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RENO PLANS FOR HWY 17 INTERCHANGE UNVEILED AT LG COUNCIL Officials say the $178 million project could reduce beach traffic cutting through town Sasha Ryu, Contributor
On Sept. 15, the Town Council held a special study session to share an overview of the plans to redesign the often congested Highway 17/Highway 9 interchange near downtown Los Gatos. The plan comes as part of a joint initiative between the Town of Los Gatos, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority and the California Department of Transportation to ease gridlock beach traffic on the highway and in Los Gatos by replacing the aging cloverleaf interchange with a “spread diamond” configuration. At the meeting, VTA project manager Chris Lilley explained that the current design creates a bottleneck due to the short distances between the onramps and off-ramps. During weekends and heat waves, when traffic tends to be heaviest, drivers often exit the freeway to avoid the slowdown and end up driving through Los Gatos. This, in turn, contributes to the “traffic degradation and congestion” that often plagues streets like University Avenue and Winchester Boulevard on popular beach days. The proposed redesign would add a third lane in each direction of Highway 17 between Lark ➝ Highway 17, 4
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LGMSPD CHIEF MAKES CASE FOR SARATOGA EXPANSION Upfront costs draw concern; privacy advocates worry it would revive offline Flock cameras Drew Penner, Editor
Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Chief Jamie Field made her pitch for adding Saratoga to its jurisdiction, at the regularly-scheduled Los Gatos Town Council meeting on Sept. 15, including
presenting a plan to recruit 16.5 new officers and support staff. This drew mixed reactions from Council members and attendees. There was plenty of enthusiasm for the proposal. Some liked the idea in theory, but worried it could degrade the high-touch community police service the town has enjoyed. Some saw risk in the upfront and ongoing costs for which Los Gatos would be responsible as the employer.
Others, including several Los Gatos High School students, said they feared it could mean automated license plate reader (ALPR) company Flock Safety would be able to restart cameras in Saratoga that went dark after Santa Clara County identified data misuse. “I don’t want technology to overshadow what actually defines this department,” Field said, addressing the privacy ➝ LGMSPD, 6
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LGM&A GALA AT LA RINCONADA CAPS SEASON OF JAZZ MUSIC COUNCIL GETS FIRST LOOK AT HWY 17 / HWY 9 DESIGN UPGRADE PROPOSAL A VTA official said the interchange renovation would improve traffic flow overall, but likely make wait times longer in some spots.
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Italian treats and classic music entertain charitable attendees Dinah Cotton, Contributor
With summer slipping away and the breezes of fall scattering the leaves, we say goodbye to this year's Jazz on the Plazz series. Los Gatos Music & Arts did it again this summer with their jazzbased outdoor weekly. Time for the indoor Gala finale—the 24th year of it. And time to raise funds for those music students' workshops. Workshops will be instructed with direction and assistance from the Brubeck family and Kristen Strom. The first LGM&A student workshop will be held in October. Students are selected from across the South Bay for this extraordinary experience of playing with professional musicians. Maria Muldaur and her Jazzabelle Quintet performed “Blues & All That Jazz.” Muldaur maintains the charm of her voice as well as her endearing qualities that have lasted over many years of entertaining. Not bad for an 84-year-old singer! Strom, who runs the South Bay Intensive Summer Camp for Youth and the LGM&A school music clinics, also performed. And there were delicious Italian eats on offer. Muldaur is an American folk and blues singer who was part of the American folk music revival in the early ‘60s. In 1973 she recorded “Midnight at the Oasis,” a smash hit that was played on almost every radio station across the world. Her sultry smooth alto voice gave attendees hints of dark late-night jazz clubs.
Avenue and the interchange, install ramp meters on both on-ramps and replace the interchange’s outdated overcrossing with a wider, six-lane structure. The plan also adds a high-occupancy vehicle lane on the northbound diagonal on-ramp to discourage drivers from jumping the queue and worsening cut-through traffic. According to 2022 VTA data, approximately 24% of the cars on Highway 17 cut through Los Gatos to bypass the traffic bottleneck during peak weekend commute hours. Lilley said the proposed redesign is expected to bring these cars off local streets and back onto Highway 17 in three main ways. First, the added lanes would let traffic build up further from the interchange before drivers give up and exit onto local streets. Second, the redesign itself should close the gap between the interchange’s typical weekday throughput of about 3,900 vehicles per hour and its reduced beach-weekend throughput of roughly 3,300 vehicles per hour. Finally, the new ramp meters would give operators more ability to manage how much traffic enters the freeway at once. Udit Molakatalla, the project’s traffic engineer from DKS Associates, also discussed the redesign’s potential impact on navigation apps directing drivers to cut through Los Gatos to get to the beach. Most navigation apps, Molakatalla explained, route drivers based on optimal travel time between two points. As Highway 17 becomes congested, those apps begin directing drivers onto local streets like Winchester Boulevard, University Avenue and Los Gatos Boulevard. As
those streets begin to fill up, traffic then cascades deeper into local neighborhoods to try to find a faster path. The goal of improving the highway’s throughput, Molakatalla said, is to reverse that cascade and make the highway once again the fastest, most efficient route, so the apps redirect traffic back onto the freeway rather than through Los Gatos. The plan also aims to improve safety conditions for bikers and pedestrians by creating wider sidewalks, buffered bike lanes and a better connection to the Los Gatos Creek Trail. “What we're trying to accomplish is to eliminate State Route 17 as a barrier to active transportation,” Lilley said. One quantitative safety measure used in the project is known as Bicycle Level of Traffic Stress, which evaluates various street characteristics to determine how stressful a given roadway is for cyclists. According to Lilley, the existing interchange rates a 4 on the scale, the worst possible LTS score, which the Active Transportation Resource Center defines as “not suitable for children or most adults.” The proposed redesign is projected to improve that rating to a 1, the best possible LTS score, which the ATRC defines as “comfortable for all ages and abilities including children.” Lilley acknowledged that the shift from today’s free-flowing ramps to intersections controlled by traffic lights will cause modest increases in travel time along Highway 9. He said the trade-off was a deliberate effort to make the road safer for bicyclists and pedestrians, particularly given the interchange’s proximity to Los Gatos High School.
The project’s traffic study examined about 19 intersections in the surrounding area, though it may not capture every affected street. Not all intersections in the study area will show improvement under the proposed design, Lilley said. Some will see modest increases in delay, most notably at two new signalized intersections. The estimated cost of the project has risen to $178 million, a $16 million increase from a 2025 estimate. The roughly $13.2 million in funding from Measure B, along with the roughly $1.4 million from the Town that’s already been committed to the project should be nearly enough to complete the final design phase, Lilley said. The project is currently in its environmental clearance phase, which began in 2021 and is set to wrap up next year. The design and engineering phase will follow, running from 2027 to 2029. If all goes according to plan, the Highway 17 interchange revamp will be finished by 2031.
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“warriors” that might be needed on other police forces. “What if we don’t get these officers and staff hired by Oct. 1 of 2027?” Councilmember Mary Badame asked, referring to the proposed Saratoga takeover date. “Well, I would hope Council members are ready to have a badge and a gun and we’ll send you over to Saratoga,” Town Manager Chris Constantin said, emphasizing he was only joking. He said the fully-staffed number accounts for officers being busy just 60% of the time, so there is some wiggle room in the force. He said staff has been reviewing Meliora’s projections carefully. “If nothing happened, and we had no additional officers, according to that study, it shows that we will exceed the ‘rule of 60’ during the middle-day hours, but we would be below 80%—which means there is still capacity to respond to emergency and proactive calls. But we would be working at a higher operational tempo.” Vice Mayor Maria Ristow said there’d be plenty of economies of scale in expanding to Saratoga, noting it wouldn’t be like doubling the size of the Department. Louisa Horwath, a 17-year-old senior at Los Gatos High School, said she’s worried that if LGMSPD joins with Saratoga, it could mean around 100 AI-powered Flock cameras in the vicinity could be switched back on soon. “These cameras save information and continue to recognize vehicles every time they pass, creating a log of citizens’ daily routine that local law enforcement, federal agencies and more can access,” she said. “AI has progressed exponentially in the past few years, and I honestly don’t feel that my data is safe. I don’t want to grow up in a town that doesn’t protect my privacy.” Multiple speakers referred to a case that had just come to light: of a San Jose Police officer who was fired for using Flock camera data to help a relative accused of domestic violence (the Department said he tracked the woman who’d accused his cousin with his personal phone). Guy Shaha, another 17-year-old LGHS senior, said he’s not against combining police forces with Saratoga, but said that shouldn’t happen if it means Saratoga’s ALPRs could be reactivated. “Until there’s a meaningful change in the usage of ALPRs—but more specifically Flock cameras by our police force— their jurisdiction should not be expanded,” he said. In August, Flock ALPR search data from 2023 leaked—including two Department of Homeland Security email addresses (one of which was an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement email) in a list that also featured two Los Ga-
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concerns head-on. “We keep high standards and hire good people.” The plan comes with a $9.39 million annual base cost to Saratoga, plus $7.044 million for the nine-month lead-in period. The Town of Los Gatos would foot the launch cost, including hiring officers and staff ahead of time, as well as paying consultants and lawyers. Then the Town would get an estimated $337,000 back each year from Saratoga to pay that down. However, some Saratoga residents say, if you include baked-in increases, the worst-case scenario is that Saratoga could be asked to pay more than $26 million by Year 10 (these opponents of the merger say around $15 million by this point is a likely midrange). The model presented to Town Council includes a Saratoga workspace, while operations would be headquartered out of Los Gatos. During the meeting, Council got word Monte Sereno Council had voted to support proceeding with the plan to take over Saratoga policing duties from the Santa Clara County Sheriff ’s Office. “The service across all three communities would be equal,” Field told Council. “For Los Gatos, this builds a stronger department.” LGMSPD has been seeking ways to expand beyond the walls of its two locations—the one next to Town Hall, and the Police Operations Center on Los Gatos Boulevard—but extensive renovations or a new combined headquarters has seemed too costly to prioritize. This was highlighted in a report from Meliora Public Safety Consulting, which proposed a number of suggestions for strengthening public safety services in Los Gatos and Monte Sereno. “We were just fine; we wanted to know what we could do better,” Field said of that report, which led her to act on a number of recommendations. Then, Saratoga soured on its County contract, as the Sheriff ’s Office jacked up its fee for policing hours significantly. LGMSPD commissioned another study from Meliora, which was delivered on Aug. 28. Matrix Consulting Group sent over its cost model review on Sept. 3. Field told Town Council she’d hire four new patrol officers, a traffic officer, a school resource officer, a detective and two community service officers. She said she’d divvy up patrol activities within four quadrants, but said officers would not be constrained by these boundaries if they were closer to an incident location. Councilmember Rob Rennie said he wants to avoid “the bad things you hear in the news in other departments,” and urged the chief to continue hiring officers who are more “caretakers” than the
PUBLIC COMMENT Saratoga residents shared their feelings about LGMSPD’s expansion offer at a meeting on Saturday afternoon.
