San Jose youth, mentors crowd City Hall as $100M in county cuts loom
San Jose Neighborhood Services and Education Committee: A dozen youth and alumni asked the city to keep funding Clean Slate, Safe Schools, and San Jose Works as nearly $100M in county safety-net cuts loom.
San Jose carves out 50 housing units for police, 6-5
San Jose City Council: A 6-5 vote gave San Jose police a preference for 50 units in a new workforce housing program. Plus $8.4M for 204 affordable homes by VTA Capitol Station.
ICE investment ban fails 4-4 in San Jose; study ordered instead
San Jose City Council: ICE-linked investment ban for Alphabet, Amazon, and Microsoft failed 4-4; council ordered a study of peer cities. $6.1M waiver cleared for Gateway and Bank of Italy.
San Jose budget message advances 8-3 amid $56M shortfall
San Jose City Council: FY 2026-2027 budget message advances 8-3 amid a $56M shortfall, and 5 industrial hubs win an exemption from SB 79 housing rules. Plus historic resources direction 10-1.
San Jose keeps Flock cameras, but only stores plate data for 30 days now
San Jose City Council: ALPR data retention cut from 1 year to 30 days in 11-0 vote, with new no-camera zones and $8M annual police overtime reduction.
San Jose rewrites encampment sweep rules (+ 516 miles paved)
San Jose City Council: Personal Property Impound SOP for encampment sweeps revised 11-0, cutting storage from 90 to 30 days. Plus Measure T paving at 516 of 420 planned miles.
PayPal Park gets 15 concerts a year, with new neighborhood noise rules
San Jose City Council: PayPal Park approved for up to 15 concerts a year with new monthly noise reporting, plus $11.2M Lower Income Voucher Program passed 8-3 pending fair housing review.
San Jose homeless team: 474 contacts, 3 took the ride to services
San Jose Public Safety, Finance, and Strategic Support Committee: Homeless contact team logged 474 contacts and got 3 to accept a ride to services. ICE-linked review heads to March 10.
San Jose to weigh childcare as economic policy on March 17
San Jose Neighborhood Services and Education Committee: childcare sent to March 17 budget message as an economic policy goal. FFN caregiver program ends July 1.