City of San Jose Government News

San Jose residents want a neighborhood improvement initiative to restart after it sunsetted last June due to lack of funding.

Latino members of the San Jose City Council are calling for more funding for undocumented immigrant protections as the incoming presidential administration threatens to ramp up deportations.

If no candidate receives a majority on April 8, the top two candidates will run against each other in a special runoff election on June 24. The winner will serve the remainder of the term through 2026.

Housing and business developers in San Jose avoid building public improvements by paying fees to the city, but this often leads to infrastructure projects slowing to a crawl.

Two-term San Jose Councilmember Pam Foley is getting a new title: vice mayor.
Foley, who represents District 9, will take over the ceremonial role from District 1 Councilmember Rosemary Kamei, who Mayor Matt Mahan in 2023 appointed in an attempt to bridge political divides between labor and business interests. Foley's new role will start Jan. 28 pending approval by the full San Jose City Council.

San Jose has begun temporarily banning RVs in designated areas across the city this week.
Under a $3.3 million pilot program, Oversized and Lived-In Vehicle Enforcement (OLIVE), the city has chosen 30 temporary tow-away zones to clear RVs for street sweeping and cleanup throughout this year.

For the last four years, Foley has chaired the Community and Economic Development Committee, a body focused on managing the growth and change of San Jose in order to encourage a strong economy.

Candidates in the upcoming special election to represent San Jose’s downtown core are sharing early fundraising numbers as the deadline to apply for the race comes to a close.

Homeless residents living along train tracks pose an unsafe and dangerous problem for railroad workers across California cities, including San Jose.

Charges of nepotism and suspicious bank withdrawals surround a fight for control of San Jose’s Viet Museum in History Park – a crown jewel for Little Saigon.

A courtroom battle over an alleged ‘Godfather.’ A City Hall protest against one San Jose mayoral staffer. A fight for control of a Vietnamese cultural garden. The takedown of a renowned charity organization.

The San Jose City Council had a busy 2024, topped off with a general election that brings new faces to the dias come next year. It could shift votes toward more pro-business policies, but many of this year's decisions already leaned in that direction.

San Jose police said Lucien Cabrera, 19, built illegal guns in his San Jose home and brazenly marketed them on social media.

San Jose officials have homed in on a stretch of waterway to clean up debris and ban homeless encampments.
A 12-mile stretch along Coyote Creek is slated to be cleared of homeless people starting in January and an encampment ban will be reinforced following that. The areas include Tully Road to Capitol Expressway, O'Toole Lane to Corie Court, around Coyote Meadows and Kelly, Watson and Roosevelt parks.

The dynamic in three San Jose neighborhoods is about to shift, with a greater focus on residential development.

A high-ranking official in the San Jose mayor's office has plans to run for City Council — and he's got his boss's backing.

A North San Jose site originally planned for what city officials described as a new day care center is shifting gears to an affordable housing complex.

San Jose has received another infusion of cash from Google, adding to the community benefits pot.
The San Jose City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a $5 million payment from the tech company as part of its community benefits agreement in the Downtown West project. About $4.25 million will be put into the Community Stabilization and Opportunity Pathways Fund and distributed through a grant program.

Alum Rock business advocates are getting a $100,000 grant to not just beautify the neighborhood, but also solidify the East San Jose district’s cultural identity.

San Jose officials are aggressively moving forward with filling housing gaps in existing neighborhoods, but experts say the proposal needs to go further.

San Jose officials are sharing more details about the city’s first safe sleeping site for homeless residents as the March opening draws near.

San Jose Councilmember-elect George Casey is starting his job a couple of weeks early.
He stepped into his new position before his other colleagues Michael Mulcahy and Pamela Campos, who won their elections in District 6 and 2 respectively, because the District 10 seat had been filled by appointment in January 2023.

Traffic safety improvements meant to protect San Jose and Los Gatos may have actually made cycling on a busy road more dangerous, bicycle riders said.