tos-Monte Sereno investigator emails, as well as case numbers and license plate info. The incident was documented by independent security researcher Patrick Quirk on Substack. The data had been stored with the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center, a so-called “fusion center” where various departments share information and leads. It was accidentally published to coding website GitHub by Walnut Creek-based MaiVERIC (via its AstroMetrics platform). LGMSPD’s Flock transparency portal doesn’t list NCRIC as an agency it’s currently sharing ALPR data with. When approached by the Los Gatan, Chief Field declined to comment on the reported leak. Jonathan Knowles, president of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Foundation, said expanding to Saratoga (which doesn’t have a complementary group) could tap plenty of new supplementary funding from private individuals and businesses for policing. “Results speak for themselves,” he said. “A drone program that gives officers eyes in the sky for search and rescue and community events; canine and therapy dog programs; investigative tools that let our detectives protect kids from online predators; our school resource officers; specialized training; our DART teams; Police Explorers; and so much more.” Council voted unanimously to move forward with the plan, but didn’t make a
final decision. Badame made the motion, including direction to seek counsel from the Finance Commission, with Councilmember Matthew Hudes seconding it. Saratoga City Council debated the possible merger on Wednesday night, and then again at a public meeting on Saturday afternoon. “I prefer not to rush this through,” said Councilmember Yan Zhao. Councilmember Belal Aftab said both Saratoga and Los Gatos are looking to solve ongoing budgetary challenges. “We both have structural deficits in different capacities,” he said. “I don’t think this option’s going to be around forever.” Vice Mayor Tina Walia said she’s supportive of moving forward but isn’t totally sold yet. “Once we have this contract, let us go through all the details,” she said. Mayor Chuck Page told the Los Gatan the thrust behind ditching the Sheriff ’s Office has less to do with the shut-off of Flock cameras and more to do with the financial realities. He noted their General Fund is currently at around $35 million, meaning police costs and salaries account for around two-thirds of their budget. “Law enforcement is at least a third,” he said. “It’s a huge chunk.” Page said he likes the idea of having a police foundation in Saratoga, to help pay for items that they can’t afford on their own, since they don’t bring in the same level of sales tax dollars as Cupertino or Los Gatos. “We get about $1 million a year in sales tax revenue,” he said.
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A juvenile was reportedly conscious and breathing after a driver ran into them at Garden Hill Drive and Lark Avenue at 12:06am.
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The fences to the stables were reportedly damaged at Via Caballero and Via Encantada at 1:58pm.
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Three bicycles, worth a total of $2,000, were reportedly stolen from the caller’s carport at Wedgewood Manor on Lora Drive at 3:00pm.
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A c a l l e r re p o r t e d a s u b j e c t punched and beat him to the floor after kicking them out of his apartment at Aventino Apartments on Winchester Circle at 11:27am.
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A vehicle and bicycle were involved in an accident with unknown injuries on Los Gatos Boulevard at 12:50pm.
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A bicycle was reported stolen from Bay Club Courtside on Winchester Boulevard. The theft occurred Sept. 13, but was reported Sept. 14 at 6:43pm.
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A dog sitter reportedly stole cash from the caller’s resident on De Soto Drive at 1:26pm.
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Two mountain bikes were reportedly stolen from a garage on Willow Hill Court at 10:31pm.
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A cite and release arrest was issued after a vehicle at Goodyear
Tire was blocking the entrance to a parking lot with the engine running and hazard lights on at 7:01am.
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Vehicle doors were reportedly pried open and items were taken on Rushmore Lane at 9:51am.
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A firearm was reported missing on Greendale Drive at 2:10pm.
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A man reportedly stole a wallet at Trader Joes on Los Gatos Boulevard at 5:38pm.
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A man was reportedly cooking up narcotics after the caller saw a clear plastic tube with liquid in it at Northside Lot on Los Gatos Saratoga Road at 11:56am.
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Two juveniles on one e-bike reportedly flipped off the caller while driving past and had a bow and arrow with them at Los Gatos Almaden Road and National Avenue at 4:18pm.
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A driver was refusing to let the caller take a photo of their id after being involved in a vehicle accident with no injuries at University and Mullen avenues at 9:59am.
These reports are compiled from publicly available information released by the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department. Prepared by Anika Kapasi
FMR. UNDERSHERIFF CONVICTED Staff Report
Former Santa Clara County Undersheriff Rick Sung pleaded guilty to two felony bribery charges on Monday. Sung, who was second-in-command to former Sheriff Laurie Smith, was charged with participating in a scheme to leverage his Office’s rarely issued gun permits to get Apple computers and access to a luxury suite at the SAP Center, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office noted in a release. “One of the counts concerns Sung’s role in the promise of 200 iPads from Apple
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to the Sheriff ’s Office and the other count concerns the luxury suite and Sharks tickets to be donated to the former sheriff and her guests,” the DA’s Office said. “The negotiated disposition—which was reached as Sung’s retrial was approaching after an earlier hung jury resulted in a mistrial—requires that the former undersheriff sign an official form permanently surrendering his California peace officer certification and complete 400 hours of community service.” A bribery charge against Harpreet Chadha, who held the license to the luxury suite, was dismissed during the same court hearing.
(End for Print) A bribery charge against Harpreet Chadha, who held the license to the luxury suite, was dismissed during the same court hearing. “The plea ends an eight-year-long series of DA-initiated criminal corruption cases that led to six convictions, including former Sheriff ’s Captain James Jensen, and eventually forced Smith to resign in 2022, just before a civil grand jury removed her from office,” a spokesperson for the DA’s Office said. District Attorney Jeff Rosen said this shows his office enforces the law “without fear or favor.” “Law enforcement in Santa Clara County must be equally determined to be incorruptible as it is determined to protect our community,” he said.
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Los Gatos enters the week ranked No. 1 in the CCS Emanuel Lee, Sports Editor
Every team’s worst nightmare is to have the lead for the majority of the game only to lose it at the end. But that’s exactly the situation the Los Gatos High School girls flag football team was facing in its non-league matchup at Sacred Heart Prep-Atherton on Sept. 18. The Wildcats had a 12-point lead with just under 10 minutes remaining but were staring defeat in the face as the Gators rallied for a touchdown and started a potential game-winning drive on the Los Gatos 26-yard line with 1:32 left. In other words, SHP had plenty of time to get into the end zone, convert the extra point and break the Wildcats’ supporters hearts. However, the Los Gatos defense stood tall, forcing four consecutive incompletions to seal a 19-13 victory. Although the win was sweet, Wildcats coach Dave Claveran was most proud of the team’s ability to persevere when the moment called for it. “The fact that they can face an obstacle and become resilient in real time—and not after the fact—speaks volumes of their character,” he said. “The last month, these girls have grown so much, and it has nothing to do with winning. The wins are a result of them doing what we’ve talked about: playing ethically, playing responsibly, holding yourself accountable, holding your teammates accountable, practicing with the intensity you bring on gameday, and working hard.” In improving to 6-0, the Wildcats have established themselves as the top team in the Central Coast Section at the midway point of the season. Entering the matchup, Max Preps had Los Gatos ranked No. 1 in the section and Sacred Heart Prep No. 2. The 1-2 matchup didn’t disappoint, as Los Gatos survived with a gutsy defensive performance. The Wildcats did enough offensively, with Helena Younan completing 16of-22 passes for 163 yards and three touchdowns. Just as important, Younan threw only one interception. Her ability to create extra time on dropbacks proved crucial, because the Gators were coming after her with a fierce pass rush.
