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HLC Legislative Breakfast: SB 375 Implementation
Date: March 12, 2010
Time: 7:00am - 9:00am
Location: Crowne Plaza Hotel, 1177 Airport Boulevard, Burlingame, CA
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Description: Recently the State of California passed SB 375 to ensure planning is performed on a regional basis to help mitigate some of the fundamental issues that promote climate change. Now it needs to be implemented. Come and learn about what policy makers and experts think will be necessary to make this a reality.
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Redwood City Home Ownership Readiness Workshop
Date: March 13, 2010
Time: 10:00am - 11:30am
Location: Redwood City Downtown Library in the Staff Conference Room, 2nd floor, 1044 Middlefield Road
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Description: The Home Ownership Readiness Initiative is providing an opportunity for eligible renters and people who work in the city to prepare for purchasing Below Market Rate (BMR) units, affordable for those households with "moderate" income (a household of two earning no more than 120% of median income, which is $90,600).
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Operation Veteran Connect
Date: March 19, 2010
Time: 9:00am – 1:00pm
Location: American Legion Post 105, 651 El Camino Real, Redwood City CA
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Description: Hosted by the County of San Mateo, this event is available to veterans of all eras to get all the benefits they have earned through their service. This includes: VA Medical Outreach Team, Housing Information and Assistance, Shelter Services, and more.
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Redwood City Home Ownership Readiness Workshop
Date: March 20, 2010
Time: 10:00am - 11:30am
Location: Redwood City Downtown Library in the Staff Conference Room, 2nd floor, 1044 Middlefield Road
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Description: The Home Ownership Readiness Initiative is providing an opportunity for eligible renters and people who work in the city to prepare for purchasing Below Market Rate (BMR) units, affordable for those households with "moderate" income (a household of two earning no more than 120% of median income, which is $90,600).
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Redwood City Downtown Precise Plan Update
Date: March 22, 2010
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Redwood City Council Chamber, 1017 Middlefield Rd.
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Description: Redwood City is re-launching work on its Downtown Precise Plan and EIR and is looking for input from all concerned stakeholders – residents, businesses, advocacy groups, workers, etc. Come help shape the future of downtown Redwood City!
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CITIES FOR ALL AGES: Land Use Planning and Our Aging Population
Date: March 25, 2010
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Menlo Atherton Performing Arts Center, 555 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park
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Description: Hosted by the City of Menlo Park's Housing Commission and the League of Women Voters, this event promises to be both stimulating and insightful. Former long-range planner for the City of San Jose, Don Weden, will speak about the impending "Senior Tsunami" as Baby Boomers begin to retire and shift their housing and land use preferences.
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Redwood City Downtown Precise Plan
Date: March 30, 2010
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Redwood City Council Chamber, 1017 Middlefield Rd.
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Description: EIR scoping session at the Planning Commission meeting. This meeting's focus will be to provide an opportunity for input regarding what environmental effects should be evaluated in the EIR for the new Downtown Precise Plan.
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Building Climate Friendly Communities Training
Date: April 17, 2010
Time: 9:30 am - noon (8:30 reg)
Location: Central Park Rec Center, 50 E 5th Avenue, San Mateo
Organization: Sierra Club: Sustainable Land Use Committee
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Description: Like the idea of reduced traffic on the road? Care about solutions to climate change? Want better connected neighborhoods? Residents must be knowledgeable and organized to reshape communities around walking, biking, and public transit with a mix of homes, jobs, shops, and parks.
Attend an upcoming training to learn:
• About good projects to support in your community
• How to influence land use policies
• How to develop an effective message
• The advocacy tools available to you
• Tips for a successful campaign
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Affordable Housing Week, May 8-15, 2010
Date: May 8, 2010
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Location: Throughout the county
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Description: Join HLC and its members for the 8th annual Affordable Housing Week San Mateo County, May 8-15. Events will include a legislative briefing, a tour of the "Grand Boulevard" on El Camino Real, an executive briefing and luncheon with the Housing Endowment And Regional Trust--the HEART of San Mateo County, and much more! Call (650) 872-4444, x2 for more information.
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Grand Boulevard Initiative (GBI) Tour
Date: May 8, 2010
Time: 9:00am – 1:00pm
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Description: Come on a bus tour of sustainable developments and learn about how cities along El Camino Real are coming together to transform this venerable roadway to meet the housing and sustainability challenges of the future. Contact the Greenbelt Alliance at (415) 543-6771.
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