SB 79 / Murphy Avenue exemption

Supported density but opposed including the adjacent parking lot in the historic exemption, urging skepticism of all SB 79 carve-outs.

A VTA planner said the agency is closely tracking SB 79 implementation, is working on countywide mapping, and stands ready to assist Sunnyvale with implementation.

A downtown resident opposed the exemption, arguing it jeopardizes hundreds of needed housing units and urging that any exemption be paired with compensatory upzoning elsewhere, such as empty parking lots or the area north of the Caltrain tracks.