FANTASTIC FOUR Captains Helena Younan, Paige Purcell, Sophie Riese and Kendall Feichtmeir have helped the Wildcats to the top of the CCS rankings at the midway point of the season. Having already thrown TD passes of 12 yards to Sophie Riese and 21 yards to Paige Purcell, Younan found Riese near the left pylon for the team’s final score and a 19-7 lead with 9:53 left. Younan dropped back and avoided a couple of flag-pulls with some nifty footwork before throwing an off-balance strike to Riese, who finished with six receptions for 46 yards. Purcell was also dynamite, catching eight passes for 80 yards, racking up huge chunks of yardage after the catch (YAC). Her ability to sidestep defenders makes her a dangerous threat whenever she catches the ball and especially lethal in the open field. Time and again, Purcell utilized her juking ability and turned what looked to be a minimal gain into a big play. “Paige works at it all year long,” Clav-
eran said. “She plays in the off-season every week; she focuses on her body and physical health; and what you see on the field is a result of all of that. So, we are very fortunate to have some really good athletes and players that can make people miss like that.” Taylor Payne led the Los Gatos defense with a team-high eight flag pulls, and Purcell had six. Kendall Feichtmeir had five flag-pulls, and an emphatic pass-breakup on the Gators’ final offensive play to force a turnover on downs. Freshman Quinn Peake had a sack and Riese had an interception while having one taken away in the third quarter on a pass-interference call that left the Los Gatos sideline incredulous. Riese is a fantastic two-way player and has filled the stat sheet this season. Los Gatos also has underrated players
including center Reilly Cronin, Kinsley Ozawa, Page Feichtmeir and Cate Zeman who have made a tremendous impact. The Wildcats have built their record with several especially thrilling victories, including against Carlmont, Sacred Heart Prep, St. Francis and Merced, which is now ranked No. 12 in the nation. Los Gatos is No. 11 nationally, but Claveran doesn’t care much about rankings and records. It might seem counterintuitive, but Claveran’s emphasis of not focusing on the scoreboard and rankings has helped the team establish rhythms that will help get them to the top. “We beat Merced and they’re top 10 in the US, but I wanted the girls to be more focused on how they went into a game unsure of themselves, came out on top and started to build confidence in themselves,” Claveran said. “These young
ladies honestly have exponentially increased their resilience in the last month or two. So yes, the rankings are great, but all it does is show them that what they’re doing is the right thing. It shows them they’re playing the game the right way.” The team has played shutdown defense, holding five of six opponents to 13 points or less. Instead of sitting back and letting offenses dictate the action, the Los Gatos defense has been aggressive and determined. “Our defensive strategy is to let good teams beat us, and what I mean by that is we are not going to back up,” Claveran said. “We are going to meet the moment, and we are going to be physical within the rules. The idea is if you back up, that’s a (lack of ) confidence thing. We’ve stressed that we are going to move forward; we’re going to attack the objective; we’re going to lean in with confidence; and if we get beat by a good team, we get beat. But that’s what you saw: you saw body-on-body, staying connected and no fear.” Last year in the inaugural girls flag football CCS playoffs, the Wildcats lost to Menlo School 27-13 in the Open Division championship game. This season, they’re determined to seal the deal. “We fell slightly short last year and that is weighing on their shoulders,” Claveran said. “So that is our goal at the end of the season: to get our butts back to the CCS title game and finish business.” In California and across the nation, girls high school flag football has exploded in popularity. In fact, it has become the fastest-growing sport in the U.S., cracking the national top 10 for girls sports participation with over 102,000 players during the 2025-2026 academic year, according to the most recent data from the National Federation of State High School Association. Statewide, girls flag football participation increased 25.4% from the previous year, according to the California Interscholastic Federation. The sport is now sanctioned in 23 states, up from just 12 in 2024. Flag football will also make its Olympic debut in the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles. The sport has been buoyed by the powerful NFL, which has poured millions into equipment, grants and organizing high school leagues and regional championships at the youth level. Claveran isn’t surprised by the sport’s rapid growth. He’s been coaching flag football for several years and knows why it appeals to so many people, especially girls. “The best thing I love about flag football is it provides women of all shapes, sizes and skills an opportunity to be on the field,” Claveran said. “A lot of sports are really focused on having a specific body style, but flag football gives a diverse group of individuals the opportunity to come together, compete physically and express themselves in different ways. I think that’s why it’s so popular and it’ll continue to go in that direction.”
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Ad Credit: Jonathan Natividad PHOTO FANTASTIC FOUR Captains Helena Younan, Paige Purcell, Sophie Riese and Kendall Feichtmeir have helped the Wildcats to the top of the CCS rankings at the midway point of the season. Credit: Jonathan Natividad PHOTO2 PLAYMAKER Wildcats senior Sophie Riese has established herself as one of the premier players in the CCS, both at receiver and a ball-hawking safety. (END)
DO NOT DELETE NOTES—Flag football in California saw the largest participation jump of any sport in the CIF, a 25.4% increase from last season. There are now 24,979 participants in the sport statewide. Lost 27-13 to Menlo School in the inaugural CCS Open Division “the wins will come, but moree importantly the one thing I tell them is look, if we win a banner, and you look at that banner and you’re not happy, that’s not a win, win or lose you want to be happy about what you did on the field that season, and that’s what we’re working towards, and that’s what they showed, that was a big thing even coming from last year as we moved into this year there was no team we wanted to avoid, so we reached out and tried to get as many good teams as we could, sacred heart, bless their heart, they’re always excited and happy to play us and they have a great program, as we talk about rankings it’s actuall one of the things I’m trying not to let them get focused on, I’m not a big rankings guy and you know that, they love it of course, DEFENSIVE drive–THAT’S a big part of our change this year, too; I’m a girl dad so I raised a girl who played flag football and soccer, I’ve coached flag for years, two years ago I just called (Presentation) to be a booster, I wanted to make sure they could have a program and they could fund it, and they were like we are just lacking coaches right now, and I couldn’t let the program not happen, and so that’s where it started, they put together a great group of girls over there, and the reason i came here is these girls, I coach them in the off-season, the girls are in it and the sport is exploding,; and we talk about that so instead of running deep routes you will see us run short routes and we turn, and we face, and we attack, and that’s another message of emphasis,
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BIG WINNERS Chamber of Commerce CEO Jennifer Lin, Mayor Rob Moore, Congressman Sam Liccardo, Teri Hope of Los Gatos Coffee Roasting Co. and Deena Leroy of Chez Philippe presented Oak and Rye's Bree Hanson a Golden Spoon Award. Teleféric Barcelona also won a Golden Spoon Award.
DELICIOUS MORSELS WITH AMAZING SIPS AT CHAMBER’S ‘TASTE OF LOS GATOS’ Congressman Sam Liccardo and Mayor Rob Moore help present the Golden Spoon Dinah Cotton, Contributor
Last Saturday, the long-awaited Third Annual Taste of Los Gatos experience began with attendees lining up to have wrist bands applied at noon along N. Santa Cruz Ave. Then, it was on with the sipping, munching and strolling. As the Porsches and the tourists invaded downtown, it was time for a festival based around some of the best food and drink Los Gatos—and the surrounding region—has to offer. Merchants were smiling at the crowd made up of local families and tourists wandered along the Avenue and Village Lane, which were closed to vehicles. There was a lot going on: carnival games, a pop up “mountain” for climbing, lots of local vintages to try, yummy bites to be munched. Those attending “Taste of ” had a chance to see what downtown looks like without so many cars—and no worries about beach traffic. Now, onward to find the best bite. And what would be the best sip? A tasty, flavorful vintage? Or a cool one? In the lead-up to the event, Chamber of Commerce Jennifer Lin said she was excited that this year’s gathering offers guests additional ways to explore down-
town, including through the new Vintage on Village experience. “It’s really telling the story of Los Gatos as a culinary destination, I really do feel like we’re experiencing a culinary renaissance here,” she’d said in a release. Based on what I saw this weekend, it seems the Chamber's goal of making Los Gatos a premier gastronomical destination is coming to fruition. And there were so many unique bites! At the event attendees got a good sense of what the town has to offer: boutiques, bars, restaurants, cool-treats shops, a way to tan indoors, a dance studio, info about La Bahia—a new ultra-luxe resort-style hotel behind the roller coaster in Santa Cruz (with beach butlers —yes, beach butlers to plant your umbrella), skin treatment clinics (samples were offered), developers and local service organizations. There was this cool alley to explore where water and shade was available and beach chairs-wow. A place to take a break provided by Good Samaritan Hospital. So much diversity in the restaurants and shops. And the best thing? It was perfect tasting weather!
who make meaningful contributions to Los Gatos. Last year, the first winners were The Pastaria & Market and Tasting House. Congressman Liccardo appeared to help present the second annual “Golden Spoon” awards. He stood alongside Mayor Rob Moore, Teri Hope of Los Gatos Coffee Roasting Co., Deena Leroy from Chez Philippe and Lin, as they congratulated this year’s winners: Oak & Rye and Teleféric Barcelona. “Los Gatos has an extraordinary restaurant community, and the Golden Spoon Distinction gives us an opportunity to recognize the restaurants that contribute not only to our culinary scene, but also to our business community and the broader community we share,” said Lin, in a release. It is true that Los Gatos has quite the array of quality restaurants. Closing a bit of Santa Cruz Ave. really works for this fest. Without cars, attendees can wander freely and check out deep downtown. And this year, they could even do so on Village Lane—where there were even Porches on display outside Beauté Bar. Hopefully we can expect more of the same next year.
