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"content": "\u003cp>Nearly eight years to the day after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11788730/nearly-two-years-after-coyote-creek-floods-lawsuit-drags-on\">major flooding displaced thousands in San José\u003c/a>, officials on Thursday celebrated the completion of almost 9,000 feet of new floodwalls to help shield neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>South Bay leaders stood inside a newly enclosed patch of land in the city’s Olinder-McKinley neighborhood, highlighting one of seven areas between Highway 280 and Old Oakland Road that are now equipped with 10-foot steel walls, many encased in concrete.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Eight years ago, residents of this neighborhood had to rush to leave their homes during the worst flooding in this area experienced since 1997,” Richard Santos, the vice chair of the Santa Clara Valley Water District’s Board of Directors, said during Thursday’s gathering. “This was a devastated area.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The height and strength of the new barriers are meant to hold back heavy water flows during a 20-year flood event, a term used to refer to an intense flood that could happen once every 20 years or has a roughly 5% chance of happening in any given year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The walls represent the first phase of Valley Water’s Coyote Creek Flood Protection Project, which will ultimately cover several points across an eight-mile stretch along the creek between Montague Expressway and Tully Road in San José.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12028007\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12028007\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250220-SJFLOODWALLS-JG-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250220-SJFLOODWALLS-JG-4.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250220-SJFLOODWALLS-JG-4-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250220-SJFLOODWALLS-JG-4-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250220-SJFLOODWALLS-JG-4-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250220-SJFLOODWALLS-JG-4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250220-SJFLOODWALLS-JG-4-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coyote Creek flows past the Olinder-McKinley neighborhood in San José, on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. The neighborhood was inundated in February 2017 during a major flood. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The project is also tied to a massive renovation and seismic retrofit underway at Anderson Dam in Morgan Hill, which could increase the flows into Coyote Creek when storm surges occur to stop the dam from overflowing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The seven areas that were chosen for the first phase of walls are considered the most vulnerable to flooding because they are low-lying and are near sections of the creek where additional water would flow after a tunnel diversion portion of the dam upgrade is completed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials said the walls, which will vary slightly depending on where they are installed, can withstand a storm surge like the one seen on President’s Day weekend in 2017, when rushing waters overtopped the banks of Coyote Creek, overrunning parks, roads and homes, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11328162/san-jose-flooding-14000-told-to-evacuate\">triggering evacuation\u003c/a> orders or advisories for tens of thousands of people.[aside postID=news_12026630 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/SantaClaraCountyHomelessnessGetty1-1020x680.jpg']“I think those of us who were living here in San José in 2017, we all have some sort of personal story,” Valley Water board member Shiloh Ballard said during the announcement. “We know someone, or we experienced it personally.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city of San José faced significant criticism in the days and months after the flood, including in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11612712/the-san-jose-flood-what-went-wrong-and-how-the-city-plans-to-fix-it\">report it commissioned\u003c/a> that gave the city an “F” for its level of foresight regarding the storm. The report also lambasted its late notification to many residents, some of whom received evacuation orders after floodwaters were already at their door.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Saraí Rojas, a resident of the Olinder-McKinley neighborhood, lives in an apartment near the creek and said she is happy to see the floodwalls largely completed near her home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s important work. I want to think it’s a good use of tax dollars … because, though I didn’t live here in 2017, I’ve seen the pictures and the extent of all the damage. 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City leaders will need to close a projected $60 million shortfall in the budget — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12018688/oakland-broad-cuts-public-safety-city-agencies-amid-massive-deficit\">a modest deficit compared to the fiscal woes of other large\u003c/a> Bay Area cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve got some relatively weak revenue growth, and we still have costs that are continuing to increase at the same pace,” said Jim Shannon, the city’s budget director.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Declining sales tax revenue, in particular, has had an impact on city coffers. Shannon said an initial burst of local consumer spending after the COVID-19 lockdowns has petered out. 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They called for the city to invest more money in Santa Clara County’s Rapid Response Network, a service that provides legal assistance to residents facing deportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many of our immigrant communities face significant disruption in this national political moment,” Ortiz said. “As a city, we already caught a glimpse of that kind of disruption, and we fear that if this takes hold in our community, we will never be able to reach them with the services that they desire.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahan will submit his initial spending proposal in early March, kicking off months of debate and public meetings on the budget before the council approves a final plan in June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Declining sales tax revenue, in particular, has had an impact on city coffers. Shannon said an initial burst of local consumer spending after the COVID-19 lockdowns has petered out. Sales tax receipts in the first quarter of the current fiscal year, from July through September, were down 10% from the previous year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the rising costs are the city’s investments in short-term housing and shelter to reduce street homelessness, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11979482/san-jose-mayor-matt-mahan-calls-for-urgent-action-on-homelessness-in-city-budget-plan\">a top priority for Mayor Matt Mahan\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12026833\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/241029-SAN-JOSE%CC%81-SURVEILLANCE-CAMERAS-MD-02_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12026833\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/241029-SAN-JOSE%CC%81-SURVEILLANCE-CAMERAS-MD-02_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/241029-SAN-JOSÉ-SURVEILLANCE-CAMERAS-MD-02_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/241029-SAN-JOSÉ-SURVEILLANCE-CAMERAS-MD-02_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/241029-SAN-JOSÉ-SURVEILLANCE-CAMERAS-MD-02_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/241029-SAN-JOSÉ-SURVEILLANCE-CAMERAS-MD-02_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/241029-SAN-JOSÉ-SURVEILLANCE-CAMERAS-MD-02_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/241029-SAN-JOSÉ-SURVEILLANCE-CAMERAS-MD-02_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San José City Councilmember Domingo Candelas speaks at a press event in Lion Plaza in San José on Oct. 29, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mahan \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026437/san-jose-mayor-proposes-permanent-shift-homeless-funding-from-housing-shelter\">has proposed paying for some of the interim housing costs by using voter-approved money currently slated \u003c/a>to build affordable housing — a move that would shave the budget shortfall from $60 million to $21 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shannon said without changes to Measure E spending, up to 180 positions would need to be eliminated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Riley Knight, an environmental services specialist who has worked for the city for eight years, urged the council to avoid cuts to municipal jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As a city worker, I’ve seen all too many times scenarios in which we are the last to be fully staffed and the first to be cut,” Knight said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San José’s budget problem is much less severe