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Cyrah Caburian
From:Mattheakis Larry <mattheakis@comcast.net>
Sent:Sunday, July 5, 2020 10:22 PM
To:City Council; City Clerk; Cupertino City Manager's Office
Cc:Marcia Elmer; sean.krepp@gmail.com; greggmahurin@sbcglobal.net; alice_a_chang@yahoo.com
Subject:July 7 Open Communications regarding STR at 20570 Sunrise Drive
Attachments:Sunrise Drive Chronology 7-5-20.docx
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Dear Mr. Mayor, Council Members, and City Manager Feng,
My name is Larry Mattheakis of Sunrise Drive in Cupertino. I and my neighbors will be speaking and
submitting emails to the Council during Open Communications on July 7 to complain about the crime
and safety risks of short term rental at 20570 Sunrise Drive. We will be asking the City to
immediately revoke the owner’s business license for operating a short-term rental at this residence
and to stop the owner from all future short-term rental activity on this property. We will present
numerous violations based on the current ordinance, but our overriding concern is the continuing
pattern of criminal activity by tenants at this short-term rental. This is not a single incident, but a
pattern of criminal activity over several years involving tenants with known criminal records, arrest
warrants, possession of illegal firearms, drug dealers, stolen cars and underage minors. The
residents of Sunrise Drive are fed up and demanding the City restore our sense of safety and peace
in the neighborhood. To validate our concerns, we ask the City invite a representative to the meeting
from the Sheriff's Department (Sergeant Post) to describe the criminal activity at this
address. Enclosed is our chronology of events.
Thank you,
Larry Mattheakis
20612 Sunrise Dr.
Cupertino, CA 95014
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Rev. 7/5/20
Sunrise Drive Chronology
Details of House at 20570 Sunrise Dr., Cupertino
(Compiled by Marcia Elmer, resident at 20612 Sunrise Dr.,
and Sunrise Drive Block Leader)
Date Action
June 2014 house sold from George Moustakas to ‘Cindy’;
Cindy does not reside in house
April ‐‐, 2016 Drug bust with police;
May 2, 2016 I contacted Cindy on Airbnb. Renters’ dog
running loose; garbage left on street
October 2016 Car stolen out of garage of house across the
street (20571 Sunrise Dr.). This occurred at 9am
on a Saturday.
December 2016 Attempted break‐in across the street (20571
Sunrise)
July 8, 2018 I complained to Phillip Willkomm, Cupertino Code
Enforcement Officer. Many different people
staying there on different nights and many (7‐15)
cars on street, loud and rowdy parties frequently
on numerous weekend nights
July 14, 2018 Big party; Dorothy (neighbor) and I talking; Lee
(renter) came over. Said rented on Airbnb. Gave
me phone number. Just rented for one night for
party. Said he was told by Cindy to have people
park elsewhere. Wanted to give me his phone
number in case we thought party was too loud. I
told him to tell Airbnb person this was a violation
of city code.
August 4, 2018 Bus unloading 20 people, with their suitcases;
each morning bus picked them up and each
evening brought them back for next week (I have
pictures)
August 12, 2018 Bus loading 20 people, with their suitcases
August 28, 2018 This whole week there were lots of trucks there.
About six per night (I have pictures)
Sept. 15, 2018 Large event at house, ~40 people, 17 cars parked
on Sunrise Dr, starting early in the morning;
phone # of owner is 408‐667‐5187 and name is
Cindy; listing says ‘parties are ok, as long as quiet
after 10pm’. Sheriff came, but said they had to
speak with owner
Nov. 18, 2018 I filed ‘Witness Affidavit’ with Code Enforcement
attesting to 9/15/18 events
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May 2019—Nov. 2019 For sale, off and on for this period in 2019. Didn’t
sell.
