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Santa Clara County Approving RFP for $128M Phase II of West Tasman Drive TI project On June 19, 2018, Item 9, the Board approved the establishment of Capital Project 263-CP19011 “Tenant Improvements at West Tasman Drive” to provide design funding for the renovation of the interior space of the existing buildings accommodate the relocation of County staff and equipment. On…

Mayor Sam Liccardo and Vice Mayor Chappie Jones are trying to mitigate the intense backlash that came from their decision to appoint Pierluigi Oliverio, yet another white person from Willow Glen, to the Planning Commission. With the appointment of Oliverio, currently four out of the seven Commissioners are from affluent District 6. Liccardo and Jones have been feeling the heat…

The San Jose City Council had the opportunity to dramatically improve how local democracy represents the people of San Jose. Moving San Jose’s mayoral election to take place in the same years as the nation’s presidential elections could dramatically increase voter turnout, increase representation of marginalized groups, and improve the strength of the city’s democracy. But yesterday, a majority of the…

County of Santa Clara Update on Stanford Univ. General Use Permit application negotiations At the October 16, 2018 (Item No. 9) Board meeting, the Board of Supervisors considered proceeding with a process to negotiate a possible development agreement with Stanford University relative to its General Use Permit (GUP) application. At the same October 16, 2018 (Item No. 9) Board meeting,…

By: Ramona Giwargis When Ada Márquez stepped down from San Jose’s most powerful city commission last year, community leaders were hopeful that lawmakers would appoint another person of color from East Side to fill her spot. But that’s not what happened. Click here to read the full story on San Jose Spotlight. Tweet

Santa Clara County Wasserman referral to update policy allowing notification to ICE for serious or violent felonies Sup. Wasserman recommends approval of a board referral to update the County’s current policy to reflect the current law on detainer requests, to reaffirm that the County has and will honor all judicial warrants, and to allow notification to ICE of those individuals…

Former commissioner Norm Kline has withdrawn his application for the San Jose Planning Commission. Via email,  Kline stated that he had initially applied for the Commission because there were not enough qualified applicants. He also noted that he did not request any “special treatment”, referencing the unusual circumstances under which he was granted a last minute interview. Last month, after…

City of San Jose Approving shift of mayoral elections from gubernatorial to presidential election cycle DEFERRED TO 4/16/2019 PER ADMINISTRATION Staff and the Board of Fair Campaign and Political Practices recommend that council approve shifting the City’s mayoral election from the gubernatorial cycle to the presidential cycle. The Board’s recommendation to shift to the presidential cycle is based on the…

City of San Jose Report on Affordable Housing Investment Plan recommends $10M for acquisition/rehab and 30% of funds for ELI units The committee will receive a report on the Housing Investment Plan with an update on the expenditure of affordable housing funds and the total units in production. Staff recommend including two new priorities: (1) to set aside $10M for…

Earlier this week, immigrants’ rights advocates attended the San Jose City Council meeting to denounce Mayor Liccardo’s politicizing of the tragic death of Bambi Larson. Advocates stated that is was troubling that the Mayor has used Larson’s death to spread a racist and dangerous stereotype of the immigrant community. San Jose Spotlight reported on the issue. Advocates felt that using the tragedy…