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05/07/2024
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After decades of residents requesting historic status, San Jose is starting the process to create a new city landmark district — the first since 2007.

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05/07/2024
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San Jose needs millions of dollars it doesn't have to clear homeless residents from city waterways and place them into temporary shelter. Officials are considering raiding an affordable housing fund to make it happen.

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05/03/2024
Image for display with article titled San Jose Affordable Apartments a Plus for Senior Housing Crisis

More than 100 Santa Clara County seniors struggling with the cost of living will have a place to call home in downtown San Jose within the next few years.

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05/02/2024
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A brewing battle in the California courts may lift San Jose from the mandates of a controversial law that ended exclusionary single-family zoning statewide.

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05/02/2024
Hundreds of volunteers have signed up to participate in painting a mural on San Pedro Street in downtown San Jose.

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05/01/2024
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San Jose is expanding its language translation options in public meetings by using artificial intelligence.

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04/30/2024
Image for display with article titled SJ Police Union Defends Action of Mayor’s Bodyguard, Criticizes NAACP Leader

One day after the downtown altercation, NAACP chapter President Rev. Jethroe Moore sent an email to acting Police Chief Paul Joseph critical of the arrest of the alleged attacker.

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04/30/2024
The 130-unit Solaire Apartments affordable housing complex at 425 Auzerais Avenue in downtown San Jose has opened for occupancy.

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04/29/2024
Image for display with article titled San Jose Bathrooms May Soon Have Sex Trafficking Signs

San Jose Councilmember Bien Doan wants to create a sex trafficking awareness campaign in public restrooms throughout the city.

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04/25/2024
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A looming budget shortfall in San Jose means looming threats of layoffs at City Hall.

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04/24/2024
A new license plate reader has been installed in East San Jose at the intersection of King Road and Wilshire Boulevard.

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04/23/2024
Image for display with article titled San Jose Homeless Housing Planned for Sobrato Land

A homeless housing project is coming to South San Jose, and city officials want to clear the area of unsheltered encampments before it's built.

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04/23/2024
A 28-story mixed use high-rise has been proposed for downtown San Jose on East Santa Clara Street.

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04/22/2024
Image for display with article titled San Jose Officials Not Reporting Lobbyists Meetings

San Jose councilmembers are supposed show who they’re meeting with behind closed doors — but their public calendars lack vital details and skirt the spirit of transparency.

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04/18/2024
Image for display with article titled San José Mayor and Council Appoint New Independent Police Auditor After Nationwide Search

Eddie Aubrey, currently working with the Richmond Police Department, has been investigating police misconduct since 2016

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04/16/2024
Image for display with article titled San Jose Names New Independent Police Auditor

San Jose has appointed a new independent police watchdog after months of scandal and instability plagued the office responsible for investigating officer malfeasance.

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04/15/2024
Image for display with article titled San Jose Park Maintenance Has Multimillion-Dollar Backlog

A multimillion-dollar work backlog in San Jose is leaving empty spaces where playground equipment used to be, basketball courts eroded and turf riddled with holes from squirrels and gophers.

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04/12/2024
The San Jose City Council passed laws to ban homeless encampments near schools and placed restrictions on RV and lived-in vehicle parking.

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04/11/2024
Image for display with article titled San Jose to Launch Smarter 311 App to Handle Vehicle Complaints

San Jose is updating its 311 app that tracks resident complaints to more efficiently address thousands of requests about abandoned vehicles.

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