Serving people of
San Jose, Santa Clara, Milpitas, Morgan Hill, and Gilroy
Lunch With League
Each month the League of Women Voters of San Jose/Santa Clara hosts informative speakers who address local and regional issues.
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These interactive public presentations focus on timely topics and encourage our audiences to become better-informed citizens on important issues. The League of Women Voters invites you to join us!
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See our League Events page for upcoming Lunches and
our Archives page for past events, including videos.
Thursday April 17, 2025
Time: 11:30 - 1:00 p.m.
Sobrato for Nonprofits
Housing & Homelessness in San Jose
The top concerns of San Jose residents are homelessness and affordable housing. What is San Jose doing to address these concerns? What is the role of Santa Clara County working with San Jose?
Our speaker was Erik Solivan, Director of Housing for San Jose. He was hired in April 2024 and immediately found himself in the middle of a firestorm with an increasing number of unhoused residents and rapidly rising housing costs.
With 17 years of public and private sector experience, Erik has an interesting background working in many diverse cities including Philadelphia, Denver, and Tulsa: He was born and raised in public housing – the grandson of migrants to the US from Puerto Rico. He has a BA in Political Science and a law degree from Rutgers.
Our Housing Committee will be working on the latest iteration of the County wide “Community Plan to End Homelessness” sometime in the next few months.​
Orders for lunch are now closed! You can still attend -- please register!!
Lunch will be catered by Panera Bread. You may order one of five box lunches for $25. Each also includes potato chips and a chocolate cookie. Read about the box lunch choices. Or you may bring your own lunch. Please prepay $25 by Monday at 8:00pm, April 14. Bring a guest! Pay or register for each person separately.
Enter your or your guest's first and last name in "Name of Attendee". ​​
If you have any questions, please send an email to membership@lwvsjsc.org.
All are welcome so please forward this notice to other people who are interested in this important topic.
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Did you miss a previous Lunch with League event? See our Lunch with League Archives page for videos of our most recent virtual events.