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Housing Department
200 E. Santa Clara St.
San José, CA 95113

Phone: (408) 535-3860

Hours
Monday - Friday
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Housing & Community Development Commission

OVERVIEW

The Housing and Community Development Commission (HCDC), which was established by the City's Municipal Code, consists of 14 members who advise the Director of Housing, the Mayor, and the City Council on housing and community development matters. Meeting agendas and post-meeting synopses are available here.

Meetings

HCDC meetings are scheduled for the second Thursday of each month (except for July). Meetings begin at 5:45 p.m.

HCDC meetings are conducted via Zoom and in person. Members of the public have a choice to attend meetings either in person at City Hall, 200 E. Santa Clara Street, Wing Rooms 118-120, or virtually, viewing and listening to meetings via Zoom. Commissioners attend in person.

Bylaws, Policy & Code

The Housing & Community Development Commission is governed by the rules established in its bylaws, the City's Consolidated Policy Governing Boards and Commissions ("Policy 0-4," updated 3/17/2020), and the San José Municipal Code Chapter 2.08, Part 28, as amended.

Commissioner Binder

See the Commissioner Binder for more resources and information.

Members

To contact a commissioner, please send your comments to mindy.nguyen@sanjoseca.gov.

Seat/Role	Commissioner	Contact
District 1 Seat	VACANT
District 2 Seat	Alain Mowad	BC_Alain.Mowad@sanjoseca.gov
District 3 Seat	Marika Buchholz	BC_Marika.Buchholz@sanjoseca.gov
District 4 Seat	Thoa Hoang	BC_Thoa.Hoang@sanjoseca.gov
District 5 Seat	Ruben Navarro (Chair)	BC_Ruben.Navarro@sanjoseca.gov
District 6 Seat	Jennifer Cretella	BC_Jennifer.Cretella@sanjoseca.gov
District 7 Seat	Christopher Escher	BC_Christopher.Escher@sanjoseca.gov
District 8 Seat	Oscar Quiroz- Medrano	BC_Oscar.QuirozMedrano@sanjoseca.gov
District 9 Seat	H.B. Mok	Coming soon
District 10 Seat & Apartment Rent Ordinance Owner Role	Roberta Moore	BC_Roberta.Moore@sanjoseca.gov
Mayor's Citywide Seat & Apartment Rent Ordinance Tenant Role	Ali Sapirman	BC_Ali.Sapirman@sanjoseca.gov
Mobilehome Owner/ Manager Representative	Ryan Jasinsky	BC_Ryan.Jasinsky@sanjoseca.gov
Mobilehome Resident Representative	Daniel Finn	BC_Daniel.Finn@sanjoseca.gov
Lived Experience in Homelessness Seat	Sketch Salazar	Coming soon
Lived Experience Alternate	Gabriela Gabrian	BC_Gabriela.Gabrian@sanjoseca.gov

To apply for a Commission seat, go to the Boards & Commissions webpage. To determine who qualifies as low-income for purposes of the Commission, refer to this chart to identify the maximum household income listed for a household’s size.

For questions, comments, or to be added to the distribution list for Commission meeting announcements and agendas, please call the Housing Department at 408-535-3860, or contact Mindy Nguyen at mindy.nguyen@sanjoseca.gov or 408-534-296.