Council Memoranda | City of San José

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Memorandum Archive Prior to April 2026

The information and documents contained in this archive will not be updated and may contain out of date information and broken links.

Date	Memo
March 16, 2026	March Budget Message for Fiscal Year 2026-2027 (Foley)
October 10, 2025	Coordination of Homelessness Activities Report (Mahan, Foley, Kamei, Campos, Tordillos)
October 10, 2025	Actions Related to the Purchase Order for Fire Apparatuses (Mahan, Foley, Candelas, Cohen)
August 08, 2025	Actions Related to Travel to Atlanta, Georgia for the September 2025 San José Chamber of Commerce Annual Study Mission (Mahan, Foley, Cohen, Casey)
June 06, 2025	Mayor’s June Budget Message for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 (Cohen, Foley, Kamei)
March 17, 2025	Approval of the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Mayor's March Budget Message (Foley)
February 28, 2025	Cooperation Agreement Between Pacific Gas and Electric Company and the City of San Jose for Electric Infrastructure Development (Mahan. Foley, Cohen, Candelas, Kamei)
February 28, 2025	Cooperation Agreement Between Pacific Gas and Electric Company and the City of San Jose for Electric Infrastructure Development (Mahan. Foley, Cohen, Candelas, Kamei)
November 08, 2024	District 3 Upcoming Vacancy (Mahan, Cohen, Foley)
August 23, 2024	Proposition 3: Right to Marry & Repeal Prop 8 (Torres, Davis, Foley)
August 15, 2024	Janet Gray Hayes Rotunda Naming (Mahan, Kamei, Davis, Foley)
June 07, 2024	Mayor’s June Budget Message for Fiscal Year 2024-25 (Mahan, Cohen, Davis, Torres, Foley)
June 07, 2024	Approval of the 2024-2025 Operating and Capital Budgets for the City of San José and Schedule of Fees and Charges (Jimenez, Torres, Cohen, Ortiz, Foley)
April 09, 2024	Adoption of Ordinances to Establish 14 New Rule 20A Underground Utility Districts (Cohen, Foley)
December 08, 2023	Resolution of the Council of the City of San José Declaring the City’s Commitment to Affordable Childcare (Kamei, Davis, Foley)
December 07, 2023	Proposed Ordinance Regulating Foreign Influence in City Elections Prohibiting Foreign-Influenced Business Entities from Making Independent Expenditures, Campaign Contributions or Contributing to Independent Expenditure Committees (Cohen, Jimenez, Foley, Candelas, Kamei)
December 01, 2023	Amendment to the City’s Pay Plan for the Director of Retirement Services and Chief Executive Officer, Assistant Director and Chief Investment Officer, Senior Investment Officer, and Investment Officer Classifications (Mahan, Davis, Foley)
November 03, 2023	Cities Association of Santa Clara County’s Proposed Joint Powers Agreement to Establish the Cities Association of Santa Clara County Joint Powers Agency (Kamei, Jimenez, Cohen, Ortiz, Foley)
October 17, 2023	Housing Department’s Performance Measures Audit Report (Mahan, Kamei, Foley)
September 22, 2023	Amendment to the City’s Pay Plan for the Director of Retirement Services and Chief Executive Officer, Assistant Director and Chief Investment Officer, Senior Investment Officer, and Investment Officer Classifications (Mahan, Davis, Foley)
September 12, 2023	Approval of the Terms of an Agreement Between the City of San José and Each of the Several Bargaining Units (Cohen, Foley, Jimenez)
June 10, 2023	Status of Additional Vendor Negotiation (Cohen, Foley)
June 08, 2023	Disability Inclusion Equity Pledge (Foley)
May 19, 2023	Proposed Ordinance to Amend Title 12 of the San José Municipal Code (Jimenez, Cohen, Davis, Candelas, Foley)
October 31, 2022	Cannabis Business Ordinance Revisions (Foley)
September 30, 2022	City Initiatives Roadmap: Bill of Rights for Children and Youth Audit Report (Arenas, Peralez, Carrasco, Foley)
September 18, 2022	Fiscal Recovery Update and Coronavirus Relief Fund Rebalancing (Esparza, Peralez, Foley)
August 05, 2022	November 2022 Ballot Measures - Proposition 1 (Carrasco, Davis, Esparza, Arenas, Foley)
June 02, 2022	Proposed Ballot Measure on City Charter Amendment for the November 8, 2022 General Election (Jimenez, Cohen, Foley)
March 18, 2022	Campaign Finance Reform (Cohen, Arenas, Foley, Jimenez)
February 15, 2022	Proposed Ballot Measure for the June 7, 2022, Election to Amend the City Charter to Move the Mayoral Election to the Presidential Election Cycle (Foley)
January 11, 2022	Charter Review Commission Report and Recommendations (Liccardo, Jones, Jimenez, Cohen, Foley)
November 16, 2021	Campaign Finance Reform (Cohen, Jimenez, Foley)
November 12, 2021	An Ordinance to Amend San José Municipal Code Chapter 12.06 Related to Disclosures on Campaign Advertisements (Jones, Jimenez, Cohen, Arenas, Foley)
December 11, 2020	Joint Powers Authority - Issued Bonds for Low-Income and Moderate-Income Housing (Liccardo, Diep, Foley, Khamis)
June 08, 2020	Discussion and Actions Related to Police Use of Force and Crowd Control Measures (Foley)
April 03, 2020	Report of the City Manager, David Sykes (Arenas, Esparza, Carrasco, Foley)
April 01, 2020	Paid Sick Leave Ordinance (Jones, Foley, Khamis)
December 10, 2019	Spending Priorities for Potential General Fund Revenue from a Real Property Transfer Tax Measure (Liccardo, Peralez, Diep, Foley)
November 27, 2019	Potential Real Property Transfer Tax Measure (Liccardo, Diep, Foley)
August 13, 2019	Amnesty Program for the Business Tax and Expanding the Eligibility Requirements for the Financial Hardship Exemptions (Foley)
March 03, 2019	Council Policy Priority #13 Amendment to the San José Municipal code for the Cannabis Equity Assistance Program (Carrasco, Peralez, Foley)

