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Sunnyvale officials examine homeless services results

Sunnyvale is spending the next six months determining if its existing homeless support services are sufficient for its unhoused residents. Homeless service provider HomeFirst agreed to a six-month extension of its existing pilot program with the city, contingent on city officials receiving detailed data about sheltered bed usage for its homeless residents. The program’s contract...

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Full Sunnyvale city council seated behind the chamber dais during a meeting, with city staffers seated below.

Silicon Valley meetings disrupted by virtual hate speech

The South Bay is being invaded by racist and hateful Zoom bombing in its government meetings, causing uncertainty among public officials on how to contain the problem. At the Sunnyvale City Council meeting on Tuesday, residents were subjected to racist and antisemitic rhetoric during the remote portions of public comment. Last week the San Jose...

Sunnyvale officials to consider traffic safety plan near schools

Walking and biking in two Sunnyvale neighbors is about to become safer for children going to school.  The Sunnyvale City Council is slated to award a $3.9 million contract for pedestrian improvements in the Sunnyvale Neighbors of Arbor community, which includes La Linda and the San Miguel neighborhood. Residents in these north Sunnyvale neighborhoods have...

Sunnyvale mayor says city leads in innovation

Sunnyvale has been named “happiest place in the U.S.” by a SmartAsset ranking, and Mayor Larry Klein in his State of the City address laid out plans for keeping it that way. This year’s speech was themed around Sunnyvale’s safety, diversity and distinctiveness, highlighting a wide variety of topics that distinguish Sunnyvale from other cities....

‘People flee bad leadership’ in Sunnyvale’s public safety department

Retired Sunnyvale officials say police officers are leaving the once highly regarded department in droves—and they’re blaming the leadership of the chief. Chief Phan Ngo took the helm of Sunnyvale’s Department of Public Safety (DPS) in 2017 and since then nearly 30 officers have departed, according to city data through June 2023 obtained by San José Spotlight....