Politics

Beginning in April, two- and three-hour parking limits will be

Gilroy City Councilman Perry Woodward says the city’s Open Government Commission – a panel he created and was later voted out of – wants to raise the local campaign expenditure ceiling $5,000 to assist his 2012 mayoral opponent, commission member and fellow Councilman Dion Bracco.

City Council plans to hold a special study session prior to their regular meeting Monday night to discuss the implementation of the final version of the Santa Clara Valley Habitat Plan - a sprawling, 50-year plan intended to identify land occupied by endangered or threatened species and streamline the process to obtain permits to build on them.