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Considering zoning changes to allow people to take perfectly good long term rental property and zone it for short term rental similar to AirBnB. This could take affordable rental properties away from working families who can’t afford a $3000 studio downtown.
Earthquakes Stadium signage: Modifications to the Sign Code would allow additional/larger signs, including programmable electronic displays and video, at large outdoor stadiums that have a seating capacity for at least 16,000 or more people, as defined by the Ordinance.
Off-Sale of Alcohol at Grocery Stores – Develop a streamlined permit process for the off-sale of alcohol at grocery stores. (Off-sale: not consumed where it’s purchased)

Link to proposed changes: http://www.sanjoseca.gov/index.aspx?nid=2107
Link to community mtng: http://www.sanjoseca.gov/Calendar.aspx?EID=2858

Granting an option to the Oakland A’s to purchase City-owned land near the Diridon train station. The plan includes a purchase price of $7,000, 000. That’s a bigger steal than all of Rickey Henderson’s stolen bases put together.

Link to item: http://sanjoseca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/36621
Link to agenda: http://sanjoseca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/36578

Reed memo to create ad hoc committee to investigate the allegations of dismissed SJ police cadet Elyse Rivas concerning the Police Officers Association.

Link to item: www.sanjoseca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/36652
Link to agenda: http://sanjoseca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/36654

Council will decide whether to adopt a medical marijuana proposal that weakens the restrictions council member voted on this past summer, or let the measure go to voters in 2016.

Link to item: http://sanjoseca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/36453
Link to agenda: http://sanjoseca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/36578

Memo from Reed, Liccardo and Madison concerning relations with Vietnam. These three want the federal government to give the city two weeks’ notice before any official visits from Vietnam are made in San Jose. Too little, too late for Mayoral candidate Sam Liccardo to start courting the Vietnamese-American vote, especially after siding against most people in the community over the naming of “Little Saigon”.

Link to item: www.sanjoseca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/36299

Link to memo: www.sanjoseca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/36638
Link to agenda: www.sanjoseca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/36290

Joining the 21^st century idea that people who work hard and play by the rules should earn a decent living, Mountain View and Sunnyvale will vote on the final adoption of a $10.30 minimum wage, indexed with inflation. Link to item: https://mountainview.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=1945101&GUID=F7143D2A-73FC-44B9-8488-BF085C6F59
Link to agenda: https://mountainview.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=277739&GUID=A9FC3256-D3A1-4431-B4E4-C77621DD64AA

Link to item: https://sunnyvaleca.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=1947644&GUID=4A3CF80B-78A1-43DD-90F6-9709356D75F3
Link to agenda: https://sunnyvaleca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=294971&GUID=9390CE5B-EF63-4BF5-A2C1-8139194DD301

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