The San Jose City Council is planning an Aug. 18 vote on high-density, by-right “missing middle” housing city-wide. The San Jose Planning Commission, which is updating the general plan, based its recommendation to do so on input from city staff. Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility believes approval of the proposal will negatively affect our quality of life and could be detrimental to the city’s fiscal future. The missing middle proposal is not such a new concept — it is a modification of the previously rejected “Opportunity Housing” proposal for citywide high-density housing. Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility supports adding additional housing stock...