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Phone Calls, Financial Support Preceded Council’s Dec. 5 Vote

Barry Holtzclaw — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 15:31:49 +0000

Despite passionate and eloquent pleas from the City Hall audience, the Dec. 5 San Jose City Council decision wasn’t about taxpayers’ money, or voters’ rights. Cash, political power and private conversations not streamed on Zoom won the night.

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Split SJ City Council Votes to Appoint Two New Members, Rejecting Public Pleas for Special Election

Barry Holtzclaw — Mon, 05 Dec 2022 22:20:00 +0000

The vacancies were created by the November election, when District 8 Councilmember Sylvia Arenas was elected as the District 1 representative on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors and District 10 Councilmember Matt Mahan was elected mayor.

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Two Winners and Three November Matchups Emerge from San Jose City Council Primary

San Jose Inside — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 17:33:23 +0000

The Election Division of the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters continued to count ballots today, and reported that as of 5 pm, 54% of the approximately 314,000 ballots had been counted.

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Rosemary Kamei Announces Candidacy for District 1, San Jose City Council

San Jose Inside — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 15:19:32 +0000

Santa Clara County school board member Rosemary Kamei is the first new San Jose council candidate of the New Year, seeking to represent District 1 in West San Jose. “After careful consideration, I am jumping in,” Kamei told San Jose Inside. Rosemary is vice president of innovation and former chief operating officer at Silicon Valley […]

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San Jose City Council Unanimously Approves Automatic License Plate Reader Expansion

Katie Lauer — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 18:52:48 +0000

An investigation by Electronic Frontier Foundation found that of the 1.6 million plates scanned by SJPD last year, only 1,509 led to a successful match of a vehicle of interest to law enforcement.

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San Jose Council Bans Flavored Tobacco Products, Further Restricts Retailers

Barry Holtzclaw — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 19:36:05 +0000

The ban on flavored tobacco aligns with state and federal regulations so retailers that sell hookah or hookah related products would be exempt from the ban. but more than 650 San Jose tobacco retailers will have to make the shift.

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VTA Poised to Appoint New General Manager and CEO

Katie Lauer — Thu, 20 May 2021 02:12:54 +0000

If given the green light in a special meeting Friday, Gonot's first day, complete with a $350,000 base salary, would be July 12.

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SJ Police Chief Finalists Named—But Some Say It’s Too Fast

Sonya Herrera — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 01:17:13 +0000

The city convened panels last week to interview the first round of seven candidates, but who voted and the tallies remain a mystery.

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South Bay Elected Leaders Say They’re Waiting Their Turn for Coronavirus Vaccine

Jennifer Wadsworth — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 20:12:44 +0000

To date, no one on the San Jose City Council or Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors have been inoculated against the virus.

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San Jose Considers ‘Hazard Pay’ for Grocery Store Workers

Bay City News — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 16:56:37 +0000

The additional pay would apply to stores with 300 or more employees nationwide and companies that are publicly traded.

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