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Shutoff Streetlights Worry SJ Neighborhoods

By Janice Rombeck NeighborWebSJ editor

X indicates light is shut off indefinitely.

See a burned out streetlight near your neighborhood? You can report it to San Jose’s transportation department, but it could be one of 900 lights turned off indefinitely.

The money-saving measure is not popular with some residents who question the location of the […]

Future Funding for SN Could Include TIF

Watch the CNAC meeting on YouTube

The Coalition for Neighborhood Action Coalitions meeting in December focused on the future on Strong Neighborhoods, including funding. Strong Neighborhoods Director Kip Harkness gave an overview of tax increment financing, a potential funding source. A plan is in the works to amend the Redevelopment Plan for Strong Neighobrhoods to […]

Key to Community Policing: Relationships

While agreeing that community policing can be defined as a partnership between police officers and residents, a panel of public safety experts and community members were not so certain about how to make those partnerships happen.

Hosted by the American Leadership Forum Silicon Valley, “Creating a Safer San Jose: Community Policing” at the Roosevelt […]

July 31 is the Deadline for San Jose Groups to Apply for CAP Grants

The City of San Jose is accepting applications for CAP grants through the online WebGrants page. Deadline to apply is 4 p.m. on Thursday, July 31.

Applicants can either register or log in to start the online process to compete for grants from $300 to $1,500 per organization. More information is on the CAP Grant Cycle 28 can be found on the United Neighborhoods of Santa Clara County Web page. UNSCC administers the grants for the city.

The popular Community Action and Pride program funds such activities as social mixers, Dumpster Days (cleanups using dumpsters rented from the city), newsletters and National Night Out events. Grants also are used for liability insurance required by the city for events in public parks and buildings.

Neighborhoods Gearing Up for National Night Out

Want the San Jose Police Department to be part of your National Night Out event on Tuesday, August 5? You have until Friday, July 25, to register at the SJPD Website or by contacting the SJPD Crime Prevention Unit at (408) 277-4133.

Celebrating its 31st anniversary, National Night Out is a nationwide movement to get residents to know each other and their police patrol officers in an effort to make their neighborhoods safer.

Many neighborhoods throughout San José and Santa Clara County will host such events as block parties, ice cream socials and barbecues. Once your neighborhood is registered, the SJPD will put it on our list of event sites to visit during the evening.

For more information on the National Night Out organization, visit the NNO website.

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Shutoff Streetlights Worry SJ Neighborhoods

Future Funding for SN Could Include TIF

Key to Community Policing: Relationships

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July 31 is the Deadline for San Jose Groups to Apply for CAP Grants

Neighborhoods Gearing Up for National Night Out