May 30, 2018
The East and South Bay are thriving – attracting new residents while seeing our business community expand. The cities in our community are at the nexus of a major transportation hub for the region and West Coast. From highway systems to public transportation like AC Transit and BART to bicycle and pedestrian paths, we rely on infrastructure and transportation investment…
May 28, 2018
City of San Jose Ending negotiations with current residential waste haulers for new contracts (CWA, Garden City, Green Team and GreenWaste) The City provides residential recycling and garbage services through four contracted service providers: California Waste Solutions (CWS), Garden City Sanitation Inc. (GCS), Green Team of San Jose, and GreenWaste Recovery. Combined, this system is one of the largest privatized…
May 22, 2018
City of Sunnyvale Selecting a preferred option for the Housing Study in the Lawrence Station Area Plan; continued to June 26 Staff are requesting a continuance to June 26, 2018 for the public hearing of the amendment of the Lawrence Station Area Plan, which includes 319 acres adjacent to the Station. This is to allow additional time to complete the…
May 15, 2018
After growing calls to resign from office and drop out of the Santa Clara County Supervisor’s race, Dominic Caserta has suspended his campaign and resigned from his position as a city councilman for the City off Santa Clara. Calls for his resignation grew louder over the week as more former students came forward with sexual harassment allegations. His campaign’s full statement…
May 14, 2018
Sometimes it is hard to understand why businesses join the Silicon Valley Organization (SVO), otherwise known as the Chamber of Commerce. The SVO’s record in political campaigns certainly does not stand its members in good stead. It has opposed, abandoned or offended a majority of the San Jose City Council and the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors. The SVO’s…
May 10, 2018
On Tuesday, the San Jose City Council voted unanimously to give developers a large financial benefit by effectively delaying the implementation of the city’s Inclusionary Housing Ordinance (IHO). Years ago, San Jose passed an Inclusionary Housing law to require market-rate housing developers to build a portion of their projects to be affordable to low-to-moderate income families. However, that ordinance was…
Apr 30, 2018
County of Santa Clara Consider impact fees for residential and non-residential development at Stanford University and in unincorporated areas of the County The Board will: (a) Receive report and Affordable Housing Nexus Studies; (b) Direct Administration and County Counsel to prepare an ordinance implementing affordable housing impact fees for Academic Space (non-residential) and Faculty and Staff Housing (residential) development at…
Apr 26, 2018
Earlier this week, a series of measures impacting renters came before the San Jose City Council. Among the votes taken, was the Council’s decision to ensure that tenants in rent-controlled apartment complexes pay only their share of utility bills rather than allowing landlords to divide utility costs based on how many people live in each apartment and the unit’s size.…
Apr 23, 2018
City of San Jose Liccardo and Carrasco memos: Amending Tenant Protection Ordinance to prohibit landlords from disclosing tenants’ immigration or citizenship status to authorities and adding felony conviction as a just cause basis for eviction Mayor Liccardo recommends approving an ordinance to: Amend the Tenant Protection Ordinance (TPO) to state that the term “nuisance” in the just cause ordinance…
Santa Clara County Direction on potential ballot measures to extend and/or increase sales tax The Administration to report information regarding the County’s 2012 Measure A one-eighth cent retail transaction (sales) and use tax, including: Workplan or decision matrix for the Board to examine the value of a possible extension of the County’s one-eighth cent sales tax in the 2018 or…