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City planning. Bicycle planning in San Jose is handled by the city's Department of Transportation. San Jose Bike Plan 2020. The San Jose City Council passed the "San Jose Bike Plan 2020" in November 2009. It was a set of goals intended to be implemented by 2020 if possible, or otherwise make progress in those directions.
Website. www .sjchamber .com. The San Jose Chamber of Commerce, is a chamber of commerce representing business interests in the Greater San Jose, California Area. It is the largest chamber of commerce in the Silicon Valley region. [2] Founded in 1886, the chamber has played a role in the development of the local economy and politics.
The 2018 median home price in Silicon Valley was $1.18 million, a 21% increase from 2017. [3] Almost 90% of low income renters in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metro area were cost burdened in 2017, meaning they spent more than 30% of their income on housing. [4] Over a third of mid-income renters were cost burdened as well.
San Jose City Hall. / 37.3378; -121.8861. San José City Hall is the seat of the municipal government of San Jose, California. Located in Downtown San Jose, it was designed by Pritzker Prize -winning architect Richard Meier in a Postmodern style. It consists of an 18-story tower, an iconic glass rotunda, and a city council chamber wing, laid ...
Newby Island landfill. Coordinates: 37.458916°N 121.944038°W. The Newby Island Landfill (NISL) is one of the largest active landfills on the shores of the San Francisco Bay. It is located in Santa Clara County, California in the United States. The site is located within the city limits of San Jose, California at the western terminus of Dixon ...
On March 27, 1850, San Jose became the first incorporated city in the U.S. state of California; the first mayor was Josiah Belden. It also served as the state's first capital with the first and second sessions of the California Legislature, known as the Legislature of a Thousand Drinks, being held there in 1850 and 1851.
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By 1948, the state declared San Jose to be in violation of state water pollution regulations, risking a moratorium on building permits. In 1950, San Jose voters finally passed bonds to construct a new wastewater treatment facility. In 1954, the city purchased land near Alviso for a wastewater treatment plant. The plant began operations in 1956.