Council compromises on openness
Laughter and rancor characterized the city council's detailed
Meet the city’s new youth commission members
Gilroy's youth commission is an 11-member board of teens of all ages to serve as an advisory group to City Council for issues that affect young people in Gilroy. They also work on volunteer project throughout the year. During Council's Oct. 1 meeting, Council members appointed who would fill the six vacant spots on the commission. Of the 11 applications received, here are the teens they chose:
Santa Clara County DA seeks to resentence death row inmates to life without parole
Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen is moving to eliminate the county’s death row, looking to sentence the 15 local men still sitting on it to serve life in prison without the chance of parole instead, according to an April 5 press release.
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Council candidates touch on growth, changes at City Hall
All five candidates for Gilroy City Council appeared at a public forum in the Gilroy Library Oct. 2 hosted by the League of Women Voters and the American Association of University Women. They addressed topics ranging from how to best address Gilroy's growth and an uptick in housing to what kind of changes they would like to see at City Hall and each candidate had the opportunity to speak to voters before the Nov. 4 election.