Public Safety Services

Memorandum Archive Prior to April 2026

The information and documents contained in this archive will not be updated and may contain out of date information and broken links.

Date	Memo
August 15, 2025	Cardroom Regulation Fee (Mahan, Foley, Cohen, Mulcahy, Casey)
May 16, 2025	Community-Led Solutions to Domestic Violence Report (Foley, Kamei, Campos, Cohen, Ortiz)
March 15, 2024	Cannabis Business Regulations and Annual Operating Fee Comparisons (Jimenez, Torres, Cohen, Ortiz, Foley)
November 9, 2023	Response to the Investigations of Police Misconduct in San José Report by Moeel, Lah, Fakhoury, LLP (Jimenez, Torres, Cohen, Foley)
October 3, 2023	Re-Arrest of High-Risk Individuals and Interagency Coordination on Pretrial Release Status Report (Mahan, Jimenez, Torres, Foley)
June 9, 2023	Amendment to Title 6 (Business Licenses and Regulations) of the San José Municipal Code for the Cannabis Regulatory Program (Foley, Jimenez, Torres, Cohen, Ortiz)
April 9, 2021	Replacement Memo Police Department Duty Manual Updates Report (Arenas, Carrasco, Davis, Esparza, Foley)

Transportation & Aviation Services

Memorandum Archive Prior to April 2026

The information and documents contained in this archive will not be updated and may contain out of date information and broken links.

Date	Memo
March 21, 2025	San José Diridon Station to Airport Connector Feasibility Validation Report and Phase 2A Recommendation (Mahan, Foley, Kamei, Cohen, Mulcahy)
February 21, 2025	2025 Vision Zero Action Plan (Mahan, Foley, Campos, Ortiz, Doan)
June 14, 2024	Amendment to Council Policy 5-6, Traffic Calming for Residential Neighborhoods (Jimenez, Torres, Ortiz, Doan, Foley)
June 14, 2024	Actions Related to the Schedule of Parking Penalties (Jimenez, Torres, Doan, Foley)
August 5, 2022	Move San José Plan and Transit First Policy (Liccardo, Peralez, Davis, Foley)
November 24, 2021	Amendment to the Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport Master Plan EIR for the Outdoor Advertising Billboards(Liccardo, Jones, Peralez, Cohen, Foley)
February 10, 2020	Transportation Safety Vision Zero Action Plan (Foley)

Environmental & Utility Services

Memorandum Archive Prior to April 2026

The information and documents contained in this archive will not be updated and may contain out of date information and broken links.

