Jun 26, 2015
If you live, work or play in the South Bay, chances are you’ve recently passed by a construction site. Cranes are in the air all over Silicon Valley. Tens of billions of dollars are being invested in development. But did you ever stop to think about where all that money ends up? Does it create good jobs and careers for…
Jun 25, 2015
Something strange happened at El Camino Hospital last week. The publicly elected board that oversees the hospital appointed 36-year-old Lanhee Chen to the corporate board of directors for the hospital. The appointment raised some eyebrows because, unlike other applicants for the job, Mr. Chen has almost no experience in healthcare and hospitals. Two unsuccessful candidates for the board position had…
Jun 22, 2015
Santa Clara County Adopting resolution to apply Living Wage to County employees Agenda Item Name: Adopt Board Policy Resolution adding Board of Supervisors’ Policy Manual Section 4.21 relating to the applicability of the Living Wage standards to County employees, and direct the Clerk of the Board to include Policy in Board of Supervisors’ Policy Manual. Tweet
Jun 15, 2015
Santa Clara County Inventory & evaluation of County-owned lands & opportunities to purchase other public lands, incl. former RDA properties Date/time/location item will be heard: June 18, 2015, 10 am, Santa Clara County Housing, Land Use, Environment & Transportation Cmte Tweet
Jun 8, 2015
Santa Clara County Creating a County Economic Development Strategy Date/time/location item will be heard: June 11, 2015, 1 pm, Santa Clara County Finance & Government Operations Cmte Tweet
Jun 5, 2015
What better way to get the community involved in a healthy routine than to express it with a larger than life visual? Working Partnerships USA recently partnered with the Health Trust and Empire 7 Studios to paint a mural on the side of the First Street Market. As part of the Healthy Corner Stores initiative, this project focused on getting…
Jun 3, 2015
The Gilroy Unified School District and the parents at Gilroy Prep are learning first-hand how difficult it is to provide any true oversight over Charter Management Organizations. Outraged by the lack of transparency, accountability, and support at Navigator Schools, Gilroy Prep parents are asking for the removal of the charter organization’s Executive Director, James Dent. Tweet
Jun 1, 2015
VTA Adopting final goals for Envision Silicon Valley proposed tax measure At is June 4th meeting, the VTA board will adopt the final draft goals for Envision Silicon Valley, a new effort where VTA will engage community leaders discuss current and future transportation needs, identify solutions and craft funding priorities. Tweet
Jun 1, 2015
On May 26, 2015, Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) formally announced his candidacy for the presidency. It wasn’t a surprise: Bernie had been getting out there a lot lately with some of his whacked-out ideas, such as—prepare to faint—free college education for all, a progressive tax system and breaking up dangerously large Wall Street banks (who are even larger today than…
May 29, 2015
The Whopper of the Week is back! Nothing seems to bring out whoppers like city discussions about land and housing. Recent debates over the conversion of land from commercial to residential use and over renter protection policies (like rent control) vividly demonstrate this correlation. Tweet