Dec 7, 2015
Santa Clara County Initial data on gender/race pay equity & direction on pay equity in County contracting policies Commission on the Status of Women’s (CSW) Pay Equity Study: In advance of the forthcoming pay equity study that will be undertaken by the Office of Women’s Policy and the Commission on the Status of Women, County Counsel and Administration have conducted…
Nov 30, 2015
City of San Jose Priority Setting Session Dec. 8; potential priorities include gender pay equity, downtown storefront activation, 1% development fee for art, more Council to approve new items for the Council Priority List to create an updated, rank-ordered list. The process for establishing Council Priorities at the Dec. 8th meeting are as follows: Nominated Ideas Voting – Council will…
Feb 24, 2014
During last month’s State of the Union, President Obama asserted that immigration reform will grow the national economy and shrink our deficits. If that isn’t enough to support reform, consider another benefit: it will make our neighborhoods safer. As a former criminal prosecutor, I saw that successful crime prevention grows from the roots of a community. Authorities respond to and investigate information…
Jan 24, 2014
The recent court ruling that gutted San Jose’s Measure B was a huge blow to the city’s efforts to simply write off the rights of its employees. And it was a big win for all city employees, but it won’t stop police officers from leaving the City of San Jose. Although I do believe it will slow what could…
Jan 14, 2014
“Always focus on the front windshield and not the rear view mirror.” ― Colin Powell Today, San Jose neighborhoods are concerned about crime, public safety, gangs, and graffiti. People don’t care about the statistics of how many homicides, violent assaults, burglaries, or car break-ins occurred in some meaningless snapshot of time. People are fearful of what’s going on right here…