June 10, 2020 Multiple suspicious vehicles on Sunrise Dr., some
occupied, 2 stolen vehicles per the Sheriff
June 17, 2020 Party with ~50 underage minors, alcohol; Sheriff
came around 10pm, detained some, called
parents to pick up; at 11:30, criminals came,
Sheriff determined there were stolen cars, drugs,
guns and felony arrests
June 18, 2020 Cindy came to meet with us and Sheriff (Sergeant
Post and other deputies); Cindy said it was
Airbnb’s responsibility, said she cares about the
neighborhood, would only rent to long‐term
renters going forward.
“Long‐term renter” who drove white SUV
apparently left; Weird that he never spoke with
any of us.
June 22, 2020 I spoke with Phillip Willkomm, Cupertino Code
Enforcement. The city is ‘going to look into’ and
he couldn’t say anything more specific. He
couldn’t say anything about the ‘cease and desist’
order and what might happen next. He said that
Cindy was cited and fined previously.
June 26, 2020 I spoke with Officer Patel and got case # for 6/18
police report; I ordered the police report from
the Records department.
Different cars parked there—van with curtains
Approx. 11pm, man peeing in front of a Sunrise
Dr residence caught on Ring camera. Same man
went to another Sunrise Dr front door and caught
on Ring camera video.
June 27, 2020 5‐6 cars in driveway and on street; Family going
into house with two 3 year old little girls;
June 30, 2020 Sheriff determined renter in the house had
outstanding warrant and arrested a felon from
Morgan Hill. Person was wanted for felony
burglary.
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Cyrah Caburian
From:Gregg Mahurin <greggmahurin@sbcglobal.net>
Sent:Monday, July 6, 2020 12:26 PM
To:City Clerk
Subject:Air BnB problem on Sunrise Drive
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Dear elected officials
I have lived and ran a business in Cupertino with my wife and daughters on Sunrise Drive for over 27 years. The majority
of those years have been great. However in the past few years we have seen a severe change in the safety and quality of
life in our neighborhood. Because of the Air BnB at 20570 Sunrise Drive on our street we have had Increase crime and
issues.
1. People break into our homes, steel our possessions in some cases while the resident was in the home.
2. There have been multiple felony arrests for burglary, possession of a loaded illegal gun.
3. Garbage left in our yards.
4. Stolen cars parked on our street in front of our houses.
5. People urinating on our porches.
6. I have had to ask people to move from in front of my house at ALL hours of the night because they were loudly
partying while they waited for the PARTY HOUSE to open.
7. There have been drugs and minors present all of which can be verified by the sheriffs reports which have been
sent to the city.
If it were not for the due diligence of our sheriffs department the problems and the crimes would have escalated even
worse. We shouldn’t have to live in fear in our own neighborhood. The owner of the Air BnB has broken laws and
promises and you the city have done nothing. The owner of the property has promised to make changes only to have
another party the next week at her rental which she is supposed to live in by law to rent as an Air BnB but does not. I
ask that you do your job as our elected officials and close this down. We ask that you do this for the safety of the citizens
you were elected to serve.
Regards
Gregg D Mahurin
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Cyrah Caburian
From:Alice Chang <alice_a_chang@yahoo.com>
Sent:Tuesday, July 7, 2020 1:42 PM
To:City Clerk; City Council; Deborah L. Feng; Liang Chao
Cc:lls.gbs@gmail.com; marciaelmer@gmail.com; mattheakis@comcast.net; sean.krepp@gmail.com;
greggmahurin@sbcglobal.net; alexia.tang@gmail.com; ssamptur@yahoo.com
Subject:Submission of multiple comments for 07-07-20 City Council Meeting
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For: City Council Meeting on 7/7/20
Dear Cupertino City Leaders,
We are residents on Sunrise Drive in Cupertino and we wish to enter into the record that we are concerned
about our safety due to recurring crime stemmed from the short term rental located on 20570 Sunrise Dr. We
wish to address the City Council during the Open Public Comment time on the July 7th meeting. Below is a
compilation of submissions from numerous neighbors on Sunrise Drive. For those of us who are present at the
meeting, we request we each read our own submission:
From: Larry Mattheakis
Mr. Mayor, members of the Cupertino City Council, my name is Larry Mattheakis at 20612 Sunrise
Drive. Today, you will be hearing from me and many other residents of Sunrise Drive to complain about a
short-term rental at 20570 Sunrise Drive. We are asking the City today to immediately revoke the owner’s
business license at 20570 Sunrise Drive for operating a short-term rental at this address and to stop the owner
from all future short-term rental activity at this property. This is due to serious safety issues due to criminal
activity.
