Jul 14, 2014
Santa Clara County Human Relations Commission leads forum on Living Wage The Resource Development and Outreach Committee of the Santa Clara County Human Relations Commission will hold a special meeting regarding its role in the Living Wage proposal. Specifically the Committee wants to host a forum in August to gather input and feedback from the public on the proposed concept…
Jul 7, 2014
Summer’s here and many of our elected officials are on recess. With the exception of Cupertino’s Master Plan Study Update (7/7) and Mountain View’s study session on the San Antonio Precise Plan (7/8), not much is on deck in the way of policy. The picture of Clint Eastwood is just cool. Ahhh, summer! Tweet
Jun 30, 2014
Dear Readers: Summer agendas are typically light fare allowing elected officials to escape on vacation. We’ll still be covering local policy issues we think you should pay attention to, but when the agendas are light (like this week) we’ll use this space to link to other things we think you should know about. Tweet
Jun 16, 2014
City of San Jose Fire department response time and action plan Staff will report back to the San Jose Public Safety, Finance and Strategic Support Committee about actions that have been taken to improve response times for 9-1-1 emergency calls in San Jose, including future actions to improve response times and sustainable data collection for accurate reporting. The City is…
Jun 9, 2014
City of San Jose Councilmember Kalra to introduce Wage Theft Task Force Councilmember Kalra is proposing to establish a Wage Theft Task Force to develop a wage theft ordinance for San Jose. The proposed Task Force will bring together stakeholders from the business community, labor, workers, community-based organizations and the City to develop an ordinance to track and enforce wage…
Apr 15, 2014
Santa Clara Co. Board of Supervisors 1. Janitorial Services: worker retention and living wage The County is cutting down on the number of companies it had janitorial contracts with from 6 to 2. The new contracts with Pride Industries and Universal Janitorial for janitorial services at county offices include requirements to retain workers from the old contractor and make sure…
Mar 25, 2014
Mountain View Strengthening the Tenant Relocation Assistance Ordinance The City of Mountain View is moving to make life easier for those displaced by the rapidly rising rental market. The Council will take up amendments to the current ordinance, which requires landlords to provide relocation assistance to households that earn less than 50% of the area median income (AMI) when four…
Feb 24, 2014
City of Sunnyvale Tentative presentation dates for council-ranked study issues The Sunnyvale City Council is setting the dates for study issues that the Council plans to take up throughout the year. Staff is making the recommendations based on departmental workloads and available resources. Highlights include moving forward with a minimum wage ordinance in Sunnyvale. Check out the full list here…
Feb 18, 2014
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City of San Jose 2014-2015 Budget Planning The San Jose City Council will take up next year’s budget today at a City Council Study Session, where they will discuss the results of the Telephone Budget Survey and the Neighborhood Association/Youth Commission Priority Setting Session. City Manager Ed Shikada will give an overview of the General Fund Forecast and highlight potential…