than the Bay Area’s other large cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-jose\">San José\u003c/a> leaders want to reduce the number of unhoused people living in tents, cars and RVs to “functional zero,” largely through a push for more short-term shelters, but some advocates are concerned that the plan leaves people without a long-term solution to homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under a preliminary plan laid out during Tuesday’s City Council meeting, San José officials said functional zero means the city would have enough shelter capacity to offer a bed to everyone who needs one, including people who have long been homeless and those who have recently lost their housing. The goal is for more people to be exiting homelessness than entering it every month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor Matt Mahan, who has consistently championed an \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026437/san-jose-mayor-proposes-permanent-shift-homeless-funding-from-housing-shelter\">aggressive shift\u003c/a> toward prioritizing interim shelters over permanent affordable housing, is bullish on the new plan that he has put forth, though he acknowledges a timeline isn’t clear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plan does, however, put an estimate for the first time on how much money it will cost to reduce San José’s unsheltered homelessness to functional zero: $255 million in one-time spending from a mix of city, state and philanthropic sources to build or buy the shelter capacity, and $234 million in annual spending to operate those spaces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think we ought to have a safe and dignified place for every person on our street,” Mahan said. “We know we don’t have the resources today to completely end homelessness in our community. What this is is our best mathematical model for a line of sight to that outcome without being able to quite put an exact timeline on it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000577\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000577\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San José Mayor Matt Mahan speaks during a press conference in support of a regional affordable housing measure at Five88, a mixed-use residential and retail property, in the Mission Bay neighborhood in San Francisco on June 20, 2024.” \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>However, some advocates for people who are unsheltered are concerned that too much focus on temporary places to live will eventually leave people using those shelters in the lurch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The first problem is that when people’s temporary stay is over, they have no place to go,” said Sandy Perry, the vice president of the South Bay Community Land Trust, a nonprofit that advocates for affordable housing. “And so what happens is people become unhoused all over again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need both temporary housing and permanent housing,” Perry said. “We need a balanced approach.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City staff estimate 5,477 unsheltered people are living in San José, and the city’s 2,968 shelter spots, run by both the city and Santa Clara County, are already largely full.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city and county expect 1,700 more shelter spots to come online in San José across several other projects over the coming months, but an estimated 3,000 more would be needed to close the gap in the coming five years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12026508 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250210_Unhoused-Ban_DMB_00117.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The kinds of shelter in the city’s functional zero plan could be mixed, including types the city already offers, such as congregate shelter with bunk beds in one large room, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11942734/emergency-calls-complaints-are-down-near-san-joses-temporary-housing-sites-so-why-are-they-still-so-politically-risky\">individual tiny homes or cabins\u003c/a>, motel rooms, or safe parking sites where people can sleep in their vehicle in a secured lot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unsheltered homelessness is very solvable; it is four walls and a roof. Everything else is a lot harder,” said Elizabeth Funk, the CEO of DignityMoves, a nonprofit that is developing and runs short-term shelters and tiny homes for San José. “But getting people into at least a safe place is very doable. It’s a question of policy priorities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The council discussed the potential plan and heard from members of the public during a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026772/san-jose-faces-60-million-budget-shortfall-as-negotiations-begin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wide-ranging study session\u003c/a> about the city’s coming budget, which overall is projected to be $60 million in the red.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahan said he feels the city has long clung to “an overly strict” reading of the Housing First approach to addressing homelessness, relying too heavily on building new affordable housing, which can cost nearly $1 million per unit in some cases and takes much longer to stand up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the city reaches a functional zero goal, Mahan said some of the temporary shelters could be converted into permanent affordable housing for people who are working or receiving federal benefits, cutting down on the time needed for new builds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some council members expressed skepticism at the mechanics of the plan and how its cost might affect other city functions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City staff reports also noted that about $575 million would be needed to create enough permanent supportive housing for some of those who use the shelters to help shrink the shelter system over time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Housing officials said the funding for both portions of the plan could come from pools of local money, state funds and reimbursements through programs like Medi-Cal, ballot measures to approve bonds, and private philanthropy or support from faith-based organizations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some residents supported the plan because of its urgency, including Sam Ho, the vice president of the Thousand Oaks Neighborhood Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When homelessness is not taken care of right away, it affects our environment, our health, our safety and our fire risk,” Ho told the council. “Therefore, I would put all my money into addressing homelessness right away.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Alison Cingolani, director of policy at affordable housing advocacy nonprofit SV@Home, said that while preventing more chronic homelessness is valuable, so is building and maintaining a supply of housing affordable to people at all levels of income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our community and our economy depend on it,” Cingolani said. “Without it, we’ll continue to face a declining population, losing our families and risking the vibrancy that we have worked so hard to build in our city.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City officials said residents have consistently ranked homelessness as both San José’s most pressing issue and the one they feel the city has performed the worst in addressing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahan said difficult trade-offs would have to be made to see such a plan through but added that residents would likely “throw a parade” if the city were to achieve even a 50% reduction in street homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Is it more important to incrementally add to the affordable housing stock?” he said. “Is it more important to interrupt the cycle of chronic homelessness and get people into a safe environment earlier before they get to a point where it becomes very difficult to help them turn their lives around?