You will hear today that the owner of this short-term rental has made numerous violations of the current
ordinance. In particular, the ordinance says that the property owner or main property leaseholder must be the
primary resident at the property and be onsite during the lease period. We have never seen the property
owner living at this address. The current ordinance also says that the total number of transient guests must be
limited to two (2) or fewer and that all transient rentals must be an incidental use of the residence. We have
witnessed up to 20 or more people residing at this address for overnight stays, which is in clear violation of the
current ordinance. It is also clear that the transient rentals are not an incidental use- they are, in fact, the only
use of this residence.
But the most important reason we are here today are the numerous incidents of criminal activity at this address
by the tenants of the short-term rental, which are well documented by the Sheriff’s Department. In short, the
tenants at this short-term rental have been a threat to the public safety of all residents in Cupertino and in
particular to the residents of Sunrise Drive.
This is not a single criminal incident, but rather it is a pattern of criminal activity over several years, which the
sheriff can confirm. The short-term tenants at this address have included criminals with known arrest warrants
and in procession of illegal firearms, drug dealers, and underage minors.
This must stop now, and the residents of Sunrise Drive are asking the City Council to restore our sense of
safety and peace in our neighborhood. Thank you.
From: Marcia Mattheakis
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Chronology: Details of House at 20570 Sunrise Dr., Cupertino (Compiled by Marcia Elmer, resident at 20612
Sunrise Dr., and Sunrise Drive Block Leader)
Date:
June 2014 house sold from George Moustakas to ‘Cindy’; Cindy does not reside in house
April --, 2016 Drug bust with police;
May 2, 2016 I contacted Cindy on Airbnb. Renters’ dog running loose; garbage left on street
October 2016 Car stolen out of garage of house across the street (20571 Sunrise Dr.). This occurred at 9am
on a Saturday.
December 2016 Attempted break-in across the street (20571 Sunrise)
July 8, 2018 I complained to Phillip Willkomm, Cupertino Code Enforcement Officer. Many different people
staying there on different nights and many (7-15) cars on street, loud and rowdy parties frequently on
numerous weekend nights
July 14, 2018 Big party; Dorothy (neighbor) and I talking; Lee (renter) came over. Said rented on Airbnb. Gave
me phone number. Just rented for one night for party. Said he was told by Cindy to have people park
elsewhere. Wanted to give me his phone number in case we thought party was too loud. I told him to tell
Airbnb person this was a violation of city code.
August 4, 2018 Bus unloading 20 people, with their suitcases; each morning bus picked them up and each
evening brought them back for next week (I have pictures)
August 12, 2018 Bus loading 20 people, with their suitcases
August 28, 2018 This whole week there were lots of trucks there. About six per night (I have pictures)
Sept. 15, 2018 Large event at house, ~40 people, 17 cars parked on Sunrise Dr, starting early in the morning;
phone # of owner is 408-667-5187 and name is Cindy; listing says ‘parties are ok, as long as quiet after 10pm’.
Sheriff came, but said they had to speak with owner
Nov. 18, 2018 I filed ‘Witness Affidavit’ with Code Enforcement attesting to 9/15/18 events
May 2019—Nov. 2019 For sale, off and on for this period in 2019. Didn’t sell.
May 16, 2020 - Residents on 20640 Sunrise Drive discovered their car on the property’s curved driveway was
broken in. Exact day was uncertain since the residents did not step out after Wednesday that week during
Covid.
June 3, 2020 Arrest on Sunrise drive around 11pm, four sheriff cars came with K9 unit and searched the car.
