City Council meetings frozen in time – at 6 p.m., that is
In the face of outspoken public resistance, Gilroy City Council voted Monday night to keep the regular Council meeting start time at 6 p.m., instead of moving it to 7 p.m.
Brown checks in early, declares, ‘Look, I’ve done this before’
Past and would-be future Gov. Jerry Brown was in the house early
City attorney will wait to give council final draft agreements before a time-pressed decision
The city attorney has rejected a request to release the draft
Gilroy Garlic Festival releases final tally of volunteer group yields
The Gilroy Garlic Festival released its final tally of the
Council Detours on Upper Welburn
After nearly three hours of discussions and public comments from a packed council chambers, the Gilroy City Council on Monday decided to keep controversial No Turn signs on Upper Welburn and Mantelli Drive and do further traffic studies on the fast-growing section of the city’s west side.
Editorial: Political Speech Should Be Free
Since California has had strict protections for keeping government open to the people. That’s why we were shocked to see that Gilroy’s Mayor Roland Velasco was giving his state of the city speech to an audience that paid $30 apiece at a Chamber of Commerce fundraiser to hear it last week, and with him were four other city council members.
Alejo to host town hall on state budget impact
Assemblyman Luis Alejo, D-Watsonville, will host a town hall meeting in Salinas on Thursday to discuss the state budget and its local impact, according to a statement from his office.
Council runs issue ‘marathon,’ will spend three days discussing dozens of long-term concerns and campaign issues
City staff and council members will spend 26 hours over the next
City’s unfunded liabilities set to rise
Due to incorrect assumptions by the California Public Employees Retirement System about the mortality rate for public sector workers, Gilroy will pay more money out-of-pocket toward employee pensions beginning in 2016.