Growth initiative qualifies for November Ballot
Gilroy’s urban growth boundary (UGB) initiative has more than the required number of signatures needed to qualify for the November ballot.
Meet the City Council candidates
The Gilroy Dispatch conducted a Q&A with the candidates for the Gilroy City Council about issues surrounding the race. Here are their answers:
Gilroy, Morgan Hill get failing grades in county tobacco study
Gilroy and Morgan Hill finished dead last in a countywide study
Council mulls local regulations for medical marijuana dispensary
A month and a half after Police Chief Denise Turner rejected an
Council candidates touch on growth, changes at City Hall
All five candidates for Gilroy City Council appeared at a public forum in the Gilroy Library Oct. 2 hosted by the League of Women Voters and the American Association of University Women. They addressed topics ranging from how to best address Gilroy's growth and an uptick in housing to what kind of changes they would like to see at City Hall and each candidate had the opportunity to speak to voters before the Nov. 4 election.
Vow to Help Schools Cools Off in Advance of Monday Meeting
Developers asked to help prevent school overcrowding plan to
City Council agenda preview: The Red Barn’s fate, Quality of Life tax talk, drinking in parks
The City Council has a smorgasbord of items to cover for their regular meeting Monday night. Here is a sampling of what City leaders in your community will be discussing:
Project boosts regional emergency links
GILROY—Gilroy will soon join other Santa Clara County cities in an expanded, regional system of high-tech radio communications that links first responders, law enforcement agencies and the area’s largest transit agency.
Gilroy butts into tobacco retailer’s businesses
In 1870, the not-yet Garlic Capital of the world was actually considered the Tobacco Capital of the United States.



