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-jose\">San José\u003c/a> leaders want to reduce the number of unhoused people living in tents, cars and RVs to “functional zero,” largely through a push for more short-term shelters, but some advocates are concerned that the plan leaves people without a long-term solution to homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under a preliminary plan laid out during Tuesday’s City Council meeting, San José officials said functional zero means the city would have enough shelter capacity to offer a bed to everyone who needs one, including people who have long been homeless and those who have recently lost their housing. The goal is for more people to be exiting homelessness than entering it every month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor Matt Mahan, who has consistently championed an \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026437/san-jose-mayor-proposes-permanent-shift-homeless-funding-from-housing-shelter\">aggressive shift\u003c/a> toward prioritizing interim shelters over permanent affordable housing, is bullish on the new plan that he has put forth, though he acknowledges a timeline isn’t clear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plan does, however, put an estimate for the first time on how much money it will cost to reduce San José’s unsheltered homelessness to functional zero: $255 million in one-time spending from a mix of city, state and philanthropic sources to build or buy the shelter capacity, and $234 million in annual spending to operate those spaces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think we ought to have a safe and dignified place for every person on our street,” Mahan said. “We know we don’t have the resources today to completely end homelessness in our community. What this is is our best mathematical model for a line of sight to that outcome without being able to quite put an exact timeline on it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000577\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000577\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San José Mayor Matt Mahan speaks during a press conference in support of a regional affordable housing measure at Five88, a mixed-use residential and retail property, in the Mission Bay neighborhood in San Francisco on June 20, 2024.” \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>However, some advocates for people who are unsheltered are concerned that too much focus on temporary places to live will eventually leave people using those shelters in the lurch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The first problem is that when people’s temporary stay is over, they have no place to go,” said Sandy Perry, the vice president of the South Bay Community Land Trust, a nonprofit that advocates for affordable housing. “And so what happens is people become unhoused all over again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need both temporary housing and permanent housing,” Perry said. “We need a balanced approach.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City staff estimate 5,477 unsheltered people are living in San José, and the city’s 2,968 shelter spots, run by both the city and Santa Clara County, are already largely full.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city and county expect 1,700 more shelter spots to come online in San José across several other projects over the coming months, but an estimated 3,000 more would be needed to close the gap in the coming five years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The kinds of shelter in the city’s functional zero plan could be mixed, including types the city already offers, such as congregate shelter with bunk beds in one large room, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11942734/emergency-calls-complaints-are-down-near-san-joses-temporary-housing-sites-so-why-are-they-still-so-politically-risky\">individual tiny homes or cabins\u003c/a>, motel rooms, or safe parking sites where people can sleep in their vehicle in a secured lot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unsheltered homelessness is very solvable; it is four walls and a roof. Everything else is a lot harder,” said Elizabeth Funk, the CEO of DignityMoves, a nonprofit that is developing and runs short-term shelters and tiny homes for San José. “But getting people into at least a safe place is very doable. It’s a question of policy priorities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The council discussed the potential plan and heard from members of the public during a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026772/san-jose-faces-60-million-budget-shortfall-as-negotiations-begin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wide-ranging study session\u003c/a> about the city’s coming budget, which overall is projected to be $60 million in the red.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahan said he feels the city has long clung to “an overly strict” reading of the Housing First approach to addressing homelessness, relying too heavily on building new affordable housing, which can cost nearly $1 million per unit in some cases and takes much longer to stand up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the city reaches a functional zero goal, Mahan said some of the temporary shelters could be converted into permanent affordable housing for people who are working or receiving federal benefits, cutting down on the time needed for new builds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some council members expressed skepticism at the mechanics of the plan and how its cost might affect other city functions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City staff reports also noted that about $575 million would be needed to create enough permanent supportive housing for some of those who use the shelters to help shrink the shelter system over time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Housing officials said the funding for both portions of the plan could come from pools of local money, state funds and reimbursements through programs like Medi-Cal, ballot measures to approve bonds, and private philanthropy or support from faith-based organizations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some residents supported the plan because of its urgency, including Sam Ho, the vice president of the Thousand Oaks Neighborhood Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When homelessness is not taken care of right away, it affects our environment, our health, our safety and our fire risk,” Ho told the council. “Therefore, I would put all my money into addressing homelessness right away.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Alison Cingolani, director of policy at affordable housing advocacy nonprofit SV@Home, said that while preventing more chronic homelessness is valuable, so is building and maintaining a supply of housing affordable to people at all levels of income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our community and our economy depend on it,” Cingolani said. “Without it, we’ll continue to face a declining population, losing our families and risking the vibrancy that we have worked so hard to build in our city.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City officials said residents have consistently ranked homelessness as both San José’s most pressing issue and the one they feel the city has performed the worst in addressing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahan said difficult trade-offs would have to be made to see such a plan through but added that residents would likely “throw a parade” if the city were to achieve even a 50% reduction in street homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Is it more important to incrementally add to the affordable housing stock?” he said. “Is it more important to interrupt the cycle of chronic homelessness and get people into a safe environment earlier before they get to a point where it becomes very difficult to help them turn their lives around?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Armed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024327/san-jose-council-taps-engineering-executive-carl-salas-vacant-seat\">with a new council majority\u003c/a>, San José Mayor Matt Mahan will propose permanently reshaping the city’s strategy to reduce homelessness in his upcoming budget proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During his first two years in office, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11989926/san-jose-council-approves-budget-with-historic-shift-in-unhoused-spending\">Mahan has centered his plan to reduce street homelessness on steering Measure E tax dollars\u003c/a> away from the construction of affordable apartments toward the development of interim housing and shelter. The mayor now wants to make that shift permanent, a move that could end yearly budget fights with supporters of affordable housing and cement his vision for homeless spending.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our strategy for ending unsheltered homelessness in San José has shifted dramatically,” Mahan told KQED. “The council has voted in line with that strategy, but now we need to actually make permanent the Measure E funding to sustain it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahan wants funds from Measure E, a tax on property sales of $2 million or more, to pay for the costs of interim shelter. Only once those costs are covered will excess transfer tax revenue go to building affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s the ‘nice to have,’” Mahan said. “The ‘need to have’ is getting people into a safe, dignified place today.