Flip of Cupertino City Council majority could have major implications for development

TWO OPPOSING CANDIDATE duos are trying to nab the two available Cupertino City Council seats to have power over one of the city’s most divisive issues — development.

Councilmember Kitty Moore and former Planning Commissioner R “Ray” Wang, want to flip the existing development-friendly council majority, while Councilmember Hung Wei and former Mayor Rod Sinks want to keep the pro-development stronghold. Both groups want to mold their vision of how one of Cupertino’s most controversial and largest housing projects, The Rise on the former Vallco Mall site, will be developed. The project has sparked ongoing controversy for about a decade.