Politics

City asks low-income residents to help it better fund area

Gilroy City Council may have violated various state rules when it decided to approve $258,000 to remove more than 200 trees citywide May 1. According to San Francisco attorney, Laura Beaton, the city’s legislators may have violated laws that guarantee the public’s right to participate in legislative meetings and the state’s environmental review process when they voted to fell 235 trees-- 35 in Christmas Hill Park and 200 elsewhere in the city-- earlier this month.

Charles S. Morales

The Gilroy City Council on Monday, May 8 held a study session on Gilroy’s five-year Capital Improvement Plan. Nearly $23 million in projects—28 in all—were presented by city staff for review. Projects ranged from one-off items including demolishing city-owned property on Dowdy Street to ongoing work like city-wide sewer repair and rehabilitation.