Council approves trash service rate increase
During Monday's City Council meeting, council "reluctantly" voted 6-1 on a 5.4 percent increase in trash and recycling service rates within the City of Gilroy.
Council rejects taping closed sessions
City Council members shot down a proposal Monday to amend the
Cannabis stays illegal, granny units stay small
In an effort to take local control before new state laws go into effect in January, the Gilroy City Council passed two “emergency” ordinances last week, one to stop commercial cannabis sales and the other to limit the size of “grandmother” units to 600...
Civil Grand Jury application deadline extended
The Honorable Brian C. Walsh, Presiding Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara has extended the application deadline for the 2013-14 Civil Grand Jury to Friday, March 22, 2013.
Is the city tree plan illegal?
Gilroy City Council may have violated various state rules when it decided to approve $258,000 to remove more than 200 trees citywide May 1. According to San Francisco attorney, Laura Beaton, the city’s legislators may have violated laws that guarantee the public’s right to participate in legislative meetings and the state’s environmental review process when they voted to fell 235 trees-- 35 in Christmas Hill Park and 200 elsewhere in the city-- earlier this month.
Santa Clara County moves to restrict ICE activity on public property
Local officials across the Bay Area are developing strategies to protect immigrant communities as the Trump administration considers deploying federal immigration enforcement agents to the region, with some municipalities taking aggressive protective measures while others adopt more cautious approaches.
The administration recently canceled planned enforcement...
$26.5 Million For 30 Acres of Bonfante Land
The land includes five acres on the north side of Hecker Pass,
$285,000 armored police vehicle on display for Council
The Gilroy City Council and other city leaders took a break from



