Another car left on location at 1:40am 6/4, also searched but left in place, and only towed on 6/8 after Alice
reported the abandoned/stolen car to police (Officer Harper).
June 10, 2020 Multiple suspicious vehicles on Sunrise Dr., some occupied, 2 stolen vehicles per the Sheriff
June 17, 2020 Party with ~50 underage minors, alcohol; Sheriff came around 10pm, detained some, called
parents to pick up; at 11:30, criminals came, Sheriff determined there were stolen cars, drugs, guns and felony
arrests
June 18, 2020 Cindy came to meet with us and Sheriff (Sergeant Post and other deputies); Cindy said it was
Airbnb’s responsibility, said she cares about the neighborhood, would only rent to long-term renters going
forward. “Long-term renter” who drove white SUV apparently left; Weird that he never spoke with any of us.
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June 22, 2020 I spoke with Phillip Willkomm, Cupertino Code Enforcement. The city is ‘going to look into’ and
he couldn’t say anything more specific. He couldn’t say anything about the ‘cease and desist’ order and what
might happen next. He said that Cindy was cited and fined previously.
June 26, 2020 I spoke with Officer Patel and got case # for 6/18 police report; I ordered the police report from
the Records department. Different cars parked there—van with curtains Approx. 11pm, man peeing in front of
a Sunrise Dr residence caught on Ring camera. Same man went to another Sunrise Dr front door and caught
on Ring camera video.
June 27, 2020 5-6 cars in driveway and on street; Family going into house with two 3 year old little girls;
June 30, 2020 Sheriff determined renter in the house had outstanding warrant and arrested a felon from
Morgan Hill. Person was wanted for felony burglary.
From: Sean Krepp
20584 Sunrise STR Next Door Neighbour
Mr. Mayor, members of the Cupertino City Council, my name is Sean Krepp at 20584 Sunrise Drive, a direct
next door neighbour to the STR at 20570 Sunrise Drive. I am asking the City today to immediately revoke the
owner’s business license at 20570 Sunrise Drive for operating a short-term rental at this address and to stop
the owner from all future short-term rental activity at this property. This is due to serious safety issues due to
repeated criminal activity.
In the words of Santa Clara Sheriff Dept Sergeant Post, “Of all the STRs in Cupertino this is by far the worst’. I
was so concerned with what I saw on June 17th in that house that I sent a very graphic email to the City. As a
result, we will be upping our patrolling and surveillance of this house.”
On June 17th, Santa Clara Sheriff officer O’Sullivan visited our home for the 3rd time in 2 weeks as part of his
investigations related to criminal activity associated with 20570 STR guests. During that evening we were
hosting a friend in our backyard for a BBQ and were shocked to learn that the STR renter was an 18 year old
man (who had checked in with a 17 year old girl) and had most likely jumped the rear fence when the arrests
began around 11.30 pm. We share a fence with the STR and wondered what would have happened if a gun
wielding youth had jumped into our yard, would we be victims of an ‘Orinda Party Mansion’ style shooting?
Our guest’s car alarm also went off that night around 11 pm when many youth were heading toward the party
house and as we went out to see what was going on, a 17 year old was walking away from my guest’s vehicle
and said, ‘I have nothing to do with that alarm, I am 17 years old and just walking home.”
Later I went out to the street after the arrests and I learned from officers on the scene that there were 5 arrests
(one for a gun felony, two for drugs), there were two stolen cars at the scene and that underage girls as young
as 14 years old were found unclothed locked in one of the bedrooms.
On June 18th our community took action and we decided to engage with Cindy the homeowner to request
immediate change. The block set up a WhatsApp group to discuss what we would like Cindy to change and on
June 18th we (Marcia our block leader and I) requested (on behalf of the block and in the presence of officers
Post and O’Sullivan) three things:
[1] Stop the STR and do a long-term rental given that her STR guests have caused high security concerns
[2] While she looks for a long-term renter she installs a camera at the door so she can stop large groups /
parties from happening.
