A plan to bring more than 100 homes to Morgan Hill just east of the U.S. Highway 101 Cochrane Road exit is moving forward after receiving approval from city officials. The City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved the housing project, ensuring 105 single-family homes will be built on a 15.8-acre lot in the South County...
San Jose data center advances after pushback
A proposal to reclassify a research facility in North San Jose as a data center is moving forward, after the San Jose City Council rejected an appeal attempting to block the project on environmental grounds, amid a citywide backlash against data center developments. Councilmembers voted unanimously Tuesday — with Councilmember Peter Ortiz absent and Vice Mayor...
San Jose tenants demand reform to fix code violations
For years, landlords in San Jose have skirted code violations as tenants live in deteriorating apartments. Now, residents with support from nonprofits Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, Latinos United for a New America (LUNA) and Regional Tenant Organizing Network are launching the “Healthy Homes” campaign to demand the San Jose City Council enact more robust measures...
State homeless prevention plan modeled on Santa Clara County
Riding on the coattails of Santa Clara County’s homelessness prevention program, California will be creating its own statewide prevention strategy. State officials are planning out their first homelessness prevention strategy after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1924 last month. The law requires the California Interagency Council on Homelessness to come up with a blueprint for measurable...
100 homes planned off freeway exit in Morgan Hill
A proposed housing project that would bring more than 100 homes to Morgan Hill is inching closer to breaking ground following a recommendation from planning officials. The Planning Commission on Tuesday unanimously approved recommending plans for a housing development just east of the U.S. Highway 101 Cochrane Road exit that would add 105 single-family homes...
San Jose food pantry faces opposition from neighbors
When Lighthouse Food Rescue & Distribution first started handing out groceries in San Jose’s Northside neighborhood in 2020, Robert Wright welcomed it and its mission to feed disadvantaged residents. He pitched a Lighthouse yard sign in front of his house near the food pantry, which sits at the corner of East Julian and North 17th streets in the...
Overlooked for housing, San Jose homeless residents face second sweep
For homeless people in San Jose, sweeps are a fixed part of their lived experience — the stress of packing up their belongings, the fear of losing their valuables and the hunt to secure another corner to camp until they are kicked out and forced to start all over again. But for residents such as...
Gilroy enacts detention center moratorium after ICE fears
With a federal immigration enforcement facility planned just beyond city borders, Gilroy officials are following the path taken by other Bay Area cities in attempting to restrict more projects from being built. The Gilroy City Council on Monday unanimously approved a temporary, 45-day ban on new detention facilities on public- or private-owned property, with the...
San Jose tells food pantry it must shut down
A popular San Jose neighborhood food pantry is at risk of closing again after being hit with more zoning violations. Lighthouse Food Rescue & Distribution was cited by San Jose on Sept. 25 for hosting its food distribution on the sidewalk and for not following zoning rules, as a food distribution center is no longer...
Data center company to acquire former South San Jose IBM site
The former IBM Almaden Research Center in the rolling hills of Coyote Valley has a buyer. Blackstart Digital — a data center development and investment firm focused on sustainable redevelopment — has entered into an agreement to acquire the historic campus in South San Jose, according to land use consultant Erik Schoennauer, a representative of...