The District 2 office has sprung into action alongside the community in a multitude of ways! I have pledged to be as transparent and inclusive as possible with residents, and I believe that one of the best ways I can accomplish that is through my monthly newsletters.
In my May newsletter, please enjoy photos, recaps, updates, and information about:
- District 2's lively and successful Great American Litter Pick Up event
- Efforts to ensure that the Monterey Road train tracks get cleaned
- Community Budget Meetings for the City of San José 2018-2019 Budget
- Housing policy updates that will affect renters & landlords
- How volunteering for the San José Census can help us get over $77 billion in federal funding
- Traffic, construction, and street activity in District 2
- How to report a traffic problem in your neighborhood or school area
- The City of San José Green Trip Challenge
- Upcoming community events
- and more!
In community,
Sergio Jimenez
CONNECT, ENGAGE AND BE INFORMED.
#SJD2SJ
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D2 News: Updates & Accomplishments
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More than 500 D2 volunteers #BeautifySJ at this year's Great American Litter Pick Up
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At the Great American Litter Pick Up on Saturday, April 21 and throughout Earth Month (the entire month of April), more than 500 volunteers in District 2 and more than 8,000 volunteers in the City of San José put on their gloves, grabbed litter pick-up sticks, and helped clean our neighborhoods!
In District 2, we celebrated our volunteers at Oak Grove High School, Santa Teresa High School, and St. Gabriel Cathedral by rewarding them with breakfast, lunch, snacks, drinks, music, raffle prizes from our amazing sponsors, and of course, the invaluable company of their fellow community members!
In addition to our stellar volunteers, District 2's successful Great American Litter Pick Up 2018 was made possible by: Oak Grove High School, Santa Teresa High School, St. Gabriel Cathedral, The Trash Punx, Echo Church, Angie Cocke - Century 21, Astrid Tromp - Coldwell Banker, Hellyer-Christopher Neighborhood Association, Kaiser Permanente, UA Local 393, Q-Spot BBQ, Gabi's Petite Cafe, Starbucks Village Oaks, Yogurtland, Vitality Bowls, New Seasons Market, Costco Wholesale, and Julio's Fresh Mex. Thank you sponsors!
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Community support is essential to ensuring that the Monterey Road train tracks get cleaned up
Union Pacific (UP) owns the train tracks running along Monterey Road, and the City of San José needs permission to go onto UP’s property to clean up the area.
On Wednesday, May 9, the Rules and Open Government Committee approved a memorandum from Mayor Liccardo, Councilmembers Peralez and Nguyen, and I to start the process for the City to negotiate with UP. The negotiation will include regular access to the tracks for clean-ups and public safety enforcement, regular reports from UP about their clean-up efforts, new fencing to improve public safety, and additional signage with information for residents to contact UP to report issues.
As community members who are impacted by the cleanliness of Monterey Road, you are encouraged to support this memorandum when it comes to the full City Council at a future meeting.
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Community Budget Meetings for the City of San
José
2018-2019 Budget
In the City of San José's 2018-2019 Proposed Budget, the total net funding is $3.5 billion for all City funds (General, Special, and Capital).
Join Mayor Liccardo and City Officials at upcoming Community Budget Meetings to learn about the budget process and share your feedback.
Please click on the photos below for additional details and information about the City of San José 2018-2019 Budget.
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Housing policy updates will affect renters & landlords
Ordinances require a first and second reading by City Council. The second readings for these ordinances will be occurring in the upcoming weeks. Please see the tentative schedule here. Additionally, the Council requested staff to return with additional amendments, which will follow.
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Largest SJPD graduating class of the past decade includes record number of female officers
On Friday, April 27, the San José Police Department Graduating Academy Class #31 welcomed 47 new recruit officers to our neighborhoods and community. More women than ever -- nine of the 47 officers -- will join the force.
Our office looks forward to working alongside each and every one of the new recruits! For more information about the San José Police Department's recruitment efforts, please visit
sjpd.org/JoinSJPDBlue.
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Talking to Oak Grove High School students about the power of showing up
On April 20, I visited enthusiastic Oak Grove High School students to talk about the importance of civic engagement and how it can lead to true influence in local and national communities. I shared with them:
"Look to your left. Look to your right. You are looking at some of the people who will impact policy and change in your future. And you are ALL future voters who can have a say and make a difference! Also look at your local elected officials. They are examples of the possibilities you can accomplish if you work hard. The first thing you need to do is show up. If you care about your society, don't just let things develop in front of you -- please get involved! My office is here to support you. Contact us anytime."