[3] While she looks for a long-term renter she screens her STR guests more stringently and/or raises her rates
to stop her place from attracting criminals / youth parties.
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On June 27th I followed up with Cindy to see if she had made any changes. The short answer was that she
had CHANGED NOTHING and after further discussions with neighbours it became clear that many attempts
had been made to ask her to change but she had been continuously violation of the STR code, the community
had had many conversations with Phil the City Code compliance officer and that Cindy had previously taken no
action. Specifically on the three item we requested, here is the current state:
[1] On item #1 she had ‘rented to a long-term renter’ but it turned out he was a former De Anza student renter
of hers who just parked and covered his car in the driveway. Clearly NOT a real long-term renter as he is not
on the property.
[2] On item #2 I was setting up my security cameras last week to protect my home and family (wife, daughter
10 and son 14) and in doing so had purchased an extra Nest Hello camera. I offered to sell it to her with my
employee discount. No response.
[3] On item #3 there was an arrest of a felon who was on premise on June 28th and since then there have
been numerous parties with folks coming and going at all hours.
Given that Cindy does not reside on the premise, is in repeated violation of the city ordinance, has not
negotiated in good faith with the local community, continues to rent to criminals and the City compliance office
has not followed up on repeated complaints from residents on Sunrise Drive, the City must take action and
immediately revoke the STR license. We are not opposed to well run STRs or long-term renters, but when a
business is poorly run and constantly in violation of code and is putting our life and property at high risk, it must
be terminated.
And with regards to the new STR proposal to be discussed under item 8 in today’s agenda. I suggest the City
consider putting stronger provisions in place for the monitoring and enforcing of code compliance. The City
currently employs 1 compliance officer to cover all 400 STRs among other compliance activities (homeless
encampments etc). I would seriously like to see some language in the ordinance to the effect of: ‘all STRs
which have a reported code violation with an open criminal case associated with activities on its premise will be
suspended and by the City (within 1 business day), until the STR owner shows proof that they are in compliance
with the STR code, if not the City will levy fines until the STR comes into compliance”.
Frankly, we need to be proactive in protecting Cupertino communities and not just have a wait and see
approach to allowing criminal operations to run out of STRs in otherwise peaceful communities.
From: Dorothy Blanco (assisted by daughter Linda Blanco Stephens)
20571 Sunrise Drive
Dear Cupertino City Leaders,
I have lived in my Cupertino home on Sunrise Drive since 1951, which makes me a Cupertino resident for
nearly 70 years. I am 93-years-old and have raised my children and grandchildren in my home on Sunrise
Drive and have experienced our city's highs and our city's lows.
We are now amidst an all time low due to the negligence of our city and the woman who owns 20570 Sunrise
Drive, who has put me and my neighborhood at significant risk. Regarding the aforementioned property, the
owner has rented her property to various individuals via AirBnB over the years. This has raised significant
concern among neighbors starting as early as 2016 due to the quality of renters and questionable activity that
has taken place in that home and in our neighborhood, which is where this all begins.
Around 2016, I began to notice some unusual activity at 20570 Sunrise Drive. There seemed to be people
rotating in and out of the home, some staying a few nights and other staying longer periods of time. My guess
is that hundreds of people had rotated through that home. In a historically quiet and safe neighborhood, in
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October 2016, my car was stolen right out of my garage during broad daylight and, in December 2016,
someone broke into my home. This is not a coincidence.
Over the next several years, my family and I notified the code enforcement regarding activities in that home,
including partitioning off various parts of the house and renting "rooms," an incident when a large private bus
unloaded 25+ people into the home where they resided for the weekend, and also notifying the police that the
owner does not live on the property. After numerous contacts with code enforcement, they came out to the
home and made her take down the partitions throughout the home and, at the time, the owner was noted to be
uncooperative with this process.
