October 8, 2018 Election 2018: San Jose Voters to Decide Fate of Four Local Measures on November Ballot By Silicon Valley Newsroom Come Election Day, San Jose voters will vote on four citywide measures. Here’s a look at what local voters will see on their Nov. 6 ballots. Read More 28
October 3, 2018 By the Numbers: San Jose’s Affordable Housing Shortage By Silicon Valley Newsroom The city of a million residents has quite a long ways to go to reach its goal of building 10,000 new affordable homes by 2022. Read More 10
September 25, 2018 Santa Clara County Adopts ‘Hope Village’ as 6-Month Pilot Program By Silicon Valley Newsroom Hope Village, a homeless camp that moved onto state land without permission, has been adopted as a pilot program by Santa Clara County. Read More 2
September 21, 2018 Op-Ed: We Need Housing, Not Parking, at Old City Hall Annex By Julie Matsushima This is an opportunity for the county to save a viable building from demolition and to provide much-needed housing for the homeless. Read More 12
September 20, 2018 San Jose Councilman Don Rocha Misses Vote on Signature Policy By Jennifer Wadsworth Councilman Don Rocha stunned allies and adversaries alike when he skipped a vote Tuesday on a proposal to study commercial impact fees. Read More 3
September 19, 2018 City, County Officials Find Temporary Site for San Jose’s ‘Hope Village’ Homeless Camp By Jennifer Wadsworth Local leaders found a place to relocate Hope Village, an un-permitted homeless camp created by activists and advocates for the un-housed. Read More 9
September 17, 2018 San Jose Weighs Resolution Condemning President Trump’s Family Separation Policy By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose will consider a resolution Tuesday denouncing the Trump administration’s separation of families at the U.S. border. Read More 3
September 10, 2018 ‘Hope Village’ for the Homeless Served with Eviction Notice Two Days After Setting Up Camp By Jennifer Wadsworth Hope Village was meant as an emergency shelter for for homeless people, but police are shutting it down just two days after it opened. Read More 40
September 10, 2018 Proposed Carve-Out of Homeless Housing Bond Meets Resistance from Silicon Valley Nonprofits By Jennifer Wadsworth The county will consider setting aside 5 percent of a homeless housing bond for developmentally disabled people who are already housed. Read More 6
September 10, 2018 San Jose Revisits Discussion on Commercial Linkage Fees By Jennifer Wadsworth A group of City Council members hope to revive a discussion about commercial linkage fees to fund new affordable housing. Read More 6
September 4, 2018 Water District Allocates $1.4 Million to Clear Creekside Homeless Encampments By Jaqueline McCool The Santa Clara Valley Water District says it spent $1.4 million this year on 571 cleanups of creekside camps in San Jose and South County. Read More 10
August 27, 2018 San Jose Vies for FAA Funding to Replace Aircraft Rescue Facility By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose is trying to secure federal grants to replace its 58-year-old aircraft rescue and firefighting facility, which has fallen into disrepair. Read More 1
August 21, 2018 Santa Clara County Supervisors Urged to Consider Housing—Not Parking—for Old City Hall Annex By Jennifer Wadsworth Plans to convert San Jose’s old City Hall Annex into a parking lot instead of housing for the homeless has drawn the ire of a prominent developer. Read More 3
July 11, 2018 CEQA Racket Extracts 11th Hour Payoffs Amidst Housing Crisis By Jennifer Wadsworth A landmark law designed to protect California’s environment has enabled profiteers to hold up critical projects. Read More 20
June 29, 2018 Palo Alto Sets Aside $3 Million for Teacher Housing Project By Kaylee Lawler The Palo Alto City Council voted unanimously to allocate $3 million to subsidize as many as 120 sub-market-rate rental units for teachers. Read More 0
May 31, 2018 Op-Ed: Housing Crisis Can Only be Solved by Building More Houses By John Gamboa and Robert Apodaca This June, say no to corrupt back room policymaking and the empty promises of politicians. Vote no on Measure C. Read More 3