Politics

A dozen business owners and representatives from the Gilroy Chamber of Commerce have been formulating a game plan to introduce a more business-friendly alternative to the controversial sign ordinance passed by city council on April 7.

California's total population increased by nearly one percent in 2013 to 38.3 million residents, and most of the growth is happening in the Bay area.

South County’s first legislative summit, hosted by the Gilroy Chamber of Commerce on April 25, was a who’s-who of local elected officials from congressional representatives to both mayors of Gilroy and Morgan Hill.

For the past year, Gilroy Mayor Don Gage and Council Member Perry Woodward have been individually meeting with owners of downtown’s 18 unreinforced masonry buildings and city staff. The pair claimed a victory this month; two buildings have been officially taken off the list of structures deemed unfit to survive a high magnitude earthquake after sufficient retrofitting.

By April 2015, contractors working between Santa Teresa Boulevard and the Uvas Creek Corridor are expected to complete the first phase of the largest development Gilroy has ever seen.

Gilroy City Council unanimously approved a series of 2 percent salary increases for both the city clerk and city administrator at the April 21 meeting.

Gilroy Public Library-goers may get an eyeful of art before hushing into six-inch voices— not before the city’s public art officials get a good look.

A small protest by environmentalists at Silva's Crossing in Christmas Hill Park earlier this month helped spur city officials into action after the group shined a spotlight on piles of tree trimmings left on trails near Uvas Creek by Gilroy city officials.