March 17, 2021 San Jose Backs New SJPD Chief Despite Allegations of Transphobia, Islamophobia By Bay City News The San Jose City Council confirmed the hiring Tuesday of Mata, a deputy chief in the department, after a nationwide search. Read More 13
March 12, 2021 Protesters Sue San Jose for Police Violence During George Floyd Demonstrations By Jana Kadah, Bay City News Their goal of the lawsuit: financial compensation and “reforms of the way that San Jose police are trained and directed to police protests.” Read More 13
March 10, 2021 SJ’s Police Chief Selection Raises Concerns About Favoritism By The Fly All but one of the finalists angling to become SJPD’s next chief constable have some sort of tie to the department. Read More 11
October 2, 2020 San Jose Appoints Director of New Office of Racial Equity By Grace Hase Zulma Maciel, who has led the Office of Immigrant Affairs since 2015, will head up the newly-established department. Read More 10
September 8, 2020 Other Major Cities Dropped Curfew Charges Months Ago. What Took San Jose So Long? By Jennifer Wadsworth It’s unclear when news of the decision would have reached defendants had SJI not inquired about the mayor shirking the same rule. Read More 14
August 24, 2020 SJ Mayor Tells Police to Hasten Release of Protest Footage By Grace Hase Even if Mayor Sam Liccardo gets his way, the videos would only see the light of day by fall—up to five months after the demonstrations. Read More 5
August 5, 2020 San Jose Council OK’s Ballot Measure to Up Tax on Cardrooms By Grace Hase The cardroom tax, which comes to voters on the fall ballot, would generate about $15 million annually for city services. Read More 3
June 30, 2020 San Jose’s Strong-Mayor Proposal Inspires Wide Range of Opinions From City Council By Grace Hase A proposed ballot measure to expand the San Jose mayor’s power has garnered varied opinions from more than half the City Council. Read More 18
June 18, 2020 San Jose Approves Budget Shaped by COVID-19, Protests By Grace Hase An economy-crippling pandemic and historic civil unrest has made this one of the most consequential budget years for local governments. Read More 0
June 12, 2020 Letter: San Jose Leaders Should Heed the Call to Defund Police By Guest Columnist Together with families of people killed by police, Silicon Valley De-Bug came up with a practical guide for defunding the San Jose PD. Read More 21
June 3, 2020 That Jared Yuen Apology You’re Sharing? City Says It’s Fake By Grace Hase At least that’s the verdict from city officials, who say a mea culpa that appeared to be from the infamous protester-taunting cop is fake. Read More 14
June 2, 2020 SJ Mayor Calls Detention of Reporters ‘Very Troubling’ By Grace Hase San Jose has joined the ranks of cities targeting reporters by detaining journalists covering the George Floyd demonstrations. Read More 16
May 14, 2020 San Jose Leaders Propose Mandatory Face Masks By Grace Hase Vice Mayor Chappie Jones and Councilman Sergio Jimenez want the city to align with neighboring counties that have stricter rules in place. Read More 66
May 12, 2020 San Jose Projects $71.6 Million Deficit in Next Year’s Budget By Grace Hase Officials forecast a 9 percent drop from 2018-19 totals—a steeper downturn than the one hastened by the Great Recession. Read More 17
April 7, 2020 San Jose Leaders Brace for Deep Cuts in City’s 2020-21 Budget By Grace Hase The city manager is expected to roll his budget proposal in May before the council approves the final 2020-21 spending plan in late June. Read More 10
March 27, 2020 San Jose Tweaks Transparency Rules Amid COVID-19 Outbreak By Grace Hase In light of the public health crisis that’s upended so many rules already, local leaders have relaxed some of the city’s transparency guidelines. Read More 1