June 20, 2017 San Jose Receives $150K Knight Cities Grant to Fund New City Designer, Avoid RDA Pitfalls By San Jose Inside After receiving a $150,000 grant from the Knight Cities Challenge, San Jose has hired a new city designer in Timothy Rood. Read More 2
June 19, 2017 San Jose City Council Looks to Strengthen Lobbyist Regulations By Jennifer Wadsworth In a bit to improve transparency, San Jose will consider increasing the frequency of its lobbying reports. Read More 0
June 16, 2017 San Jose Unanimously Adopts $3.2 Billion Budget Focused on Disaster Preparedness By Silicon Valley Newsroom San Jose this week adopted a $3.2 billion budget that allocates money for disaster response and re-housing people displaced by the flood. Read More 0
June 14, 2017 Google Unveils Plan to Set Up Shop in Central San Jose—Will Downtown Ever Be the Same? By Jennifer Wadsworth The proposed Diridon Station Googleplex has San Jose officials seeing dollar signs while local businesses, residents suspect the end is nigh. Read More 16
June 13, 2017 Op-Ed: Free Speech Under Attack at Public Meetings in San Jose By Shaunn Cartwright Whether it’s at the City Council or a school board meeting, San Jose is becoming unsafe for fans of free speech. Read More 6
June 12, 2017 San Jose Council Members Want to Earmark Extra $150,000 for Landlord-Tenant Mediation By Jennifer Wadsworth Two elected officials in San Jose want to earmark an extra $150,000 to expand mediation services for tenants and landlords. Read More 5
June 12, 2017 Intersection of LGBTQ, Immigrant Rights a Focus at Equality March By San Jose Inside San Jose was the only Bay Area city to take part in Sunday’s national human rights protest known as the Equality March for Unity & Pride. Read More 11
June 6, 2017 Google Eyes Diridon Station Area for Transit-Focused Development By Silicon Valley Newsroom Google is eyeing San Jose’s most prized real estate for development, which could bring thousands of new jobs and create a mass transit hub. Read More 14
June 5, 2017 San Jose City Council Has Bit of a Fight Regarding LED Streetlights By Josh Koehn There’s a bit of a light fight in San Jose. Not everyone is on the same page about new LED streetlights and potential surveillance. Read More 9
June 2, 2017 Mayor Liccardo, Local Elected Officials Slam Trump for Pulling U.S. Out of Paris Climate Accord By Silicon Valley Newsroom San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo and other local elected officials condemned President Donald Trump’s decision Thursday to pull the United States out of the Paris climate accord. Read More 4
June 1, 2017 San Jose Looks for Ways to Integrate Self-Driving Cars into Its Transportation Network By Silicon Valley Newsroom As part of a just-launched initiative, the city is asking the private sector for ideas about how to leverage autonomous vehicles. Read More 9
May 22, 2017 Feds Sign Off On $647 Million Grant to Electrify Caltrain By Silicon Valley Newsroom Federal transportation authorities announced Monday that Caltrain will get the $647 million it needs to electrify the commuter line. Read More 6
May 22, 2017 San Jose to Discuss Flood-Risk Disclosures, Teacher Housing, Development of Downtown Tower By Jennifer Wadsworth The City Council will consider whether to endorse a bill that would require landlords to notify tenants if a property lies in a flood zone. Read More 4
May 19, 2017 San Jose Approves Clean Energy Program Set to Launch in 2018 By Silicon Valley Newsroom San Jose approved a plan this week to pool money from residents to buy energy from clean sources. It will cost $55 million to get started. Read More 2
May 18, 2017 San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo’s Agenda in Question after Big Vote By The Fly San Jose’s creation of stronger tenant protections—not in the manner preferred by the mayor—has led to questions about who controls the council. Read More 4
May 15, 2017 San Jose Discusses Ordinance on Mobile Home Park Closures By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose will consider an ordinance to allow mobile home park owners to evict residents and close parks without redeveloping them. Read More 7