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11983130\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11983130\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/20230801-SJCityHall-27-JY_qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/20230801-SJCityHall-27-JY_qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/20230801-SJCityHall-27-JY_qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/20230801-SJCityHall-27-JY_qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/20230801-SJCityHall-27-JY_qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/20230801-SJCityHall-27-JY_qut-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">City Hall in San José, California, on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>San José currently has 499 units of interim housing spread across six communities — which \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11942734/emergency-calls-complaints-are-down-near-san-joses-temporary-housing-sites-so-why-are-they-still-so-politically-risky\">typically consist of small studios with in-unit bathrooms and communal kitchens\u003c/a>. City officials plan to open several new sites this year, in addition to a second managed parking lot for people living in their vehicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Measure E tax revenue can technically be spent on any city service, voters approved it in 2020 specifically to increase housing affordability and reduce homelessness. Under the current formula, 75% of Measure E revenue goes to affordable housing, 15% to shelter and 10% to homelessness prevention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his first two budgets, Mahan pushed to temporarily change this allocation. In 2023, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11952913/san-jose-council-approves-modest-shift-toward-temporary-homeless-housing\">he was largely rebuffed by the council\u003c/a>, but last year, he secured unanimous support for spending 65% of Measure E revenue on temporary housing and shelter — arguing that short-term projects were necessary to clear \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11979482/san-jose-mayor-matt-mahan-calls-for-urgent-action-on-homelessness-in-city-budget-plan\">encampments along the city’s waterways\u003c/a> and avoid water quality fines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12026053 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/MPFD0580-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11989926/san-jose-council-approves-budget-with-historic-shift-in-unhoused-spending\">council backed Mahan’s funding shift last year\u003c/a>, they also approved an amendment clarifying that the Measure E spending formula favoring affordable housing would remain the default heading into this year’s budget talks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a policy decision as to whether or not we’re going to have this fight every single year and have Groundhog Day — or we just acknowledge that this is our strategy and we need to make clear how we’re going to fund it,” Mahan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahan appears to have a six-vote path to implementing these changes in the budget year beginning July 1. Last month, the council \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024327/san-jose-council-taps-engineering-executive-carl-salas-vacant-seat\">appointed Carl Salas, an engineering executive supported by Mahan\u003c/a>, to the vacant District 3 seat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During his interview for the job, Salas told the council he agreed with Mahan that the city needs to focus its funding on short-term housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mayor’s proposal will likely draw pushback from affordable housing advocates, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11949797/in-controversial-plan-san-jose-mayor-seeks-to-use-homelessness-dollars-to-build-more-temporary-shelters-instead-of-permanent-housing\">who have called Mahan’s strategy shortsighted\u003c/a>. Without city funding for the construction of new affordable apartments, they argue that people experiencing homelessness won’t have a place to go after staying in shelters and tiny homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It slows the housing production in our community down to a crawl,” said Ray Bramson, chief operating officer of housing nonprofit Destination: Home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve got a lot of great projects off the ground and running, but now they’re struggling to find that local funding that is so necessary so that they can apply for tax credits and move forward.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahan said the shift would allow the city to shave $40 million from an estimated $60 million budget shortfall. That’s because the council previously voted to absorb the construction and operating costs of interim housing into the general fund — an ongoing cost without a dedicated funding source. A city budget forecast released last year found that without a change to Measure E, the interim housing program will require increasing amounts of general fund spending — reaching $70 million in the 2028-29 fiscal year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is what we knew was going to happen all along,” Bramson said. “As you build more of these [interim] sites and more of these units, there is a fixed cost you are committing yourself to in perpetuity to keep these places running.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahan will provide details of his spending plan when he releases his proposed budget in early March. On Tuesday, the council will review updated budget estimates and begin discussion on closing the $60 million shortfall. The deficit is largely the result of weaker-than-expected sales tax revenue, according to the city manager’s office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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So it’s very troubling because it’s possible the FCC is potentially being weaponized to crack down on reporting that the administration simply just doesn’t like.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Loy worried that the move could deter other news organizations from pursuing reporting critical of the Trump administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s an intimidating exercise. The process is the punishment,” Loy said. “Even if charges are never filed, people have to look over their shoulder to wonder, is the government going to come after me because I report something that the government doesn’t like me to say?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12025930 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250125_Immigration-Forum_DB_00822-672x372.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Fox News interview, Carr also described East San José, where the ICE actions were happening, as an area known for violent gang activity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Right-wing influencer Andy Ngo used a similar description of the area in a post on social media platform X on the same night as the KCBS reporting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The information put law enforcement officers at serious risk while an operation was ongoing targeting violent, criminal foreign nationals,” Ngo wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the following days, the radio station’s social media replies were flooded with criticism and calls for the station to lose its broadcasting license.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Posts with the initial reporting were not found on the station’s website as of Thursday afternoon. Neither KCBS nor its parent company, Audacy, responded to requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, Carr criticized his own commission for voting to approve part of Audacy’s bankruptcy reorganization plan that would involve the investment firm founded by billionaire George Soros, a donor to liberal causes and a lightning rod for the right wing. Soros Fund Management bought much of Audacy’s debt during the reorganization process, \u003ca href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-14/soros-fund-set-to-own-biggest-audacy-stake-after-bankruptcy?sref=0h3tD0ig\">\u003cem>Bloomberg\u003c/em> reported\u003c/a>. This drew the ire of Carr and other conservatives, and Carr vowed to take another look at that decision after being tapped by Trump to lead the FCC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The clashes with KCBS and its parent company are only the latest confrontations between President Trump’s FCC and media organizations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carr announced last week that the commission will also \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024893/trumps-fcc-chief-opens-investigation-into-npr-and-pbs\">investigate NPR and PBS\u003c/a> for possibly violating federal rules banning commercials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Top officials at both organizations have pushed back against the claim, insisting that they are allowed to run sponsorship credits, which differ from commercials, and that they are diligent in following the long-established rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are confident any review of our programming and underwriting practices will confirm NPR’s adherence to these rules,” NPR President and CEO Katherine Maher said in a public statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before becoming president for the second time, Trump sued CBS over its “60 Minutes” interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris, accusing the company of interfering in the election through its editing of the interview. 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So far, high winds don’t appear to be a concern throughout the storms, but as the days go on, he said the risk of local flooding will increase.