San Jose

San Jose

Hundreds of homes coming to North San Jose

Prominent housing developer SummerHill Homes is about to build much needed multifamily housing in North San Jose with financing lined up. The development at 210 Baypointe Parkway, approved in October 2024, adds 292 apartments and 42 townhomes to the Baypointe neighborhood. A single-story commercial building sits on the 4.3 acre lot, which county documents show...

San Jose tightens abandoned shopping cart policies

San Jose leaders want major retailers to take a larger role in retrieving abandoned shopping carts that end up in the city’s most blighted areas. San Jose councilmembers voted unanimously Tuesday to strengthen the city’s abandoned shopping cart regulations by requiring retail stores with more than 76 carts to install theft-prevention devices, require customers to...

San Jose official wants City Hall staffer fired for heckling

A San Jose councilmember is demanding the immediate termination of a staffer from a colleague’s office after being heckled during a recent public meeting. Vietnamese American Councilmember Bien Doan, who represents District 7, began the April 8 San Jose City Council meeting by declaring April 2025 as Displaced Vietnamese American Heritage Month. He later invited...

San Jose shrinks budget shortfall, prioritizes temporary shelters

San Jose’s projected budget deficit has been reduced by almost half since initial estimates from earlier this year, but the city still faces a growing housing crisis and major deficit next year. The City Council previewed the proposed 2025-26 budget during a budget study session Wednesday, which drops the projected budget shortfall of $60 million to $35.6 million. The...

San Jose mayor wants new police unit to arrest homeless people

More details are emerging about San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan’s plan to arrest or hospitalize homeless people for refusing offers of shelter — and the city could create a police unit to do so. Mahan presented more details about his “Responsibility to Shelter” initiative Thursday, including expanding the city’s in-house homeless outreach efforts and establishing...

San Jose fire hid drug tampering, patient exposure

San Jose firefighters raised internal alarms in 2023 about addictive painkillers that went missing from their paramedic drug inventories, and gave morphine from tampered vials to patients with traumatic injuries, according to email records obtained by San José Spotlight. The emails indicate Fire Chief Robert Sapien and city leaders knew about a firefighter drug theft...

Feds cut millions for San Jose community projects

The federal government has eliminated millions in potential funding meant for community projects in San Jose involving the Alum Rock business corridor, Happy Hollow Zoo and more. Sarah Zárate, director of intergovernmental relations for the city, told councilmembers Tuesday that even though Congressmembers Ro Khanna, Jimmy Panetta and Zoe Lofgren requested $5.5 million in federal...