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6 days ago | 
localnewsmatters.org | Vicente Vera |San Jose Spotlight
A NEW SAN JOSE POLICY intended to target individuals who rent RVs to homeless residents is being extended to penalize people sleeping in their vehicles. The San Jose City Council voted 9-1 at its June 17 meeting to approve the “vanlording” policy, as it was written, to ban the advertising and renting out of RVs to homeless residents intending to use the recreational vehicles as homes. These RVs are prohibited from parking and sleeping on city streets and private property after August.
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1 week ago | 
localnewsmatters.org | Annalise Freimarck |San Jose Spotlight
A LONG-AWAITED PROJECT to alleviate Los Gatos beach traffic has received funding — but it’s a drop in the bucket compared to the money needed to address bumper-to-bumper gridlock on summer weekends. The VTA board of directors has allocated $11.3 million for the State Route 17 Corridor Congestion Relief Project as part of its budgets for fiscal year 2025-26 and 2026-27.
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1 week ago | 
localnewsmatters.org | Annalise Freimarck |San Jose Spotlight
SAN JOSE RESIDENT Cathie Bacosa woke up around midnight last year to a fire ravaging her backyard in the neighborhood she’s lived in for 28 years. She thinks it was likely from fireworks. It was July 4, and more than 30,000 people had crowded into the small neighborhood to watch the annual Almaden Lake Park fireworks display near her home. The fire destroyed Bacosa’s kitchen and backyard, forcing her and her family to live in a hotel for five months.
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1 week ago | 
nbcbayarea.com | Vicente Vera |San Jose Spotlight
A new San Jose policy intended to target individuals who rent RVs to homeless residents is being extended to penalize people sleeping in their vehicles. The San Jose City Council voted 9-1 on Tuesday to approve the "vanlording" policy, as it was written last week, to ban the advertising and renting out of RVs to homeless residents intending to use the recreational vehicles as homes. These RVs are prohibited from parking and sleeping on city streets and private property after August.
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1 week ago | 
nbcbayarea.com | Annalise Freimarck |San Jose Spotlight
San Jose resident Cathie Bacosa woke up around midnight last year to a fire ravaging her backyard in the neighborhood she's lived in for 28 years. She thinks it was likely from fireworks. It was July 4, and more than 30,000 people had crowded into the small neighborhood to watch the annual Almaden Lake Park fireworks display near her home. The fire destroyed Bacosa's kitchen and backyard, forcing her and her family to live in a hotel for five months.
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1 week ago | 
nbcbayarea.com | Annalise Freimarck |San Jose Spotlight
A long-awaited project to alleviate Los Gatos beach traffic has received funding -- but it's a drop in the bucket compared to the money needed to address bumper-to-bumper gridlock on summer weekends. The VTA board of directors has allocated $11.3 million for the State Route 17 Corridor Congestion Relief Project as part of its budgets for fiscal year 2025-26 and 2026-27.
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1 week ago | 
localnewsmatters.org | Joyce Chu |San Jose Spotlight
A NEW RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT facility in Santa Clara County will provide people with a safe place to heal and recover. County officials announced the opening of 1072-1082 Vermont St. in San Jose, known as Vermont House, at a Thursday news conference. The two houses can hold up to 15 people who have a mental illness or dual diagnosis that includes a substance use disorder. A typical stay will last six months to a year, with leeway for extensions. Residents will have their own room.
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1 week ago | 
nbcbayarea.com | Joyce Chu |San Jose Spotlight
San Jose is moving forward with plans to clear large camps of homeless people and prevent them from returning. Sweeps are planned from June 16 to June 30 to clear encampments where dozens of people are living in tents along the Guadalupe River from West Taylor Street to Interstate 880. The city plans to sweep Columbus Park next month -- where homeless residents are living in more than 80 vehicles and RVs -- and expects to finish clearing the site by October.
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1 week ago | 
nbcbayarea.com | Vicente Vera |San Jose Spotlight
Neighborhood-wide efforts to save a San Jose restaurant have been quashed in favor of a new fast-food eatery. Planning Director Christopher Burton on Wednesday approved a Chick-fil-A at 255 Race St. off West San Carlos Street because the location is considered underused -- despite a longstanding family restaurant operating at the site. Residents and housing advocates said the project is inconsistent with the West San Carlos Urban Village Plan, and criticized the displacement of Taqueria Eduardo.
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1 week ago | 
localnewsmatters.org | Vicente Vera |San Jose Spotlight
CITY OFFICIALS HAVE SIDED with homeowners opposed to a proposed 17-story apartment complex that would have added hundreds of homes in West San Jose. The San Jose City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to deny plans to construct 135 homes and 15,000 square feet of commercial retail space at 826 N. Winchester Blvd. Neighborhood residents who rallied against the project included Lindy Hayes — daughter of former Mayor Janet Grey Hayes.
