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Measure E deliberations had dominated public comment and council discussion for two days. A coalition of councilmembers and community groups had urged boosting prevention investments, arguing it saves money over time by stopping people from falling into homelessness. A competing council memo and the mayor’s proposed budget urged maintaining the 10/90 allocation (10% prevention, 90% shelter/production/operations) on the grounds that scaling up interim housing operations and shelter capacity requires stable, ongoing resources; the staff recommendation maintained 10% and the council adopted that recommendation 8–3.

Budget director Jim Shannon briefed the council on the five‑year forecast and said shifting Measure E allocations would create ongoing gaps in future years. If the council moved 5 percentage points from operations to prevention permanently, staff warned it could increase the forecasted deficit in 2027–28 by roughly $40‑$47 million depending on revenue assumptions.

The budget package includes a multi‑pronged approach to homelessness: continued expansion of interim housing and safe‑parking capacity, additional permanent affordable housing funding (a $60 million NOFA for affordable housing in the current budget), and the standing 10% prevention allocation. Councilmembers who favored increasing prevention emphasized the escalating risk of federal cuts to housing vouchers and other programs.

The council adopted a set of related budget memos by consensus or separate votes to fund a mix of district priorities and city‑wide initiatives, including an initial $500,000 allocation for immigrant legal and emergency services with a direction to consider an additional $500,000 later if fiscal conditions allow; short‑term funding to keep two youth drop‑in programs open while the city seeks longer‑term operators; and funding to resume a transport resource (Med 30) on a limited—7‑month—basis, with direction to align longer‑term funding in the next budget cycle subject to revenue analysis.

After the Measure E vote the council approved the full 2025–26 operating and capital budget and fee schedules. That motion included the mayor’s June budget message direction and a number of council member memos folded in by agreement; the operating budget vote passed and the fees and capital allocations were also approved at the same meeting.

Ending: The council’s decision to preserve the 10% prevention allocation for Measure E and to approve the rest of the budget reflects the trade‑offs officials said they face between immediate shelter and operations needs and growing prevention demands. Several councilmembers pledged to continue seeking philanthropic and grant funds and to revisit prevention allocations at mid‑year or as revenues permit.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","JUN 10, 2025 | City Council","oneSentenceSummary","San Jose — The City Council approved the city’s 2025–26 operating and capital budgets and the schedule of fees and charges on June 10, and in a separate vote decided to retain the Measure E allocation that directs 10% of Measure E receipts toward homelessness prevention rather than increasing that share to 15%.","taxTitle","San Jose , Santa Clara County, California","taxId",2857,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6546206,"San Jose adopts municipal‑code changes and encampment \"code of conduct,\" creates neighborhood outreach unit",2132,4638000,6770000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3798733-d880550d780ee5a2f0d27d0028ae21f7&start=4638&end=6770","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3798733-d880550d780ee5a2f0d27d0028ae21f7/thumbnail_4638000.jpg","/articles/6546206/San-Jose/Santa-Clara-County/California/San-Jose-adopts-municipalcode-changes-and-encampment-code-of-conduct-creates-neighborhood-outreach-unit","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6546206-c43c0e9a6c5d0028efe45a482a1efb26/orig.mp4?Expires=1773601501&Signature=dcFhEq-K1pl2SFbmv-Z-U4fNfj~XswVwnPrY6DjNWhi1EqqFdNqK9xydmymcE6LdZvY-63G5i-25fboKT8DI0TjVBM7zCcbbmy3MwyySzVPtaXnIU~nUAJBCDCRSLk2j6ynRo-kdexPVGmI3elQgxudmzrqvDq05YzgVwnMGvKRxAJJ6tabiHmut50UHl0Yka352SfmYDp15gwUc10SMvoxBlD-HuJGx7YVCvKDC~wd1b5IACgBXPwkwnsgDff6g4DGHoz-Tds4YiE6u8XyCgjA2Uukrkk3GaB3ZfefsjbbJ6G1H4e1n9BiCL9naEJ-r4vxGR7YcR-AQrwlGLWMoyQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","San Jose — On June 10 the San Jose City Council approved a set of municipal code amendments and a separate updated encampment code of conduct intended to strengthen enforcement tools, clarify trespass rules and expand outreach resources for encampments.

The council voted unanimously to adopt eight municipal‑code changes (agenda item 3.11) that the administration described as \"cleanups and updates\" to enable enforcement in areas the city cited as chronic problems: trespass on public and private property, illegal dumping, copper wire theft, vacant lot maintenance, and rules addressing exploitative \"van‑lording\" (advertising or leasing vehicles as housing without appropriate oversight). The amendments also clarified the elements and duration of an \"admonishment\" for private‑property trespass and added language intended to help officers address situations where property owners are not physically present to provide notice.

