Dive Brief: San Jose, CA is accepting applications for $1 million worth of community grants intended to improve digital equity for all residents by increasing internet access and skills. Applicants must be an educational institution, public agency or 501(c)(3) that provides services to San Jose residents in areas such as education, workforce development, homelessness, or other social services. The organization must already be — or would like to be — addressing San Jose residents' digital need...

San Jose City Hall's tower will glow in purple light throughout October in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Over a hundred people gathered in the rotunda to kick-off the lighting sponsored by Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence in Santa Clara County.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- The city of San Jose has unveiled a new tool that can be used to help ensure its community's most pressing needs are identified and responded to in a more equitable manner. It's called the Social Progress Index - and it analyzes data right down to the census tract."It's important for the entire community to see transparently what's going on in our city," said Mayor Sam Liccardo.In partnership with the national nonprofit Social Progress Imperative , San Jose has becom...

The Northern California municipality plans to create its formal policy during the next roughly 12 months, in order to maintain the trust of residents whose information it may collect and store. Officials in Silicon Valley’s largest city have approved a document that will be foundational to their creation of a citywide privacy policy, and will hire an analyst focused on that project. The San Jose City Council on Sept. 17 approved a resolution setting out six City-Wide Privacy Principles. Dolan...

The past few years in San Jose have been marked by smug political posturing between business and labor factions over where the line falls between economic development and corporate handout. When Google announced its interest in redeveloping the western swath of downtown, labor leaders waged an aggressive campaign for community benefits. Mayor Sam Liccardo and his business-aligned colleagues, meanwhile, boasted about how the search-and-advertising giant paid a fair-market price for city land a...

San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo is right: We need to get carbon out of our economy, and cities must lead the way.

Almost five years after Measure G passed, the San Jose City Council on Tuesday will hear a proposal to boot executive employees working in the city’s Office of Retirement Services from the retirement plan that they directly worked on. As part of a thorough reform to clean up San Jose’s pension boards, Measure G reluctantly passed...

The San Jose councilman says he's been caught in the crossfires of an apparent political hit that aims to cast him in a bad light.

Just days after San Jose’s mayor introduced a historic gun control proposal, a councilwoman is going on the offensive against him.

City Hall in San Jose is only 14 years old, but the building's cooling system is apparently out of date.

San José is in the midst of the largest 5G deployment in the country. More from our CIO @SSantosham in today’s episode of the IRL podcast from @firefox. https://mzl.la/2MkHinB https://twitter.com/IRLPodcast_org/status/1160814971166646272 … IRL Podcast @IRLPodcast_org #IRLPodcast | The 5G Privilege: https://irlpodcast.org/season5/episode5/ …

San Jose City Hall has a new watchdog and he vows to hold officials accountable — including himself. The city auditor, one of the most important jobs at City Hall, was recently filled by a veteran of the department, Joe Rois, who joined the City Auditor’s office in 2008. Rois earned a couple of promotions...

A local coalition of union-aligned advocacy groups hope to upend what they call a pay-to-play environment in San Jose politics.

A federal appeals court upheld a ruling last month that President Donald Trump violated the First Amendment by blocking critics on Twitter — prompting San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo to begin reinstating hundreds of social media users he’s blocked on Twitter and Facebook, a move that one good government advocate said is “better late than...

San Jose lawmakers are cracking down on enforcing stricter workforce protections for construction workers almost two years after the shocking discovery of an unlicensed contractor harboring undocumented immigrants in slave-like conditions at the former Silvery Towers site. On Tuesday, the City Council passed a law that requires contractors to pay workers a prevailing wage while...

Santa Clara officials are deciding how the city will spend $5 million earmarked for affordable housing that the city has received from San Jose this week as part of a lawsuit settled last year. Though the money will go toward affordable housing, the city hasn’t yet identified specific projects or initiatives for the funds. San...

Organizers say this is just the beginning of what they hope will become a deep collaboration between the city and its people.

A handful of California lawmakers want to bar cities from towing cars over unpaid parking tickets and other fees that disproportionately harm low-income families and people living in their cars. But in San Jose, officials are pushing back stating that the bill will exacerbate existing parking woes and excessive abandoned vehicles on city streets. The...