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The first round may not bring enough moderate to heavy rain for flooding concerns, but once we start piling up day after day of half-inch rain over a six-hour time period, flooding is going to ultimately be a concern,” Merchant said. “By the end of the week and into the beginning of next week, we’re not sure exactly where that will occur yet, but especially in the North Bay, we are expecting to see some issues with swollen rivers and streams.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1885015839214391390\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The timing of rainfall in the Bay Area this weekend is still coming into focus, Merchant said, adding that people should check local forecasts for updates in the next few days, especially in flood-prone areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It isn’t clear whether the wet week will usher in a rainy February, but he said the weather pattern in the Bay Area is certainly shifting that direction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12023983 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250120-YouthClimateProtest-09-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re pretty confident that our entire region, through the [end of the] extended forecast, is going to get some meaningful rainfall,” he told KQED. “Right now, we’re still not exactly sure on the timing of when those periods of moderate to heavy rain will occur.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The series of storms is good news for skiers and snowboarders, as snowfall totals in the Sierra could hit double digits by Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service is predicting up to a 70% chance of more than 4 inches of snow in Donner Pass before Saturday night, and at the top peaks of the Tahoe-area mountains, there is at least an 80% chance of 12 to 24 inches of snow during the second storm early next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Southern California could also see some much-needed rain during the second atmospheric river as it continues to recover from the deadly Palisades and Eaton fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>The San José City Council appointed mechanical engineering executive Carl Salas on Tuesday night to the seat that was left open \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12014643/omar-torres-resigns-from-san-jose-city-council-is-arrested\">by the resignation of former Councilmember Omar Torres\u003c/a>, tilting the balance of power at City Hall decisively toward Mayor Matt Mahan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Salas will fill the position through the crucial spring months of city budget negotiations \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12014860/san-jose-city-council-approves-special-election-for-torres-seat\">until voters select a new council member in a special election this year\u003c/a>. District 3, which includes Downtown and Japantown, has been without representation since November when \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013122/san-jose-councilmember-omar-torres-resigns-arrested\">Torres left the job in the face of multiple criminal charges\u003c/a> of sexual abuse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I love this city. I grew my business here. I grew my family here,” Salas said after the council vote. “I’m so excited to have an opportunity at the end of my professional career to really try to add some value, especially at this tough time here in the city.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Salas’ appointment gives Mahan a solid six-vote majority of support as he charts the course of city spending on homelessness and public safety. Salas said he was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11989926/san-jose-council-approves-budget-with-historic-shift-in-unhoused-spending\">aligned with the mayor’s agenda of focusing city funding on interim housing\u003c/a> and shelter rather than permanent affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You have to focus on the shorter-term housing,” Salas said. “It’s nothing compassionate about these people living in tents on the water.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He will serve as a placeholder until the new council member is elected. The special election is scheduled for April 8. If no candidate receives a majority vote, the top two finishers will advance to a runoff on June 24.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11983130\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11983130\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/20230801-SJCityHall-27-JY_qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/20230801-SJCityHall-27-JY_qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/20230801-SJCityHall-27-JY_qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/20230801-SJCityHall-27-JY_qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/20230801-SJCityHall-27-JY_qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/20230801-SJCityHall-27-JY_qut-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">City Hall in San José, California, on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The council interviewed Salas and three other candidates for the interim role at Tuesday’s meeting: Danielle Marie Christian, a former policy aide to Supervisor Joe Simitian; Bob Staedler, a land use consultant at the firm Silicon Valley Synergy; and Jahmal Williams, director of DEI partnerships and university-community liaison with San José State University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than a dozen District 3 residents, San José State staff, students and alumni spoke at the meeting and implored the council to pick Williams for the appointment — praising his work building bridges between the university and the community groups throughout the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Jahmal has shown me nothing less than a commitment to addressing issues related to social justice and equity, being in community and ensuring the most marginalized voices are heard,” said Michael Dao, director of the San José State Human Rights Institute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though the city charter requires only a simple majority vote of the council to make an appointment, council members initially set a goal of appointing a new member with a seven-vote supermajority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12024318 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250121_DA-Finalists_DB_00823-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the first round of voting, the five business-friendly moderate members (Mahan, Michael Mulcahy, Bien Doan, Pam Foley and George Casey) all cast ballots for Salas, while labor-aligned progressives Pamela Campos, Peter Ortiz and Domingo Candelas voted for Williams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The council’s traditional swing votes, David Cohen and Rosemary Kamei, were split: Cohen supported Christian, while Kamei voted for Williams. In a second round of voting, after Christian and Staedler were eliminated, Cohen voted for Williams and Kamei switched her support to Salas, leaving the vote split 6-4 in Salas’ favor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Facing the prospect of a continued deadlock, Cohen and Kamei joined the five moderates to adopt a six-vote threshold for appointment, clinching the 6-4 victory for Salas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Salas co-founded Salas O’Brien, a consulting firm for engineering and technical services, in 1978, and he currently serves as a board member for the Guadalupe River Park Conservancy and the San José Police Foundation. He was sworn in after the vote and will be thrust immediately into the city budget process. Declining sales tax revenue and rising costs of city employees and homeless housing have left the city with a $60 million shortfall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11989941\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11989941\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San José Mayor Matt Mahan speaks about a state audit of spending on homelessness outside City Hall on April 9, 2024. