Los Altos Hills is facing new housing density requirements (imposed by Sacramento, and referred to by the bureaucrats as “Regional Housing Need Allocations” or RHNA)

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These threaten the "open space natural environment" that defines our town – which is the very reason we chose to live here in the first place.

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Density mandates that are imposed by a central State Bureaucracy - with total disregard for local conditions - ignore the existing infrastructure that formed the bedrock of the initial planning, and ongoing evolution, of our town.

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Havoc ensues when prior careful long-range planning is overridden by rubber-stamp central edict. Loss of contol over local planning, that was originaly driven by region-specific knowledge and sensitivity, will impact areas as diverse as:

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• Fire Safety – especially in an area declared as Wildland Urban Interface

• Seismic Safety – especially in an area riddled with a web of faults, from minor to world-famous

• Disaster Response – an inevitable life-threatening need, subsequent to events of this kind

• Overload of Public Utilities (including sewer lines and electric utilities designed to support a maximum area density of one family per acre-lot)

• Town Amenities, School and Public Transit facilities

• Permitted compatible land uses

• Traffic planning on narrow, winding, steep roads

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Learn how one Sonoma community is fighting back.

Los Altos Hills can, too!

- - The Program - -

• Introduction: Jitze Couperus, President Hills 2000—Friends of the Hills

• Panel Chair: Anita Enander, former Mayor City of Los Altos; Leader of Our Neighborhood Voices Initiative

• Susan Kirsch — Founder Catalysts for Local Control

• Amy Kalish — Chair of Citizen Marin for Housing and Environmental Issues

• LAH Residents — Providing extra perspective specific to local LAH conditions

• The Movie – Small Is Beautiful. The quest to save The Valley of The Moon (The movie lasts just under ½ hour.)
   

 

Due to the limited seating availability at Town Hall, we request that you RSVP so we can plan accordingly.

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RSVP: annduwe422@gmail.com