San Jose climate plan heads to council (+ data center scrutiny grows)
San Jose Transportation and Environment Committee: The Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plan heads to council March 3 with 19 measures targeting flooding, heat, smoke, and sea level rise.
San Jose
Transportation and Environment Committee Meeting
February 9, 2026
TL;DR
- The committee sent San Jose's first Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plan to the full council for a March 3 vote. The plan targets flooding, severe drought, wildfire smoke, sea level rise, and extreme heat.
- 2 of 12 data center projects tied to the city's PG&E agreement have been energized. PG&E says it can get the other 10 online by the end of 2030.
- Citywide pavement scores climbed to 73, up from 63 a decade ago. But Measure T sunsets in a couple of years, and the city is already short on what it needs to hold the line.
- A city audit found San Jose hasn't field-tested its sewer rate assumptions since a 2015 consultant flagged that the numbers didn't match reality.