The circumstances have escalated over the past year.. My family and I have called the police on numerous
occasions regarding activity in the 20570 residence. Recent activities include: arrests for criminal activity,
parties with drugs and alcohol and underaged minors, possession of ILLEGAL firearms, arrest warrants, stolen
vehicles, and drug possession. Please refer to police reports for a detailed description of events.
After voicing significant concern to the Sheriff's Department, they held an informal meeting with the owner of
20570 (who does not reside on the property) and many of my neighbors to discuss our concerns. Many
neighbors openly voiced their concern to the owner, who adamantly denied any responsibility for recent
events. She has outright lied to me when my family and I have confronted her about these issues and even lied
to authority.
We are kindly telling the city to please close down this property and remove the owner's ability to rent this
property.
To further emphasize the seriousness of the situation, I DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN MY OWN HOME. Due to the
recent events (April 2020-present), I am currently residing with my daughter and son-in-law (who also live in
Cupertino) due to concern for my own safety. Do not mistake my 93-year-old age for weakness, I am a strong
advocate for this city and my neighborhood.
I have seen a lot in my day and have always found Cupertino a
place that I am proud to call home. Please help restore my affection for our city. Thank you for your
consideration. Dorothy Blanco, 20571 Sunrise Drive
From: Trevor Stephens and Lara Dubuc
(grandson of Dorothy Blanco and his girlfriend, currently residing at 20571 Sunrise Drive since mid-April)
Dear City Officials,
While we have not been in this residence long, we certainly have felt the ramifications of the AirBnB property
across the street at 20570 Sunrise Drive. We moved into Trevor’s grandmother’s house in mid-April as she had
moved into her daughter, Linda’s, home. We wanted to ensure the house was occupied and safe.
In mid-May, we started to notice a flurry of activity across the street. Every couple of days, a new group of
individuals would be moving into the house. What struck us strange is that this was clearly a short term rental,
but we were under a strict shelter in place order.
Memorial Day Weekend brought groups of people to the house for parties. No masks, no social distancing.
Clearly not following shelter in place orders. All day and all night. The real issue was the people sitting in their
cars for hours on end, watching the neighborhood. Lara took trash to the trashcan one night only to feel
intimidated by a strange man sitting in his car. He stayed in that car for at least 2 hours.
Then came the stolen cars found on the street. Two Prius’ had been dropped on our and neighboring streets.
Coincidental at best.
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Then came the underage high school graduation party on Wednesday night, June 17 with drugs, guns and
alcohol. Where in a span of 10 minutes, ~40 kids showed up to the house at 20570 Sunrise Drive. I am so
thankful for the immediate response from the Cupertino Sheriff Department to come break the party up. We
found out the address had leaked online and random people were showing up. While standing there with the
police, a couple of cars drove through that seemed to be looking for the party but also did not seem like high
schoolers. They had stolen license plates. At about 11:30 that night, we witnessed a drug and gun arrest
across the street, complete with drawn guns pointed at suspects who were in possession of a loaded gun with
the serial numbers filed off. Felony gun charges are quite serious. This was the tipping point for me. I can’t
even begin to imagine what type of drunk driving car arrests/accidents could have stemmed from this, or what
type of drug and gun activity would have started if this party had continued.
We also have Ring video footage of a man walking on to our porch to the front door at 11:30 PM on Friday
Night, June 26th.
And then just last weekend a woman was arrested again at this house for having an outstanding warrant for
felony burglary.
We thought living in this Cupertino neighborhood would be safe and quiet. It has turned out to be quite the
opposite. We are on alert every single night. We are extremely concerned with the lack of support from AirBnB.
Thankfully the police have been absolutely wonderful and are keeping us safe. But they shouldn’t have to do
that. This place needs to be shut down. It is a serious concern of us and our families and neighbors.
Cindy has shown to be uncooperative and unwilling to protect her neighborhood. We request that the city take
the required action to keep their residents safe and stop any future harm from happening. Thank you, Trevor
Stephens and Lara Dubuc
From: Shu & Tim Chiun
Dear Mayor & City Council Members,
We are greatly concerned about the safety on Sunrise Drive due to the STR property on our residence
street. The STR activities on 20570 Sunrise Drive have significantly changed the character of the
neighborhood which is one and the most important of the City's STR requirements.
