A tireless advocate for community organizations and projects, Joe most recently served in a leadership capacity with the Bay Area Furniture Bank, a non-profit that transports and donates surplus furniture to families in need.

Communally managed parklets would allow businesses to operate during the pandemic and keep public land in the hands of the public.

The Greater Downtown San Jose Economic Recovery Task Force has handed down a slate of proposals to sustain the city’s core. 

Most restaurants and bars in the city’s “Downtown Entertainment Zone” can stay open until midnight as of this week.

San Jose is about to get creative to bring one of its longtime cinemas back to downtown after a six-month, coronavirus-caused hiatus.

The proposal will be heard at 2pm Wednesday during the City Council’s next Rules and Open Government Committee session.