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The Golden Spoon Distinction is the Chamber’s annual recognition of culinary excellence—celebrating leaders
David Bruce Winery offered a rare vertical barrel tasting of pinot noir, featuring three vintages served up directly from
the barrel. Connoisseurs of fine wines delighted in this pallet treat. The Chamber Cafe featured delicious grab-and-go sandwiches and snacks from Blvd Coffee. To those locals who ran to the hills during this event, you missed the adobo shrimp, fresh watermelon, salad skewers and fabulous local wines. A variety of beers were available as well as hard cider and non-alcoholic refreshers. Plus there was live music on multiple stages including performances by The Freshmakers and Daze on the Green. Beth Foley, Chamber multimedia designer mentioned that the event sold out. Los Gatos is garnering a major reputation for being a place to eat and shop and also perhaps have a beauty treatment, an indoor tan, get pierced, shop for jewelry—or just enjoy a place that is walkable and charming. This year’s edition was presented by Linda Lester of Lester Square. The Chamber worked, I might add, tirelessly, with restaurants and other unique shops to make this Taste of the best one yet. There were more than 30 participating businesses—the majority of which were restaurants—and approximately 20 wineries in this year’s event. This Taste event just might convince those tourists to return in the days ahead to enjoy a nice dinner, window shop at the boutiques and have a beauty treatment to acquire that “Los Gatos Look.”
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A Watsonville kid lives his dream as a Bywater chef Stephanie Lucas, Contributor
CAJUN DELIGHTS Chef Jerry Casimiro-Rodriguez says when The Bywater gets busy, the key to pumping out high-quality cuisine is to keep the cooks in the kitchen focused on the task at hand. Later, Casimiro-Rodriguez secured a job as a cook at Mentone, David Kinch’s Italian Riviera-inspired restaurant. There, he immersed himself in “elevated” cooking. He’d worked at places where there was playing, joking and messing around. But at Mentone, he remembers thinking: “This is not a game. This is real.” He was mentored by then-chef de cuisine Matt Bowden, who he now regards as his most influential instructor. Bowden taught him about Escoffier’s “kitchen brigade” system that high-quality kitchens employ to ensure order and discipline in a busy workspace (think: “Behind!” “Hands!” and “Yes, chef!”) And he helped Casimiro-Rodriguez understand the importance of not just knowing the steps in putting a dish together, but also why each matters. The young chef also developed leadership skills: like how to get the team through intense periods where tickets stack up as something goes awry in the kitchen. Today at Bywater, if things get a bit frantic, Casimiro-Rodriguez says, “I’ll just tell them, like, ‘OK, don’t look at the whole board. I don’t need you to worry about anything. I just need two gumbos and two cups of red beans and rice, an oyster po’boy. This will pass, and we’ll be having a beer together in an hour.’” These days, Casimiro-Rodriguez has been wowing guests with his creative new entrées, as well as exquisite desserts. He says that when he’s working on ideas, “I usually like to look at what produce is in season first. I mean, there’s always gonna be a cut of beef; there’s always gonna be some pork. The trick is, what’s gonna go with it.” Dinner specials that’ve reeled in diners recently include soft shell crab with Thai green curry, halibut crudo with tepache
Stephanie Lucas
When you walk into The Bywater, the Cajun restaurant launched in 2016 by David Kinch and Andrew Burnham, you see Mardi Gras beads hanging everywhere, amid black and white photos of NOLA shenanigans. You hear music ranging from Alain Toussaint to Nathaniel Rateliff. You inhale a welcoming aroma of deep brown gumbo bubbling in an enormous pot in the back of the open kitchen. And at the pass, you may see young chef de cuisine Jerry Casimiro-Rodriguez–tall, tattooed, focused, and sporting an impressive head of wavy black hair–calling out orders, shucking oysters, or whipping up the butterscotch pot de crème topping. Casimiro-Rodriguez has been sharing chef duties with executive chef Nick LaMantia since January of this year. And lately he’s been making a big impression. Growing up, he always had an interest in food and wanted to watch chefs on TV. “But my family couldn’t afford cable,” he explains. “Then one day, we went to Santa Cruz flea market, and we got a TV box that had cable—but only four channels.” One of them was KQED, the Public Broadcasting Service member station. The station’s cooking shows captivated him. “When we were growing up, we never really sat down as a family and had dinner together, so I think cooking was part of healing for me,” he recalls. Casimiro-Rodriguez remembers coming home after school and watching shows like “America’s Test Kitchen,” “Jacques Pepîn,” “Lidia’s Kitchen,” “Simply Ming,” and “Check, Please! Bay Area.” When he was still a high school freshman in Watsonville, Jerry got an opportunity to be a dishwasher at a local barbecue place. Eventually the manager asked him if he wanted to learn how to cook. He jumped at the chance. His time watching the chefs on TV had taught him about what a cook should and shouldn’t do. “I realized that everything they were serving at that place came from a can or a powder,” Jerry says. He decided to leave kitchen work and get a job at a souvenir store at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. That lasted about a week. “It was too boring,” he says with a laugh. “I missed the chaos of the kitchen.”
KITCHEN WIZARD Casimiro-Rodriguez grew up watching “Check, Please! Bay Area,” which featured The Bywater earlier this year.
vinaigrette and even a strawberry mille feuille pastry dessert. Some locals were perplexed when they noticed this summer that Michelin dropped the restaurant, as well as Campbell’s Orchard Kitchen, from its Bib Gourmand guide, where the ranking is based on menu pricing rather than artistry in the kitchen. When asked, Casimiro-Rodriguez said it wasn’t clear to him why this happened. Impressively, the restaurant was featured this year in not one, but two well-
known foodie shows. One was Guy Fieri’s “Diners, Drive-ins and Dives.” The other? The show that Casimiro-Rodriguez watched in the very beginning: “Check, Please! Bay Area.” It’s a fitting flashback for this hungry, focused chef who began it all with the desire to provide a chance for friends and loved ones to gather at a table to share a meal. “We try to make sure that people come in happy, and leave feeling more happy,” he grins.
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THE VALUE OF NEUTRAL GROUND Let’s keep personal agendas and partisan platforms out of community gatherings Jeffrey P. Blum, Contributor
Small towns run on delicate, unwritten contracts. In a close-knit community like Los Gatos the person sitting across from you at a civic luncheon might also coach your grandchild’s soccer team, run a shop on North Santa Cruz Avenue or volunteer alongside you. And our shared civic life functions best when we respect the unstated boundaries of our public spaces. Lately, however, those boundaries feel fragile. Over the past couple of weeks, attending a pair of local gatherings, I noticed a well-intentioned drift: moments traditionally reserved for fellowship, service or solemn reflection gently straying into territory that felt misplaced. Neither incident was born of malice, but together they point to a subtle erosion of the civic norms that keep a small town welcoming to everyone. The first took place during a meeting of one of our local service clubs. Like many civic organizations, the strength of the club rests on an explicit commitment to non-partisanship, uniting neighbors of every political background under the singular banner of community service. Yet, during casual introductions, a member introduced a visiting guest with emphasis on the individual’s active campaign for local elected office, accompanied by an open declaration to recruit the candidate onto the club’s roster. It was handled with good cheer, broad smiles and genuine warmth. Nevertheless, it subtly transformed an apolitical gathering into an impromptu campaign stop, placing fellow members in the awkward position of evaluating a partisan overture over their lunch plates. The second episode occurred during a commemoration of a major national anniversary, a solemn milestone intended to bring the community together in quiet, inclusive remembrance. A civic memorial carries a sacred, universal purpose: honoring heroic sacrifice, offering comfort to those who grieve and reaffirming the collective resilience that carries a community through dark hours. Instead, the program took several uncomfortable detours. What should have been a broadly comforting invocation initially leaned into specific theological doctrine and sectarian preaching. At another point, another speaker’s remarks shifted abruptly toward culture-war grievances and ideological rhetoric. An audience assembled for shared reflection was placed
in the posture of a captive crowd subjected to competing personal causes. In his book No Prophets, California Congressman Jared Huffman examines the friction that arises when doctrinal agendas or ideological litmus tests encroach upon public spaces. While Huffman addresses the issue largely through the lens of national governance and church-state separation, his central premise carries immediate and practical relevance for small-town life: true community cannot hold together without neutral ground. A healthy public square requires common spaces where neighbors of every background, political philosophy and faith tradition—or no tradition at all—can gather on equal footing. The moment a shared podium tilts toward personal lobbying or sectarian dogma, that common ground fractures. Civic restraint is not censorship. It does not ask any residents to diminish their faith, dilute their patriotism or silence their political passion. Those convictions are vital to a healthy, vibrant democracy. Los Gatos provides ample, productive venues for them, from vigorous policy debates at Town Council meetings to local election forums, faith communities and the opinion pages of this newspaper. Civic restraint simply asks for situational awareness and mutual courtesy. It asks us to recognize that some occasions belong to everyone precisely because they belong to no single agenda. When residents attend a solemn community commemoration, they should be able to reflect and remember without steeling themselves for political or religious polemics. When volunteers gather around a table to organize a blood drive, pack food boxes for families in need or support local schools, they should be confident that the focus remains on the mission, free from the intrusion of electioneering. The danger of letting these boundaries blur is rarely an immediate shouting match. The real danger is far quieter. When neighbors begin to suspect that neutral civic gatherings are being leveraged for outside platforms, they stop attending. The volunteer base shrinks. The crowd at the memorial thins. The social trust that makes Los Gatos resilient frays. Our town draws its character from our ability to debate policy vigorously on a Tuesday night and then stand shoulder-to-shoulder supporting a local community festival on Saturday morning. That balance requires discipline. If we want our town's institutions to remain warm, inclusive and durable, we need courtesy to protect the few neutral spaces where we still belong to each other simply as neighbors.
