Politics

GILROY—When Pat Vickroy called the city in December about mounting debris in a seasonal water channel that weaves through central Gilroy neighborhoods, he thought he’d stumbled on a problem he could tackle.

Gilroy officials are considering asking the voters to approve an increase of the city’s transient occupancy tax—commonly referred to as the hotel tax—up to a total of 13% of visitors’ short-term lodging rentals.  The current hotel tax rate in Gilroy is 9%, which officials noted...

When the Gilroy Visitors Bureau pulls up its downtown stakes and

Energized by a reduced deficit and determined to make further

Gilroy's City Council will have a special closed-session meeting

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