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“District 3 residents need to know that they can trust their representation at City Hall; I know Carl is committed to rebuilding that trust,” Mahan said. “They need to know that we have experienced, thoughtful people making tough budget tradeoffs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City staffers in the mayor’s office and District 3 council office have provided basic constituent services for district residents in the months since Torres submitted his resignation, just hours before he was arrested on Election Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Torres was charged with sexually assaulting a teenage relative in the late 1990s. Before the relative came forward, Torres faced pressure to resign as San José police \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013122/san-jose-councilmember-omar-torres-resigns-arrested\">investigated him for allegations of sexual misconduct\u003c/a> with a different minor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Torres was first elected to the council in 2020, representing a district that includes neighborhoods such as Downtown, Guadalupe Washington, Northside, Japantown and Luna Park. Torres was a reliably progressive vote who was backed by the city’s powerful labor movement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the campaign leading up to the special election, those unions are largely lining up behind Gabby Chavez-Lopez, executive director of the Latina Coalition of Silicon Valley — while Mahan has endorsed his former deputy chief of staff, Matthew Quevedo. The field of candidates also includes retired Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Lt. Adam Duran, mediator and small business owner Irene Smith, housing commissioner Anthony Tordillos and retired marriage and family counselor Tyrone Wade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downtown boosters are watching the election closely, as they hope the neighborhood will benefit from marquee events coming to the South Bay in 2026, including Super Bowl LX, the FIFA World Cup and the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have an immense year coming to us in 2026 that takes planning right now,” said Leah Toeniskoetter, president & CEO of the San José Chamber of Commerce. “The Japantown Business District, Luna Park, East Santa Clara Street are all business districts that rely deeply on their council member, and they haven’t had that representation for some time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The San José City Council appointed mechanical engineering executive Carl Salas on Tuesday night to the seat that was left open \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12014643/omar-torres-resigns-from-san-jose-city-council-is-arrested\">by the resignation of former Councilmember Omar Torres\u003c/a>, tilting the balance of power at City Hall decisively toward Mayor Matt Mahan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Salas will fill the position through the crucial spring months of city budget negotiations \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12014860/san-jose-city-council-approves-special-election-for-torres-seat\">until voters select a new council member in a special election this year\u003c/a>. District 3, which includes Downtown and Japantown, has been without representation since November when \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013122/san-jose-councilmember-omar-torres-resigns-arrested\">Torres left the job in the face of multiple criminal charges\u003c/a> of sexual abuse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I love this city. I grew my business here. I grew my family here,” Salas said after the council vote. “I’m so excited to have an opportunity at the end of my professional career to really try to add some value, especially at this tough time here in the city.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Salas’ appointment gives Mahan a solid six-vote majority of support as he charts the course of city spending on homelessness and public safety. Salas said he was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11989926/san-jose-council-approves-budget-with-historic-shift-in-unhoused-spending\">aligned with the mayor’s agenda of focusing city funding on interim housing\u003c/a> and shelter rather than permanent affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You have to focus on the shorter-term housing,” Salas said. “It’s nothing compassionate about these people living in tents on the water.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He will serve as a placeholder until the new council member is elected. The special election is scheduled for April 8. If no candidate receives a majority vote, the top two finishers will advance to a runoff on June 24.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11983130\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11983130\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/20230801-SJCityHall-27-JY_qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/20230801-SJCityHall-27-JY_qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/20230801-SJCityHall-27-JY_qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/20230801-SJCityHall-27-JY_qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/20230801-SJCityHall-27-JY_qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/20230801-SJCityHall-27-JY_qut-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">City Hall in San José, California, on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The council interviewed Salas and three other candidates for the interim role at Tuesday’s meeting: Danielle Marie Christian, a former policy aide to Supervisor Joe Simitian; Bob Staedler, a land use consultant at the firm Silicon Valley Synergy; and Jahmal Williams, director of DEI partnerships and university-community liaison with San José State University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than a dozen District 3 residents, San José State staff, students and alumni spoke at the meeting and implored the council to pick Williams for the appointment — praising his work building bridges between the university and the community groups throughout the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Jahmal has shown me nothing less than a commitment to addressing issues related to social justice and equity, being in community and ensuring the most marginalized voices are heard,” said Michael Dao, director of the San José State Human Rights Institute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though the city charter requires only a simple majority vote of the council to make an appointment, council members initially set a goal of appointing a new member with a seven-vote supermajority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the first round of voting, the five business-friendly moderate members (Mahan, Michael Mulcahy, Bien Doan, Pam Foley and George Casey) all cast ballots for Salas, while labor-aligned progressives Pamela Campos, Peter Ortiz and Domingo Candelas voted for Williams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The council’s traditional swing votes, David Cohen and Rosemary Kamei, were split: Cohen supported Christian, while Kamei voted for Williams. In a second round of voting, after Christian and Staedler were eliminated, Cohen voted for Williams and Kamei switched her support to Salas, leaving the vote split 6-4 in Salas’ favor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Facing the prospect of a continued deadlock, Cohen and Kamei joined the five moderates to adopt a six-vote threshold for appointment, clinching the 6-4 victory for Salas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Salas co-founded Salas O’Brien, a consulting firm for engineering and technical services, in 1978, and he currently serves as a board member for the Guadalupe River Park Conservancy and the San José Police Foundation. He was sworn in after the vote and will be thrust immediately into the city budget process. Declining sales tax revenue and rising costs of city employees and homeless housing have left the city with a $60 million shortfall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11989941\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11989941\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San José Mayor Matt Mahan speaks about a state audit of spending on homelessness outside City Hall on April 9, 2024. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“District 3 residents need to know that they can trust their representation at City Hall; I know Carl is committed to rebuilding that trust,” Mahan said. “They need to know that we have experienced, thoughtful people making tough budget tradeoffs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City staffers in the mayor’s office and District 3 council office have provided basic constituent services for district residents in the months since Torres submitted his resignation, just hours before he was arrested on Election Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Torres was charged with sexually assaulting a teenage relative in the late 1990s. Before the relative came forward, Torres faced pressure to resign as San José police \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013122/san-jose-councilmember-omar-torres-resigns-arrested\">investigated him for allegations of sexual misconduct\u003c/a> with a different minor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Torres was first elected to the council in 2020, representing a district that includes neighborhoods such as Downtown, Guadalupe Washington, Northside, Japantown and Luna Park. Torres was a reliably progressive vote who was backed by the city’s powerful labor movement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the campaign leading up to the special election, those unions are largely lining up behind Gabby Chavez-Lopez, executive director of the Latina Coalition of Silicon Valley — while Mahan has endorsed his former deputy chief of staff, Matthew Quevedo. The field of candidates also includes retired Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Lt. Adam Duran, mediator and small business owner Irene Smith, housing commissioner Anthony Tordillos and retired marriage and family counselor Tyrone Wade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downtown boosters are watching the election closely, as they hope the neighborhood will benefit from marquee events coming to the South Bay in 2026, including Super Bowl LX, the FIFA World Cup and the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have an immense year coming to us in 2026 that takes planning right now,” said Leah Toeniskoetter, president & CEO of the San José Chamber of Commerce. “The Japantown Business District, Luna Park, East Santa Clara Street are all business districts that rely deeply on their council member, and they haven’t had that representation for some time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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After taking multiple measurements from about 100 locations, his lab observed a hundreds-fold rise in the concentration of the three toxic heavy metals along the top layer of the soil.