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Mayor Reed's Green Vision
  Since 2007, Mayor Reed’s pioneering Green Vision has served a road map for making San José the global center of clean tech innovation and environmental sustainability.
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  Mayor Reed has consistently made public safety a top priority, working to ensure that San José remains one of the safest big cities in the country.
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Honesty and Open Government
  From day one, Mayor Reed has led the charge to build a new culture of integrity, transparency and public trust in City Hall.
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  Mayor Reed has worked hand-in-hand with local schools to ensure that our children receive a quality education and are equipped to lead our community in the future.
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Fiscal Responsibility & Balanced Budgets
  By preaching fiscal responsibility, Mayor Reed has worked to preserve core city services when faced with chronic budget deficits.
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Welcome to San José – the Capital of Silicon Valley and the Innovation Center of the World

The people of San José and Silicon Valley have changed the world. The innovations that have come out of our collective efforts over the past few decades have helped raise the living standards for hundreds of millions of people around the world. We are at the epicenter of the transformation of society from the industrial age to the information age and into the knowledge age. What we do here is important and it must continue.

San José must remain the Capital of Silicon Valley, and Silicon Valley must remain the innovation center of the world. The best days of San José and the best days of Silicon Valley are ahead of us.

There are many things that San José must do to make that happen, such as being the best place in the world to start and grow a business and making sure our driving industries stay here and grow here.

San José is the tenth largest city in the nation and the third largest city in California – a state that alone would be the world’s eighth largest economy – but our role in the world is more than just economic development and technological innovation.

San José will be a beacon of peace and prosperity to show the world what can happen when people from around the world come together and focus on what they have in common rather than on their differences. In a world full of ethnic and religious hatred and violence we have a chance to show the world a better way of life. We can do it and we will do it.

Chuck Reed

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Fiscal Challenges Facing Cities: Implications for Economic Recovery

Mayor Reed met with White House officials, spoke at Brookings Institution
SAN JOSE, NOVEMBER 19 – Mayor Chuck Reed is featured in an event sponsored by the Brookings Institution and the National Leage of Cities titled “Fiscal Challenges Facing Cities: Implications for Economic Recovery.” This forum focuses on the deepening fiscal challenges many cities face, the adjustments that will be required in 2010 budgets, and the and the tough choices on city services and payrolls that may drag down national jobs numbers and economic recovery.

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Mayor Reed Enjoys Approval of San José Residents. More than two-thirds of San José residents approve of the job Chuck Reed is doing as mayor, a new survey by the Survey and Policy Research Institute at San Jose State University shows. >>>read more PDF

San José Selected to Host 2012 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. On November 4th, Mayor Reed joined the San Jose Sports Authority, U.S. Figure Skating Association, and local skating luminaries Peggy Fleming, Rudy Galindo and Kristi Yamaguchi to welcome the 2012 championships to the H.P. Pavilion. The event will showcase San José to a national audience and is expected to generate more than $20 million local economic activity. >>>read more PDF

Statement from Mayor Chuck Reed regarding the Arrests in the Halloween Shooting and Stabbing. I want to thank the San José Police Department for their quick work in making these arrests and to thank the residents of San José for working with the police department to solve these horrific crimes. >>>read more PDF

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