The Monterey Road clean up this week is a collaboration between @CityofSanJose + @UnionPacific Railroad. Thank you #SJD2 & #SanJose residents for supporting me as I do everything in my power to coordinate efforts & beautify our community. #D2CleanStreetspic.twitter.com/Q3VyjdRuEN

A new website dubbed San Jose Submerged is detailing “the history of negligence” by government agencies that failed to protect San Jose residents from disastrous flooding two years ago and pushing to ensure they get compensated. “It’s so unbelievable that this happened in San Jose in the self proclaimed capitol of silicon valley and folks...

When Sam Liccardo was elected Mayor in 2014 he had an opportunity to bridge the gap that divided the City. He had been elected by a bare majority composed of the whiter, more affluent parts of the City. People of color in less affluent neighborhoods, largely on the eastside, voted for his opponent Dave Cortese. During his first term, Liccardo…

San Jose lawmakers on Wednesday will vote on a request from Mayor Sam Liccardo to dock his own raise. The proposal, which has raised concerns with some of Liccardo’s council colleagues, is headed to a council committee which the mayor chairs. If approved by that committee, it will go to the full City Council for...

The city of San Jose is set to make more street repairs this year than it has ever done, about 280 miles worth when all is said and done.

What is it like living in San Jose, California? Discover the cost of living, climate, transportation, things to do and more!

One reason developers have been slow to build co-living projects in San Francisco is the city’s 2013 decision to require “group home” projects to meet the same affordable housing requirements as other market-rate developments. The decision killed a project that developer Build Inc. and co-living provider Open Door proposed at 1532 Harrison St. The proposal called for 235 micro-suites organized around 28 shared living spaces. “Overnight the board killing our project — we reverted to tradition...

It might seem like a great idea to pick up and move to a big city, but the problem lies in the cost of living. The cost of living varies from state to state, like many things, and it is important to understand what you might be getting yourself into financially before making the leap to cross the border into a new state's territory. There are some that might appear affordable on the outside, but upon closer inspection, you might be surprised by what you find. We have found the most expensive ...

In case there is any doubt that renewable energy is “a thing,” the sixth annual survey of solar energy in America’s biggest cities shows that the country now has more than 60 gigawatts (GW) of solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity installed – enough to power nearly one in every 11 homes in America. According to Environment America Research & Policy Center’s “Shining Cities 2019” report, San Jose has been ranked #3 in the list of “Solar Star” cities that have more than 50 watts of solar PV capacity...

San Jose, Calif., recently became the first city in the United States to deploy FirstNet to all of its public safety and emergency response personnel. FirstNet is a national broadband public safety network that has been many years in the making. It is an effort to centralize and modernize emergency response communications across the country. All 50 states are part of it, as is Washington, D.C., the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. San Jose has not only joined the network, it has extended...

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Looking to discover the newest restaurant and retail additions to San Jose? Here's a rundown of the newest hot spots to land recently in the city.

San Jose and Santa Clara County join a growing movement to wean local governments off Wall Street by creating publicly owned banks.

San Jose’s tourism leaders are trying to get more people talking about and visiting the city. People are definitely talking now. For many in the 10th largest city in America, San Jose is their hometown. For Grace Kelly, that’s not the case. That’s why people are sounding off about the city’s new music promo, featuring...

San Jose cannot and must not be the only city to step up to the housing plate.

This Thursday 5/30, buildingsanjose will host an open house where City building staff will answer your questions about upgrading your home. ADUs (casitas) will be covered at 6:30p & home energy efficiency improvements will be discussed at 7:15p. Meeting …pic.twitter.com/c40oWwa7Nr

Shifting demographics have led to increases for some Bay Area cities, and a population decline in for one unlikely hub. The new looker in San Jose’s Vista Park neighborhood is a four-bedroom, two and a half bath New American style house. It’s on the market because its owner and family are calling it quits on San Jose.

You can now preselect TotalGreen, our 100% renewable generation service. When your SJCE service starts in February 2019, your electricity will be generated from carbon-free wind and solar farms. TotalGreen is a simple, cost-effective way for you to do even more to reduce your impact on our planet. Choosing TotalGreen will cost the average home about $5-10 more per month, about the same as a cup of coffee or two.

The San Jose Department of Transportation warned the city council Tuesday evening that higher than expected bids for road repair work could delay or scale back some projects for the year.

Retaining its position as the second best metro area for small businesses in the US for the second year, San Jose has shown continued strength in its small business community’s annual revenue, credit score, longevity and other factors. The annual ranking is by Biz2Credit, an online company specializing in small business financing. To determine the... Read more »

A unique proposal going before the council aims to give instructors at Santa Clara University a way to weather the affordability crisis.