San Jose Public Works Director Matt Cano and SJPD Assistant Chief Dave Knopf recommend doing away with the proposal altogether.

The City Council voted 9-2 on Tuesday to expand rules designed to prevent worker exploitation on publicly subsidized projects.

The City Council on Tuesday will debate a policy requiring contractors to hire locally and pay prevailing wages on subsidized projects.

City and county governments must operate with less money, while citizens still expect the same level of services. Two recent partnerships show great work can still be done in this new paradigm.

Last Saturday, a modest group of runners, bicyclists and community leaders gathered on a trail near San Jose’s airport for a quietly auspicious occasion—the completion of the Guadalupe River Trail from San Jose to Alviso.