Cupertino, California: Difference between revisions

[[File:Cupertino-LosAltos-Sunnyvale.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Cupertino, Los Altos, & Sunnyvale]] '''Cupertino''' is a U.S. city in the Silicon Valley region, in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_County,_California Santa Clara County, California], directly west of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Jose,_California San Jose] on the western edge of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_Valley Santa Clara Valley] with portions extending into the foothills of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Cruz_Mountains Santa Cruz Mountains]. The population was 58,302 as of the 2010 census.It is known as the home of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc. Apple Inc.]corporate headquarters.

 

 

 

== History  ==

"A major milestone in Cupertino's development was the creation by some of the city's largest landowners of '''VALLCO Business and Industrial Park''' in the early 1960s. Of the 25 property owners, 17 decided to pool their land to form VALLCO Park, 6 sold to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varian_Associates Varian Associates] (property later sold to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hewlett-Packard Hewlett-Packard]), and two opted for transplanting to farms elsewhere. The name VALLCO was derived from the names of the principal developers: Varian Associates and the Leonard, Lester, Craft, and Orlando families. A neighborhood outdoor shopping center and, much later, the enclosed [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vallco_Shopping_Mall Vallco Fashion Park], briefly renamed Cupertino Square, were also developed. [this is now known as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vallco_Shopping_Mall Vallco Shopping Mall]]." -Wikipedia. 

 

 

== Advocacy organizations in housing & land-use ==