February 3, 2020 Historic Downtown San Jose Building Saved From Demolition By Jennifer Wadsworth The city has offered up an unused property as a new site for the 120-year-old Pallesen Apartment Building. Read More 6
December 10, 2019 San Jose Passes Spending Plan for 2020 Transfer Tax Measure By Grace Hase With the measure heading toward the ballot box, the council voted 9-2 to approve a spending plan authored by Mayor Sam Liccardo. Read More 6
December 9, 2019 San Jose City Council Considers Whether to Endorse Laura’s Law By Grace Hase Enacted by the state in 2002, the law gives counties the ability to mandate treatment for the severely mentally ill. Read More 6
December 4, 2019 San Jose Puts Property Transfer Tax on March Primary Ballot By Nicholas Chan If voters pass the measure, it would take effect on July 1, 2020, and generate up to $70 million a year for the city general fund. Read More 15
December 3, 2019 San Jose City Council to Review New Plans For Diridon Station By Grace Hase After more than a year of design work by four local agencies, preliminary plans for a re-envisioned Diridon Station have been unveiled. Read More 0
November 14, 2019 Quest to Make San Jose Streets Safer Crashes into Worsening Pedestrian, Cyclist Injury Stats By Jennifer Wadsworth and Grace Hase Vision Zero was supposed to make the Capital of Silicon Valley safer for pedestrians and cyclists, but things have only gotten more dangerous. Read More 29
October 31, 2019 The New Neighborhood Watch: Ring Cams Can Make Our Lives Safer—and a Lot Less Private By Nicholas Chan Home security cameras are a bonanza for public safety as police gain ability to request and view Amazon/Ring video clips. Read More 7
October 29, 2019 San Jose to Keep Overnight Warming Shelters Open Every Night During Winter Months By Grace Hase HomeFirst, a non-profit that provides homelessness services in Santa Clara County, will continue to run the nightly shelters. Read More 2
October 25, 2019 More PG&E Outages Expected to Hit South Bay This Weekend By Grace Hase The public safety power shutoff, which is being enacted by the utility giant to curb fire risk, is expected to last from Saturday to Monday. Read More 5
October 25, 2019 SJDA Exec Apologizes For Speech That Offended City Leaders By Grace Hase Scott Knies’ words about how some council members invoked the “issue of race” prompted outrage from at least two local electeds. Read More 6
October 11, 2019 SJDA Director Highlights Council Division, Calls for Strong Mayor System in Annual Speech By Grace Hase Scott Knies delivered an impassioned address to a packed room of business owners and elected officials at First United Methodist Church. Read More 29
October 8, 2019 UPDATE: PG&E Confirms Widespread Power Outage in Santa Clara Co. By Grace Hase On the second anniversary of the Tubbs fire, PG&E has confirmed that it will turn off the power for nearly 800,000 customers. Read More 7
October 2, 2019 SJ Leaders Discuss Preliminary Anti-Displacement Policy By Grace Hase The finalized policy will make its way to the council this winter after running through various city commissions. Read More 7
September 25, 2019 SJ Council Extends High-Rise Housing Incentives in Split Vote By Grace Hase Developers scrambling to finance high-rise apartments in San Jose will get a break on taxes for at least a few more years. Read More 8
September 23, 2019 San Jose Councilman Urges City to Hasten Long-Delayed Commercial Linkage Fee Study By Grace Hase D3 Councilor Raul Peralez called it “more than disappointing” that a feasibility study on the fee faces yet another several-month delay. Read More 0
September 20, 2019 Labor, Business Spar Over San Jose’s High-Rise Tax Breaks By Grace Hase Union bosses are pushing back on the subsidy in a way that their business counterparts are calling a politically motivated attack. Read More 5
