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Study Session #1
Housing Element
Process and
Housing Survey
Written Comments
Cyrah Caburian
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Jon Wizard <jon@yimbylaw.org>
Tuesday, October 5, 2021 4:21 PM
Kirsten Squarcia; Cupertino City Manager's Office; City Attorney's Office
Darcy Paul; Liang Chao; Kitty Moore; Hung Wei; Jon Robert Willey;
housingelements@hcd.ca.gov
Agenda Item #1 - Housing Element Survey
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To Whom it May Concern:
The city's housing element survey is not a statistically valid source of information because it is skewed by an
overrepresentation of homeowners. Pursuant to AB 686 andGovernment Code 65583(c)(7), the city must engage
members of under-represented and vulnerable groups, such as People of Color and those with disabilities, as well as
make a diligent effort to solicit input from all economic sectors of the community, respectively. This survey
demonstrates that from the outset, the housing element process in Cupertino is flawed, whichwill only lead to a bad
outcome. If you get the ingredients wrong when you cook a meal, adding a bunch of salt once it's done doesn't fix that
you used the wrong ingredients. Likewise, if the city uses the flawed results of this survey to "inform" its housing
element, it can expect a bad housing element that is geared toward solving iSsueS identified by only one portion of the
community-a group that has moreresources, housinginsecurity, and opportunity than any other group.
If the city endeavors to do even a passable job with its housing element-not even good, just acceptable -it will
supplement this sophomoric "survey" with a professionally facilitated, statistically valid, and useful survey that truly
reflects the conditions in the community.
Continually Disappointed,
Jon
Jon Wizard
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