How fitting that "Be the change you want to see in the world." is written on the walls of this room.
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Partnering with the San José Earthquakes to recognize District 2 community members
District 2 got to honor South San José Youth Soccer League Vice President Brian Gurney, Santa Teresa San José Public Library Assistant Aracely García, and ClubSport San José Aquatics Director Kathleen Clarke at the San José Earthquakes South San José Neighborhood Night!
Thank you all for strengthening our community by helping provide a safe place for neighbors to come together.
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My report back from the Okayama, Japan Sister City Travel
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D2 Participatory Budgeting Updates
Round 1 Update: The CALMS Camera Project that won Round 1 of D2’s Participatory Budgeting process in November 2016 is currently being worked on by community members and the City Manager’s Office, which is working on the contract that will fund the project before project implementation will begin. Find more information and updates at the
Participatory Budgeting Project Winners website.
Round 2 Update:
- Money for our Local Schools: Completed
- Beautification of Santa Teresa (A) Landscaping and Neighborhood Signs: Ongoing
- Parks Upgrade 1 (C) Solar Lights for Los Paseos Park: Ongoing
- Paseos Lighting: Completed
- Parks Upgrade 1 (B) Shade Playgrounds at 2 Parks: Ongoing
To learn more about the D2 PB Round 2 ongoing projects and their implementation timelines
, please visit
bit.ly/D2PBROUND2
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Students, get involved! My District 2 Team is looking for interns!
Join our team and make a difference in the community! The Office of Councilmember Sergio Jimenez welcomes college or graduate school students interested community engagement, public service, policy research, and local government to apply for our District 2 Internship.
This unpaid internship provides students with an immersive experience in day-to-day operations of a City Council office that serves about 100,000 residents.
Student interns are expected to:
Communicate effectively with others
Adapt and work in a fast-paced environment
Have a willingness to learn and apply academic training to required job assignments
Commit a minimum of 15 hours per week
How to apply:
To be considered for the District 2 Internship, please:
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A Look at More Community Stories
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What a bright morning spent with intelligent and thoughtful Edenvale Elementary 4th graders. I felt sadness when a student asked me what I thought about immigrants and expressed her fear that her parents would be deported. It is a sad day for this country when our innocent youth have their families' future at the forefront of their mind.
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I was impressed by and proud of the Silver Leaf Girl Scout Troop 60637 for the Free Little Library Grand Opening at Silver Leaf Park. They designed and built it to provide neighborhood kids with a close place to get free books. Congratulations on your excellent project! I am excited to see the amazing things you will do next in the community.
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We were honored to present a commendation to Walter Wilson for his heroism and quick actions to pull a women from a car just seconds before it was hit by a moving train. We all thank you for your impressive activism and courage.
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I heard inspiring testimonies at the San José Conservation Corps and Charter School Spring Luncheon this afternoon. Thank you SJCC & CS for providing opportunities for thousands of local at-risk, disadvantaged, young men and women.
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Our Silver Leaf Neighborhood celebrated their Cinco de Mayo with a Dumpster Day! We filled five bins in a record two hours, and we couldn't have done it without our 18 community volunteers.
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My D2 Team, along with energetic volunteers, hosted a successful Coyote Creek Neighborhood Dumpster Day. Thank you all who stopped by to engage with our office and keep our City clean!
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We paid tribute to civil rights leader Cesar Chavez at his home in La Paz, which is rich in history as well as his legacy. I partnered with Supervisor Cortese and Councilmember Arenas to share this experience with 100 community members.
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I joined in on a Tradewinds Neighborhood Watch Meeting this month. Many thanks to the San José Police Department and Crime Prevention Unit for helping make our District 2 neighborhoods safer, one meeting at a time!
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It's not every day I get to participate in a Grand Opening Ceremony hosted by exuberant youth in our community. Girl Scout Troop 60189 planted a beautiful garden at the Southside Community Center. Thank you for your work to brighten our community and #BeautifySJ!
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The City of San José Green Trip Challenge
The calendar has flipped to May, and the City of San José has begun its annual Green Trip Challenge, a month-long competition to see which departments can log the most “green” trips – those taken on foot, by bike, transit, or carpool. City employees want to help lead the City’s efforts to meet the Paris Agreement’s greenhouse gas emissions targets, and we encourage you to join us!
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Volunteer for the San José Census & help us get our fair share of over $77 billion in federal funding
Volunteer for the San José Census
Seven Trees Community Center and Mexican Heritage Plaza
Saturday, May 12
9:00 a.m.
