There’s no telling the future, but here we give you some cursory predictions about a handful of local issues.
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Minimum Wage Increases to $13.50 in San Jose, $15 in Sunnyvale and Mountain View
The wage floor in San Jose ticked up to $13.50 an hour, the next step in a region-wide push to raise minimum hourly pay to $15 by next year.
2017 Year in Review: A Record-Setting Year We’d Like to Forget
And we thought 2016 was bad. The last 12 months have been record setting in all the wrong ways. Take a quick look back and then move on.
FCC Scraps Net Neutrality; Silicon Valley Vows to Fight Back
The Republican-led FCC voted this morning to revoke net neutrality, a decision that will apparently face some legal challenges ahead.
South Bay Leaders Mourn Death of San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee
Bay Area political leaders are mourning the loss of San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, who suffered an apparent heart attack early Tuesday.
San Jose City Council Gives Tiny Homes Proposal Another Chance
After public backlash quashed plans earlier this year to build tiny cabins for the homeless in San Jose, city officials are giving it another shot.
Rehab Owners Who Lost License Amid Shocking Allegations Deny Charges, Get Back to Business
Shocking allegations shut down Life Choices rehab in 2014, but the people in charge dispute the charges and are back in business.
San Jose City Council Debates Financing Plan for Urban Villages
San Jose officials will discuss how to finance public amenities in its future urban villages, pockets of dense mixed-use development.
Stanford Study: Rising Cost of Public Employee Pensions Eat Up San Jose’s New Tax Revenue
A study up for review by the San Jose City Council affirms that revenue from two new tax measures is being eaten up by pension costs.
San Jose, Santa Clara Valley Water District Improve Flood Protections in Time for Winter
Since an historic flood in February, San Jose and the water district have spent the past nine months bolstering defenses against future disasters.
City Council Rejects Proposal to Link Rent Control Cap to Inflation
San Jose city leaders again rejected a proposal to link rent hikes to inflation, which advocates hoped would offer relief to cash-strapped tenants.
San Jose City Council to Vote on Linking Rent Hikes to Inflation
With housing costs growing far faster than wages, San Jose officials are considering whether to link rent control to the rate of inflation.
San Jose Mandates Union Hiring on Some Public Projects
Builders in San Jose now have to hire union workers and pay living wages on public projects worth $6 million or more.
Downtown San Jose’s Yoga Shala Searches for New Digs After Lease Deal Fell Through
The future of longtime yoga studio in San Jose has suddenly been thrown into doubt, prompting its owner to ask the city for help.
San Jose Considers Bolstering Renter Protections, Which Will Sunset Dec. 31 without New Vote
The City Council on Tuesday will vote on whether to extend the interim rent control cap, which sunsets Dec. 31.
San Jose Pitches Talent over Tax Breaks in Amazon Sweepstakes
Instead of offering tax breaks, San Jose pitched its talent, education and status as Silicon Valley’s largest city in a bid to lure Amazon to town.
