Politics

GILROY—Downtown Gilroy’s more than decade-long struggle to fill empty storefronts may have reached an all-time low—nearly one in three stores are vacant, according to a city survey.

GILROY—A united Gilroy City Council voted unanimously Monday to uphold a planning commission denial of a 23-unit, two-story housing project proposed on land next to Gilroy High School.

GILROY—The Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority this week purchased 183 acres of farmland south of Gilroy to help permanently protect land where Llagas Creek flows into the Pajaro River. The public agency now owns or controls more than 16,000 acres, according to spokesperson Patty Eaton.

GILROY—After banning them everywhere but downtown, the city has moved to reverse that stand and allow A-frame signs in all business districts.

GILROY—A three-story rental housing complex could come to the 600 block of Broadway Street, following the Gilroy Planning Commission’s unanimous vote to support the Broadway Townhouse development.

GILROY—Following the largest review of its kind, California Attorney General Kamala Harris approved the $843 million purchase of six medical facilities including, two in South County, from a Roman Catholic health system nearing financial ruin, but not without rigorous, 10-year conditions.

GILROY—Gavilan College trustees unanimously approved reconfiguring an “underutilized portion” of the Child Development Center to centralize office space for employees currently housed across campus.

GILROY—As trash piles up in a Gilroy slough, citizens have stepped up to clean the channel that has city and water officials pointing fingers of responsibility while neither takes action.

GILROY—A Roman Catholic health system has sued opponents who fought the sale of its Gilroy hospital and others, alleging a union and private firm conspired to undermine the $843 million deal.