Letters from the Public - 1 of 6 — San Jose City Council, March 21, 2023

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Support a budget that creates an Equitable San José for ALL! Carmen Brammer
Sun 3/5/2023 10:56 AM
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CC 3-21-23 item 3.5
George Van Buskirk < >
Thu 3/16/2023 1:40 PM
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Many of the recommendations outlined above will help facilitate faster construction of much needed affordable housing.

Beyond making it easier to build affordable housing, we need to preserve our greatest existing stock of naturally-affordable housing: Mobile Home Parks. Residents of mobile homes are more likely to be lower income and older communities that have few other housing options. To protect these neighbors, the City Manager is directed to change the General Plan’s land use designation for the remaining mobile home parks not yet redesignated from multifamily residential to “mobile home” park, and begin allocating the funding needed.

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Carmen Dello Buono >
Thu 3/16/2023 1:53 PM
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I and my family fully support Mayor Matt Mahan's directive which is:
“Many of the recommendations outlined above will help facilitate faster construction of much needed affordable housing.

Sincerely,
Carmen Joseph Dello Buono
San Jose, CA 95123

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CC 3-21-23 item 3.5
Derry <
Thu 3/16/2023 1:54 PM
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Many of the recommendations outlined above will help facilitate faster construction of much needed affordable housing.

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CC3-21-23 item 3.5
GARY SMITH <
Thu 3/16/2023 2:09 PM
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I fully support Mayor Matt Mahan's directive to the City Manager to change the General Plan's land use designation for the remaining mobile home
parks not yet designated from multifamily residential to "mobile home" park and allocate the funding needed.

Gary Smith
President MHP GSMOL Chapter
Associate Zone Manager/GSMOL Region A-1

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CC 3-21-23 Item 3.5
Glenna Howcroft <
Thu 3/16/2023 3:01 PM
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I fully support Mayor Mahan's directive which states:
“Many of the recommendations outlined above will help facilitate faster construction of much needed affordable housing.

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CC3-21-23 Item 3.5
Daniel Seniff <
Thu 3/16/2023 3:14 PM
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I live & own a mobile home in in South San Jose. I am disabled and on social Security only. I would never be able to afford a place outside my Park. So I support Item 3.5.

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Betty Horner < >
Thu 3/16/2023 3:28 PM
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Please keep SOME of San Jose somewhat affordable!
Matt Mahan said his budget would include the money to redesignate the mobilehome Parks to help protect us. “... Beyond making it easier to build affordable housing, we need to preserve our greatest existing stock of naturally- affordable housing: Mobile Home Parks. Residents of mobile homes are more likely to be lower income and older communities that have few other housing options. To protect these neighbors, the City Manager is directed to change the General Plan’s land use designation for the remaining mobile home parks not yet redesignated from multifamily residential to “mobile home” park, and begin allocating the funding needed.” Even the mobilehome parks are becoming unaffordable. Lose them and people have nowhere to go but away from San Jose.

Betty Horner
San Jose, CA 95128

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Support of the Mayor's housing plan
Teresa Reen
Thu 3/16/2023 4:05 PM
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I live in a mobile home park for seniors & have a very low income. I would have to rent a room from a stranger or be on the street if our senior parks were razed. Please support the new mayor of San Jose in his attempts to create new housing low income people.

Thanks,
Teresa.

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Thu 3/16/2023 4:27 PM
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Count me in

Best regards
Kevin

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Jun Ye >
Thu 3/16/2023 4:30 PM
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Yes count me in.Thank you

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CC 3-21-23 item 3.5
Mike O'Reilly
Thu 3/16/2023 4:55 PM
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I support Mayor Matt Mahan
Many of the recommendations outlined above will help facilitate faster construction of much needed affordable housing.

Beyond making it easier to build affordable housing, we need to preserve our greatest existing stock of naturally- affordable housing: Mobile Home Parks. Residents of mobile homes are more likely to be lower income and older communities that have few other housing options. To protect these neighbors, the City Manager is directed to change the General Plan’s land use designation for the remaining mobile home parks not yet redesignated from multifamily residential to “mobile home” park, and begin allocating the funding needed.

