Apr 20, 2020
| City of Gilroy | Extending the Exclusivity Agreement with Sharks Sports & Entertainment, LLC to end of January 2021 for the indoor entertainment and sports complex at Gilroy Sports Park Issue summary: In May of 2019, the City of Gilroy entered into an exclusivity agreement for the possibility of a future partnership with a private firm, Sharks Sports &…
Feb 18, 2020
| City of San Jose | Council policy priority setting for 2020-21 Issue summary: Council will establish an updated, ranked policy priority list for 2020-21, incorporating staff’s recommendations for removing some priorities that have been completed and approve new items to be added. Staff recommend removing the following priorities from the 2019-2020 Council Policy Priority List as complete: Priority #3, Disadvantaged Business Enterprises…
|| Santa Clara County || VTA: Approve Exclusive Negotiation Agreement with Lincoln Property Group for redevelopment of Cerone site, incl. hotel, office & adv. manufacturing Issue summary: The committee will consider approving a staff recommendation allowing the General Manager to enter into exclusive negotiations with LPC West to redevelop a VTA-owned site at VTA Cerone Maintenance Yard. VTA received proposals…
Jan 3, 2020
SAN JOSE – A veteran firefighter fell into a basement and was injured while battling a blaze on New Year’s Eve at a home near Roosevelt Park in San Jose, authorities said. The fire was reported about 2:45 p.m. Tuesday at a single-family residence on the 100 block of 16th Street, between Santa Clara and St. James streets, said San…
|| Santa Clara County || Cortese referral to adopt “support with amendments” position on SB50 “Equitable communities incentives” (ECI) are the bonuses that takes the form of relief from certain local develop controls for qualifying projects. Under SB 50, residential developments must meet a variety of conditions in order to receive ECI benefits. Developments must be proposed on a site zoned…
Aug 16, 2019
San Jose is now home to the South Bay’s first unionized cannabis dispensary. An announcement just after noon on Friday at San Jose City Hall detailed the partnership between MedMen and the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 5 union. This will be an expansion of the union partnership into the South Bay, as MedMen signed its first collective bargaining…
Jun 21, 2019
Dominguez announced exclusively to San José Spotlight that she’s running for Assembly District 25, a highly-contested seat vacated by Kansen Chu who told this news organization in May that he’s leaving Sacramento to run for county supervisor. Dominguez, 37, became a firecracker lawmaker in Milpitas after winning a crowded City Council race in 2018 and then being appointed vice mayor. “For me,…
May 28, 2019
City of San Jose Survey results on favorability of potential 2020 ballot measures to address homelessness, housing Since the State of California ended redevelopment in February 2012, the City of San Jose has lacked new revenue sources to fund the construction of affordable housing. Through feasibility analysis and survey research, the Administration has begun to explore a variety of ballot…
Apr 30, 2019
Last year, 49ers Stadium Manager and Exec Jim Mercurio had to fill out a Form 700. As we reported, the California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) ruled that the Stadium Manager for the 49ers stadium management company must fill out Form 700 — just like an elected official. It’s the form that lists financial interests so the public knows if…
Apr 25, 2019
Over the last 40 years, corporations in California have robbed billions of dollars from our schools and local communities in order to line the pockets of their executives and wall street financiers. These corporations have exploited the protections in Prop 13 that are meant to keep our families in their homes. While the share of property taxes used to be…