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San Jose council approves 2025 weed abatement commencement report after county outlines one-visit inspection approach
Summary
The City Council unanimously approved the 2025 weed abatement commencement report on Feb. 11. County staff said most properties receive a single inspection per fire season, explained exceptions for re-inspections, and noted the program is cost-recovery rather than punitive.
The San Jose City Council on Feb. 11 unanimously approved the 2025 weed abatement commencement report, moving forward with the list of properties to be inspected and abated for hazardous vegetation.
County staff told the council the county’s program typically inspects each listed property only once during the fire season—March 1 through Oct. 31—and returns only in limited circumstances, a constraint the council discussed in light of an extended fire season and limited county resources.
Garrick Ioselebski, identified in the hearing as the weed abatement program manager for the County of Santa Clara’s Consumer and Environmental Protection Agency, told council members he and his team “typically only visit each property one time, per in the season.” He described three exceptions that could prompt a return visit: a “check second” when a property owner appears to have started abatement and is given time to finish, a 15-day notice after a failed inspection that the…
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