Separately the council adopted an updated code of conduct for encampments (agenda item 3.12) by a 9–2 vote with Councilmembers Ortiz and Campos voting no. The code of conduct frames the city's approach to large encampments and establishes an \"enhanced engagement\" model combining outreach, offers of interim housing, and a Neighborhood Quality of Life Unit to coordinate responses and casework. Council members and staff said the policy emphasizes outreach and service offers before any enforcement action and clarified that arrest would not be for refusal of shelter alone; Chief Paul Joseph told council that arrests would be for trespass or for other criminal conduct after outreach and repeated offers of services.

Supporters, including Mayor Matt Mahan and Vice Mayor Pam Foley, said the package balances compassion and accountability, increases the chances of moving people into interim housing and restores access to public spaces that residents and businesses said have been affected by large encampments. \"When shelter becomes available, choosing not to fill those spaces only sets us back,\" Vice Mayor Foley said, arguing that services and enforcement together reduce emergency system costs over time.

Opponents — including Councilmembers Campos and Ortiz and several advocacy groups during public comment — urged caution. Public commenters and some councilmembers argued the code of conduct could be applied unevenly, that arrests should not be the default when care or shelter capacity does not exist, and that people with addiction or trauma often decline shelter and require long relationship‑based outreach. Community organizations asked council to defer the measures until staff presented a detailed operational plan, citing concerns about discriminatory enforcement and data sharing between outreach providers and police.

City staff and the police chief responded with clarifications. Police Chief Paul Joseph said existing criminal statutes (trespass, assault, theft) are already enforceable and that the new code aims to increase engagement and formalize a clearer process before removal of encampments. City Attorney staff noted some municipal‑code edits were drafting cleanups to align language with state and federal law, and the administration said it would return to the council with performance metrics and updates to the Neighborhood Quality of Life Unit, including an intended PISFIS (Public Safety, Finance and Strategic Initiatives) periodic reporting schedule.

Votes at a glance: the municipal‑code amendments (3.11) passed unanimously; the encampment code of conduct (3.12) passed 9–2 (Ortiz and Campos opposed). Both actions included direction to staff to track implementation and to report back to council committees with metrics on outcomes and racial and geographic impacts.

Ending: Council gave staff direction to begin implementing the changes while committing to further reporting on how enforcement, outreach, and shelter offers interact. Community groups asked the council to keep working with service providers and people with lived experience to adjust implementation to avoid discriminatory outcomes.","San Jose — On June 10 the San Jose City Council approved a package of municipal‑code updates covering trespass, van‑lording, copper theft, vacant‑lot maintenance and other enforcement tools, and separately adopted an updated encampment 'code of conduct' creating an enhanced engagement model and a Neighborhood Quality of Life Unit.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6546207,"San Jose council rejects \"pay-for-performance\" plan to withhold 5% of council pay pending goals",2300,2318000,4618000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3798733-d880550d780ee5a2f0d27d0028ae21f7&start=2318&end=4618","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3798733-d880550d780ee5a2f0d27d0028ae21f7/thumbnail_2318000.jpg","/articles/6546207/San-Jose/Santa-Clara-County/California/San-Jose-council-rejects-pay-for-performance-plan-to-withhold-5-of-council-pay-pending-goals","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6546207-b24672d29e5acc7e86aff7e56ef6f249/orig.mp4?Expires=1773601501&Signature=abafLcoCEawPevoIF3DmNrZjk4X3vjWgPNFpXuZCm-CEg2tVB4ClwnpUXoM2vG6rpTp1QRiV4ekbPEJ7Gfl~BIBPq9mk7PlRd4rq5YXvs~dTpKQ8ww0AvfUpxHiVOua5jp-q1958yJlIF1lNtEkdjx35c-Upi97O-vE9neFsD~hRJFhd4PvXkm3BNd8zQPRMmYH3ByiQUUtuq84tNyJEMoqylrfHI6w9aX2UwXnNiXx-twWqnTu1mIH7XfVfI8gDvpuTglD4txRVBJwS7Nii3MngTsKerctmAMJFCX0lmu~HlDZd9V9j7SZYGoODPwOxnAIGYsYGze8cng0XPnesPQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","San Jose — The City Council on June 10 voted to reject a proposal that would have withheld 5% of the mayor’s and councilmembers’ pay and returned it only if the council met measurable annual performance targets. The substitute motion to reject the ordinance passed 7–4; Vice Mayor Pam Foley, Councilmembers Mulcahy and Casey, and Mayor Matt Mahan voted against the rejection.

The proposal, brought forward by Mayor Matt Mahan and coauthored in part by Vice Mayor Foley, would have used the authority in City Charter section 407(d) to enact an ordinance tying a small share of elected officials’ compensation to achievement of citywide performance metrics and to direct the city manager to return with a more detailed grading rubric within 90 days.

