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A New Year, A New San Jose Council
The first San Jose City Council meeting of the year feels like the first day of school.

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The first San Jose City Council meeting of the year feels like the first day of school.

A coalition want city policymakers to bolster renter’s rights, preserve affordable rental housing and stop criminalizing homeless residents.
The county is also giving roughly $930,000 to A&A Health Services, a mental health service provider in San Pablo.
The outpouring of funds and support from the community has been a welcome surprise.
The county has also agreed to continue funding A&A Health Services, a mental health service provider in San Pablo.
The atmospheric river storm is reaching its end, but more rain is on the way.
“By becoming a citizen, families can stay together, fear of deportation is gone.”
Sunnyvale's environmentally conscious and modern City Hall building is nearing completion.
Sunnyvale needs to step up to help residents, especially seniors like Mir Sayed.
“It’s just not safe for us anymore here.”
Despite the drop, the current homeless population in the city is still the largest San Jose has seen in 13 years.
The city opened overnight warming centers at Roosevelt Community Center, the West Valley library branch and Seven Trees Community Center.
A landmark state fast-food law to improve worker conditions and wages is stuck in the courts.
Some lobbyists failed to divulge details of their meetings, while some provide blanket statements and others simply leave the field blank.
Nearly two months after election day, a winner has finally been named in the Sunnyvale District 3 City Council race.
Steve Wymer lost his job at eBay for allegedly facilitating a harassment campaign against a Massachusetts couple.
San Jose is using its slice of a $1.7 trillion federal spending package to address ongoing homelessness.
More than two dozen people have applied for two open seats on the San Jose City Council, some just hours before the midnight deadline.
San Jose has gone from parched earth to soggy ground after this past weekend's soaking, and more is on the way.