Ruben Abrica
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 18
- Total speaking time
- 7:30:49
- Avg per meeting
- 25:03
- Segments
- 4900
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Top issues during term (9)(Development)
Woodland Park inclusionary housing compliance
Staff estimated the exemption would have cost about 17 affordable units and roughly $2 million in in-lieu fees — just 3% of the city's housing pipeline.
Affordable housing at 2120-2160 Euclid Avenue
Rents capped by AMI level — a 30% AMI studio tops out around $1,028/month; no direct city subsidy is going into the project.
Woodland Park Euclid housing project amendment
The project would add roughly $1 million a year in net property tax to the city, but the housing obligation is discounted from about $23 million to $12-17.4 million under the options.
Housing Element Progress and Market-Rate Housing Shortfall
Dinan estimates millions in forgone annual property tax revenue from unbuilt market-rate units.
Inclusionary Housing Ordinance Review and Temporary Incentive Program
Could affect affordable unit counts in future developments and city fee revenue; San Jose's similar program cost about $20 million in foregone revenue for five projects.
Major Home Repairs Program
$800,000 from the city's Transient Occupancy Tax housing set-aside, about $34,500 per home.
Minor Home Repair Program
$106,249 in city funds, roughly $16,000 per home served; a separate $8 million electrification pot includes $2.4 million in Westlight funds.
Four Corners housing development at Bay Road and University Avenue
The developer will pay over $8 million in impact fees plus several million dollars in new property taxes over a decade, against possible state fines of $2.7 million if denied.
First-time homebuyer program feasibility
Only about $405,000 is available in the housing assistance fund; administering eight down-payment loans alone would cost roughly $150,000.
Decisions during term (11)
Recorded while Abrica was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Woodland Park 1 — Amendment to Development Agreement Terms
Temporary Housing Development Incentive Program (THDIP) Ordinance — REJECTED
Measure HH Workforce Development Program RFP (Item 8.1)
Temporary Housing Development Incentive Program ordinance introduction (Item 9.1)
Sand Hill Development Agreement Amendment (Woodland I) (Item 9.3)
Woodland Park 1 development agreement amendment (Item 14.3)
Temporary Housing Development Incentive Program Ordinance Introduction
Temporary Housing Development Incentive Program Ordinance Introduction (Continued to June 9, 2026)
First reading of Development Code Text Amendment ZTA25-002 (8.1)
Development Code Text Amendment ZTA25-002 (8.1)
Implementation Plan for the Economic Development Strategic Plan (13.1)
Voting record (6)(Development)
Oldest to newest — hover a bar for the item.
Woodland Park 1 — Amendment to Development Agreement Terms
Temporary Housing Development Incentive Program (THDIP) Ordinance — REJECTED
The ordinance erases the community's voice in the general plan and sends the wrong message while the nexus study is pending.
Measure HH Workforce Development Program RFP (Item 8.1)
Temporary Housing Development Incentive Program ordinance introduction (Item 9.1)
Believed the city should wait for the regional nexus study before weakening the inclusionary ordinance.