Politics

Residents upset with last week’s vote to add as many as 5,300 homes to Gilroy descended on Monday’s City Council meeting hoping to have their objections heard.

Almost 90,000 Santa Clara County property owners will receive

If more than half the well owners in South Santa Clara County

The Gilroy City Council appointed Marie Blankley to an open council seat at Monday’s regular meeting. Council members voted earlier this month to appoint a person to the council to replace Paul Kloecker, who died in December. The new city council member was interviewed alongside three...

During Monday night’s regular City Council meeting, members agreed to take a hard look at cutting down legal costs to the City, extended a temporary moratorium for check cashing and payday lending businesses and continued closed session negotiations with unions representing city employees and firefighters.

If all incumbent Gilroy City Council members choose to run for a four-year term, one will definitely not return to the council. That’s because of the four seats available on the Nov. 6 ballot, three are open for four-year terms and is one for a...