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vol . I, no. 22 : february 2-8, 2022 : losgatan.com
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TOWN WORKS TO IMPLEMENT NEW STATE HOUSING LAW Council extends carrot to developers in hopes of netting some affordable housing
Couple builds backyard house to be closer to husband’s father
Drew Penner, Reporter
Councilmember Matthew Hudes didn’t quite get the version of a temporary Senate Bill 9 ordinance he would’ve liked to have seen—so he was the single “no” vote against the one passed by Council Tuesday night. He said it didn’t go far enough to ensure units under the new State housing law would be affordable. But he thanked his fellow elected officials for working together to move the needle forward on the consequential legislation that allows many single-family lots to be subdivided with minimal review. To be sure, Hudes predicted, the Sacramento-imposed affordability agenda spells transformation to the “character” of Los Gatos—one that some residents will find “discomfort” with. “In order to make that type of change, and to endure that kind of challenge, I think there needs to be something in it for the Town as well,” he said after ➝ Housing Law, 4
ADU INSTALL IN LOS GATOS BECOMES A NEIGHBORHOOD AFFAIR Drew Penner, Reporter
After Joe Sordi moved with his parents to Los Gatos from Washington D.C. at age 7, one of the first things the family did was install a pool. Now, 50 years later, they’ve demolished it and plopped a small house—often referred to as a carriage house, granny flat or an accessory dwelling unit (ADU)—in its place, so he and his wife, Kelly Beck-Sordi, 54, can be within shouting distance of his dad. ➝ ADU, 6
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NEW HOME Kelly Beck-Sordi, Joe Sordi Sr., Joe Sordi Jr. and his sister Ellen Sordi stand outside the new accessory dwelling unit installed in the backyard of Sordi Sr.’s Los Gatos home.
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