City of San Jose Government News

A looming budget shortfall in San Jose means looming threats of layoffs at City Hall.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

San Jose has until September to formulate a succinct plan on how it will address homelessness and begin publicly reporting spending data, according to an audit requested by a local legislator.

San Jose has made the top 25 in a nationwide healthiest city survey, but advocates say deep inequities still persist.

Progressive and labor-friendly politicians have enjoyed a majority on the San Jose City Council for the past two years, but the November elections may flip the balance.

Hundreds of granny units are popping up everywhere in San Jose due to a successful city program implemented five years ago.

A long-awaited policy of geographic preference will preserve housing specifically for residents at risk of displacement in hopes of keeping them in San Jose.

San Jose is struggling to divert 911 calls related to mental and emotional distress away from police, despite the county adopting the 988 mental crisis hotline two years ago to handle those situations.

Two San Jose councilmembers have an ambitious plan to house thousands of the city's homeless residents — but some of their colleagues say it will move the city backwards.

San Jose officials have a daunting task of balancing the budget as they attempt to preserve city services with a $52.1 million shortfall.

Councilmembers unanimously voted in their March 19 meeting to explore adding another mobile field team, known as TRUST, in the budget to help those in mental health or substance use crisis.

The plan to turn a historic-yet-blighted downtown San Jose park into a major event venue as part of the city's revitalization plans faces a major delay.

A looming multimillion-dollar deficit will force San Jose to make cuts in the next budget.

Santa Clara County officials may help finance San Jose’s multimillion-dollar safe parking efforts and set up more sites on unused public property for the region's homeless residents.

After San José Spotlight broke the story on Sunday about pre-built homes arriving unfinished and in poor condition, the site is peppered in mold remediation signs over tarped buildings and employees working in white jumpsuits. City officials said the mold problem is being addressed, and that the opening of the site is still months away.

A multimillion-dollar project to put homeless people in pre-built housing — that San Jose officials championed as cheap and revolutionary — is delayed due to homes arriving unfinished.

As expected, Mayor Matt Mahan easily won re-election, avoiding a November runoff with 87.8% of the vote, as ballot counting continued through Thursday.

San Jose has been named one of the best places to live for quality of life, and some are asking how that happened.