Sep 9, 2015
City of San Jose City Council will vote on Liccardo’s minimum wage study; proposed exemptions include youth under age of 18; homeless; parolees; and phase-in for small businesses The City of San Jose leads the nation in job growth, yet the income gap continues to widen. Housing costs last year increased by 13.4%, while incomes remain stagnant. Other large cities…
Aug 31, 2015
City of San Jose Initial staff report on Mayor Liccardo, Councilmembers Jones and Nguyen’s call for study on impacts of $15 minimum wage in San Jose Staff will present a verbal report with their initial analysis on the previously recommended direction from the August 13, 2015 memorandum from the Mayor, Councilmember Jones and Councilmember M. Nguyen. The memo presented by…
Aug 26, 2015
Despite the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the fight for gender pay equity is far from over. Currently, full-time working women make an average of 77 cents on the dollar when compared to their male counterparts. Sadly, the gender pay gap is worse for minorities, with African American women earning 64 cents and Latinas earning 56 cents for every dollar…
Aug 24, 2015
Santa Clara County Supervisors Chavez and Cortese request a gender pay equity ordinance to apply to County contracts Supervisors Chavez and Cortese are directing the County Executive and County Counsel to research and prepare a draft on a gender pay equity ordinance with applicability to county contracts and county employees to be considered at the Finance and Government Operations Committee…
Aug 19, 2015
One of the hottest topics sweeping the Silicon Valley is the desperate need to raise the minimum wage. We have seen a trend of local cities taking the issue head-on, especially as they see more of their community members working for wages that keep them below the poverty line. What started as one daring city, San José, taking the lead…
Aug 17, 2015
City of San Jose Minimum Wage Study Mayor Liccardo, Councilmember Jones and Councilmember Manh Nguyen have released a memo proposing to study an increase in San Jose’s minimum wage and possible exceptions to San Jose’s minimum wage requirements that would favor business. Where: San Jose Rules Committee When: August 19, 2015 at 2 pm Link to item: http://sanjose.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?meta_id=528165 Link to…
Aug 11, 2015
Today, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors showed its renewed commitment to setting high job standards by extending the Living Wage Ordinance to officially include its employees. The board voted 4-0-1, with Supervisor Wasserman supporting the measure and Supervisor Simitian abstaining. The County’s actions demonstrate that fair compensation, paid sick-leave and a fair work week are among the top…
Aug 10, 2015
Santa Clara County Extending Comprehensive Living Wage Coverage to the County Workforce At the December 9th, 2014 meeting of the Board of Supervisors, the Board directed Administration and County Counsel to “draft a Board Policy Resolution that expresses the Board’s intent to assure County employees…have a standard of compensation consistent with standards outlined in the Living Wage Policy.” The resolution being…
Aug 3, 2015
Valley Transportation Authority Request for Proposal for joint public-private development at Cerone parcel The Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Carone parcel in North San Jose, locaed on Zanker Road and 237 in North San Jose. The RFP will offer the right to enter into exclusion negotiations with VTA for the development…
Jul 20, 2015
It’s a light week with most municipalities on summer recess, so we’re padding Policy Watch with some Neil deGrasse Tyson. If you wish to write a blog post from scratch, first you must make the universe. Sunnyvale Public Hearing on regulating short-term rental units The Sunnyvale Housing & Human Services Commission is holding a public hearing on regulating short-term residential…