponsored by the Bay Area Council and Silicon Valley Leadership Group, and authored by state Sen. Scott Wiener in 2018, has inadvertently doubled the “Regional Housing Needs Assessment” in California.” - Embarcadero Institute

Join 4 candidates on Friday, October 16th from 4-6pm at Cali Mill Plaza (corner of De Anza Blvd. and Stevens Creek Blvd.) for a campaign rally and meet and greet. Then, Saturday, October 17th join the candidates at 4-6pm starting at the Cupertino Library for a leisurely bike parade!

The following is factual information, for the interest of transparency, on campaign financing which includes information about current candidates Fruen and Wei who are developer supported. Reposted by permission from Better Cupertino, it is not the final tallies from 2018. In summary, Fruen controlled the developer-funded PAC which supported Wei. People tend to use the tactic of labeling sharing inconvenient facts as attacks in order to cancel those who are trying to inform the public generally.

Today I am correcting the recent SVBJ article on the Cupertino City Council race and adding some details.

What are the effects of GHG emissions in California and why should we care about them?