February 3, 2020 Historic Downtown San Jose Building Saved From Demolition By Jennifer Wadsworth The city has offered up an unused property as a new site for the 120-year-old Pallesen Apartment Building. Read More 6
December 17, 2019 Several Bay Area Cities Vow to Investigate Misconduct Claims Against Downtown Streets Team By Jennifer Wadsworth At least six public agencies are re-evaluating contracts with the tax-exempt homeless services provider in light of the allegations. Read More 25
December 13, 2019 SJSU’s New Recreation Center Wins San Jose Downtown Association’s Golden Nail Award By Grace Hase The San Jose Downtown Association bestows the honor each year to a project that exhibits distinctive architecture and design. Read More 0
November 4, 2019 San Jose City Council Mulls Changes to Ellis Act Ordinance By Grace Hase The San Jose City Council meets at 11am Tuesday inside the council chambers at City Hall, 200 E. Santa Clara St. in San Jose. Read More 3
October 25, 2019 SJDA Exec Apologizes For Speech That Offended City Leaders By Grace Hase Scott Knies’ words about how some council members invoked the “issue of race” prompted outrage from at least two local electeds. Read More 6
October 11, 2019 SJDA Director Highlights Council Division, Calls for Strong Mayor System in Annual Speech By Grace Hase Scott Knies delivered an impassioned address to a packed room of business owners and elected officials at First United Methodist Church. Read More 29
October 2, 2019 San Jose City Clerk Apprentice Takes the Blame for Hilariously Heavy-Handed Redactions By The Fly Since this news organization flagged the issue, City Clerk Toni Taber’s office has relaxed its grip on the digital Sharpie. Read More 7
September 20, 2019 Labor, Business Spar Over San Jose’s High-Rise Tax Breaks By Grace Hase Union bosses are pushing back on the subsidy in a way that their business counterparts are calling a politically motivated attack. Read More 5
July 31, 2019 Downtown Councilman Wants to Ease Liquor License Restrictions By Grace Hase As city officials push for a more vibrant downtown, Councilman Raul Peralez wants to allow more businesses to sell alcohol. Read More 16
April 9, 2019 San Jose Exempts Developers From Paying $139 Million in Affordable Housing Fees By Rachel Sandler Some $138.5 million won’t be going into San Jose’s affordable housing fund this year because of exemptions to market-rate housing projects. Read More 9
March 26, 2019 San Jose Explores Universal Fee to Streamline City Planning By Rachel Sandler In an effort to simplify planning, San Jose mayor Sam Liccardo is proposing what would be a first-of-its-kind development fee. Read More 18
March 11, 2019 SJ Mulls Ways to Offset Cost of Upping Downtown Height Limits By Lloyd Alaban As part of its quest to raise downtown building heights, San Jose will consider a unique funding proposal to offset costs to the airline industry. Read More 4
March 8, 2019 Adobe’s Proposed North Tower Panned as ‘Flat, Bulky and Boxy’ By Dan Pulcrano and Jennifer Wadsworth The critique is clearly a challenge to Adobe, which supplies tools such as Photoshop to the world’s creatives, to be a little more, well, creative. Read More 7
December 3, 2018 Google Poised to Strike $111 Million Land Deal with San Jose By Jennifer Wadsworth It will take years before the tech company realizes its vision for the city’s core. But a key vote this week lays the groundwork. Read More 2
November 28, 2018 Newest Addition to Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors Represents Critical Swing Vote By The Fly Susan Ellenberg’s election to the Santa Clara County District 4 seat stands to shift the board to the center in the years ahead. Read More 8
October 12, 2018 San Jose’s Moment: Google and Downtown’s ‘West Side Story’ By Scott Knies Is this finally San Jose’s moment for downtown to realize its potential as a vital and beautiful urban community? Read More 9