Hi Neighbors,
It has been over ten weeks since I have been in office. I have continued my commitment to start strong, but I know much work still exists.
I have updated our website with resources that connect you with my office and city services. I have hosted 12 community events over these past few weeks, attended several neighborhood meetings, including the growing Tully Road-Eastridge Business Association, and have several more community events this month, including our April Community Coffee at Cadence and my virtual office hours via Zoom!
As your City Councilmember, I want to do everything to improve our community. Sometimes difficult policy decisions need to be made. Although we may not agree on every issue, I am still committed to our community. I will do my best and work with residents at every opportunity.
I have also received several emails and calls on many issues related to traffic safety and blight to the pedestrian bridge between Park Estates Way and Yerba Buena Road. Currently, for safety reasons, this bridge is closed. Rest assured I am working with City staff to see how we can make Yerba Buena Road accessible to the neighborhood.
Our work at City Hall has also kept us busy. From updates on our digital equity access, discussions on the FY 2023-2024 City budget, pavement maintenance plans for the next three years (2023-2025), wage theft prevention, and more.
I deeply care about our community, and I am devoted to working for the residents of our community. Please get in touch with my office for any questions, concerns, or city service needs.
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Best,
Domingo Candelas
San José Councilmember, District 8
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Join me for Community Coffee
The Community Coffee series continues, I will be at Cadence Nutrition Cafe on 1941 Tully Road, STE 40, San Jose, CA, 95122 starting at 9 am.
Come join me and share your ideas, questions, and concerns over a smoothie!
#District8 #SanJosé #Community
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Great American Litter Pick-Up
The Great American Litter Pick-Up is approaching Saturday, April 22, 2023. The City of San Jose helps neighborhoods host their annual clean-ups around Earth Day to maintain and emphasize the beauty of our City. Please take a look at District 8 locations and come out and volunteer.
Don't hesitate to get in touch with my staff, Mike Medina, for more information and join a clean-up near you! mike.medina@sanjoseca.gov or call 408-535-4969
RSVP to keep a head count of supplies for each site
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Dumpster Day on Saturday April 29
Thank you for the feedback at my community coffees and neighborhood association meetings.
We will soon be at Brigadoon Park, Thompson Creek, and Evergreen Estates.
Help us fill up our bins!
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District 8 CERT Meeting
Join me at the Evergreen Branch Library - Community Room (2635 Aborn Road, San Jose, CA, 95121) on May 11, 2023, from 6 PM to 7:30 PM as we discuss the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) in District 8.
The CERT program educates volunteers about disaster preparedness for hazards that may occur where they live. Find out more about how you can get involved!
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Council District 8 Community Office Hours
Join me on Wednesday, April 27th for my Zoom Virtual Office Hours for April!
RSVP and let me know if you have any questions!
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Trash Talks at Boggini Park
Thank you to everyone who attended our Trash Talks event on Saturday, March 18, at Boggini Park. Together we picked up litter, painted over graffiti and scrubbed the playsets for our children while discussing how to improve our community!
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Dumpster Day at Meadowfair Park
Nothing like getting our hands dirty during our dumpster day on March 25th. We had over 60 residents come out and help us fill nearly six full bins to the top! Great feeling of accomplishment for the community and me in such a high-need neighborhood!
I look forward to the next set of Dumpster Day locations on April 29th.
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Town Hall at Chaboya Middle School with Congressman Jimmy Panetta
Fantastic turnout at my Town Hall meeting with Congressman Jimmy Panetta, Senator Cortese, and Assemblymember Kalra! It was great to be back at my alma mater Chaboya Middle School to address our community's concerns. Thank you to everyone who came out to ask your questions and engage with us!
Lastly, I thank Congressman Jimmy Panetta for engaging with residents on potential Federal grant support for Lake Cunningham water restoration.
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Community Coffee at Eastridge Shopping Mall
Another great success was at my Community Coffee in Eastridge Shopping Mall. Thank you to SJPD, Eastridge Management, Crime Prevention, and most of all, the residents of District 8 who came out on your Friday morning to share your ideas, questions, and concerns! We will continue to host more throughout the year.
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Nam Giao Lunch!
Thank you, Mayor Mahan and Quynh, for the discussion at Nam Giao Vietnamese restaurant in District 8 late last month. Thank you to those who attended, and happy we were able to sit down with business owners and neighbors alike to ask questions on local issues that matter the most!
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Evergreen Village: Town Hall
Grateful for a successful Senior Scam Stopper Town Hall at the Villages in District 8. Thanks to Sen. Dave Cortese, Assemblymember Ash Kalra, Santa Clara District Attorney Jeff Rosen, and our esteemed panelists from the Contractors State License Board and Department of Insurance for their invaluable insight. Together, we're empowering seniors to protect themselves against scams and fraud.
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City Roads Update
These are essential community infrastructure projects that have long been backlogged or limited in scope but have since been made possible thanks to funding from the voter-approved Measure T (2018) and SB 1 (2017) passed by the state. I took great pride in having fought for and supported this funding that has made our much-needed road work possible over the years, and I look forward to its completion in our community.
The following are some notable projects in District 8 to be completed this year:
1. Aborn Rd from Ruby Ave to Murillo Ave– Sealing
2. Fowler Rd and Classico Ave from San Felipe Rd through Evergreen Village Sq and Ruby Ave - Sealing
3. Silver Creek Valley Rd from Heyller Ave to Yerba Buena Rd - Sealing
4. Tully Rd from Capitol Expwy to Alvin Ave - Sealing
5. Yerba Buena Rd from San Felipe Rd to Villa Vista Rd - Resurfacing
6. Local and Neighborhood Streets throughout Brigadoon Way and Daniel Maloney Way
7. Local and Neighborhood Streets throughout Coldwater Dr and Hayworth Dr
Several major and local streets are also announced for maintenance through 2025. Please view the GIS Pavement Projects Storymap for all updates and information.
