City of Sunnyvale  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
Housing and Human Services  
Commission  
Tuesday, December 2, 2025  
6:00 PM  
Online and Council Chambers, City Hall,  
456 W. Olive Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086  
Special Joint Meeting with City Council - 6 PM  
6 P.M. SPECIAL JOINT MEETING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL  
CALL TO ORDER  
Mayor Klein called the meeting to order at 6:01 p.m.  
ROLL CALL  
City Council  
Present: 7 - Mayor Larry Klein  
Vice Mayor Linda Sell  
Councilmember Alysa Cisneros  
Councilmember Richard Mehlinger  
Councilmember Murali Srinivasan  
Councilmember Charlsie Chang  
Councilmember Eileen Le  
Housing and Human Services Commission  
Present: 6 - Chair Friedlander  
Commissioner Davis  
Commissioner Duncan  
Commissioner Shen  
Commissioner Steward  
Commissioner Weiss  
Absent: 1 - Vice Chair Riviere  
Vice Chair Riviere joined the meeting at 6:13 p.m.  
PUBLIC HEARINGS/GENERAL BUSINESS  
A
25-1062  
Discussion and Potential Action to Adopt a 2026-2030  
Strategic Plan to Address Homelessness  
City Manager Tim Kirby and Housing Officer Amanda Sztoltz provided the staff  
report and presentation.  
Public Hearing opened at 7:13 p.m.  
Agnes Veith shared their concerns with the Strategic Plan to Address  
Homelessness and how it was constructed.  
Chuck Fraleigh voiced their concerns with the Strategic Plan to Address  
Homelessness and the lack of a safe parking program plan.  
Himanshu Sethi shared their concerns with unhoused sweeps and advocated for  
more stable housing and safe parking options.  
Rose Gregorio spoke to the unhoused crisis and need for additional resources  
allocated towards the crisis.  
Michael Love communicated the need for employment services programs, safe  
parking sites and additional housing for the unhoused.  
Guadalupe Cardona shared their support for the unhoused community and  
advocated for additional services.  
Mladen Vrlec spoke to their experience using unhoused services.  
Mark Irvine shared their experiences with how the unhoused service programs are  
being administered.  
D. D. voiced their concerns with the lack of housing options for the unhoused  
community.  
Irene Wong advocated for additional unhoused assistance services during the cold  
winter months.  
Mike Serrone, Livable Sunnyvale, proposed looking into holistic approaches to  
address homelessness.  
Marie Bernard, Executive Director, Sunnyvale Community Services, spoke to the  
unhoused services offered by Sunnyvale Community Services.  
Angela R. shared their concerns regarding the Strategic Plan to Address  
Homelessness development process and lack of community outreach.  
Public Hearing closed at 7:30 p.m.  
MOTION: Commissioner Weiss moved and Vice Chair Riviere seconded the motion  
to recommend to City Council Alternative 2: Adopt the draft Five Year Strategic Plan  
to End Homelessness and direct staff to return with an implementation plan; with the  
following modifications:  
- The draft implementation plan to include disaggregated data regarding veterans  
and potential coordination strategies with the US Department of Veterans Affairs;  
- The draft implementation plan to include a field scan of innovative solutions other  
jurisdictions are finding successful in addressing homelessness;  
- The draft implementation plan to study coordinating with neighboring cities to  
establish a program similar to the Downtown Streets Team; and  
- The draft implementation plan to clearly express the sense of urgency regarding  
the homelessness crisis.  
FRIENDLY AMENDMENT: Vice Chair Riviere offered a friendly amendment to  
include exploring partnerships with local school and community college districts  
regarding the allocation of resources and establish metrics and goals to assist in  
measuring the success of the plan. Commissioner Weiss accepted the friendly  
amendment.  
FRIENDLY AMENDMENT: Commissioner Steward offered a friendly amendment to  
study how to improve the living situations of those unhoused members living in  
street encampments and exploring increasing the City’s budget allocations towards  
homelessness services and the Strategic Plan. Commissioner Weiss accepted the  
friendly amendment.  
MOTION AS AMENDED RESTATED: Commissioner Weiss moved and Vice Chair  
Riviere seconded the motion to recommend to City Council Alternative 2: Adopt the  
draft Five Year Strategic Plan to End Homelessness and direct staff to return with  
an implementation plan; with the following modifications:  
- The draft implementation plan to include disaggregated data regarding veterans  
and potential coordination strategies with the US Department of Veterans Affairs;  
- The draft implementation plan to include a field scan of innovative solutions other  
jurisdictions are finding successful in addressing homelessness;  
- The draft implementation plan to study coordinating with neighboring cities to  
establish a program similar to the Downtown Streets Team;  
- The draft implementation plan to clearly express the sense of urgency regarding  
the homelessness crisis;  
- The draft implementation plan to include exploring partnerships with local school  
and community college districts regarding the allocation of resources and establish  
metrics and goals to assist in measuring the success of the plan; and  
- The draft implementation plan to include studying how to improve the living  
situations of those unhoused members living in street encampments and exploring  
increasing the City’s budget allocations towards homelessness services and the  
Strategic Plan.  
The motion as amended carried with the following vote:  
Yes 5 - Chair Friedlander  
Vice Chair Riviere  
Commissioner Shen  
Commissioner Steward  
Commissioner Weiss  
No: 2 - Commissioner Davis  
Commissioner Duncan  
MOTION: Councilmember Mehlinger moved and Councilmember Srinivasan  
seconded the motion to direct staff to return to Council with an agenda item and  
updated draft of the Five Year Strategic Plan to End Homelessness in the first half  
of 2026.  
The motion carried with the following vote:  
Yes 7 - Mayor Klein  
Vice Mayor Sell  
Councilmember Cisneros  
Councilmember Mehlinger  
Councilmember Srinivasan  
Councilmember Chang  
Councilmember Le  
No: 0  
ADJOURNMENT  
Mayor Klein adjourned the meeting at 7:46 p.m.