Politics

A Gilroy resident, who said the city broke state law by not informing the public about the 235 trees it plans to cut down, filed suit last week in Santa Clara County Superior Court asking that the project be stopped.

Kristy Hoenck, 36, was sleeping in her south Gilroy Spanish-style home on a quiet cul-de-sac when she heard her Ring doorbell alert going off and saw a video showing two shadows next to her cars in the driveway. She had just had surgery that day and was still dazed from anesthesia.

April 29

UPDATE:

Downtown Gilroy just got a little more historical, educational and convenient.

In an address at the United Nations, a South Valley Native American leader said a campaign to recognize California’s historic El Camino Real trail is an attempt to rob Native American’s of their heritage while honoring their oppressors.

In a move that may spur outrage no matter the outcome, the Gilroy City Council on Monday decided to reverse course on upper Welburn and remove contentious No Turn signs installed earlier this year.

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.

With the budget crisis facing Gilroy, one thing is evident, the status quo is not going to cut it anymore. Changes in how government delivers service and what those services costs are going to happen whether or not you like it or not. That is just a simple fact of economics; we are living in a time of limited resources with huge unfunded liabilities created by overly generous salaries and pension benefits made to public employees and mounting costs of repairing our aging infrastructure.

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