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12/10/2024
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A long overdue agreement between San Jose and Santa Clara County's largest water agency to build housing for homeless residents has been greenlit and is slated to break ground next month.
The San Jose City Council unanimously voted on Dec. 3 to enter into an agreement with Valley Water to build a new tiny home facility at Cherry Avenue.

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12/08/2024
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The Japanese American Museum of San Jose is teaming up with preservation advocates to save a farmhouse once home to a World War II internment camp survivor.

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12/04/2024
Image for display with article titled San Jose City Council Will Pick Interim Council Member, Then Give Voters a Choice

The City Council today formally approved the dates for both appointing and electing a replacement for the disgraced former first-term council member, Omar Torres.

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12/04/2024
Image for display with article titled Baldly Stated, San Jose’s Arena Green Is in a Shambles

A thick layer of dust covers the Chinook salmon. Sheets of cobwebs stretch from the hummingbird to the horses and on to the shark. Ankle-high piles of leaves cover the ground. Even the camel is covered in dirt.

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12/02/2024
Image for display with article titled CA Landlords Are Using AI to Raise Rents, San Jose and Others Are Pushing Back

San Jose is considering a ban on the use of algorithmic rent-pricing software of the sort made by market leader RealPage. San Francisco has enacted a ban and San Diego is considering a similar ordinance.

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11/30/2024
Image for display with article titled San Jose Senior Apartment Tenants Take Issue With Management

An affordable housing development near Willow Glen was supposed to give homeless older adults a safe place to live. Instead, a number of residents are clamoring to leave.

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11/29/2024
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A critical city report highlighting deteriorating conditions at the San Jose animal shelter echoes concerns advocates and former volunteers have raised for years.

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11/27/2024
Image for display with article titled San Jose Developer Pays Millions to Reduce Affordable Housing

Plans for a San Jose urban village have shifted, after developers agreed to pay millions to offset their decision to build more affordable homes.

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11/21/2024
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San Jose is inching toward its housing and homelessness goals, but still has a ways to go before it can shelter thousands of unhoused residents.

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11/20/2024
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People living in RVs along Almaden Expressway are worried they'll be thrown onto the streets when San Jose begins its tow-away zone program next year.

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11/19/2024
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No one at the packed San Jose City Council meeting wanted the West Valley hospital to close or miss its seismic retrofit deadline, but numerous residents wanted city officials to hear their concerns about the company that owns the hospital.

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11/19/2024
Learn about the San Jose City Council decision hold a special election and the thinking behind the timing of an interim appointment to fill the now vacant District 3 seat.

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11/19/2024
Learn about the plans to develop hundreds of units of housing on a parcel at Stevens Creek Boulevard and Saratoga Avenue in San Jose which was previously slated for an office complex.

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11/19/2024
An all-affordable 400-unit apartment complex six stories tall is proposed for a 3.4-acre site on Alum Rock Road in East San Jose. Read on to learn more about the developer and details about the project.

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11/15/2024
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Illegal rent increases at a mobile home park just outside the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds have San Jose housing department staff turning to the city attorney for help.

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11/15/2024
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East San Jose could be home to one of the city’s largest affordable housing developments in recent history under a new proposal.
City leaders are hosting a Nov. 18 community meeting to discuss a proposed 100% affordable housing development at 2940 Alum Rock Ave., just across from James Lick High School.

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11/14/2024
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A troubled San Jose modular housing project for homeless residents has hit another snag.
The opening of a temporary housing site on Branham Lane has been delayed over difficulties ensuring the homes are structurally safe.

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11/14/2024
Learn more about the plans for a development of a 9.8 acre site on River Oaks Parkway in San Jose and how you can give your input as it enters the environmental review phase of the project.

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11/13/2024
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San Jose residents have scored a win in their fight against a $1.2 billion proposal to expand Good Samaritan Hospital after securing a meeting with the hospital CEO over possible community benefits.

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11/13/2024
Read on for details about how the City of San Jose, PG&E and a top developer are coming together with plans for a green energy downtown featuring new data centers and housing high rises.

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11/12/2024
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San Jose officials want to recreate the success of downtown gathering spaces like San Pedro Square and Paseo de San Antonio by permanently closing off vehicle traffic in a third location.

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11/10/2024
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San Jose officials are at a crossroads over how to fill the City Council seat left vacant by Omar Torres’ stunning Election Day arrest and resignation — and several potential contenders want to take his place.

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11/09/2024
Image for display with article titled San Jose Vice Mayor Warned About Omar Torres — And Did Nothing

Another top San Jose political leader was contacted about Councilmember Omar Torres — now facing charges of molestation and child sex crimes — more than a year before his downfall.

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11/08/2024
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A proposed development with hundreds of apartments in North San Jose has housing advocates and nearby residents cautiously optimistic.

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11/07/2024
Get the latest details about a planned industrial and manufacturing center slated to be built on a 32 acre parcel in north San Jose.

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11/06/2024
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San Jose and Santa Clara County are set to receive tens of millions of dollars for homelessness prevention and housing.

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11/05/2024
Image for display with article titled San Jose Councilmember Omar Torres Resigns, Arrested, Jailed

San Jose City Councilmember Omar Torres was arrested today on child molestation charges, hours after submitting his resignation to city officials. He is being held without bail tonight, according to the Santa Clara County Department of Correction.

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11/04/2024
Image for display with article titled San Jose Farm Park Advocates Accuse City of Retaliation

Supporters of an East San Jose farm say they've been trying for years to get the city to invest more in the beloved community park. Instead, city parks officials responded by cutting off the relationship with the group.

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11/03/2024
Image for display with article titled San Jose Streets Getting Traffic Cameras to Improve Safety

Dozens of traffic enforcement cameras will be placed across San Jose’s most dangerous streets after city leaders approved a multimillion-dollar pilot program.

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