YOUTH SUPPORT Helping students is about more than putting well-meaning slogans on a poster, writes St. Francis High School student Aanya Remi.
A STUDENT’S PERSPECTIVE ON THE YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS Why teens stay silent even when support is there A an ya Remi, Contributor
We hear it constantly. Talk to someone. Tell a counselor. Text a friend. Don’t bottle it up. It’s on posters in school hallways and in every assembly about mental health. But here’s what I kept noticing: The availability of someone to talk to was rarely the problem. What people worried about was what might happen after they said something out loud. I recently created an anonymous survey and sent it to a small group of students, ages 13-18, from several different schools, to study emotional openness, peer support, school climate, social expectations, family and cultural influences, and attitudes toward asking for help. Seventy-two percent said their school encourages students to ask for help, but less than a third described school as a safe place to talk about personal struggles, and only 42% saw teachers or staff as approachable for emotional conversa-
tions. That’s a big gap between the message and the experience. These findings come from a convenience sample of 36 students and aren’t meant to represent all high schoolers. Female students, juniors and seniors were overrepresented, and the survey measured students’ experiences and perceptions, not clinical diagnoses. Even with those limitations, the responses point to a gap worth paying attention to: Students can be surrounded by people who care about them and still hesitate to open up about what they are feeling. A poster telling us to reach out doesn’t answer the questions running through our heads: Who do I go to? Will the conversation get repeated? What happens after I say it? Will I get pulled out of class, flagged or treated differently by the friends and teachers who now “know”? For the students who responded to my survey, the risk of asking for help felt real. Almost 90% said they had at least one person they could talk to when something was wrong, but only 44% said it was easy to talk to that person when
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SPEAKING UP Seeking help can be tough, but Remi notes that staying quiet has its own costs for Silicon Valley teens. stressed. About two-thirds had regretted sharing something personal. More than half had felt emotionally isolated even while surrounded by people who cared. Having someone to talk to and feeling safe enough to talk to them are two very different things, the survey highlighted. When students described what held them back from asking for help, it wasn’t really about shyness. It was about what could go wrong. They worried about being judged, misunderstood, pitied, talked about behind their backs or treated differently. Some feared that speaking up would make an already messy situation worse. But staying quiet had its own costs: isolation, resentment, burnout, withdrawal and motivation draining away. Friends were the top choice for a confidant—72% of respondents said it was easier to talk to someone their own age than to an adult—but the friend option wasn’t simple, either. Three-quarters of the students said they think about social expectations before deciding what, and how much, to share. We want friends to know we’re struggling, but we don’t want to become the topic of a group chat. We don’t want to be treated differently, or have someone feel sorry for us every time they look our way. The same friendships that make us feel safest can also be the ones we’re most careful not to risk. That means schools cannot assume that a student who has friends also automatically has support. For adults in schools, creating approachable, low-pressure opportunities to check in can provide another path to support— one that does not depend on a student first finding the courage to ask for help. If I had to boil down the survey responses, I’d say four things have to be true before a student will actually use a resource: Availability: We want more than one way in, whether that’s a trusted adult, counselor, private check-in or urgent route. Clarity: We need to know who to talk to, how fast they’ll respond and what happens next. Trust: We should feel any personal disclosure will be handled with respect and privacy. Quality: We want to feel heard, validated, taken seriously and supported beyond one conversation.
When I asked what schools could realistically change, several ideas kept coming up. Students wanted private checkins with their teachers or counselors so nobody has to ask for help in a hallway. They wanted schools to explain clearly what stays confidential and what doesn’t. They wanted teachers, coaches and counselors trained to listen before jumping to solutions. They wanted check-ins built into normal routines, so asking for help doesn’t feel like a big, exposed moment. And they wanted a defined process for a short break or lighter workload during a difficult week, not just an informal favor. The same themes showed up when students described genuine support. Suggestions included to listen first instead of immediately trying to “fix” a situation. Even saying, “That sounds really hard,” can matter. Be there for that person: because showing up again the next day means more than saying the perfect thing once. Then, take action to help, because advice lands better once someone feels heard. I don’t think emotional openness is simply a personality trait, with some people being natural “talkers.” Openness changes depending on the relationship, setting, past experiences and what someone expects will happen if they speak up. I hope these findings can help educators and school leaders better understand how to design mental health supports that students feel comfortable enough to use. The goal isn’t to get every student to share everything. It’s to make sure that when someone decides to ask for mental health help, the path is clear, and the first response is a good one. Sometimes, the most powerful response isn’t advice at all, but instead, a simple: “I’m listening. You’re not alone. We’ll figure out the next part together.” Aanya Remi is a senior at Saint Francis High School in Mountain View, Calif. She is the founder of Mindful Me, a mindfulness and social-emotional learning initiative developed as part of her Girl Scout Gold Award project, and Math Magicians Academy, which provides elementary students with math enrichment. She is also the co-founder of Kids Empower Kids, which has raised more than $35,000 to support educational and community-focused projects since 2021.
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PUBLIC NOTICES Administer Estate NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: Doris A. Smith CASE NO. 26PR203323 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of (specify all names by which the decedent was known): DORIS A. SMITH; DORIS ANN SMITH; DEE ANN SMITH A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by DAVID L. WATKINS in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA CLARA. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that DAVID L. WATKINS be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held on 10/14/2026, at 9:01AM. in Dept 13, at Room N/A located at 191 NORTH FIRST STREET, SAN JOSE, CA 95113. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: KIMBERLY F. WHITFIELD, ESQ. 14414 OAK STREET, SARATOGA, CALIFORNIA 95070 Telephone: 408-395-4800 (PUB LGN 9/16, 9/23, 9/30) NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: Fred N. Sahadi a/k/a Fred Sahadi a/k/a Fred Najeeb Sahadi CASE NO. 26PR203148 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of (specify all names by which the decedent was known): FRED N. SAHADI A/K/A FRED SAHADI A/K/A FRED NAJEEB SAHADI A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by STEPHEN BARRETT SAHADI in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA CLARA. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that STEPHEN BARRETT SAHADI be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held on 10/22/2026, at 9:01AM. in Dept 2, at Room N/A located at 191 N. FIRST STREET, SAN JOSE, CA 95113. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court
within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: EMILY A. FOEHR; KYLA J. HALE. VENABLE LLP, 101 CALIFORNIA STREET, SUITE 3800, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94111 Telephone: 415-653-3750 (PUB LGN 9/23, 9/30, 10/7)
Name Changes ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME. Case No. 26CV498217. Notice of Petition of Jack Porter Mardesic-Ramsey. Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara. To all interested persons: Petitioner: Jack Porter Mardesic-Ramsey filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: a. Jack Porter Mardesic-Ramsey to Proposed name: Jack Porter Mardesic. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing: Date: September 29, 2026, Time: 8:45am, Room: Probate. The address of the court is: 191 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95113, Downtown Superior Court. A copy of this Order To Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Los Gatan, 380 S 1ST Street, San Jose, CA 95113. Date: July 20, 2026 by /s/ Daniel Nishigaya /s/, Judge of the Superior Court. Filed July 20, 2026, by /s/ T. Belloncle /s/, Deputy Clerk. (Pub LGN: 09/02, 09/09, 09/16, 09/23/2026) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME. Case No. 26CV503086. Notice of Petition of Hwijong Kim, Eunjung Oh, Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara. To all interested persons: Petitioner: Hwijong Kim, Eunjung Oh filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: a. Geonyul Kim to Proposed name: Adrian Geonyul Kim, Present name: b. Seon Yul Kim to Proposed name: Robert Seonyul Kim. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing: Date: November 17, 2026. Time: 8:45am, Room: Probate. The address of the court is: 191 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95113, Downtown Superior Court. A copy of this Order To Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Los Gatan, 380 S 1ST Street, San Jose, CA 95113. Date: September 11, 2026 by /s/ Daniel T. Nishigaya /s/, Judge of the Superior Court. Electronically Filed by Superior Court of CA, County of Santa Clara, on August 21, 2026, 7:19pm. Reviewed By: K. Ngo Env. #24912544, Case #26CV503086. (Pub LGN: 09/16, 09/23, 09/30, 10/07/2026) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME. Case No. 26CV502285. Notice of Petition of Shelley Ann Katz Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara. To all interested persons: Petitioner: Shelley ann Katz filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: a. Shelley Ann Katz to Proposed name: Shelley Ann Gierat. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must
appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing: Date: November 10, 2026, 2026, Time: 8:45am, Room: Probate. The address of the court is: 191 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95113, Downtown Superior Court. A copy of this Order To Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Los Gatan, 380 S 1ST Street, San Jose, CA 95113. Date: September 1, 2026 by /s/ Daniel Nishigaya /s/, Judge of the Superior Court. September 1, 2026, by /s/ F. Zamarripa /s/, Deputy Clerk. (Pub LGN: 09/09, 09/16, 09/23, 09/30/2026)
Fictitious Business Name Statements File Number: FBN729663. The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1. LINDA L ALTERATION, 1990 Story Road, San Jose, CA 95122. This business is conducted by: A General Partnership, LOAN PHUONG THI VU, 2746 Belfast Drive, San Jose, CA 95127 and DUYEN T DINH, 2746 Belfast Drive, San Jose, CA 95127. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Not Applicable and 08/20/2026 is the file date. Statement filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara: /s/ Mike Louie /s/ Deputy, 110 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, CA 95134. /s/ Loan Phuong Thi Vu /s/. (Pub LGN: 09/02, 09/09, 09/16, 09/23/2026 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #729234 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Thien Thanh Market Inc, 1080 S. 10th St., San Jose, CA, 95112, . This business is being conducted by a Corporation. Above entity was formed in the state of California. Registrant has not yet begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 01/01/1997. /s/Cherly Tang. Secretary of Corporation. 1496080. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 08/06/2026. (pub LG 09/02, 09/09, 09/16, 09/23/2026) File Number: FBN729711. The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1. ELILEW, 14435C Big Basin Way PMB 123, Saratoga, CA 95070. This business is conducted by: An Individual, NEYAZ NAZER, 14435C Big Basin Way PMB 123, Saratoga, CA 95070. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Not Applicable and 08/21/2026 is the file date. Statement filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara: /s/ Corinne Vasquez /s/ Deputy, 110 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, CA 95134. /s/ Neyaz Nazar /s/. (Pub LGN: 09/02, 09/09, 09/16, 09/23/2026) File Number: FBN729738. The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1. KAORIE, 200 Montebello Ave #6, Mountain View, CA 94043. This business is conducted by: An Individual, KAORI CHIBA, 200 Montebello Ave #6, Mountain View, CA 94043. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Not Applicable and 08/24/2026 is the file date. Statement filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara: /s/ Patty Camarena /s/ Deputy, 110 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, CA 95134. /s/ Kaori Chiba /s/. (Pub LGN: 09/02, 09/09, 09/16, 09/23/2026) File Number: FBN729881. The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1. REDWOOD GULCH PUBLISHING, 13840 Redwood Gulch Road, Saratoga, CA 95070. This business is conducted by: An Individual, ROI LOUISE SOLBERG, 13840 Redwood Gulch Road, Saratoga, CA 95070. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 08/25/2026 and 08/27/2026 is the file date. Statement filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara: /s/ Patty Camarena /s/ Deputy, 110 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, CA 95134. /s/ Roi Louise Solberg /s/. (Pub LGN: 09/02, 09/09, 09/16, 09/23/2026) File Number: FBN729882. The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1. ATELIER NICOLA, 2. SARTORIAL EXPRESSIONS, 4125 Blackford Ave Suite 140, San Jose, CA 95117. This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company, SARTORIAL EXPRESSIONS LLC, 4125 Blackford Ave, Suite 140, San Jose, CA 95117. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 08/20/2026 and 08/27/2026 is the file date. Statement filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara: /s/ Corinne Vasquez /s/ Deputy, 110 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, CA 95134. SARTORIAL EXPRESSIONS LLC, Article/Reg # B20260381496, Above Entity was Formed in the State of CA. /s/ Nicolas Elsousou /s/ Owner. (Pub LGN: 09/02, 09/09, 09/16, 09/23/2026) File Number: FBN729742. The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1. FIKA EVENT CO, 2. FIKA CHARM BAR, 3. FIKA PHOTO BOOTH CO., 2566 Los Coches Ave, San Jose, CA 95128. This business is conducted by: An Individual, ADINA CIRAOLO, 2566 Los Coches Ave, San Jose, CA 95128. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 02/14/2022 and 08/24/2026 is the file date. Statement filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara: /s/ Elaine Fader /s/ Deputy, 110 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, CA 95134. /s/ Adina Ciraolo /s/. (Pub LGN: 09/09, 09/16, 09/23, 09/30/2026)
legals@losgatan.com File Number: FBN729931. The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1. WILLIAM M. YAO, DDS, MS, 2. WILLIAM YAO ORTHODONTICS, 18805 Cox Avenue, Suite 150, Saratoga, CA 95070. This business is conducted by: A Corporation, YAO DENTAL CORPORATION, 18805 Cox Avenue, Suite 150, Saratoga, CA 95070. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 04/01/2012 and 08/28/2026 is the file date. Statement filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara: /s/ Fraulein Dominguez /s/ Deputy, 110 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, CA 95134. YAO DENTAL CORPORATION, Article/Reg # 3446576, Above Entity was Formed in the State of California. /s/ William Yao /s/ President. (Pub LGN: 09/02, 09/09, 09/16, 09/23/2026) File Number: FBN729514. The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1. Midpeninsula Business Services, 3630 Slater Ct, San Jose, CA 95132. This business is conducted by: An Individual, Braden Spencer-Albert, 3630 Slater Ct, San Jose, CA 95132. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Not Applicable and 08/14/2026 is the file date. Statement filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara: /s/ Corinne Vasquez /s/ Deputy, 110 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, CA 95134. /s/ Braden spencer-Albert /s/. (Pub LGN: 09/09, 09/16, 09/23, 09/30/2026) STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME #729794 The following person(s) / registrant(s) has / have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name(s): Felicity, 2626-B Alum Rock Avenue, San Jose, CA 95116, Remo Zenith Corporation. Filed in the Santa Clara County on 9/18/2025 under file No. 719856. This business was conducted by: A Corporation. Filed on 08/25/2026. /s/Michelle Delos Reyes, Director. (pub dates: 09/09, 09/16, 09/23, 09/30/2026) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #730040 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Fuego Athletics, 1467 Hugo Ln, San Jose, CA 95118, Michael Angel Martinez. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 09/01/2026. /s/Michael Angel Martinez. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 09/02/2026. (pub LG 09/02, 09/09, 09/16, 09/23/2026) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #728820 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Rosa’s Landscaping Services, 7193 Indian Valley Court, San Jose, CA 95139, Rosa’s Maintenance Inc. This business is being conducted by a Corporation. Above entity was formed in the state of California. Registrant began business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 07/22/2026. /s/Rosa N. Sanchez. President. 3781653. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 07/24/2026. (pub Metro 09/02, 09/09, 09/16, 09/23/2026) File Number: FBN729754. The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1. REALTY WORLD DOMINION, 55 East Hamilton Ave, Campbell, CA 95008. This business is conducted by: An Individual, CAROL JOAN PEFLEY, 55 E Hamilton Ave, Campbell, CA 95008. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 08/01/2009 and 08/24/2026 is the file date. Statement filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara: /s/ Elaine Fader /s/ Deputy, 110 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, CA 95134. /s/ Carol Joan Pefley /s/. (Pub LGN: 09/09, 09/16, 09/23, 09/30/2026) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #730102 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. El Chamoy Mela Rosa, 2. Rosa Mela, 699 Norte Shoreline Blv Apt # C505, Mountain View, CA 94043, Jorge Carrillo Villasenor. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 05/06/2026. /s/ Jorge Carrillo Villasenor. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 09/04/2026. (pub LG 09/16, 09/23, 09/30, 10/07/2026) File Number: FBN729041. The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1. ECLAT SKIN STUDIO, 5031 Almaden Expy, San Jose, CA 95118. This business is conducted by: An Individual, KRISTEN VALDEZ, 2105 Foxworthy Ave, San Jose, CA 95124. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 08/03/2009 and 08/03/2026 is the file date. Statement filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara: /s/ Patty Camarena /s/ Deputy, 110 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, CA 95134. /s/ Kristin Valdez /s/. (Pub LGN: 09/09, 09/16, 09/23, 09/30/2026) File Number: FBN729268. The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1. Nur Support Services, 6469 Almaden Expressway Ste 80 Unit #683, San Jose, CA 95120. This business is conducted by: An Individual, ESRA NUR ALTUN, 6469 Almaden Expressway Ste 80 Unit #683, San Jose, CA 95120. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Not Applicable and 08/07/2026 is the file date. Statement filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara: /s/ Corinne Vasquez /s/ Deputy, 110 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, CA 95134. /s/ Esra Nur Altun /s/. (Pub LGN: 09/16, 09/23, 09/30, 10/07/2026)
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Otto Lee, District 3, President Sylvia Arenas, District 1, Vice President Betty Dương, District 2 Susan Ellenberg, District 4 Margaret Abe-Koga, District 5
James R. Williams County Executive Tony LoPresti County Counsel Curtis Boone Clerk of the Board
SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS September 15, 2026 9:30 AM Regular Meeting BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CHAMBERS 70 West Hedding Street, San Jose, CA
a. Public hearing to consider petition by Univision Radio San Francisco to rescind the sale by the County of tax-defaulted property, Assessor's Parcel No. 627-23-009, an irregularly shaped parcel of land in the unincorporated eastern area of the county measuring 0.48 acres, located in Supervisorial District One, to purchaser Kingdom Capital Properties, LLC. (ID# 129831) ii. Close public hearing. President Lee reopened the public hearing. Belinda M. Vega, Partner, Venable LLP, on behalf of the petitioner, and Gabriel G. Green, Managing Partner, Buchalter Law Firm, on behalf of the purchaser, responded to questions from the Board. President Lee closed the public hearing. 10.a RESULT: Hearing Closed
Possible action: i. Declare intent to grant the petition by Univision Radio San Francisco to rescind the tax sale of the property to Kingdom Capital Properties LLC, and refer to County Counsel for preparation of findings.
