Neighbors Banding Together to Force Los Gatos Staff Accountability
At 9am, on August 26th, with the morning already heating up on a particularly hot summer day, about thirty residents of the Glen Ridge...
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Three Great 2020 Candidates for Town Council
Change is Coming It’s time for a change. A change that will bring Los Gatos a town council who actually cares about the issues that...
2020 ELECTION ISSUES FOR HISTORIC LG NEIGHBORHOODS
So Much at Stake While so much is at stake like never before on the national political stage, there is likewise much at stake here in Los...
FAQ’s about joining Firewise Glenridge Park/LG
The Glenridge Park Firewise community program works best when all members of the community participate. If the house next-door to yours...
Funding Firewise Glenridge Park in Los Gatos – where will the funds come from?
While all homeowners living in single-family homes in Los Gatos have high property values, some are better financially equipped to invest...
How the towns of Paradise & Los Gatos share The Perfect Storm for Wildfire Conditions!
Many of us remember the movie The Perfect Storm in which lives are lost when the seas turn into a nightmare of massive waves created by...
New Legal Realities of Wildfires in California – Overview of AB38
The California legislator has recently enacted the groundbreaking AB38, which addresses the life and property threatening wildfire issues...
Firewise Glenridge Park/LG - the newest Firewise USA neighborhood in America!
Firewise USA is a nationwide program, created by the NFPA (National Fire Protection Association), that empowers residents to take...
Open Letter to Los Gatos Mayor Marcia Jensen and the Town Council on Wildfire Safety
As I know you are aware, Governor Newsom issued a wildfire emergency proclamation stating that homes in the WUI (wildland urban...
Update on Legislation to Ban Waze and other mapping apps from blocking wildfire evacuation routes
After years of complaining by Los Gatos residents (and businesses) about the Waze directed traffic that has at times brought Los Gatos...
Legislation that Keeps Wildfire Evacuation Routes Clear of Waze-directed Traffic
By now, a large number of residents of the Bay Area, including 4,000 in Los Gatos, have experienced their first of what will likely be...
Taking Proactive Steps to Protect Los Gatos Homes from Ever-growing Wildfire Threats
As I write this post, there are PG&E triggered power outages in several towns, perhaps for days, hitting high-risk communities in the bay...
Paradise Lost - Lessons from the Campfire Wildfire + a Prescriptive Solution for Los Gatos
This past weekend I had an up-close, personal encounter with what little remains of the town of Paradise, devastated by the engulfing...
Banning algorithm-directed traffic from routing cars within one mile of Wildfire Evacuation Routes
Los Gatos Historical Society (www.losgatoshistorical.org) Initiated legislative efforts this week with California Assemblyman Evan Low's...
Key findings from the 2019 Historic Survey support adoption of the Mills Act
Following on the heels of the publication of the 2019 Los Gatos Historic Survey, which found that 16.5% of historic homes existing in...
Who benefits from Los Gatos adopting the Mills Act?
It’s clear the owners of historic properties benefit from the adoption of the Mills Act, and hence so does the town itself given the...
What reasons have the Los Gatos governing body given for not previously adopting the Mills Act?
Beyond the fact that many people in our governing body were not familiar with the Mills Act previously, there are several concerns that...
Why was the Mills Act created, and why have over a hundred towns throughout the state adopted it?
The Mills Act was originally created by Senator Jim Mills, who in addition to being a California Senator, was also a historic...
Why the Los Gatos Historical Society exists
The Los Gatos Historical Society was created in 2019 to bring focus and attention to the much-neglected topic of historic preservation,...
How to get involved in bringing the Mills Act to Los Gatos?
The Mills Act, which was enacted in 1972, to save the historic Hotel Del Coronado, is the single most important legislative act in...