Santa Clara County’s affordable housing projects funded by local dollars are stuck in a “logjam” struggling to secure other money needed to start construction. While the county has built more than 3,000 affordable homes over the past decade with Measure A, a $950 million bond approved by voters in 2016, 600 apartments and homes are stuck...
Santa Clara residents struggle with neighborhood parking
Santa Clara residents living along Calle Del Mundo and Calle De Luna say finding a place to park has become one of the neighborhood’s biggest challenges as development continues to reshape the city’s Clara District. After finishing late-night Uber shifts, 69-year-old Saiprakash Thirunagari often parks his car streets away from St. Anton Apartments because he can’t...
Has mass timber’s housing moment arrived in the South Bay?
South Bay housing advocates have long touted the benefits of mass timber, a wood-based class of construction materials said to save builders time and money. After years of false starts, it appears their long wait to see mass timber housing projects get off the ground may finally be coming to an end. An affordable housing...
Santa Clara celebrates more housing in former industrial park
Construction is underway on the next phase of a major housing development in Santa Clara’s growing mixed-use neighborhood near Levi’s Stadium known as the Clara District, as officials continue transforming the former industrial area. City officials, developers and residents on Thursday celebrated construction starting on Parkside, a market-rate apartment community expected to open in fall 2028....
Work at South County ICE facility temporarily paused
Federal authorities have agreed to temporarily pause construction work on the apparent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility taking shape in South County. The delay is the product of a procedural agreement struck in the lawsuit brought last month by Santa Clara County and California to block the project. Under the agreement, filed Monday...
Saratoga residents and developer come to terms on project
Saratoga residents living next to a former vineyard that’s about to be transformed into homes have reached an uneasy truce over the project, clearing the way for the developer to reap a $79 million profit by selling the site to a nationwide homebuilder. When City Connect Companies of San Jose proposed 231 homes on the...
Is Google hiding a data center project in North San Jose?
Advocates say Google is hiding a data center inside a planned research and development lab in North San Jose. The tech giant’s plans at 5079 and 5087 Disk Drive call for demolishing an existing warehouse and parking lot to construct up to three research and development (R&D) facilities across nearly 483,000 square feet. Architectural blueprints...
Battle lines drawn in San Jose housing plan overhaul
San Jose housing advocates and neighborhood groups are getting organized as the City Council prepares to take up a raft of proposals that could determine the course of housing development in the city for years to come. The package of recommendations, part of the city’s once-every-four-year review of its general plan, makes changes to the city’s...
Santa Clara County and state seek immediate halt to ICE facility
State and local South Bay leaders have escalated their legal campaign to block a planned ICE facility near Gilroy. California Attorney General Rob Bonta along with Santa Clara County Counsel Tony LoPresti filed a preliminary injunction in federal court Wednesday seeking to halt construction of a project that appears to be on course to create...
State budget shortchanges Santa Clara County homeless response
At a time when the U.S. is reeling from social safety net cuts, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed budget makes it even more challenging for groups to effectively address homelessness in Santa Clara County, nonprofit leaders and advocates said. The governor’s proposed budget includes $500 million for Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention (HHAP) statewide for the...