Supporters said the change would strengthen accountability and align elected leaders with performance expectations already applied to city senior staff. \"By tying a portion of our salaries, 5%, to the achievement of publicly adopted performance metrics, we would be making a bold statement that we should be held to the same standard we expect of others in city leadership,\" Mayor Mahan said during his presentation of the idea.

Opponents raised concerns about unintended consequences: who sets the goals, whether the system would punish councilmembers who represent distinct district interests, and the risk — highlighted during public comment — that using quantitative metrics to judge complex social outcomes could distort public programs (public speakers and some councilmembers cited \"Campbell’s Law,\" a social‑science caution about metric‑driven decision making). Councilmembers Dwan, Ortiz, Salas and others warned the measure could discourage dissenting votes and encourage \"quick wins\" that looked good on paper but did not reflect long‑term public interest.

Several councilmembers also debated legal and practical questions raised by using charter authority rather than a ballot measure; the mayor said the city attorney had identified a path that avoids a charter election. The council discussed whether metrics should focus on program outputs (for example, number of interim housing placements or academy classes for police recruits) rather than community outcomes such as crime rates, which council members said could be influenced by many factors outside city control.

After extended public comment and council debate the council adopted the substitute motion rejecting the pay‑for‑performance proposal. The motion passed 7–4; the meeting transcript records Foley, Mulcahy, Casey and Mahan in opposition to that outcome.

The council did not adopt a rival performance‑based pay proposal at the meeting, but several members said they wanted to continue improving the city's performance management systems, dashboards and public scorecards without tying pay to the measures.

Looking ahead the mayor said he would continue to press for increased public performance reporting and for the city manager to present clearer program‑level targets in the coming budget cycle, but council members opposed to pay‑for‑performance said they preferred to preserve existing accountability mechanisms such as elections, audits and public reporting.

Ending: With the vote the council left intact the existing compensation regime and directed no immediate ordinance change. Members who supported the idea said they intended to pursue greater public performance reporting and program‑level targets through other channels.","On June 10 the San Jose City Council voted to reject a proposal that would have withheld 5% of mayor and council pay and returned it only if the council met publicly adopted performance targets. The substitute motion to reject the plan passed 7–4 after several hours of debate about accountability, goal‑setting and unintended consequences.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6546202,"San Jose approves amended ground‑lease option for advanced water treatment pilot with Valley Water",114,1890000,2004000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3798733-d880550d780ee5a2f0d27d0028ae21f7&start=1890&end=2004","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3798733-d880550d780ee5a2f0d27d0028ae21f7/thumbnail_1890000.jpg","/articles/6546202/San-Jose/Santa-Clara-County/California/San-Jose-approves-amended-groundlease-option-for-advanced-water-treatment-pilot-with-Valley-Water","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6546202-2b72443092fb535389a8138bd97d497c/orig.mp4?Expires=1773601501&Signature=M0pU5oXNClFFRUIqPYf06oE20Sr2G-oS9caE3Sbu1FUGbWz0ecjPk~qsUE8CQDny1Mmx3BaXgNZZFhPqxF1b3fcTLkRZnKQqFIzxmp5FE7KAGRwjVLhsEkGCR6z4YeMbOO~pIZB-OYLy~HsMhzUBJDQYNi8P45eVfv6tG-ZfDovatWe~Rx8F6sheS7fdj~Xr0IFHRjppiCPViw730n2EWsNworTGxVp9D5msvaf0J-FjJyejC-hWFsyp4DP2Pdi4lfwQx8vPpLiurNAEJOuYIXeSGrGGrTS3p30utropM2jFOccp5cR8dtxDgtPSokjT7g5798CTdHW4aGujdKvZAg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","San Jose — The City Council unanimously approved an amendment to an option agreement for the ground lease and property use agreement that will allow Valley Water to construct a pilot‑scale advanced water treatment facility on city‑owned property.

City staff said the action (consent item 2.26, taken separately from the consent calendar) reserves land for a small pilot production facility as part of a regional collaboration to expand purified water supplies. Jeff Provenzano, Director of the Environmental Services Department, told the council the item also will be considered by the Valley Water Board and by other jurisdictions; staff recommended a separate vote because the project requires a specific finding under the Surplus Land Act.

Councilmember Dave Cohen described the project as an important step for regional water resilience and said he supported setting aside land for a pilot that could lead to a larger operation if the pilot is successful. There was no public comment on the item. The motion to approve the option agreement passed unanimously.

Ending: The amendment clears the way for Valley Water to build and operate a pilot advanced water treatment facility on city land; staff said they will continue coordination with Valley Water and other partner agencies on next steps.","The council voted unanimously to approve an option agreement amending a ground lease and property use agreement to allow Valley Water to build a pilot advanced water treatment facility on city land. Councilmembers described the pilot as a step toward regional water resilience and praised interagency collaboration.","actionData","errors"]

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