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01/16/2025
Image for display with article titled San Jose ‘Responsible Landlord’ Initiative Could Return

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

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01/15/2025
Image for display with article titled San Jose Officials Rally to Fund Immigrant Protection Groups

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.

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01/14/2025
Image for display with article titled Seven Candidates Begin Race for San Jose District 3 Council Seat

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.

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01/14/2025
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.

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01/13/2025
Image for display with article titled Insufficient Builder Fees Leave San Jose With Infrastructure Backlog

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.

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01/10/2025
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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.

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01/09/2025
Image for display with article titled San Jose Starts Ban on RV Street Parking

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.

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01/09/2025
Learn about the 30 locations in San Jose under consideration for towaway zones in an effort to address RV encampments in the city.

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01/08/2025
Image for display with article titled Pam Foley Is Mayor Mahan’s Choice for New Vice Mayor of San Jose

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.

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01/08/2025
The first candidates have filed paperwork to be considered for appointment to the vacant District 3 seat on the San Jose City Council. Read on to learn more about them.

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01/07/2025
Image for display with article titled San Jose D3 Candidates Raise Funds for Special Election

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.

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01/06/2025
Image for display with article titled San Jose Homeless Camps Spark Safety Issues for Railroad Workers

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

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12/31/2024
Image for display with article titled Fight Over San Jose Vietnamese Museum Puts Future in Limbo

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.

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12/30/2024
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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.

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12/28/2024
Image for display with article titled 2024 in Review: San Jose City Council’s Top Decisions

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.

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12/27/2024
Image for display with article titled San Jose Police ‘Ghost’ Team Shuts Down a Teen’s Illegal Gun Factory

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

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12/26/2024
Image for display with article titled San Jose Counts Homeless People Along Creek Ahead of Sweep

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.

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12/23/2024
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The dynamic in three San Jose neighborhoods is about to shift, with a greater focus on residential development.

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12/21/2024
Homeless San Jose State University students are struggling to find housing — and worry where they’re going to sleep at night as they stress over school work and passing grades.The Student Homeless Alliance, which advocates for unhoused SJSU students, is pushing to expand the number of emergency beds available and for seven safe parking spaces in garages for those living in their vehicles.

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12/20/2024
Image for display with article titled San Jose Mayor Backs Deputy Chief of Staff for District 3

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.

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12/20/2024
Image for display with article titled San Jose Affordable Housing Replaces Day Care Project

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.

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12/20/2024
San Jose officials are sharing more details about the city’s first safe sleeping site for homeless residents as the March opening draws near.

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12/19/2024
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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.

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12/19/2024
San Jose is under pressure to expand a recently implemented streamlined infill housing policy. Find out why some feel the new policy needs to go further.

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12/18/2024
Image for display with article titled East San Jose Business District Gets Grant to Beautify Area

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.

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12/18/2024
Image for display with article titled San Jose Leaders Toss Public Hearings for Infill Development

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

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12/18/2024
Read on to learn how San Jose officials are demanding better reporting and tracking of effectiveness of millions of dollars spent through nonprofit partners on homeless services.

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12/17/2024
Image for display with article titled San Jose’s First Homeless Safe Sleeping Site Opens in March

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

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12/17/2024
Image for display with article titled San Jose Councilman Gets Early Jump on the Job

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.

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12/17/2024
Image for display with article titled San Jose Cyclists Unhappy With Traffic Safety Barriers

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.

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