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COVID-19 illuminates the ongoing suffering felt by so many in San Jose. Many citizens struggle to provide housing and food for themselves and their families. Now, the loss of income and access to good medical care has only intensified that struggle. The intensity of that suffering will continue to increase if we fail to address...
Hobbs: Human development, undocumented immigrants and COVID-19
A fully developed human being has the resources and time to care for self and family; to learn throughout life with accurate information; to participate actively in key family, work and civic institutions; to self-actualize; and, of course, to contribute to society producing necessary goods or services for our consumption. This vision of Human Agenda...
Roberts: Here we grow again: Increased homelessness?
We thought that we survived the worst. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost half of its value within months, and unemployment was at 10 percent. No, I am not referring to today’s crisis. Thirteen years ago, the “Great Recession” knocked our national economic and social stability dramatically off course. We were told this was all...
Markowitz: HCA jeopardizing mothers, babies with planned closure at Regional Medical Center
The nation’s largest hospital chain HCA is gambling with the lives and health of women and newborns with its plan to end maternal-child health services at Regional Medical Center. As of May 30, Regional will no longer provide prenatal, postpartum, labor and delivery care for expectant mothers and neonatal intensive care for at-risk newborns. HCA...
SV Ethics Roundtable: Coordinated action needed to help severely mentally ill homeless people
As the state of California, county health agencies and hospitals courageously battle the COVID 19 pandemic, the Silicon Valley Ethics Roundtable highlights a subgroup of our community that also requires a strong commitment to action. A recent countywide survey shows an ever increasing homeless population now at well over 9,000 with 42% having mental health...
Randles, Reyes and Reese: San Jose-Evergreen Community College District underserves San Jose students
For many years we have been studying the problem of how the San Jose-Evergreen Community College District (SJECCD) underserves San Jose students with limited class and program offerings, forcing many students to attend other community college districts. This is a matter of equity, social justice and educational opportunity. The chancellor and the trustees of the...
Huttenhoff: Public life should become focus of San Jose’s business-recovery strategy
Official from SPUR in San Jose suggests additional steps City Council can take to aid small and micro businesses when shelter-in-place restrictions ease
From the editor: San Jose small business owners, we’re here to help
Owning a small business in Silicon Valley has never been easy. Now with the coronavirus pandemic closing local businesses for two months, it is nearly impossible. We know you’re struggling. As founders of San José Spotlight, the city’s first nonprofit news startup, we are small business owners ourselves. We launched our organization more than a...
Jimenez and Kelly: Two billion dollars could help San Jose
What could you do with $2 billion dollars? Two billion! No, that’s not a line from an Austin Powers movie. It’s the amount of money the city has stockpiled in its investment portfolio. This is money that could be used to protect essential services and lessen the pain small businesses are suffering during this crisis....
Funk: COVID-19 has exacerbated the crisis in education
In my 30 years of being in public education, I have seen trends come and go, as well as calls for reform. The system of public education has not drastically changed in the last 150 years. It was designed to provide immigrants, farmers and the working poor an opportunity to be trained for entry level...