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Benton Project is Approved!

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SUPPORTERS

Thank you to the organizations, elected officials, and individuals who support SCHA & the Benton Lawrence Interim Housing project since May 2023

Organizations

Silicon Valley Working Blue Democratic Club

Patrick Ahrens

Assemblymember District 26

Kathy Watanabe

Former Santa Clara City Council, District 1
Santa Clara Unified School District Board of Trustees

Vickie Fairchild

Santa Clara Unified School District Board of Trustees

Jodi Muirhead

Santa Clara Unified School District Board of Trustees

Ken Yeager

Former Santa Clara County Supervisor

Helen Chapman

Director, Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority
Former Policy Advisor, City of San Jose

Rob Moore

Mayor, Los Gatos

Cory Wolbach

Former Palo Alto Councilmember

Marsha Grilli

Former Milpitas Vice Mayor
Secretary, Hope for the Unhoused

Jeremy Barousse

Evergreen School District Board Trustee

Current & Former Elected Officials

David Donaldson

Santa Clara City Resident
Parent | Homeowner
2023-24 State Democratic Party Assembly District 26 Delegate

Kathy Almazol

Santa Clara City Resident
Parent | Homeowner
Former lead of Catholic elementary and secondary schools in the Diocese of San Jose.

Mohammed Nadeem

Santa Clara City Resident
Former Candidate, Santa Clara City Council

Batman of San Jose

Batman. Of San Jose.
Housing Advocate
@batman_of_san_jose

Jocelyn Areans

Santa Clara City Resident
Parent | Teacher
Community Organizer and CoC Member
Santa Clara County CoC

Elysa Gurman

Santa Clara City Resident
Founder | Director & Lead Organizer, Santa Clara Housing Advocates

Shalini Venkatesh

Santa Clara City Resident
Parent | Homeowner
Volunteer Community Organizer

Jeff Houston

Santa Clara City Resident
Homeowner
Community Volunteer

Ken Kratz

Santa Clara City Resident
Homeowner
Retired City of Santa Clara Public Works Inspector

Asha DuMonthier

Santa Clara City Resident
Masters, Public Policy, UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy

Nathan Ganeshan

Santa Clara County Resident
Parent | Homeowner
Nonprofit Founder

Sarah Foad

Santa Clara City Resident
Homeowner
Healthcare Worker, Board of Directors, Women Health Care Executives

Dianne Harrison

Santa Clara City Resident
Homeowner
Green Party County Council

Kirk Hinton

Santa Clara City Resident
Parent
Teacher, Homestead High School

Melinda Berlant

Santa Clara City Resident
Parent
Community Volunteer

Ann Krause

Santa Clara City Resident
Homeowner
Community Volunteer

Alex Dersh

Santa Clara County Resident
California Democratic Party Assembly District 26 Delegate

Huy Tran

Executive Director, SIREN Services Immigrant Rights and Education Network

Karen Grove

Co-Founder, Menlo Together
Board Member, Housing Leadership Action Fund

Elise Lester

Santa Clara County Resident
Mountain View Human Relations Committee Vice Chair, Silicon Valley Young Democrats President, Policy Advisor

Alon Altman

Santa Clara City Resident
Community Volunteer
Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Google

Lisa Eckstein

Santa Clara City Resident
Homeowner

Olivia Green

Former Paraeducator
Community Volunteer

Cam Coulter

Santa Clara County Resident
Lead, South Bay YIMBY

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Interest Groups

Group A: Project Advocacy (Including Benton)

Group B: Public Education

Group C: Tracking City Activities

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Group E: State Legislation

Group F: Tenant Rights / Rent Control

Group G: El Camino Real Specific Plan

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For more information or to get involved with our efforts, you can reach Santa Clara Housing Advocates at SCHousingAdvocates@gmail.com

SCHA is not a legally recognized organization such as a 501c3, 501c4, or government entity. We are a group of residents advocating for what we care about.

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