We have been a resident on Sunrise Drive for 24 years. Sunrise Drive used to be a peaceful street. For the past
four to five years since 20570 Sunrise Drive was turned into an STR property, we have noticed:
(1) significantly more cars parked on the street, and virtually different cars everyday,
(2) the STR property becomes a place where people from various and unknown backgrounds hold parties and
create noise and problems, and
(3) there were numerous incidents that the police had to be involved, especially in the middle of the nights,
about criminal activities and noise complaints, all originated from the STR property.
We strongly think that the STR on 20570 Sunrise Drive knowingly violates the city regulations all the time
solely for its own profits, and jeopardizes the safety of the Cupertino residents, especially those on Sunrise
Drive and the neighboring streets.
We used to open garage door, besides the windows, in hot days all day and and sometimes forget to close in
the evening. We just said "oops" the next morning. Now, we cannot afford the "oops" anymore. Every night,
we have to triple-check that the doors and the windows are securely locked before we go to sleep.
With the existence of this particular STR property, the character of this neighborhood has completely changed;
there are rising levels of worries, fear, and angers from the neighbors. We hereby request that the City revoke
the STR license of the property before the situation further worsens. Thank you very much.
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From: Annita Liao
Dear Mayor & City Members,
I am greatly concerned about the Marijuana use on 20570 Sunrise Drive due to the STR activities. I live on
Rodrigues Avenue with small portion of sharing fence in my backyard. When a happy party threwed with
Marijuana there, I suffer severe allergy for days. Today I have rashes while yesterday there was party at 20570
Sunrise Drive. For long, I do my best not go inside my backyard for my health. I once called the police and the
answer was they can’t do anything. My neighbors either do not use marijuana or only use Marijuana indoors to
respect the other people’s right of fresh air. STR should not change the character of the neighborhood so
much. I hope STR regulation can minimize the impact to neighbors. Thank you very much.
From: Gregg D Mahurin
Dear elected officials
I have lived and ran a business in Cupertino with my wife and daughters on Sunrise Drive for over 27 years.
The majority of those years have been great. However in the past few years we have seen a severe change in
the safety and quality of life in our neighborhood. Because of the Air BnB at 20570 Sunrise Drive on our street
we have had increased crime and issues.
People break into our homes, steal our possessions in some cases while the resident was in the home. There
have been multiple felony arrests for burglary, possession of a loaded illegal gun. Garbage left in our yards. Stolen cars
parked on our street in front of our houses. People urinating on our porches.
I have had to ask people to move from in front of my house at ALL hours of the night because they were loudly
partying while they waited for the PARTY HOUSE to open. There have been drugs and minors present all of
which can be verified by the sheriffs reports which have been sent to the city.
If it were not for the due diligence of our sheriff's department the problems and the crimes would have
escalated even worse. We shouldn’t have to live in fear in our own neighborhood. The owner of the AirBnB has
broken laws and promises and you the city have done nothing. The owner of the property has promised to
make changes only to have another party the next week at her rental which she is supposed to live in by law to
rent as an AirBnB but does not. I ask that you do your job as our elected officials and close this down. We ask
that you do this for the safety of the citizens you were elected to serve. Regards, Gregg D Mahurin
From: Jin Jan
Dear Cupertino city councilmen,
We have lived on Sunrise drive with our children for 23 years. The street is such a peaceful, friendly
neighborhood, but not until many criminal cases happened at the short-term rental house located at 20570
Sunrise drive.
