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Homeowner reports County Counsel for elder abuse
A 69-year-old Los Gatos resident who’s been unable to repair the old cabin she lives in, due to a paperwork dispute with Santa Clara County, has now filed an elder abuse complaint against the Office of the County Counsel.
Sidney French claims documents for her...
Town shares holiday hours; renter input sought for housing plan; LG gets first-aid training center (local scene)
LOCAL SCENE for the week of Dec. 14-20, 2022.
Town offices closing for holidays
Town of Los Gatos administrative offices will be closed Dec. 23-Jan. 2.
The library will also be closed Dec. 23-26 and Dec. 30-Jan. 2.
Renter input sought for Housing Element update
The Town of Los...
Los Gatos kicks off development conversations with first Housing Element meeting of the year
As General Plan Update Advisory Committee (GPAC) Chair Melanie Hanssen got a peek—along with other Housing Element Advisory Board (HEAB) members—at the two digital tools Los Gatos will use to propose its contribution to combatting California’s housing crisis, she forecast a hearty community back-and-forth...
North 40 developer submits Phase II plans featuring 2-acre public park, 68 low-income apartments
Grosvenor Property Americas, the developer of the large mixed-use project called the North 40 located just south of San Jose and Campbell, says it will donate nearly two acres of land to affordable housing builder Eden Housing.
Its comprehensive Phase II plan, submitted to the...
Los Gatos approaching $2B in home sales
The red-hot real estate market that’s scorched Los Gatos and the rest of the state could be showing signs of cooling, but the market promises to be robust for the foreseeable future, local agents predict.
According to data by the Santa Clara County Association of...
Official from veterans organizations hopeful after Town breaks 4 Tait Avenue lease
Wayne Heimsoth, the Los Gatos Veterans Memorial and Support Foundation and the Campbell Veterans Memorial Foundation boardmember, was thrilled to learn from the Los Gatan last week that his dream had come true—at least the first step of it.
Just after the Los Gatan went...
General Plan: Commissioners weigh impact of more bird protections during remodels, upping housing at North 40 site
It was another late night for planning commissioners Monday, as they went through the Draft 2040 General Plan line by line, carrying on from where they left off April 13.
As the officials considered the potential impact of a suggested change to the Environmental and...
North 40 Phase 2 prepares for Planning Commission close-up
One of the most consequential residential developments for the future of Los Gatos is approaching another milestone.
Steve Buster, the senior vp of development for Grosvenor Property Americas, tells the Los Gatan the company has submitted final documents for the mixed-use housing project and is...
Los Gatos Planning Commission slams proposal for town’s tallest building
Los Gatos Planning Commissioners voted not to support a developer’s proposal to rebuild the Los Gatos Meadows seniors complex at 110 Wood Road as exclusive residences for the most affluent.
At their regularly-scheduled Jan. 13 meeting, they unanimously gave the thumbs-down to a project that...
Los Gatos adopts objective design standards for multi-family homes
Town Council agreed on a set of design rules that will govern multi-family homebuilding in the community, during its Nov. 15 meeting.
The so-called “objective standards” may not be exactly to the liking of every Council member, but at least having them in place will...
