| City of San Jose | Adopting rent moratorium Issue summary: Staff recommend council adopt an urgency ordinance that establishes a moratorium on rent increases for tenants residing in rent stabilized apartments and mobilehome owners and mobilehome residents residing in mobilehomes subject to rent control. Specifically, the ordinance would: Prohibit rent increases through December 31, 2020; Apply the moratorium to rent…
Apr 23, 2020
In Silicon Valley, nearly all the major tech companies have ensured that the people who cook, clean, protect, and transport workers to their campuses continue to receive their regular pay while they’ve been sent home. These commitments from some of the wealthiest corporations in the world have meant that thousands of people are able to put food on the table,…
Apr 20, 2020
| City of Gilroy | Extending the Exclusivity Agreement with Sharks Sports & Entertainment, LLC to end of January 2021 for the indoor entertainment and sports complex at Gilroy Sports Park Issue summary: In May of 2019, the City of Gilroy entered into an exclusivity agreement for the possibility of a future partnership with a private firm, Sharks Sports &…
Apr 1, 2020
The San José City Council voted unanimously to develop the most expansive emergency paid sick leave ordinance in the nation. The policy will fill the three largest gaps in recently passed federal law, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, by covering workers at large corporations, small businesses, and misclassified gig workers. Next Tuesday, April 7th, the Council will vote on putting…
Feb 18, 2020
| City of San Jose | Council policy priority setting for 2020-21 Issue summary: Council will establish an updated, ranked policy priority list for 2020-21, incorporating staff’s recommendations for removing some priorities that have been completed and approve new items to be added. Staff recommend removing the following priorities from the 2019-2020 Council Policy Priority List as complete: Priority #3, Disadvantaged Business Enterprises…
Feb 4, 2020
Embattled Council Member Lan Diep’s campaign for re-election just got harder. A new digital ad from the South Bay Labor Council hits him for using his office for personal gain while voting for giveaways to developers. Diep, who is heavily supported by developers and landlords, faces two tough opponents, Berryessa School Board Member David Cohen and worker rights attorney Huy…
|| Santa Clara County || VTA: Approve Exclusive Negotiation Agreement with Lincoln Property Group for redevelopment of Cerone site, incl. hotel, office & adv. manufacturing Issue summary: The committee will consider approving a staff recommendation allowing the General Manager to enter into exclusive negotiations with LPC West to redevelop a VTA-owned site at VTA Cerone Maintenance Yard. VTA received proposals…
|| Santa Clara County || Cortese referral to adopt “support with amendments” position on SB50 “Equitable communities incentives” (ECI) are the bonuses that takes the form of relief from certain local develop controls for qualifying projects. Under SB 50, residential developments must meet a variety of conditions in order to receive ECI benefits. Developments must be proposed on a site zoned…
Sep 27, 2019
Tuesday night San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo and a bare City Council majority voted to give nine developers a $67 million subsidy for the sole purpose of increasing the developers’ profits. An independent study commissioned by the City showed that downtown high rises are profitable, but not at the level of return desired by the nine developers. In accordance with…
Sep 17, 2019
Republican Jonathan Fleming, who ran unsuccessfully for City Council District 7 in 2018, is trying a unique campaign tactic in San Jose. In his current campaign for City Council District 2 he is running to the right, the far right. Fleming pictured above with Vice President Mike Pence at a visit to Moffett Field earlier this year, tweeted he was…