After losing re-election, San Jose Councilmember Lan Diep wants to give $440,000 in district funds to the city’s general fund — a move Councilmember-elect David Cohen is calling a Trumpian political ploy.
In a memo to the city’s Rules and Open Government Committee, Diep detailed his intent to give his District 4 funds — meant to support programs and people in the council district — to other city departments to sponsor some of City Hall’s “lesser known projects.”
On Dec. 9, the committee unanimously agreed to bring Diep’s plans before the City Council for a vote on the condition he revise the plan to include additional projects that would solely benefit District 4.
Cohen, who defeated Diep in the November election, sharply criticized Diep for not investing the money in the community. Cohen demanded the outgoing councilmember keep the money available to District 4 residents and called Diep’s memo a “page right out of Donald Trump’s post election obstruction playbook.”
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