Browsing Category : Government

Santa Clara County Developing temporary and permanent supportive housing on Civic Center Campus The Board will receive a report from the Administration as requested with recommendations to provide permanent supportive housing on the Civic Center Campus, including temporary supportive housing on an expedited timeframe for homeless families on the Civic Center Campus. The staff report provides a status update on the following: Temporary and Permanent Supportive Housing: Administration has executed a…

County of Santa Clara Report from the County Executive on adherence to Project Labor Agreement requirements for Job Order Contracts Since 2001, the County has used Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) for construction projects that exceed a certain project spending threshold. The most recent amendment to this requirement, approved by the Board on April 26, 2016, set the project spending threshold…

Yesterday, the San Jose City Council voted to include wage theft as one the of City’s 2019 priorities. The City’s current Wage Theft Prevention Ordinance, which was originally enacted in 2016, excluded one of the industries most impacted by wage theft: construction. Since 2011, approximately 7,000 Bay Area construction workers at over 500 companies have had their wages stolen from them…

City of San Jose Direction on increasing allowable heights for Downtown development; staff recommend Scenario 4, using FAA guidelines on a case-by-case basis for Downtown building heights 3/1/19 NEW LETTERS FROM PUBLIC – 4 NEW MEMOS on 2/22/19 – Four memos from aviation consultants Landrum & Brown provide the work products on their study on airspace and development capacity. These…

Jerry Hill, who represents the 13th Senate District, is terming out in 2020, and candidates are lining up for the chance to take the open seat.  First on the list is Josh Becker, founder of the Full Circle Fund, a community leadership and policy innovation organization that helps fund non-profits that create positive change in the Bay Area. Becker previously…

County of Santa Clara Updates on ongoing labor negotiations between County and nursing staff of newly acquired St. Louise & O’Connor Hospitals At the February 12, 2019 meeting of the Board of Supervisors, Supervisor Ellenberg requested that Administration provide a report at the February 26, 2019 Board of Supervisors’ meeting regarding the schedule of ongoing discussions with the Registered Nurses…

County of Santa Clara Updates on negotiations for a development agreement between with Stanford University related to its General Use Permit The October 16, 2018 (Item No. 9) Board meeting, the Board of Supervisors considered a report arising from a Board referral at the September 25, 2018 (Item No. 15) meeting requesting information about proceeding with a process to negotiate…

By Grace Hase FEBRUARY 16, 2019 Over the last two years, the San Jose City Council has held a series of votes to pave the way for Google’s move downtown. Now, records show that Mayor Sam Liccardo voted twice on the project without disclosing that his wife owned a rental property less than a mile away from the future development. In four state-mandated Form…

The City of San Jose has been quick to send out evacuation orders this storm, something it failed to do the last time the city was hit by a strong rainstorm. A couple of years ago, the City took a lax approach to evacuating its citizens, resulting in the loss of millions of dollars of personal property. This time, it…