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Votes at a glance: San Jose City Council, Dec. 17, 2024
Summary
Summary of formal actions and vote outcomes from the Dec. 17 San Jose City Council meeting, including consent calendar approvals, a streetscape contract, housing funding amendments, and zoning and permitting ordinances.
The San Jose City Council recorded these formal outcomes during its Dec. 17, 2024 meeting. Where the transcript did not list individual yea/nay votes, the meeting minutes recorded the result as shown.
• Consent Calendar: Council approved the consent calendar (multiple routine items) without recorded dissent. Motion recorded as "Motion passes unanimously."
• Item 2.22 — Emergency Interim Housing (EIH) contract extensions: Council approved a six‑month extension to existing EIH contracts and directed staff to incorporate new outcome measures and to return with procurement plans for property management, food security and security. Motion recorded as "Motion passes unanimously." (Staff: Eric Sullivan, Housing Director)
• Item 3.3 — West San Carlos Street Urban Village Streetscape Improvements Project: Council approved actions related to the streetscape project. Motion recorded as "Motion passes unanimously." (Staff: Department presentations recorded)
• Item 6.1 — San Jose Power status report: Council accepted the status report and directed staff to continue feasibility work and pursue mutual cooperation agreements; recorded as "Motion passes unanimously with Jimenez absent." (See main article for details.)
• Item 8.1 — Second substantial amendment to FY2021‑22 Annual Action Plan (HOME ARP TBRA allocation): Council approved a plan amendment to move City HOME American Rescue Plan funds into the county's tenant‑based rental assistance program to serve San Jose residents. Motion recorded as "Move to approve" and later "Motion passes unanimously with Cohen and Kamei absent." (Staff: Eric Sullivan and Cupid Alexander)
• Item 10.1a / 10.1b — Land use consent rezonings: Council removed one APN (299‑16‑0014146 Mitzi Drive) from a rezoning list to preserve a historic resource and approved the remainder of the consent item; both votes recorded as unanimous.
• Item 10.2 — Neighborhood Business District Overlay (zoning amendment): Council adopted an ordinance to create a neighborhood business‑district overlay allowing residential uses with specific standards in three corridors and approved a General Plan addendum for CEQA consistency; recorded as "Motion passes unanimously."
• Item 10.3 — City streamline review process for infill housing (ministerial ordinance): Council adopted the ministerial infill review ordinance per staff recommendations and a mayoral memo; motion recorded as "Motion passes unanimously." Council directed staff to conduct targeted outreach with labor and community stakeholders before any future geographic expansion and to report performance metrics.
Votes and procedural notes: all listed motions passed on recorded unanimous votes except where absences were noted in the transcript (Jimenez absent for the San Jose Power vote; Cohen and Kamei absent for the HOME amendment). The meeting transcript did not include roll‑call lines with each councilmember's recorded aye/no vote for every item; the clerk recorded outcomes as unanimous when all voting members present supported the motions.
