San Jose, CA

Downtown San Jose, California has the solution for homelessness. Employ the homeless for the “Clean Team” Which I think is a great idea. On Santa Clara and first there are nearly 10 – 20 homeless people hanging out with nothing to do. Why not give them the opportunity to clean up the city that they live in and earn a way at the same time.

The San Jose Downtown Association will employ Ambassadors that will direct people to stores, restaurants, and current events. The Ambassadors will be trained in CPR and will be constantly connected to the San Jose Police Department via radio.

Though I have to agree with a writer for The Metro. The San Jose Downtown Association needs to train them in more than CPR and business locations. Ambassadors also need to be trained in community, languages and history of San Jose.
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The Department of Santa Clara is planning the future of the Santa Clara Bart station. The project planning area is estimating that not only will there be a future Santa Clara BART Station but possibly 3,500 housing units.

The housing units are needed in the North area of Norman A Mineta International Airport and around San Jose. Landlords currently have to give tenents three months to find housing in income controlled units.

Santa Clara County is also planning five million square feet of non-residental development and seven acres of public parks.

Your concerns can be sent to the following address or email address:
City of San Jose Planning Division, Attn: Jenny Nusbaum
200 E. Santa Clara St. 3rd Floor, San Jose CA 95113

Jenny.Nusbaum@sanjoseca.gov

The environmental Impact Report Public Scoping Metting will be held:
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
6:00 PM
San Jose City Hall, Tower Room 1446
200 East Santa Clara Street, San Jose CA

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If it wasn’t hard enough to get suburban residents out of their homes and into Downtown, San Jose City council voted unanimously to begin charging $5 for parking after 10 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, starting next month to discourage loitering and pay cleaning fees.

Parking in the city lots has been free after 6 p.m. on weeknights and all-day weekends and was meant to encourage people to venture out for the shopping, restaurants, and cultural events, which lack the same kind of pull that the artificially-created downtown of Santana Row regularly garners.

Unfortunately for San Jose residents, this city has yet to figure out how to deal with its large population. As the 10th largest city in the nation, San Jose should be establishing itself as the South Bay’s entertainment hub but instead city officials have opted to deter residents from normal city activity in order to avoid the negative side effects. Crime comes with the territory of any large city. When San Jose officials learn how to appropriately present city events like the annual Mardi Gras and Cinco De Mayo celebrations, perhaps residents will be more likely to eat, shop, and live Downtown.

In the meantime, I recommend looking for parking in the City Hall parking lot. It’s all the way on Fifth Street/San Fernando and there aren’t many spots, but if you can find one, it is still free after 6 p.m. Also, in the Naglee Park area (streets 12th-18th between Santa Clara and Williams) parking is free June 1-September 1. It’s a bit of a jaunt to the Second Street bars but if you have things to do at San Jose State or don’t mind huffin’ it, it’s also gratis.

Check the Downtown parking website for updates and maps.