Two Homes Approved as Landmarks, a Third Named Structure of Merit
The Cultural Heritage Board also heard early feedback on a proposed ordinance that would ban chain link fencing on historic properties citywide.
The Registrar of Voters stops counting mailed ballots postmarked by election day June 9; it will keep counting ballots until July 2.
Candidates respond to June primary results as council races in Wards 2, 4 and 6 move toward November.
An ad hoc committee is examining ways to insulate the board from political influence, including shifting appointment power to a future inspector general.
The city is working with its executive recruiter to finalize interview dates for a position created after voters approved Measure L in 2024.
City Council takes up a homeless transfer notice ordinance, a police body camera contract, and proposed utility rate changes as six boards and commissions hold their regular meetings June 8–11.
Residents weigh in on failing Measure Z, and the top two candidates from each race gear up for a run-off election in November.
The conditional use permit formalizes an operation that has run without city approval since 2015, while capping enrollment at 450 students.
Commissioners pushed back after city staff notified the nightclub owner less than 24 hours before the hearing that the case needed to stay open another six months.
One day into election ballot counting, results remain largely the same — with Measure Z projected to fail and Torres, Conder and Hernandez leading their respective council races.
Early returns show nearly 60% of voters opposing the city's proposed sales tax increase, which would have raised the rate from 1% to 1.25% and removed its 2036 expiration date.
Voters reject Measure Z fire-funding sales tax in early count; Torres, Conder and Hernandez lead ward races.
The accidental blaze burned undetected through the attic for hours before breaking through the roof of the Iowa Avenue complex.
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