Mike O'Reilly
San Jose CA 95128
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Lawrence LaPierre <
Thu 3/16/2023 5:24 PM
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The Honorable Mayor Mahan,
We appreciate and support your directive to the city manager of San Jose which reads as follows: "To. protect these neighbors, the city manager is directed to change the General Plan's land use designation for the remaining mobiie home parks not yet redesignated from multi-family residential to "mobile home" park, and begin allocating the funding needed." My wife and I are both retired, and we have lived in Mobile Home Park on . for 15 years. We enjoy tghe park, but the rest of the story is that we could not afford tolive anywhere in this area were it not for the availability of mobile home parks.

Thank kyou for your support,
Rev. Dr. Larry And Jane LaPierre, MSN
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CC 3-21-23 item 3.5
Dexter Goody <
Thu 3/16/2023 5:38 PM
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I support Mayor Mahan’s directive regarding this item
Thank you!
Dexter Goody
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RUSSELL PAIGE
Thu 3/16/2023 7:19 PM
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Debbie Rohde
Thu 3/16/2023 7:58 PM
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I support Mayor Matt Mayan’s directive.

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Kenneth Snowden
Fri 3/17/2023 7:02 AM
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I support Matt Mahan's directive, which protects mobilehome parks.

Kenneth Snowden

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kyle farris >
Fri 3/17/2023 10:06 AM
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I am immensely grateful for Mayor Matt Mahan’s sticking to his campaign promises to create affordable housing in San Jose, and for standing up for those of us living in mobile home parks.

The crisis of housing costs going beyond the grasps of long-time residents is horrific and thank God we have a mayor who is willing and able to stand up for the little guy just scraping by.

I believe I speak for all San Joseans when I say rising housing costs are the number one problem in our communities and are forcing many to relocate out of the area simply to avoid homelessness.

I am truly proud to call myself a supporter of Matt Mahan!

Kyle Farris.

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Nancy Stevens
Fri 3/17/2023 10:18 AM
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I support our Mayor's directive to the City Manager to protect all Mobile Home Park Residents by changing the General Plan's land use designation for the remainaing mobile home parks not yet redesigated to "mobile home" park.

By the way, what is the status of making this redeisgnation to "mobile home" park for the parks previously approved by the council some months ago?
Thank you!
Nancy Stevens
Mobile Home Community

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Ronald Thornton
Fri 3/17/2023 1:59 PM
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We, Ronald and Louise Thornton, support Mayor Matt Mahan’s directive to fund what is necessary to change the general plan’s to change land use designation for the remaining mobile home parks not yet redesigned from multifamily residential to “mobile home” park, and begin allocating the funding needed immediately. We request the whole Council to support this much needed predesignation at the March 21 meeting.

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Georga King < >
Fri 3/17/2023 2:48 PM
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Dear Mayor Matt Mahan
Thank you for keeping your word on adding money to your budget to redesignate the remaining mobile home parks not yet redesignated from multifamily residential to “mobile home” park. --Thank you,
Georga L King

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CC 3-21-22 3.5 Parks already identified
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Fri 3/17/2023 5:50 PM
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Council members
Your vote on the funding to give the Mobilehome Park designaon to 13 Parks is simple. On 10-18-22 the vote to do this was passed unanimously. Ma Mahan’s budget on page 24 simply codiﬁes this and provides the funds.

Here are the Parks that were to be given the Mobilehome Park designaon in this round: Oak Crest, Lamplighter, Quail Hollow, Chateau La Salle, Mill Pond 1 and 2, Caribees, Hometown, San Jose Mobile Home and RV Park, San Jose Trailer Park, La Buona Vita, Sunshadow, and Silver Creek Mobile Estates.

I believe lile outreach is necessary since as the 10-18-22 memo stated: “this is work that our mobile home residents have both been aware of and acvely ﬁghng for since 2015.” For the record: my Park is not among the ﬁrst 13. I have been waing since 2015. Please get this done now and help protect the naturally occurring aﬀordable housing stock in San Jose: the Mobilehome Parks.

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality. – Desmond Tutu

San Jose City CouncilMarch 21, 2023

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