Date	Memo
September 05, 2025	Existing Single-Family Building Reach Code (Foley)
June 03, 2025	Proposed Scope of Work for the Four-Year Review of the Envision San Jose 2024 General Plan (Mahan, Foley, Campos, Cohen, Casey)
June 14, 2022	Carbon Neutral by 2030 (Jones, Cohen, Foley)
December 12, 2019	Submit Letter to VTA in Affirmation & Preservation of Funding for Planned Highway & Streets Projects with Committed VTA Measure B Tax Dollars (Jones, Foley, Davis, Khamis)

Neighborhood Services

Memorandum Archive Prior to April 2026

The information and documents contained in this archive will not be updated and may contain out of date information and broken links.

Date	Memo
November 05, 2024	Consolidated Annual Homelessness Report and Implementation Plan Update (Mahan, Kamei, Cohen, Davis, Foley)
October 18, 2024	Blue Zones Assessment, Readiness, and Feasibility Report (Davis, Foley, Ortiz, Doan)
April 05, 2024	Children and Youth Master Plan (Torres, Davis, Ortiz, Doan, Foley)
April 14, 2023	Actions Related to the Urban Confluence Silicon Valley Breeze of Innovation Project (Mahan, Foley)
September 24, 2021	Amendment to Chapter 6.87 - Tobacco Retail License of Title 6 of the San José Municipal Code in Alignment with City Council Priority #12 (Liccardo, Jones, Foley, Carrasco, Cohen)
May 14, 2021	Illegal Dumping Fines and Enforcement (Liccardo, Davis, Foley)
February 26, 2021	Parkland Fee Credits for Deed Restricted Moderate-Income Housing Units (Jimenez, Cohen, Foley)
February 26, 2021	Parkland Fee Credits for Deed Restricted Moderate-Income Housing Units (Jimenez, Cohen, Foley)
May 13, 2020	Community Wi-Fi Expansion in ESUHSD (Liccardo, Carrasco, Esparza, Arenas, Foley)

Blue Zones Assessment, Readiness, and Feasibility Report

Community & Economic Development

Memorandum Archive Prior to April 2026

The information and documents contained in this archive will not be updated and may contain out of date information and broken links.