We are very concerned about our living safety and have felt uncomfortable even a police patrolling is enforced
along Sunrise drive. Please city council members can address our concern in the meeting and provide a
solution to ease our anxiety. Also, due to the related disorderly conduct, we would like to remind the city
council on possible security impacts on our neighboring Faría elemental school, business stores, banks, and
shopping areas around Spouts and Range 99. Thanks for your attention. Best Regards, Jin Jan
From: Raymond Chong,
20668 Sunrise Drive
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Dear Cupertino city leaders, I have lived on Sunrise Drive for 29 years. I am perplexed as to why the city is
unable to enforce its own rules for short term airbnb rentals despite repeated offenses over several years on
20570 Sunrise Drive as documented by the Sheriff’s department and by code enforcement, most recently
escalating to several criminal and potentially dangerous situations. While I understand that there might be
many pressing issues that you have to deal with, I urge that you fulfill your duty to me and my neighbors by
putting a complete stop to this continuing dangerous escalations due to this short term rental by legally
revoking the property owners ability to rent it out on a short term basis. I do not wish this to further escalate to
shootings in my neighborhood or lawsuits with the city. Thank you for your immediate action. Sincerely,
Raymond Chong, 20668 Sunrise Drive.
From: Alexia and Jared
20641 Sunrise Dr
Dear Cupertino Council Members,
My husband and I recently moved to Sunrise Drive to start our family. My husband grew up in Cupertino and
has always described it as a safe city. However, since the first two months we started living here, we were
woken up late at night by teenagers parked outside of our house, speaking loudly for over an hour and
disturbing the neighborhood before heading to a party. We also noticed suspicious individuals loitering on our
street and discovered that our neighbor's cars were broken in to. We've also heard sirens due to several
arrests that occurred and learned that there were guns, burglars and drug dealers. All the above issues were
brought forth by the STR property at 20570 Sunrise Dr due to the owner’s extreme lack of care to whom she
should or should not rent to, which severely exposed our neighborhood to danger. We do not wish to head
down that path any further.
We are here to seek for your attention and immediate action to put an end to all the foreseeable risks. Please
revoke her ability to conduct short term lease and help us restore our neighborhood’s safety. Thank you! Alexia
& Jared from 20641 Sunrise Dr
From: Eric Zhang
Dear city officials,
Our family moved to Sunrise Drive in Cupertino about two years ago. We built our house here and expected to
become a long term Cupertino resident. Cupertino’s safe environment is one of the main reasons we moved to
this community. However, we were shocked to know, just in the past several months, there were multiple
occasions of criminal activities and arrests occurred in our neighborhood. As parents of three young kids, we
are very concerned about the STR on our street, which brought about these events in the past and potentially
causes even bigger troubles in the future. In the past few years, quite a few families with young children moved
to Sunrise Drive. The last thing we want is for our children living in an unsafe block. I am writing this email to
call for city taking proper and immediate action to protect the safety of your Cupertino residents and restore the
peacefulness of the street. Regards, Eric Zhang
From: Alice Chang
Dear Cupertino City Leaders,
My family has been living on Sunrise Dr for over 20 years. I ask you to take immediate action to stop the
recurring crime that has plagued our street due to the STR on 20570 Sunrise Dr. The owner of the STR has
been making significant profit by ignoring our safety on the street and breaking city ordinance repeatedly. We
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also believe the city has been collecting tax from the STR and therefore should be accountable for harm
caused by the lack of enforcement of this business. Meanwhile, the neighborhood on Sunrise Drive has been
paying the price of property damage and bodily harm, and the taxpayers of Cupertino have been paying the
additional dollars for the police arrests and increased patrols. I understand this may not have come to your
attention earlier, but now it has. So starting today, please enforce the law and have the owner of the STR bear
the cost of her actions, not the neighbors on Sunrise Dr or the taxpayers of Cupertino. Thank you.
From: Seetharam Samptur, Sravanthi Kanala, Pablo Montes, Shuyi Tang, Zheng Yang, Vickie Peng,
Randy Yin, ChunSheng Yang, Jing Yin, Julin Jan, Sadas Shankar, Changxun Wu, Cheng Dai
I live on Sunrise Drive in Cupertino and I support my neighbors’ statements.