Eminent domain and rent control mix
Two initiatives on Tuesday's statewide ballot address the
Big Political Summit Hit Gilroy
Immigration, housing and a state road in terrible disrepair topped the agenda when elected officials from just about every level gathered in Gilroy to share views on key issues facing city, county, state and federal governments and constituents.
Sign regulations lead to ‘unintended consequences’
Two business owners and a representative from the Gilroy Chamber of Commerce appealed to the City Council, asking them to take another look at the city’s controversial sign ordinance—one that limits how long banners can be up and how much advertising can cover a business’ windows. In response to their concerns, the Council agreed to further explore some of the provisions.
Council concerned east side station would wipe out downtown
One question was prevalent during the Gilroy City Council's
What’s Faster to San Jose, Train, Car or Bus?
Like the movie Groundhog Day, every morning some 60 percent of Gilroy residents take the same trip over and over to their jobs in San Jose and Silicon Valley and they have to figure out the best, fastest and cheapest way to get there.
Gilroy to look at adult businesses, gambling
Gilroy's City Council will take a new look at ordinances
Election 2014: Meet the candidates
The Gilroy Dispatch conducted Q&As with all the candidates for both the Gilroy City Council and the Gilroy Unified School District's Board of Education. Click on either collection below to read what each candidate had to say.
City won’t let Latino community agency have a ground floor storefront downtown
A Latino advocacy group that puts on the annual Tamale festival in downtown Gilroy was left out in the cold Monday, as the City Council in a 3-2 vote, refused to give them the okay to occupy the ground floor of a building in Gilroy’s downtown historic district.
Council approves salary increases for city administrator, clerk
GILROY—Two employees at City Hall tasked with helping run the Garlic City have received a 2 percent bump in pay, on the heels of similar raises being negotiated for some of the city’s other employees.

















