Labor leaders representing San Jose’s workforce want city officials to increase funding for essential services amid a recent reduction in the budget deficit. Less than a day after Mayor Matt Mahan revealed in his March budget message that the 2025-26 budget shortfall shrank from $60 million to $46 million, City Hall workers from various departments rallied...
San Jose to get more maternity services
A new maternity clinic offering holistic care is coming to West San Jose. It still means moms in East San Jose will need to travel across town to take advantage of these services. The Millie Clinic opens next month at 1471 Saratoga Ave. The clinic aims to fill a gap in the traditional health care...
San Jose to crack down on RV rentals to homeless
San Jose has problems with slumlords and now they have problems with vanlords. City officials are targeting vanlords, individuals who they said prey on the homeless residents by renting them inoperable vehicles. Mayor Matt Mahan along with Councilmembers Bien Doan, Michael Mulcahy and David Cohen want to study ways to restrict renting RVs to homeless...
San Jose police beat homeless man as mayor pushes arrests
Less than a week after Mayor Matt Mahan announced a bold push to arrest homeless people who refuse help, disturbing videos show San Jose police officers beating and verbally taunting an elderly homeless man — leading to a complaint from the local NAACP chapter. At least six police surrounded a homeless man on Fruitdale Avenue...
San Jose firefighters take part in cancer research after initial denial
San Jose said no to letting its firefighters participate in a state-funded cancer prevention and research program — until pressure forced the city to reverse course. Thirteen state legislators advocated for San Jose firefighters in a Feb. 14 letter to participate in the program that wouldn’t cost the city a dime. San Jose was awarded...
San Jose mayor’s budget plan targets homelessness
San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan has long said he wants elected officials and city leaders to be accountable for eliminating homelessness and improving public safety. That’s the centerpiece of his latest 2025-26 budget message. Mahan released his annual March budget message alongside Vice Mayor Pam Foley Wednesday, which is focused on his usual core issues...
San Jose extends downtown sidewalk sleeping ban hours
San Jose homeless residents are at risk of being cited or arrested if they’re caught sleeping or sitting on the sidewalk by early morning. The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to extend sidewalk sleeping and sitting restrictions two hours early in the morning starting at 8 a.m. to 12 a.m. Known as the “pedestrian facilitation...
San Jose wants to renew restraining order on cop watcher
An appellate court last year found San Jose leaders violated a person’s First Amendment rights with a rare restraining order that hindered him from filming police officers in public. The city is fighting to keep it in place anyway. Nicholas Robinson had two convictions overturned in November for violating an unusual restraining order that barred him...
San Jose mayor wants pay raises tied to performance
San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan said he wants to see measurable improvements in homelessness and public safety before doling out pay raises for top city officials. The announcement comes ahead of Mahan’s 2025-26 March budget message, set to be published Tuesday. Performance would be measured through the city’s focus area scorecards and dashboards, developed during...
San Jose landlords want help instead of fines
South San Jose property owners want code enforcement to spend more time working with them on potential violations rather than punishing them. District 10 Councilmember George Casey arranged for landlords and San Jose Planning, Building and Code Enforcement officials to tour a neighborhood on Feb. 28 between Blossom Hill Road and Almaden Expressway. Landlords want...