The San Jose City Council will discuss the new local rules when it meets for this week’s regularly scheduled Tuesday session.

Locally, however, the only controversy over the treaty involved how, exactly, to divvy up the money once it starts pouring into city coffers.

The seven-member land-use commission has become a flashpoint in a politically charged conversation about equity in local government.

But reports surfacing online included enough detail to inspire real fear in the largely Latino and Vietnamese East Side.

Developers scrambling to finance high-rise apartments in San Jose will get a break on taxes for at least a few more years.

D3 Councilor Raul Peralez called it “more than disappointing” that a feasibility study on the fee faces yet another several-month delay.

Union bosses are pushing back on the subsidy in a way that their business counterparts are calling a politically motivated attack.

The environmentally friendly standards will become a part of the city’s building codes if state regulators give them the green light.

If the council approves the plan, San Jose will join nearly 1,000 local governments across 18 countries that have issued similar declarations.

Families who were parking overnight outside Seven Trees Community Center will be moving onto a different kind of shelter: a motel room.

The vouchers approved by city leaders on Tuesday will be funded through a state grant called the Homeless Emergency Aid Program.

The loan initiative is being championed by Mayor Sam Liccardo and council members Magdalena Carrasco, Sylvia Arenas and Pam Foley.

To help spur more backyard cottage construction, the city has given its seal of pre-approval to one vendor’s 495-square-foot dwelling design.

Mayor Sam Liccardo said the funding means BART can now go “full speed ahead” on a project that’s been decades in the making.

Local small businesses represent the community, the City Council’s constituents and the dreams of San Jose families.

The proposal is part of a broader effort to add 25,000 units—10,000 of them below-market-rate—to the city’s housing supply by 2022.