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1. Roll Call. President Lee called the meeting to order at 9:31 a.m. A quorum was present. Attendee Name Title Status Arrived Sylvia Arenas Vice President Present Betty Duong Supervisor Present Otto Lee President Present Susan Ellenberg Supervisor Present Margaret Abe-Koga Supervisor Present 2. Pledge of Allegiance. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. 3. Invocation by Neftali Said Pérez González, Cónsul General de México en San José. (Arenas) (ID# 130355) The Invocation was received.
ii. Declare intent to deny the petition by Univision Radio San Francisco to rescind the tax sale of the property to Kingdom Capital Properties LLC, and refer to County Counsel for preparation of findings. President Lee made a motion to continue the hearing to October 2026. The motion failed for lack of a second. The Board declared intent to deny the petition by Univision Radio San Francisco to rescind the tax sale of the property to Kingdom Capital Properties LLC, and referred the matter to County Counsel for preparation of findings. 10.b RESULT: Declared Intent to Deny 11. Continued from August 25, 2026 (Item No. 10): Public hearing to consider increase of fee for Animal Services boarding services provided by the Consumer and Environmental Protection Agency. Continued to October 6, 2026 at the request of Administration.
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4. Announce Adjournments in Memoriam. (See Item No. 27)
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Page 1 of 41 a. Adjourn in honor and memory of Yvonne Jacobson. (Lee) (ID# 130411)
Taken out of order after Item No. 5. The Adjournment was announced. 5. Commendations and Proclamations. (See Item No. 97) a. Present Proclamation declaring September 16, 2026 as "Mexican Independence Day" in Santa Clara County. (Arenas) Taken out of order after Item No. 3.
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11 RESULT: Continued
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Time Certain - Land Use - To Be Heard No Earlier Than 10:00 a.m. 12. Continued from June 23, 2026 (Item No. 8): Public hearing to consider appeal of the December 18, 2025, decision of the Planning Commission to uphold the Zoning Administrator’s decision to deny a concurrent land use application, consisting of Design Review and Grading Approval. Appellant: Jeff and Melissa Waters. Applicant: Cove Britton. Owner: The Waters Family Trust. Property Address/Location: 0 Peacock Court, Cupertino, Assessor's Parcel No. 351-42-004. Zoning: HS-d1. Supervisorial District: Five. File No.: PLN20-124-APL3. (LA) (ID# 130424) Continued to November 3, 2026 at the request of Administration. 12 RESULT: Continued Next: 11/3/2026 9:30 AM
The Proclamation was presented. Public Issues
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6. Public Comment. (See Item No. 26)
13. Under advisement from April 14, 2026 (Item No. 13): Receive report from the Office of Children and Families Policy relating to the Childcare Blueprint. (ID# 130240)
Taken out of order after Item No. 4. Five individuals addressed the Board. 7. Approve Consent Calendar and changes to the Board of Supervisors Agenda. Four individuals addressed the Board. Item No. 19 was added to the Consent Calendar. Item No. 11 was continued to October 6, 2026. Item No. 12 was continued to November 3, 2026. Item Nos. 23 and 24 were held to October 6, 2026. Item No. 97q was deleted. Corrections were noted to Item Nos. 50 and 67. 7 RESULT: Approved as Amended Time Certain - To Be Heard No Earlier Than 10:00 a.m. 8. Public Hearing relating to Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report for the Community Block Grant and HOME Investment Partnership Program. (Office of Supportive Housing) a. Public hearing to consider recommendations relating to Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report for the Community Development Block Grant and HOME Investment Partnerships Program. (ID# 130085) i. Open public hearing and receive testimony. ii. Close public hearing. President Lee opened the public hearing. No public testimony was received. Board of Supervisors, County of Santa Clara President Lee closed the public hearing. September 15, 2026
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b. Consider recommendations relating to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-2026 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) Program. (ID# 130084) Possible action: i. Approve Draft FY 2025-2026 CAPER for the CDBG and HOME programs. ii. Authorize the County Executive, or designee, to incorporate public comments and submit the final CAPER to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development by September 28, 2026. Supervisor Duong requested that Administration provide information relating to services provided through CDBG entitlement grant funds to address impediments to fair housing choices, including Know Your Rights resources, tenant-rights workshops, and legal office hours. 8.b RESULT: Approved 9. Adopt Resolution endorsing the 2026-2030 Community Plan to End Homelessness in Santa Clara County. (Office of Supportive Housing) Resolution # BOS-2026-97 (ID# 130181) One individual addressed the Board. At the request of Vice President Arenas, the Board directed Administration to include in the Supportive Housing System of Care reports to the Housing, Land Use, Environment, and Transportation Committee (HLUET) information relating to 2026-2030 Community Plan to End Homelessness (Community Plan) implementation progress and development of sub-regional plans. At the request of Vice President Arenas, the Board directed Administration to include in the Supportive Housing System of Care reports to HLUET disaggregated benchmarks relating to how the Community Plan is improving outcomes for women, the Latino community, and other overrepresented populations in areas including service, access, shelter placement, and housing retention. Supervisor Duong requested that Administration include in future reports to the Board information relating to funding gaps associated with projects in the pipeline. 9 RESULT: Adopted 10. Continued from August 11, 2026 (Item No. 9): Public hearing to consider petition by Univision Radio San Francisco to rescind the sale by the County of taxdefaulted property. (Department of Tax and Collections) Page 3 of 41
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16. Receive report from County Executive, including updates relating to State and Federal budget developments. Taken out of order after Item No. 13. James R. Williams, County Executive, announced that Valley Health Center San JoseCampbell will open on September 28, 2026.
i. Open public hearing and receive testimony.
b. Consider recommendations relating to petition by Univision Radio San Francisco to rescind the sale by the County of tax-defaulted property, Assessor's Parcel No. 62723-009, an irregularly shaped parcel of land in the unincorporated eastern area of the county measuring 0.48 acres, to purchaser Kingdom Capital Properties, LLC. (ID# 129931)
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Taken out of order after Item No. 15. Ten individuals addressed the Board. At the request of Supervisor Ellenberg, the Board directed Administration to report to the Board on a biannual basis, beginning in six months, relating to implementation of Childcare Blueprint goals. Supervisor Duong requested that Administration include in future biannual reports information relating to opportunities to broaden workforce development strategies through worker owned cooperatives and community health worker programs, including cross-system connections with the City of San Jose Children and Youth Services Master Plan. Vice President Arenas requested that Administration integrate into future biannual reports information from the Latino Health Assessment and child welfare reports, including any additional feedback received from stakeholder families. 13 RESULT: Received Board Referrals 14. Approve referral to Administration to report to the Board on October 6, 2026 with options for consideration relating to the launch of the Santa Clara County Healthy Hydration Initiative, a partnership with Valley Water to improve access to safe and Summaryreliable of Proceedings drinking water in public schools. (Lee) (ID# 130128)Board of Supervisors, County of Santa Clara
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Taken out of order after Item No. 10.
