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  • 4 days ago | sanjosespotlight.com | Vicente Vera

    The School of Arts and Culture at Mexican Heritage Plaza is gearing up to launch San Jose’s first distinct cultural district. Housing Trust Silicon Valley, a nonprofit community development group, announced on June 11 it will award a $50,000 grant to the School of Arts and Culture at Mexican Heritage Plaza.

  • 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.

  • 6 days ago | sanjosespotlight.com | Vicente Vera

    Silicon Valley nonprofit leaders are going back to the drawing board after recently announcing the cancellation of a long-anticipated San Jose landmark project. San José Spotlight reported in May that nonprofit Urban Confluence raised more than $3.3 million over several years to build a towering art installation dubbed “The Breeze of Innovation” within Plaza de Cesar Chavez. The group’s funding had dwindled to about $35,000 and the project never got off the ground.

  • 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.

  • 1 week ago | sanjosespotlight.com | Vicente Vera

    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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Vicente Vera
Vicente Vera @VicenteJVera
6 Jun 25

RT @vtabsv2: 🚇 Tom Maguire at #PolitiBeat25 today on BSVII, “We’re using a single bore tunnel—wide enough for both BART tracks and stations…

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6 Jun 25

RT @AmeenIKhan33: TY ⁦@SJSpotlight⁩ for giving this important topic the attention that it requires and deserves at #PolitiBeat25 https://t.…

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6 Jun 25

UPDATE: East San Jose Councilmember @PeterOrtizD5 is requesting $1M in emergency support June 10 for the undocumented community in light of recent #ICE arrests. Activists have been calling for this funding since January. @SJSpotlight https://t.co/osCCFkZYqW

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NEW: San Jose is making a $250,000 investment to fund legal services for the immigrant community in the 2025-26 budget after @SJSpotlight reported activists pleaded for more dollars in light of increased ICE activity. https://t.co/C0bYfvoLr9 https://t.co/2EoYuTXQrN