This is a massive volunteer event to help ensure everyone in San José has the chance to be counted in the 2020 census. This effort will also help us get our fair share of over $77 billion in federal funding for schools, health care, libraries and social services in our community!
Volunteers will be assigned to specific San José neighborhoods and collect visual information in support of the upcoming Census 2020. Volunteers will work in pairs to identify "low-visibility housing units". The visual information collected by the volunteer will help identify the potential number of households, per address, and help us improve our count of City residents in the upcoming Census. All data collected is protected per federal statute and will not be used for any purposes other than the Census 2020.
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Traffic Advisory: US 101 lane closures start week of May 20, 2018 during Caltrans Paving Project
A message from Caltrans: The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will perform pave U.S.101, at various locations between Blossom Hill Road and West Trimble Road, in the City of San José. Construction is scheduled to begin May 20, and continue through Summer 2018.
Work hours:
Sunday-Thursday from 10:00 PM until 5:00 AM
With overnight alternating lane closures
During this work, residents may notice increased temporary construction noise. Motorists may experience delays as crews work to pave the gore area along U.S.-101 with intermittent overnight alternating lane closures. Advanced warning changeable message signs will be in place to assist motorists. All work is weather permitting.
Please drive cautiously through the construction zone, leave a safe traveling distance between your vehicle and the vehicle ahead of you, and please #BeWorkZoneAlert.
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Learn about construction impacts, Capital Improvement Projects, and activity on the street
See construction work or Capital Improvement Projects (CIP) around your neighborhood? There are four publicly available online tools that you can use to check out activity on the street. It is recommended to use them in the order presented:
Cone Zone
- maintained by City field staff to indicate actual traffic disruption by CIP, Development, or Utility efforts. View the Cone Zone link for useful contact information and timeline information.
Construction Projects on City Streets Search
- searches multiple databases to generate a list of permits and construction projects that have been approved for work on City streets (the link to Development Permit database is currently under construction during their application upgrade).
CPMS
- maintained by the project management staff of multiple departments for CIP projects. The search function can help narrow projects down by district or project name.
CPMS Project Map
- provides a geographic layout of current CIP projects and public information.
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Business Tax & Registration
All persons or companies conducting business in San José must obtain the business tax certificate, whether or not they have offices located in San José. This tax is required within 90 days of the commencement of business in San José.
When you pay your business tax, you will receive a certificate (sometimes called business license), which is an official receipt for payment of tax. This certificate must be displayed conspicuously in your place of business. This certificate does not indicate clearance for zoning, fire code, occupancy, or any other City, county, state or federal permit or license, which may be required for your type of business.
Business Tax inquiries phone:
(408) 535-7055
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Not all blight you see is on City property. Find out which agency you need to contact to get the job done -- it might be on Union Pacific property or Caltrans property:
All reporting is tracked at each agency and forwarded to the appropriate response team for action.
Union Pacific (usually the property around the railroad tracks)
Please use the Response Management Communication Center (RMCC) 24 hr. Dispatch Center for reporting the following: Encampments, illegal dumping, unusual or suspicious occurrences, and safety hazards.
Call: 1-888-877-7267
Caltrans (usually property surrounding / adjacent to freeways and highways)
A
Maintenance Service Request
(MSR) form at
https://csr.dot.ca.gov/
is required to be filled out for any area in question. The purpose of the MSR is to track and prioritize schedule maintenance, as well as direct the information to the appropriate department.
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Need to report abandoned vehicles, street light outages, and more? Use
MySanJose: Our quick & easy tool to request City services
Want to get that pothole or street light fixed? Need to report graffiti, illegal dumping or an abandoned vehicle? Have a different question for the City? With the new state-of-the-art MySanJose
app
and
website
, it is now a breeze to file and track a City service request or reach one of our customer representatives. It is super easy to use – see our zippy
tutorial
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Please don't leave your large items on the side of the road. It's easy &
FREE
to get rid of your junk!
San José residents can
schedule FREE appointments
to have large items (such as mattresses, sofas, refrigerators, tires, and
more
) picked up by their recycling collection company.
Thank you for keeping our City clean and combating illegal dumping!
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Know your City: Traffic Enforcement Unit
The primary duty of the Traffic Enforcement Unit (TEU) is the enforcement of traffic laws (such as speed and red light enforcement) in order to reduce traffic collisions, their resulting injuries, and to facilitate the safe and expedient flow of vehicular and pedestrian traffic. These efforts result in safer roadways and streets, fewer fatalities, injuries, and reduced property damage. The Unit concentrates its enforcement efforts in the areas with the highest collision rates within the city of San José.