Date	Memo
January 23, 2026	Proposed Amendment to Chapter 17.22 (Mobilehome Rent Ordinance) of the San José Municipal Code (Mahan, Foley, Tordillos, Mulcahy)
January 23, 2026	Downtown Residential Incentive Program Expansion to Include Commercial-to-Residential Conversion Projects (Mahan, Foley, Tordillos)
November 14, 2025	Request for Qualification Selection of Developer and Backup Developer for 159 Acres at the San Jose-Santa Clara Regional Wastewater Facility (Mahan, Foley, Cohen, Kamei, Tordillos)
May 16, 2025	Amendment to Chapter 13.16 of Title 13 of the San José Municipal Code for Entertainment Zone Ordinance Related to 2026 Sports Events (Mahan, Foley, Kamei, Salas, Mulcahy)
May 09, 2025	Public Hearing for Amendments to the Multifamily Housing Incentive Program (Mahan, Foley, Cohen, Mulcahy)
March 14, 2025	Proposed Economic Strategy Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 and Fiscal Year 2026-2027 (Mahan, Foley, Salas, Mulcahy, Casey)
February 21, 2025	Large Format Digital Signage on City-Owned Property (Mahan, Foley, Salas, Cohen, Mulcahy)
February 21, 2025	Establishment of a Pedestrian Mall on Post Street (Mahan, Foley, Kamei, Campos, Salas)
November 01, 2024	San José Innovative Project Pathway Program (Mahan, Davis, Foley, Cohen, Candelas)
September 20, 2024	Soft Story Retrofit Ordinance (Foley, Davis, Candelas)
June 14, 2024	Implementation Actions Related to Cerone and Cherry Emergency Interim Housing Sites (Mahan, Jimenez, Cohen, Foley)
June 14, 2024	Amendment to the Agreement with Team San Jose (Mahan, Cohen, Davis, Foley)
April 12, 2024	Actions Related to the Mobile Interim Housing Project Located at the Via Del Oro Site (Mahan, Jimenez, Cohen, Foley, Batra)
February 02, 2024	Agreements with Valley Transportation Authority and State of California for an Interim Shelter/Housing Community Located at the Cerone Property and Approve the Cerone, Cherry Avenue and Via del Oro Interim Shelter/Housing Communities Currently in Development as Committed Additions to the General Fund (Mahan, Jimenez, Foley, Batra)
October 20, 2023	Interim Housing Financial Stability - Study of City Interim Housing and Actions Related to Interim Housing Grant Agreements (Mahan, Jimenez, Cohen, Foley)
October 13, 2023	Actions Related to the Via Del Oro Mobile Quick Build Shelter and Housing Cost Benefit Analysis (Mahan, Jimenez, Cohen, Foley)
June 06, 2023	City Initiatives Roadmap: Recreational Vehicles Communities Supportive Parking and Emergency Interim Housing (Mahan, Kamei, Cohen, Foley)
April 21, 2023	City-Led Engagement Process for Pleasant Hills Golf Course (Mahan, Candelas, Ortiz, Foley)
October 14, 2022	Mobile Home Park Land Use Designation Status Report (Esparza, Foley, Jimenez, Peralez, Cohen)
June 17, 2022	Action Related to Quick-Build Emergency Interim Housing (Liccardo, Peralez, Foley)
April 8, 2022	Proposed Changes to the Spending Priorities and Percentage Allocations for Measure E Property Transfer Taxes (Liccardo, Peralez, Davis, Foley, Mahan)
February 11, 2022	Cannabis Program (Foley, Peralez, Carrasco)
August 27, 2021	Affordable Housing Siting Policy (Liccardo, Jones, Cohen, Foley, Mahan)
May 17, 2021	Response to City Council Direction for Sanctioned Encampment Program (Foley)
March 23, 2021	Homelessness Annual Report and Addressing Homelessness During COVID-19 Pandemic: Encampment and Abatement (Cohen, Foley)
January 25, 2021	Adoption of 2021 COVID-19 Residential Eviction Moratorium for Tenants Financially Impacted by COVID-19 (Foley)
September 18, 2020	Citywide Residential Anti-Displacement Strategy (Liccardo, Jones, Diep, Davis, Foley)
September 11, 2020	Approval of a Loan Commitment to Blossom Hill, L.P. for the Development of Blossom Hill Senior Apartments (Liccardo, Jones, Jimenez, Foley)
September 1, 2020	Commercial Linkage Fee (Liccardo, Jones, Diep, Davis, Foley)
April 28, 2020	Maintaining Agreements Between Mobile Home Park Residents and Mobile Home Park Owners (Foley)
April 24, 2020	Actions Related to a Temporary Moratorium on Rent Increases for Rent Stabilized Apartments and Mobile Homes, Suspension of Late Fee Charges for Apartment Rent Ordinance Program Fees, Allow Landlords and Tenants to Enter Into Agreements to Reduce Rent, and Waiver of Building Fees for Apartment Buildings with 20 or Fewer Units (Foley, Davis, Khamis)
April 13, 2020	Rent Freeze (Khamis, Davis, Foley)
March 9, 2020	Actions Related to Income Loss and Evictions Due to Novel Coronavirus (Foley)
November 1, 2019	Coyote Valley (Liccardo, Jones, Jimenez, Peralez, Foley)
September 23, 2019	Revenue Capture Agreement Between City of San José and eBay Inc. (Foley)
September 20, 2019	Accessory Dwelling Unit Amnesty Program (Liccardo, Carrasco, Arenas, Foley)
September 6, 2019	Accessory Dwelling Unit Forgivable Loan Program (Liccardo, Carrasco, Arenas, Foley)
August 8, 2019	Actions Related to Title 5 of the San José Municipal Code for the Housing Payment Equality Ordinance (Khamis, Foley, Davis, Diep)
June 21, 2019	Moderate-Income Housing Strategy Update Including a Forgivable Loan Program to Incentivize Homeowners to Build Accessory Dwelling Units (Liccardo, Carrasco, Arenas, Foley)
June 7, 2019	Moderate-Income Housing strategy Update (Foley)

Land Use

Memorandum Archive Prior to April 2026

The information and documents contained in this archive will not be updated and may contain out of date information and broken links.

