Schools throughout Santa Clara County are looking for candidates to fill important positions for the upcoming school year. Working in education is incredibly rewarding. School personnel make a difference in the lives of children each and every day. The Santa Clara County Office of Education partners with local schools to recruit credentialed educators to fill...
Shaw: The homelessness problem needs more than a temporary solution
It still feels like we’re kicking the can down the road when it comes to the homelessness problem. Or at least it feels like we’re trying to place bandages over a gaping wound. There has been progress toward acknowledging the problem and presenting solutions over the past several years, which is a huge improvement. The...
Latshaw: My fiery encounter with natural gas
I was a freshman at UCLA in 1962. I was removing my hopefully warmed meal from an old oven and suddenly flames erupted, causing me to jump away. The ancient, gas-filled oven had a non-working pilot light and combusted in my face when I opened the door. My eyebrows and arm hair would grow back,...
Bramson: Investments that pay guaranteed dividends
With the recent failure of Silicon Valley Bank, I find myself reflecting this morning on the fragile web that makes affordable housing possible. SVB was a leader in lending to deeply affordable developments across our region and its exit means one less reliable anchor point in the complicated web of resources that makes a project...
Editorial: San Jose shouldn’t bulldoze the past to build the future
Downtown San Jose is in the middle of a transformation. Cranes are changing the skyline from its once low-rise persona to towers of steel and glass. CityView Plaza will reshape the landscape across from Cesar Chavez Plaza and the Icon and Echo Towers will rise kitty-corner from San Jose City Hall, as the downtown core marches ahead...
Silver Taube: State lawmakers must take action to combat wage theft in care homes
Residential care facilities for the elderly receive among the largest wage theft judgments of any industry, according to Matthew Sirolly, a staff attorney with the California Labor Commissioner’s Office who advises the agency on how to enforce wage theft judgments. These judgments are meaningless unless they are enforced. Residential care facilities for the elderly (RCFEs), often...
Staedler: Where is the city’s state-required housing plan?
San Jose has missed the state’s Jan. 31 deadline for an approved 2023-2031 Housing Element. The Housing Element is a plan to map out future housing in San Jose and help the city meet its goal of planning for 62,200 homes by 2031. According to the city, the Housing element addresses a range of housing...
Ballard: Remembering the leaders who inspired urban farming to feed those in need
In the past two years, the Silicon Valley Community has lost two incredible community leaders, Thang Do and Raul Lozano, most recently with the passing of Raul. Coincidentally, Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition (SVBC) was connected to both of them through a program, written about here in Streetsblog, that ultimately inspired SVBC’s commitment to the farm...
Bejarano: Why I quit my East San Jose school board
In an effort to avoid any potential distraction to the appointment process for filling the vacant seat left by my resignation, I have avoided responding to questions or providing a response to any assumptions that have been made. In short, as my resignation letter stated, my decision is unequivocally, 100% due to personal reasons. There...
Mallon: State budget cut threatens transit in Silicon Valley
In January, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced his budget proposal, which includes a drastic $2 billion cut from public transit projects in the state. This would lead to delayed projects and service cuts at agencies throughout the state. During the pandemic, federal relief money allowed transit agencies to keep service running despite declines in ridership and...