The Senior Citizens Commission studies, reviews, evaluates, and makes recommendations to the City Council on any matters affecting older adults and elderly people in the City, including health, education, employment, housing, transportation, food, and recreation.

Commission Information

• Meets monthly on the second Thursday at 4:00 p.m. (as of January 2026)
• Meets at Willow Glen Community Center
• Commissioners are required to attend in person to vote
• Number of Members: 11
• Member Term: 3 years 
• Current Vacancies: Citywide Seat

PUBLIC COMMENT

The City of San José limits verbal public comments to in-person only for all meetings of City legislative bodies.

To request more information, please contact Olderadultsprograms@sanjoseca.gov

For Older Adults 50+ Program Information and Senior Nutrition Program, please visit sanjoseca.gov/olderadults.

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Agendas and Minutes

2026

2025

2024

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Executive Committee & Sub-Committee

For Executive Committee and Sub-Committee past agendas and minutes please contact OlderAdultPrograms@sanjoseca.gov.

Member Qualifications

• Must be residents of the City of San José and cannot be City employees
• Cannot serve on more than one Board or Commission for the City at the same time
• Be able to attend monthly meetings (August - June)
• Should have knowledge in the field of older adults, and able to attend monthly meetings, subcommittees (as needed), and research needed for full participation
• There is no compensation for serving on the Senior Citizens Commission
• However, Commissioners may be reimbursed for some expenses incurred on City business

Political Reform Act of 1974

• The Conflicts of Interest Section of the Political Reform Act applies to the Senior Citizens Commission.
• Commission members are not required to file a Statement of Economic Interests.

Appointment

• Applications received are submitted to the Project Diversity Screening Committee for review according to the needs of the commission as specified in a Needs Assessment Memo.
• Applications are forwarded to the City Attorney for a conflict of interest review, thereafter, the applicants will be asked to appear before the Screening Committee members for an interview.
• Following interviews, the Screening Committee will submit a list of applicants to the Council Member liaison.
• The liaison will forward the list to the Rules Committee of Council either with or without a supplemental recommendation.
• The City Council makes the final appointment to the Commission based on Rules Committee recommendations.

Attendance

• Expected to attend all commission meetings.
• Commissioner who has unexcused absences from three consecutive regular meetings, or who misses 20% of meetings in one year, is deemed to have resigned from the Commission (San José Municipal Code Section 2.08.060).

For further information about the committee, please contact the Commission staff at (408) 793-4309.