Nov 6, 2017
County of Santa Clara Developing Business License program for unincorporated areas of SCC; may be used to help enforce against wage theft Board will consider directing staff to develop a proposed business license program for the unincorporated areas of Santa Clara County. The county is working to adopt a business license program because it would offer numerous benefits to the…
Oct 30, 2017
City of San Jose Memo from Liccardo & letter from Sharks re: MOU with Adobe for Downtown HQ Expansion Mayor Liccardo memo recommends to accept the staff rec to authorize an MOU with Adobe. Letter from Sharks Sports & Entertainment expresses concern over the impact of the Adobe project on the Arena, and asks the City to do better in…
Oct 26, 2017
Tuesday evening, after more than five hours of public testimony and debate, six members of the San Jose City Council voted to undercut workers’ rights and deny career opportunity to local foster youth, veterans, low-wage workers and other hard-working community members. The 6-5 vote eliminated the possibility of implementing a Community Workforce Agreement policy for public, City-funded construction projects. While…
Oct 23, 2017
County of Santa Clara ALUC to consider San Jose’s proposed amendment to Diridon Station Area Plan Pursuant to State Law, anytime a Specific Plan is proposed within the Airport Influence Area (AIA) of an adopted CLUP, a referral must be made to the County ALUC for a consistency determination. The City must refer the application to the ALUC to provide…
Today, more than 300 workers and community members will rally and march in downtown San Jose to demand that as new developments such as Google’s mega-campus reshape the region, they also take responsibility for their impact on affordable housing and the poverty jobs crises. Service workers in Silicon Valley work hard every day to protect, feed, drive for, and clean…
Oct 9, 2017
Santa Clara County Direction on applying County Living Wage Policy to CBOs – including definition of trainees and limited term waiver process for CBOs Staff are recommending that the Committee consider recommendations relating to proposed provisions for community-based nonprofit contractors, including: Receive report from the Office of the County Executive relating to a living wage policy for community-based nonprofit contractors.…
Oct 3, 2017
County of Santa Clara Developing Business License Program, including framework to enforce wage & hour laws Direct Administration to develop a Business License Program for businesses in unincorporated Santa Clara County. The Program is intended to be a business registration and enforcement tool, not a business tax. In addition to enabling the County to accurately track data on business activity…
At a time when working people across San Jose are struggling to meet the high cost of living, Scott Herhold’s attack on basic worker protections for construction laborers – on taxpayer-funded projects, no less! — is disappointing. Wage theft is rampant in construction, where certain unscrupulous employers routinely violate wage and hour laws. Government data shows that, since 2003, over…
Sep 21, 2017
Yesterday, more than 200 community members gathered at the Washington United Youth Center in downtown asking when Google and City officials are going to join them at the table to help define the vision for the company’s proposed mega-campus. The report back from small group discussions centered around a two key issues: the need for affordable housing and good jobs…
Sep 19, 2017
Today, the San Jose City Council voted to move forward with a plan to cover City employees under the landmark Opportunity to Work measure. The first-of-its-kind initiative, which passed with overwhelming support from San Jose voters in November of 2016, provides part-time workers the opportunity to work additional hours before their employers can hire more part-time staff. By a vote…