Date	Memo
October 16, 2025	PP25-004 - Amendments to Various Sections of Title 20 of the San José Municipal Code (Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Code) Related to Temporary Uses of Outdoor Private Property (Mahan, Foley, Campos, Mulcahy, Casey)
August 22, 2025	GPT25-002 - General Plan Text Amendment to Amend Policy IP-2.11 (Mahan, Foley, Campos, Cohen, Casey)
April 4, 2025	San José Innovative Project Pathway Program Early Consideration Review Process for a Project Located at 300 South 1st Street (Mahan, Foley, Salas, Cohen, Candelas)
April 4, 2025	San José Innovative Project Pathway Program Early Consideration Review Process for a Project Located at 323 Terraine Street (Mahan, Foley, Salas, Cohen, Candelas)
February 21, 2025	Amendment to Chapter 23.04, Section 23.04.038 (North San José Signage Area) and Section 23.04.124 (Downtown Sign Zone) of Title 23 (Sign Code) of the San José Municipal Code to Modify Permit Provisions for Supergraphic Signs Related to Large Events (Mahan, Foley, Salas, Cohen, Casey)
November 15, 2024	PDC22-132 & ER23-041 - Planned Development Rezoning of the Good Samaritan Hospital Site on Certain Real Property Located at 2333 and 2425 Samaritan Drive (Foley, Mahan, Jimenez, Cohen, Davis)
October 04, 2024	PP24-002 - Pleasant Hills Golf Course Guiding Principles (Mahan, Candelas, Ortiz, Foley, Jimenez)
September 20, 2024	Schiele Ave Historic District (Mahan, Kamei, Davis, Foley, Candelas)
December 08, 2023	FILE NO. GP23-006: A CITY-INITIATED GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE ENVISION SAN JOSÉ 2040 GENERAL PLAN LAND USE DESIGNATION FOR 12 MOBILEHOME PARKS FROM THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD GENERAL PLAN LAND USE DESIGNATION TO THE MOBILEHOME PARK GENERAL PLAN LAND USE DESIGNATION AND ONE MOBILEHOME PARK FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY/COMMERCIAL GENERAL PLAN LAND USE DESIGNATION TO THE MOBILEHOME PARK GENERAL PLAN LAND USE DESIGNATION (FILE NO. GP23-006)
December 01, 2023	PP22-002 - An Ordinance Amending Various Sections of Title 20 of the San José Municipal Code and to Make Other Technical, Non-Substantive, or Formatting Changes (Kamei, Jimenez, Cohen, Foley)
March 24, 2023	Conventional Rezoning and Special Use Permit on Certain Real Property Located at 2740 Ruby Avenue (Mahan, Kamei, Candelas, Jimenez, Foley)
September 9, 2022	Cambrian No. 37 Annexation to the City of San José of an Approximately 19.92-Gross Acre Portion of Santa Clara County Territory (Foley)
August 5, 2022	Cambrian No. 37, PDC17-040 & ER20-189 (Cambrian Park Plaza) (Foley, Liccardo, Jones, Peralez, Cohen)
June 10, 2022	Parking/TDM Ordinance Update (Liccardo, Jones, Peralez, Carrasco, Foley)
December 14, 2021	Commercial Requirements for Affordable Housing (Cohen, Foley)
November 12, 2021	Coyote Valley General Plan Changes (Liccardo, Jimenez, Peralez, Foley, Cohen)
September 10, 2021	Almaden Office Project (Liccardo, Peralez, Jimenez, Davis, Foley)
February 19, 2021	General Plan Amendment for Certain Property Located at 1975 Cambrianna Drive (Foley, Jimenez, Peralez, Esparza)
August 24, 2020	Bascom Andoil Car Wash (Foley)
March 9, 2020	The Harker School (PD18-040) (Foley)
March 6, 2020	General Plan Amendment for Real Property Located at 625 Hillsdale Avenue, and General Plan Amendment for Real Property Located at 500 Nicholson Lane (Council Policy Priority #2 - Mobile home Conversions) (Jimenez, Peralez, Esparza, Foley)
December 13, 2019	Amendment to Title 20 (Zoning Ordinance or Zoning Code) of San José Municipal Code to Align with California State Law Requirements for Accessory Dwelling Units (Liccardo, Foley, Carrasco, Arenas)
October 5, 2019	Union SD - C18-018 & CP18-025 (Foley)