Read about TEU, Accident Reports, Important Traffic Laws, Neighborhood Enforcement, Safety / DUI Programs, Vehicle Impound Information, and more on the
Traffic Enforcement Unit website.
Do you feel there is a chronic traffic problem or traffic violation in a certain area? Would like to submit a request for traffic enforcement in your neighborhood or school area? You may complete and submit a
Traffic Enforcement Request Form
online.
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Santa Clara County Rapid Response Network
Region Covered: Santa Clara County
408-290-1144
Resources for DACA applicants and recipients
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D2 and You: Upcoming Events
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Save the date for these City sponsored events in District 2!
Sunday, September 23
10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Viva CalleSJ is a free program that temporarily closes miles of San José
streets to bring communities together to walk, bike, skate, play, and explore the city like never before -- and it's coming to District 2!
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8th Annual Caregivers Count! Conference
Saturday, May 19, 2018
8:30 AM - 2:00 PM
Campbell Community Center, Orchard City Banquet Hall
1 West Campbell Avenue, Campbell, CA 95008
The Aging Services Collaborative is hosting this conference for those caring for a loved one. Topics include self-care, compassion fatigue, hospital discharge planning and advocacy. COST: $15.
Learn more and register here.
iCREATV 2018 SUMMER MEDIA CAMP
Unleash the digital storyteller in your creative 13 to 18-year-old at iCreaTV Summer Media Camp! Two sessions to choose from: Documentary and Feature Film Production. Register by June 1. Space is limited. To learn more and register, visit
iCREATV's website.
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Please click on the photos/flyers below for more information:
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The City of Okayama, Japan is organizing and hosting the
International Summer Homestay July 24-30, 2018. San Jose junior high or middle school and/or high school students have been invited to participate.
San Jose students will be joined by 45 students participating from cities in Bulgaria, China, Korea, Taiwan and Guam. Students will stay in homes of host families that have been selected by the city of Okayama. The host families will have some English-language skills.
The program will include three-days of joint activities. The city of Okayama will provide transportation and meals for the students and any costs associated with the group activities. San Jose students will also spend two days on the weekend with their host families to further enhance their experience in Japan.
San Jose Okayama Sister Cities will coordinate the program for San Jose students and will have a chaperon travel with the students and accompany them at the group exchange activities. Contact Kathy Sakamoto at
sjokayama1957@gmail.com to request an application.
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Have a D2 question or concern? Contact my team!
You may have met them at City Hall, Neighborhood Meetings, or just out and about in our community! In addition to supporting me at meetings and events -- or attending on my behalf -- my team members follow specific policy areas and have other responsibilities. They are happy to speak or meet with you regarding your questions or concerns!
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Get involved: District 2 Neighborhood Associations
Neighborhood Associations are groups of community members who meet and collaborate to work towards common goals such as: beautification/clean-up efforts, safety enhancements, and social events. N.A.'s serve as a connection between the community and City Hall. We are here to support N.A.'s by providing direction, resources, grants, help with outreach, models for success, and more.
Reserving meeting space as an N.A.
As an established Neighborhood Association, you may reserve space for community use directly with Libraries and Community Centers in our District. As long as the meeting takes place during regular hours of operation, there is no charge to to your N.A.
If your event goes beyond the hours of operation, there is a charge for staffing. Our office is happy to accommodate
2 uses per N.A. per year for N.A.’s by paying for the staff time. Any additional uses outside of this would require your N.A. to cover the cost.
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Beyond San José: Get the latest news from your other elected officials
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Sergio's Office Hours
Office Hours are a time to come ask questions, share concerns, or simply have a conversation! Meetings are first come first serve, and time may be limited to 15 minutes per person. Please
visit my website
for more information.
Upcoming Office Hours:
Monday, May 21, 2018
5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Santa Teresa Library, Study Room B
Saturday, June 2, 2018
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Edenvale Library, Study Room B
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City Resources
Speak with a live Customer Service Representative (408) 535-3500
Additional Resources:
(408) 975-1440
(408) 535-7770
(408) 534-2900
(408) 793-5510
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JOIN US IN THE COMMUNITY AND BEYOND TO
CONNECT, ENGAGE AND BE INFORMED.
#SJD2SJ
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San José District 2 | Office of Councilmember Sergio Jimenez
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