Mar 9, 2015
San Jose SB 3, Minimum Wage Fairness Act vote NEW MEMO: Councilmember Chappie Jones states his support to SB3 if it is amended with the following exemptions: 1) non-profits with job training programs; 2) small business with fewer than 15 employees; and 3) youth employment and job programs. Tweet
Mar 2, 2015
UPDATE: Alex Torres appears to have submitted his fundraising report and has a bit over $5500, running neck in neck for last place with Johnny Lee. As we know from previous failed political races (Ro Khanna, Meg Witman) where uber-amounts of money were raised, it’s not always the case that the one with the most money wins, but we’re keeping…
Mar 2, 2015
San Jose SB 3 – Minimum wage fairness act vote SB 3 will raise the state’s minimum wage to $11 per hour on January 1, 2016; to $13 on July 1, 2017; and beginning on January 1, 2019 and every January 1 thereafter, the minimum wage would be adjusted by the California CPI to keep pace with inflation. Tweet
Feb 25, 2015
The City of Santa Clara will be the next Silicon Valley jurisdiction to raise its minimum wage. At a goal setting session held Monday night, Council member Dominic Caserta introduced plans to raise the minimum wage in that city to $10.30 an hour, from the current state level of $9 an hour. The wage would move with the CPI every…
Feb 24, 2015
From the San Francisco Chronicle Disgraced former Santa Clara County Supervisor George Shirakawa Jr. pleaded no contest Monday to allegations that he impersonated a San Jose City Council candidate on bogus mailers that linked her to the communist government in Vietnam. Tweet
Feb 18, 2015
Speculation is already hot on who will run for two South Bay open State Assembly seats in 2016. In the seat that covers the area from Morgan Hill and Gilroy down to the Central Coast, District 30 Assembly Member Luis Alejo terms out in a year and a half. Karina Cervantez, current Watsonville City Council member and Alejo’s wife, is…
Feb 17, 2015
Undeterred by the political attacks, Santa Clara County immigrants continue to prepare for new immigration programs and will fight on for a path to citizenship Statement released by SIREN Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network Late last night, a district court judge in Brownsville, Texas, issued a preliminary injunction that temporarily blocks the implementation process of the new immigrant deferred action programs. Tweet
Feb 17, 2015
San Jose City Commission Appointments: Ethics and Planning Council will interview the 5 applicants for the Ethics Commission [formerly known as the Elections Commission] and appoint up to 3 to terms expiring March 1, 2019. An applicant must receive at least 6 votes to be appointed. If any vacancy remains, City may continue recruitment efforts and bring forward additional applicants…
Feb 12, 2015
San Jose’s city worker unions are joining together to insist city leaders address the mess that is Measure B and not put it off until 2017, as the Liccardo administration is suggesting. As one union negotiator put it “these groups have no interest in kicking the can down the road and are looking for a public acknowledgement from the city…
Feb 11, 2015
County leaders hope a program to create summer jobs for teens will help cut down on the crime that traditionally rises that time of year. The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors voted yesterday to create 500 paid summer internship and job opportunities for at-risk and low income youth. Tweet