March 6, 2017 San Jose to Discuss Investment Policy, Social Responsibility By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose will consider revising the social responsibility clause in its investment policy for the first time since the Great Recession. Read More 13
March 3, 2017 SJ Flood Evacuation Orders Failed to Reach Many Recipients By Jennifer Wadsworth According to a Santa Clara County memo, not everyone in the mandatory evacuation flood zones actually got the order to leave. Read More 6
March 1, 2017 San Jose Is Lucky No One Died in Inexcusable Response to Floods By Dan Pulcrano It wasn’t Katrina, but officials failed in every way when it came to notifying San Jose residents of flooding—and it could have been a lot worse. Read More 10
March 1, 2017 Floodgate: How the Water District and City’s Comedy of Errors Became a Local Tragedy By Jennifer Wadsworth and Josh Koehn An inside look at how thousands of homes in San Jose were evacuated due to heavy flooding and a comedy of errors that became a tragedy. Read More 23
February 27, 2017 San Jose to Request Federal, State Aid for Flood Cleanup By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose says it needs federal aid to recover from the flood that forced thousands of people to flee their homes last week. Read More 13
February 24, 2017 San Jose’s Urban Villages Plan Faces Transportation Obstacles By Chuck Carroll City planners admit there are serious obstacles to turning San Jose into a vibrant, interconnected system of urban villages. Read More 27
February 23, 2017 Floods Prevent Nearly 4,000 in San Jose from Returning Home By San Jose Inside Thousands of people in San Jose remain barred from returning to their homes, but city officials are optimistic that conditions will continue to improve. Read More 4
February 21, 2017 Police Chief to Meet with ICE about Potential Raids in San Jose By The Fly San Jose police Chief Eddie Garcia reached out to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials and they plan to meet Wednesday. Read More 29
February 15, 2017 SJPD Criticized for Deploying Snipers at Peaceful Protest By Jennifer Wadsworth Local activists call on San Jose police to be more transparent about when and why they deploy snipers to monitor peaceful protests. Read More 33
February 13, 2017 San Jose Looks to Ramp Up Illegal Dumping Enforcement By Jennifer Wadsworth To kick off the #BeautifySJ campaign, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo set aside Monday morning to pick up illegally dumped trash. Read More 14
February 13, 2017 Mayor Liccardo Calls for Unity in Third State of the City Address By San Jose Inside During his third State of the City address, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo promised that a fractured nation will not distract from the city’s vision. Read More 9
February 10, 2017 San Jose Unified School District, Mayor Promise to Not Cooperate with Federal Immigration Raids By San Jose Inside Bowing to pressure from parents, San Jose Unified School District agreed to ensure the anonymity of undocumented students. Read More 22
February 9, 2017 San Jose Mayor to Deliver State of the City Address Saturday By Silicon Valley Newsroom San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo will deliver the annual state of the city speech this weekend at Gunderson High School. Read More 4
February 6, 2017 San Jose Mayor Pushes Police Contract with 20 Percent Raises By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose is poised to give its police officers a sizable pay bump, but one council member suggests the raises will be a financial mess. Read More 16
February 2, 2017 Santa Clara County Announces Intent to Sue President Trump over ‘Sanctuary City’ Order By Jennifer Wadsworth Santa Clara County plans to sue POTUS over his crackdown on so-called sanctuary jurisdictions that protect immigrants from deportation. Read More 9
January 30, 2017 Audit: San Jose’s Rent Control Ordinance Undermined by Lack of Oversight, Enforcement By Jennifer Wadsworth A new audit found that San Jose’s tenant protections have been undermined by compromise as well as a lack of staffing and oversight. Read More 9