Residents: Keep Libraries, Centers Open

Community Meetings on Budget Issues Begin in April in Council Districts The first budget hearing after the release of the Mayor’s Budget Message on March 11 drew about a dozen San Jose residents, most asking the City Council to increase hours at libraries, provide meals for seniors and end the wait for new community centers […]

Mayor Supports Saving Services, Pay Cuts

Community Budget Meetings Scheduled for Public Input

Mayor Chuck Reed at budget session

San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed’s budget message to the City Manager released Friday, March 11 strongly supports what residents have been telling him through surveys, a budget session and conversations: Keep our libraries and community centers open and enough police officers and […]

Commission Explores Refiguring Districts

Armed with Census data, the Redistricting Advisory Commission began to pursue its mission at a meeting on Monday, March 14: Redraw the boundaries of San Jose’s 10 City Council Districts to keep their population counts within 10 percent of each other.

The 11-member commission’s next meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, […]