Sunnyvale council weighs 40-unit interim housing site and RV parking on Caribbean Drive Tuesday
About 250 people live in vehicles in Sunnyvale, staff says. The council also takes up an El Niño emergency and a raise for the city attorney.
The Sunnyvale City Council will decide Tuesday, Nov. 17, whether to plan a 40-unit interim housing community at 1240 Fair Oaks Way, a staff report shows. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. at City Hall.
About 250 people, roughly 75% of the city's unsheltered homeless residents, live in vehicles, the report says. People from vehicle encampments would get priority at the new site, which would open in late 2030.
It would cost about $12 million to build and $1.6 million a year to run. The report's summary says that money is identified, but its fiscal section says only the first three years of operations are funded.
A second report recommends up to 40 RV permit spaces with support services on Caribbean Drive by spring 2027, for $122,000 this year. Staff drops a safe parking site under the Mathilda overpass and asks whether to study a city lot at 241 Commercial Street.
Also on the agenda
- A local emergency for El Niño, a Pacific warming that can bring heavy winter rain, so the city can seek state repayment of storm costs.
- A raise for City Attorney Rebecca Moon, from $305,000 to $332,450 a year. Staff makes no recommendation.
Source: City of Sunnyvale City Council agenda and staff reports, Nov. 17, 2026.
- City of Sunnyvale, City Council notice and agenda, Nov. 17, 2026
- City of Sunnyvale, Report to Council 26-0677, interim housing community at 1240 Fair Oaks Way
- City of Sunnyvale, Report to Council 26-0183, RV permit parking on Caribbean Drive and safe parking
- City of Sunnyvale, Report to Council 26-0848, El Niño local emergency
- City of Sunnyvale, Report to Council 26-0865, City Attorney salary and benefits