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aiello said his team linked the heightened levels to the fire because the concentration of the heavy metals was only elevated in the top millimeters of the soil, indicating that they were recently deposited. The spherical nanoparticles they found are also used in materials for lithium-ion batteries, connecting the contamination to the battery fire, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022726\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022726\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/MossLandingFire1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/MossLandingFire1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/MossLandingFire1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/MossLandingFire1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/MossLandingFire1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/MossLandingFire1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/MossLandingFire1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A fire burns at Moss Landing Power Plant on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Iman-Floyd Carroll)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“They are clearly the type of material from a battery, so you can link directly the occurrence increasing of this toxic heavy metal to the source, which is a battery,” he said. “The line of evidence from a scientific perspective is pretty solid. There’s no other explanation as to why before the concentrations were much lower and now are much higher, and those elements are linked to those nanoparticles.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The EPA had set up nine monitoring stations to monitor the air for small particulate matter and hydrogen fluoride, a highly toxic gas emitted by lithium-ion battery fires, for the four days after the fire broke out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials said that they did not detect heightened levels of the pollutants, and neither did a company hired by Vistra to detect the same two compounds. A Facebook group of almost 3,000 locals in Monterey and Santa Cruz counties, however, has amassed discussion of headaches, sore throats, nausea and other symptoms that residents believe could be related to the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael Polkabla, the principal industrial hygienist with BioMax Environmental, a consulting firm specializing in hazardous materials and industrial hygiene, told KQED last week that the EPA’s air monitoring stations wouldn’t tell the full story because hydrogen fluoride likely wouldn’t be detectable once the plume of smoke was cleared. He also raised the alarm about metals like cobalt, manganese and nickel, along with lithium, and pushed for soil and water testing both at the battery facility and in nearby areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12023562 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/MossLandingGetty-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Monterey County, which was initially vague about whether it would test water and soil around the power plant, announced Thursday that it would work with the state to collect water, debris and dust samples at and around the Vistra facility. A spokesperson for Vistra said the company “might” test soil “if there are indications around the site that there might be some compounds or constituents that we think need to be tested.” The company did not respond to a request for comment on Monday about what the company’s most recent plans are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county said Monday that it was currently analyzing soil and water samples with experts from the California Department of Public Health, state-level EPA and epidemiologists, looking for any potential health concerns and determining next steps. A spokesperson said they hope to provide preliminary results later this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Public health and environmental safety remain our top priorities, and we are committed to providing transparent, science-based updates to the community as we assess the findings in collaboration with our state and federal partners,” the statement reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aiello’s team is also turning to assess the impact of their findings on the Elkhorn Slough, which he said is the second-largest estuary in California and one of the most diverse and essential ecosystems for hundreds of fish and bird species. 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That’s something that we need to study.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aside from the potential impact on the food chain, it’s also unknown how the heavy metals will affect people who live nearby or were exposed during the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cobalt has been associated with cardiomyopathy, lung disease and hearing damage, while nickel is categorized as a carcinogen, according to the National Institutes of Health. Manganese can “cause a disorder alike to idiopathic Parkinson’s disease,” the site said, and all three have been known to cause negative effects at the cellular and molecular levels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/danbrekke\">\u003cem>Dan Brekke\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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The damages award was much less than his attorneys were seeking in this case,” Frimann said. She added that the city is also evaluating the possibility of appealing the case over qualified immunity, a liability protection granted to government employees for their actions at work, provided those actions don’t clearly violate constitutional rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his 2021 lawsuit, Johnson alleged that during a group protest in front of City Hall on May 30, 2020, he was struck in the back of his leg by a dense foam projectile fired by Officer James Adgar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though several facts were in dispute – including whether Johnson was present to hear a dispersal order from police – the jury agreed that Adgar violated Johnson’s civil rights to peaceable free speech and his right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures when the officer used excessive force on him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Abimael said Johnson, who works as a youth basketball coach and a paraeducator, has been significantly affected by the injury and that it has caused blood clotting and multiple pulmonary embolisms, forcing him onto a regimen of blood thinners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s unfortunate what happened to him,” Bastida said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Like many other people, I think he would tell you he felt compelled to exercise his First Amendment right to protest and to free speech after the death of George Floyd,” Bastida said. “He at no point threatened anyone, an officer or otherwise, and at no point did he incite any violence.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='Related Coverage' tag='george-floyd']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnson is far from the only person who was injured by police in the major wave of protests and demonstrations against police brutality in the summer of 2020 after Floyd was murdered by former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San José’s police response to the actions was heavily criticized for the level of force unleashed by officers, including projectiles like the ones that hit Johnson, as well as tear gas and baton strikes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later in the summer of 2020, the city \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/police-reform-sj-lawmakers-vote-to-ban-use-of-rubber-bullets-to-control-crowds/\">approved restrictions for how police could use projectile weapons\u003c/a>, allowing officers to use them if they are directly attacked, but not purely for crowd control purposes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article254651732.html\">statewide bill\u003c/a> was also passed to require stricter conditions for police use of projectiles and tear gas or other chemical agents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Multiple lawsuits sprung up as a result of the violence, including one signed onto by the NAACP of San Jose/Silicon Valley and led by Michael Acosta, a man who lost an eye as a result of being shot by a police projectile. That case, which also included four others, \u003ca href=\"https://sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-poised-to-settle-lawsuit-over-2020-police-black-lives-matter-blm-george-floyd-protests/\">settled with the city for more than $3.3 million\u003c/a> in 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another group of seven plaintiffs, led by community organizer Derrick Sanderlin, who previously helped train officers about bias, also sued the city and police in 2020 following the protests. Appeals from the city delayed that case, but a federal judges panel \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/09/04/san-jose-ninth-circuit-rejects-qualified-immunity-for-officer-who-shot-activist-in-groin-at-george-floyd-protests/\">ultimately ruled it could go to trial\u003c/a> late last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sarah Marinho, an attorney for Sanderlin, said the trial is currently set to begin in May, though settlement conferences are in the works.