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Had a chance to pet our paw-some friends at my pet vaccination event! Thank you to the Welch Park NA/Project Hope/ and staff at PAWS for making this happen
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Great turnout at Fernish Park for my first Paint the CitySJ event in District 8. Nothing like community building with your neighbors!
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Congratulations to the Evergreen Valley High School Girls Basketball Team for winning the CCS D1 Championship! Happy to share your success with the City of San Jose. Go Cougars!!!!
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Thank you to everyone at the Parent Institute for Quality Education for inviting me out to speak on the importance of education for parents and children at O.B Whaley Elementary School
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Happy to be introduced in the San Jose Public Library's "Leaders x Libraries" blog series! Excited to participate and share what I love most about our libraries!
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Congratulations to Christina Bui, I was honored to recognize her outstanding leadership in the Tully Road-Eastridge Business Association. As a result of her hard work, she has helped shape partnerships in key offices like the Office of Economic Development, SJPD, and City Council to ensure this corridor has its fair share of City investments.
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City Council Update
I also worked on strengthening our wage theft protection on 04/11. This policy revision protects workers through an expanded requirement for Collective Bargaining Agreements. Currently, workers are often left to defend themselves with limited success. I believe in empowering our workers to combat wage theft because no one else will.
I am also happy to announce that some in our community will now have Community WiFi through SJ Access! The Mt. Pleasant attendance area WiFi activation was announced at the 04/11 Council meeting. Additionally, the Silver Creek High School attendance area is planned for completion in June 2023. I believe equalizing the playing field so our most vulnerable communities have an opportunity to succeed in life should be one of our priorities. Digital access is a basic need for everyone to stay connected. I appreciate the staff's work on advancing digital equity, and I look forward to further closing the digital gap for all residents in the capital of Silicon Valley.
Finally on Tuesday, March 28, the San Jose City Council unanimously approved the Wat Khmer Kampuchea Krom Temple in District 8. I worked with residents, neighbors and the community on conditions that incorporated their concerns. I appreciate the time that residents spent making their voices on this topic. These decisions are never easy because of the balancing of concerns of two valid values; a community seeking a gathering place of worship, and neighbors who are understandably concerned about the impact of the project.
I made a commitment to engage the community as best as I can, and while we may not agree on every decision, I am committed to continue to work with you.
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District 8 Economic Vitality Small Business Grant
The program was launched on April 10, 2023, In partnership with the Tully Road Eastridge Business Association Leadership group (TREBA). The program aims to uplift and assist the under-resourced small business communities primarily consisting of immigrant-owned, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses in District 8. The San Jose District 8 Economic Vitality Small Business Grant Program will offer grants ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 to San Jose District 8’s small businesses experiencing financial hardship. The grant recipients may use the funds for business improvement activities such as property improvement (interior/exterior), buying equipment, purchasing inventory, etc. A lottery will be used to award the grants. This will ensure that every applicant has an equal chance. Priority will be given to businesses that have not received federal, local, or State of California pandemic loans or grants.
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CAM - Camera Archive and Mapping
Partner with the San Jose Police Department in fighting crime by registering your camera today! For questions or assistance, please call your Crime Prevention Specialist at 408-277-4133 they are always happy to help!
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Hiring School Crossing Guards!
Did you know that you can get paid $26.45/hour to help improve the safety of our children on their way to and from school?
The City of San José's School Safety and Education Unit is in serious need of hiring School Crossing Guards to keep busy intersections safe near schools.
Play a role in helping our city continue working to make San José safer for pedestrians by submitting your application here.
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Responsible Landlord Engagement Initiative
I am delighted to share that the Responsible Landlord Engagement Initiative (RLEI) program is back to helping San Jose residents to keep their neighborhoods safe and healthy. Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County continues to be the host agency of the program. RLEI empowers neighbors to resolve problem properties affecting their quality of life through community building, organizing, and mediation strategies. RLEI helps the residents to engage negligent landlords inviting them to turn into responsible landlords.
The return of RLEI means to the community that they have access to a unique and efficient way to resolve problem properties in partnership with the city's traditional means and resources.
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Work2Future
Every year work2future – the local workforce development board, located within the City’s Office of Economic Development and Cultural Affairs serves more than 5,000 Adult and Youth job seekers. Services offered by work2future are detailed below:
- Access to wide array of job and career opportunities in such areas as Healthcare, Manufacturing, Education.
- Paid work experience and free access to occupational skills training related to high wage high growth jobs and careers mentioned above.
- Free on-line training offered by Google, Microsoft and Metrix, in such areas as Project Management, IT Administrator, Customer Service Specialist, Digital Marketing, or Graphic Designer.
- Job readiness workshops (resume writing, interview preparation, financial literacy, digital literacy).
- Intensive workshops (social media and business, bookkeeping and accounting basics, Microsoft Office, project management fundamentals, advanced writing skills, Google Suite Connect, six sigma,)
- One-on-one coaching, assessment of skill levels, case management and supportive services such as transportation assistance, clothing and uniforms, tools and supplies (per employer) for enrolled clients.
- Job Fairs, specialized employer recruitments and on-the-job Training with employers in the sectors mentioned above.
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