December 11, 2018 San Jose Unveils ‘Tiny Homes’ Prototype Ahead of Vote on Pilot Homeless Shelter Program By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose expects to have 80 tiny cabins built by next summer to house homeless people until they find a long-term place to stay. Read More 18
December 10, 2018 San Jose Considers New Safety Regulations for E-Scooters By San Jose Inside Mayor Sam Liccardo has proposed new regulations to rein in how electronic scooter companies operate in the city. Read More 9
December 5, 2018 Op-Ed: Google Bought Land in Downtown San Jose—Now What? By Tom Skinner San Jose has arrived at a fork in the road: we can either tax tech to build homes and transit, or we can recommit to a broken status quo. Read More 36
December 3, 2018 Google Poised to Strike $111 Million Land Deal with San Jose By Jennifer Wadsworth It will take years before the tech company realizes its vision for the city’s core. But a key vote this week lays the groundwork. Read More 2
November 19, 2018 San Jose Unveils Land-Purchase Agreement for Google’s Planned Transit Village in Downtown By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose reached a milestone in its land negotiations with Google, releasing a purchase agreement that comes up for a vote next month. Read More 5
November 12, 2018 Silicon Valley’s ‘All the Way Home’ Campaign Has Housed 1,200-Plus Homeless Veterans By Jennifer Wadsworth Santa Clara County’s multi-agency All the Way Home campaign has housed 1,237 homeless veterans since 2015, according to a new report. Read More 5
November 8, 2018 SJ Voters Pass Record-Breaking $650 Million Bond Measure By The Fly San Jose city officials placed four measures on the Nov. 6 ballot and, according to the latest results, lost only one of them. Read More 5
November 7, 2018 Pam Foley Headed for Victory in San Jose’s District 9 Race By The Fly In the race for San Jose’s only open council seat, D9, real estate broker Pam Foley pulled ahead of Kalen Gallagher by 945 votes. Read More 12
November 2, 2018 Letter to the Editor: The Time is Now—Vote Yes on Measure V By Casandra Suarez Innovative thinking and political will must be combined in order to address and eliminate homelessness. Read More 8
October 29, 2018 San Jose Talks Climate Change, Surveillance, Litter and Pensions at Tuesday’s Council Meeting By Jennifer Wadsworth Since launching its climate action plan, San Jose has created its own clean energy system and won a $2.5 million Bloomberg grant. Read More 5
October 23, 2018 Election 2018: San Jose Councilman Battles SJUSD Trustee for County’s D4 Seat By Jennifer Wadsworth The race for county supervisor pits a trustee of the South Bay’s largest school district against a councilman of Silicon Valley’s largest city. Read More 12
October 22, 2018 San Jose Denounces ‘Public Charge’ Rule for Immigrants By Jennifer Wadsworth City officials plan to formally oppose a federal policy that could hurt thousands of San Jose’s foreign-born residents. Read More 2
October 17, 2018 Khashoggi’s Alleged Killing Reignites Criticism of San Jose Councilman’s Trip to Riyadh By The Fly Yemeni-American activists called on Councilman Johnny Khamis to reconsider his support for Saudi investment in San Jose. Read More 20
October 15, 2018 San Jose Council Candidate Pam Foley Condemns SVO’s Attacks on D9 Opponent Kalen Gallagher By Jennifer Wadsworth A San Jose council candidate has denounced a political action committee’s attacks on her opponent as “horrible” and “ridiculous.” Read More 14
October 15, 2018 SJ City Council Poised to Launch ‘Safe Parking’ for the Homeless By Jennifer Wadsworth After years of planning and false starts, San Jose is finally poised to launch a “safe parking” initiative for people living out of their cars. Read More 13
October 11, 2018 San Jose, Airbnb Launch Housing Program for Disaster Victims By Silicon Valley Newsroom Host Corps is the first program in the nation recruit and residents willing to provide temporary housing ahead of a disaster. Read More 1