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bastida couldn’t discuss settlement negotiation details publicly but said Johnson’s case proceeded to trial because, in his view, “the opportunity for the case to settle never really meaningfully came up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was updated on Friday, Jan. 24 to include a response from the San José city attorney.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>The former executive director of the San José Police Officers’ Association will not face any time behind bars for illegally importing opioids, a judge ruled Tuesday, bringing to a close a nearly two-year-old criminal case that sent shockwaves through the South Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San José federal court, U.S. District Judge Eumi K. Lee sentenced Joanne Segovia to three years of probation and 100 hours of community service, which falls largely in line with what prosecutors and her defense attorney had requested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ms. Segovia is very grateful that Judge Lee saw the case as the U.S. Attorney’s office and I saw the case,” Adam Gasner, Segovia’s attorney, told KQED after the sentencing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008434/former-san-jose-police-union-director-pleads-guilty-to-smuggling-opioids\">plea deal with federal prosecutors\u003c/a> in October, Segovia, 66, confessed to illegally importing tapentadol, a potent painkiller listed as a Schedule II controlled substance. Although such a felony carries a maximum prison term of 20 years, it was widely expected that Segovia would receive a significantly lighter sentence, as her defense team and prosecutors both supported her narrative that she was motivated by an addiction to painkillers rather than by a goal to make a profit as a drug mover.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The story of Joanne Segovia is the story of years of heavy opioid addiction, drug importation, self-delusion, and some very poor choices. It is not, however, the story of a drug dealer,” U.S. Attorney Joseph Tartakovsky, the lead prosecutor on the case, wrote in a sentencing memo to the court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gasner noted in a separate court memo that his client was taking prescribed opioids under medical supervision for years due to “excruciating chronic back pain,” but her doctors eventually refused to renew them, at which point she turned to illicit drugs to help her cope.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She’s apologetic for her actions. But most importantly, she’s healthy and sober and not likely to re-offend,” Gasner said. “I think this sends a message to the broader community that you will be punished for your actions, but that we also have compassion for who you are as an individual.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to community service, Segovia will be required to adhere to a list of conditions during probation that include ongoing drug testing, mandatory counseling and potential searches of her home. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While working as the lead civilian administrator for the San José police union, Segovia had thousands of pills illegally shipped to her home over several years and redistributed some of those pills elsewhere in the U.S., authorities said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also used the police union’s UPS account to ship drugs to other drug users in the U.S. on behalf of her supplier, “thus making the SJPOA subsidize foreign drug distribution,” Tartakovsky wrote in the memo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2022, she came to the attention of Homeland Security investigators who were investigating a criminal network based in India that shipped illicit drugs to U.S. customers. Federal agents were suspicious of Segovia due to the “immense quantities” of pills she was receiving, Tartakovsky wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A ‘good customer’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Investigators said Segovia ordered roughly 18,000 tapentadol pills over a 17-month period in 2021 and 2022, sharing “significant quantities” of pills with two people she knew but also consuming an “extraordinarily large amount” of them herself.[aside label=\"more on the Segovia case\" tag=\"joanne-segovia\"]She was a “good customer” of her supplier, spending between as much as $27,000 on the pills in 2022 alone, prosecutors said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She often coordinated the shipments and payments with her Indian supplier via WhatsApp and “pumped tens of thousands of dollars over the years into the coffers of these unscrupulous networks,” Tartakovsky wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In court Tuesday, Tartakovsky noted that there are many people in America illicitly ordering drugs off the internet because of their addictions, and that the federal government doesn’t typically charge “pure users” with crimes. But Segovia went a step further, he said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She became a sort of auxiliary of this Indian network. She carried water for them,” Tartakovsky said. “She did things for their benefit, like moving pills for them. And this is not some peripheral thing. This is the core of how these schemes work. They rely on Americans to re-ship for them.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Segovia was not profiting off these actions, he said, but was instead “spending this massive fraction of her income” and “essentially almost bankrupting herself” to feed her addiction. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Segovia was \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/san-jose-police-union-executive-charged-attempted-illegal-importation-fentanyl\">arrested in March 2023\u003c/a>, initially on one count of illegally importing a form of fentanyl. Prosecutors, however, later removed the fentanyl charge after admitting that a lab test of the contents of one of the packages sent to her had produced a false positive result. The charge was subsequently changed to the illegal importation of tapentadol.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Expressing remorse\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In August 2024, Segovia, who had maintained her innocence until that point, indicated to the court she’d be willing to\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12000464/former-san-jose-police-union-director-expected-to-plead-guilty-to-smuggling-opioids-in-deal-with-feds\"> accept responsibility for her crime\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a Dec. 18 personal written statement asking the judge for leniency, Segovia expressed remorse for her actions, saying she “would do anything to take it all back,” and noted that she is heavily involved in the lives of her grandchildren and is a caretaker for her 81-year-old husband, who is ill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I never realized the magnitude of what I had done until a gun was pointed at me. I have never been in trouble with the law. This was something I had only seen in movies. It was the most traumatic thing that has ever happened to me,” she wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said she has also stopped taking pills since her arrest and has passed 45 random drug tests while undergoing counseling and treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have this nice little life and it was all blown up in front of me,” Segovia said in court on Tuesday. “And being sober made me know how horrendous my conduct was. And I’ve never done anything but be for the law, and I’m really sorry.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several other people, including her daughter, friends, neighbor and current and former San José police officers, wrote to the judge on her behalf, attesting that Segovia is a good person, loving family member and a reliable colleague who cares deeply for others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Segovia was fired from her role as executive director of the police union shortly after her arrest in 2003. 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