It\u2019s a big change from 2024 when the town of 33,000 people held no election because two incumbents ran unopposed. There are five seats on the town council.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think Los Gatos is a community that maybe regionally surprises people,\u201d Moore told San Jos\u00e9 Spotlight. \u201cI think these election results show that we need leaders with a pragmatic, nuanced approach to housing that don\u2019t just say no (to developments).\u201d<\/p>\n
The town failed to meet the Jan.31, 2023<\/a> state housing certification deadline, which opened the door to more than a dozen high-density builder\u2019s remedy<\/a> projects that are effectively exempt from local control. The state requires the town to build 1,993 new homes by 2031.<\/p>\n All three candidates believe in having the town decide what housing projects should get built. Over the past year, Los Gatos approved about 800 new homes, including three-story townhomes, Moore said.<\/p>\n \u201cI think many of them are in really excellent locations, and I think that is going to be a good model for the town in terms of how we meet our housing demands,\u201d Moore said.<\/p>\n With him and Suzuki coming out on top, Moore said it opens the door to move the needle on building affordable housing.<\/p>\n \u201cThe town has, during the last four years, not taken a proactive approach to go out and find an affordable housing developer who could work with us, and I think we may have the opportunity to do that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Moore\u2019s one-year term as mayor ends in December, but he wants to stay on the council to focus on issues including youth mentorship, wildfire preparedness, mitigating beach traffic and maintaining compliance with state housing law.<\/p>\n Suzuki, an economic analyst for a legal research firm, has worked on housing and beach traffic as a former planning commissioner and serves on the Complete Streets and Transportation Commission. He\u2019s a Los Gatos native who also founded and runs the Los Gatos Anti-Racism Coalition.<\/p>\n He felt voters connected with him due to his grassroots campaign and his forthrightness in addressing fundamental issues such as housing and traffic. He and his team knocked on more than 9,000 doors, he said.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t overpromise and I am generally honest with voters,\u201d Suzuki told San Jos\u00e9 Spotlight. \u201cMy team and I worked really hard and it\u2019s very rewarding to see that hard work reflected.\u201d<\/p>\n
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