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Thursday, September 18, 2025

A look inside San Jose politics and culture

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The Other Pandemic: Silicon Valley’s Addiction Curve Isn’t Flattening During COVID-19

Substance abuse is undeterred by anything, including a pandemic. But COVID-19 has resulted in a lack of in-person services for addicts.

Starting Aug. 3, Guardino will be part of the green energy company in the newly created role of VP of government affairs and policy.

The passing of Measure A was all about our collective commitment to build places for the folks who had nowhere else to go.

SJI caught up with Rick Doyle, who recently announced his retirement, to talk about his decades of service for the nation’s 10th largest city.

The proposed development is one of the first that fits into the city’s West San Carlos Urban Village Plan, a blueprint for denser growth.

The city’s decision to “demobilize” FEMA trailers for the unhoused can only be summed up as a shameful debacle lacking any transparency.

While homelessness worsens, county bond funds aren’t being spent fast enough and money is being thrown at political donors’ stalled projects.

Gateway Tower has been controversial because it will demolish two century-old buildings in the low-slung SoFA arts neighborhood.

The 259 Meridian proposal is one of the first developments that would fit into the city’s West San Carlos Urban Village plan.

Attorney Rebecca Eisenberg, planning commissioners Ed Lauing and Cari Templeton and Councilwoman Lydia Kou are also in the running.

So, what happens to the trailers now? A city official said they could be kept in storage, returned to the state or repurposed.

Katherine Gomez retired in January 2019 after eight years as superintendent and more than 30 years with the district overall.

When it comes to addressing the needs of people who make up the city’s diversity, leaders respond with empty gestures, ineffective policies.

A group of activists placed 17 crosses, each with the name of someone killed by San Jose cops, on the sidewalk outside Sam Liccardo’s home.

Together with families of people killed by police, Silicon Valley De-Bug came up with a practical guide for defunding the San Jose PD.

Silicon Valley Assemblyman Ash Kalra is part of a union-led coalition pushing California leaders to invest in the public safety net.