Page 5 of 41 At the request of Vice President Arenas, the Board directed Administration to ensure that options relating to the hydration initiative remain contingent on the formal approval of Valley Water to take financial responsibility to support the initiative; and, accept partnerships with agencies including FIRST 5 Santa Clara County
Vice President Arenas requested that the initiative prioritize options for school districts based upon need. President Lee recessed the meeting at 12:39 p.m. 14 RESULT: Approved as Amended 15. Consider recommendations relating to Youth Mental Health programs. (AbeKoga) (ID# 130335) Possible action: a. Approve referral to Administration to report to the Board within 90 days with an assessment and options for implementing a plan for a countywide Know Your Benefits and Mental Health Parity youth and family education campaign; expanded youth mental health training programs using evidence-based curricula; and, a pilot process with select school districts to collect school-based outpatient behavioral health data with which to assess the progress of increasing mental health services for all youth in Santa Clara County. b. Approve referral to Administration to incorporate progress updates as part of the Behavioral Health Services Department regular reporting to the Board. President Lee reconvened the meeting at 1:15 p.m. with all members present. One individual addressed the Board. At the request of Supervisor Ellenberg, the Board directed Administration to include in the report a recommended challenge grant or matching program model for Board consideration specifically for the Countywide public education campaign. At the request of Vice President Arenas, the Board directed Administration to connect the Know Your Benefits and Mental Health Parity Education Campaign with data from the Annual Child Death Review Team Report to identify trends in the past five years, and align existing unmet needs data with the Latino Health Assessment. Vice President Arenas requested that Administration include in the report a childhood and human development education component, including the impacts of stress, social media, and artificial intelligence; and, include metrics to determine the success and effectiveness of training and education. 15 RESULT: Approved Page 6 of 41
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In response to inquiries by Supervisor Ellenberg, Mr. Williams provided information relating to the Employee Childcare Assistance Program and employee benefits enrollment period. Supervisor Duong left the meeting at 3:22 p.m. 16 RESULT: Received 17. Receive report from County Counsel relating to legal issues and Closed Session meeting of September 14, 2026. Tony LoPresti, County Counsel, reported that there were no reportable actions taken at the September 14, 2026 Closed Session meeting. In response to an inquiry by President Lee, Mr. LoPresti announced that a preliminary injunction was issued in the matter of the State of California and the County of Santa Clara v. United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and its Director, United States General Services Administration (GSA) and its Administrator, United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its Secretary, and ECG 6 LLC. 17 RESULT: Received Regular Agenda - Items for Discussion 18. Consider recommendations relating to the Valley Homeless Healthcare Program. (Santa Clara Valley Healthcare) (ID# 130236) Possible action: a. Approve operational report from Health Resources and Services Administration Project Director. b. Approve quarterly update relating to the Homeless Quality Improvement program and Uniform Data System metrics. 18 RESULT: APPROVED [4 TO 0] MOVER: Susan Ellenberg, Supervisor SECONDER: Sylvia Arenas, Vice President AYES: Arenas, Lee, Ellenberg, Abe-Koga Summary of Proceedings Duong Board of Supervisors, County of Santa Clara ABSENT:
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19. Under advisement from August 25, 2026 (Item No. 8): Receive report from Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Agency relating to the EMS SystemPage Design 7 of 41 and Draft Request for Proposals for Prehospital Healthcare Services. (ID# 130257) Added to the Consent Calendar at the request of President Lee. 19 RESULT: Received 20. Under advisement from April 28, 2026 (Item No. 18): Receive report from the Justice Services and Support Department, Public Health Department, and the Division of Equity and Social Justice relating to the implementation of the Community Violence Prevention Strategic Plan. (ID# 130345) Four individuals addressed the Board. At the request of Supervisor Ellenberg, the Board directed Administration to rename the "Violence Prevention Division" to the "Community Violence Prevention Division"; collaborate with stakeholders to provide opportunities to consider renaming the Justice Services and Support Department to reflect its mission and vision statement; and, provide annual reports to the Board beginning in September 2027 and biannual reports to the Public Safety and Justice Committee beginning in March 2027 relating to development of the Community Violence Strategic Plan, inclusive of the Community Violence Prevention Division. Vice President Arenas requested that Administration provide biannual reports to the Children, Seniors, and Families Committee beginning in March 2027 relating to development of the Community Violence Strategic Plan. 20 RESULT: RECEIVED [4 TO 0] MOVER: Susan Ellenberg, Supervisor SECONDER: Otto Lee, President AYES: Arenas, Lee, Ellenberg, Abe-Koga ABSENT: Duong 21. Under advisement from June 23, 2026 (Item No. 16): Receive report from the Office of the County Executive relating to the County's progress of Latino Health Assessment action items. (ID# 130056) One individual addressed the Board.
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21 RESULT: RECEIVED [4 TO 0] MOVER: Sylvia Arenas, Vice President SECONDER: Susan Ellenberg, Supervisor AYES: Arenas, Lee, Ellenberg, Abe-Koga ABSENT: Duong
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22. Consider recommendations relating to state and federal advocacy by the Office of Intergovernmental Relations. (ID# 130326) Possible action: a. Receive monthly legislative report. b. Approve support of Senate Bills 1164 and 1360 by Senator Sabrina Cervantes. One individual addressed the Board. 22 RESULT: APPROVED [4 TO 0] MOVER: Sylvia Arenas, Vice President SECONDER: Margaret Abe-Koga, Supervisor AYES: Arenas, Lee, Ellenberg, Abe-Koga ABSENT: Duong 23. Receive report from the Department of Family and Children’s Services relating to the County of Santa Clara Child Welfare Services System Improvement Plan Combined Progress Report for 2022-2027. (ID# 130269) Held to October 6, 2026 at the request of Vice President Arenas. 23 RESULT: Held Next: 10/6/2026 9:30 AM 24. Receive report from the Office of the County Counsel and the Office of the Sheriff relating to potential flexibility for Military Equipment Mid-Cycle purchases. (ID# 130252) Held to October 6, 2026 at the request of President Lee. 24 RESULT: Held Next: 10/6/2026 9:30 AM 25. Consider items previously removed from the Consent Calendar. No items were removed from the Consent Calendar. Closing 26. Continued Public Comment. (See Item No. 6) All requests to speak were addressed during Item No. 6. 27. Adjourn. (See Item No. 4) President Lee adjourned the meeting at 4:43 p.m.
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Consent Calendar - Items will be considered under Item No. 7. Items removed from the Consent Calendar will be considered at the end of the regular agenda. 28. Minutes Approval: a. Approve minutes of the August 24, 2026 Regular Meeting prior to Closed Session. 28.a RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Margaret Abe-Koga, Supervisor SECONDER: Sylvia Arenas, Vice President AYES: Arenas, Duong, Lee, Ellenberg, Abe-Koga b. Approve minutes of the August 25, 2026 Regular Meeting. 28.b RESULT:APPROVED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Margaret Abe-Koga, Supervisor SECONDER: Sylvia Arenas, Vice President AYES: Arenas, Duong, Lee, Ellenberg, Abe-Koga Social Services Agency 29. Approve retroactive Fourth Amendment to Agreement with Silicon Valley Independent Living Center relating to providing Home Safe program services, increasing the maximum contract amount by $1,500,000 from $5,510,987 to $7,010,987, and extending the agreement for a 12-month period through June 30, 2027 with one one-year extension option, that has been reviewed and approved by County Counsel as to form and legality. A sole source exception to competitive procurement has been approved by the Office of Countywide Contracting Management pursuant to Board of Supervisors Policy 5.6.5.1(D)(2)(a). (LA) (ID# 129943) 29 RESULT: Approved 30. Approve retroactive Second Amendment to Agreement with Pacific Clinics relating to providing the Celebrating Families! Parent Education Program, increasing the maximum contract amount by $255,302 from $372,978 to $628,280, and extending the agreement for a 12-month period through June 30, 2027, that has been reviewed and approved by County Counsel as to form and legality. (LA) (ID# 130025) 30 RESULT: Approved 31. Approve delegation of authority to the County Executive, or designee, to negotiate, execute, amend, or terminate Social Services Agency retroactive contracts listed on Board of Supervisors, County of Santa Clara the Master Contract List for Fiscal Year 2026-2027, which were not executed by 15, 2026 September July 31, 2026, with various vendors relating to providing human services in an 10 than of 41 amount not to exceed $100,000,000 and contract terms that begin no Page earlier July 1, 2026 and end no later than June 30, 2027, following approval by County Counsel as to form and legality, and approval by the Office of the County Executive. Delegation of authority shall expire on June 30, 2027. (LA) (ID# 130213) 31 RESULT: Approved Summary of Proceedings
32. Consider recommendations relating to refugee employment, elderly services, housing and emergency assistance. (LA) (ID# 130191) Possible action: a. Approve delegation of authority to the County Executive, or designee, to negotiate, execute, amend, or terminate contract with Jewish Family Services relating to providing refugee employment, elderly services, housing and emergency assistance, in an amount not to exceed $837,700 and a contract term that begins no earlier than October 1, 2026 and ends no later than September 30, 2027, following approval by County Counsel as to form and legality, and approval by the Office of the County Executive. Delegation of authority shall expire on September 30, 2027. b. Approve delegation of authority to the County Executive, or designee, to negotiate, execute, amend, or terminate contract with International Rescue Committee, Inc., relating to providing refugee employment, elderly services, housing and emergency assistance in an amount not to exceed $969,500 and a contract term that begins no earlier than October 1, 2026 and ends no later than September 30, 2027, following approval by County Counsel as to form and legality, and approval by the Office of the County Executive. Delegation of authority shall expire on September 30, 2027. 32 RESULT: Approved 33. Approve Request for Appropriation Modification No. 32 - $2,927,913 increasing estimated revenue and expenditure appropriations in the Social Services Agency budget, relating to adding 26 positions to support Medi-Cal and CalFresh administration. (4/5 Vote) (ID# 130157) 33 RESULT: Approved 34. Adoption of Salary Ordinance No. NS-5.27.17, an Ordinance amending Santa Clara County Salary Ordinance No. NS-5.27 relating to compensation of employees adding 26 various positions in the Technology Services and Solutions Department and the Social Services Agency. (ID# 130180) • Introduce and preliminarily adopt on September 15, 2026. • Adopt (Final) on October 6, 2026.
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34 RESULT: ADOPTED (PRELIM.) [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Margaret Abe-Koga, Supervisor SECONDER: Sylvia Arenas, Vice President AYES: Arenas, Duong, Lee, Ellenberg, Abe-Koga
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39. Approve Fourth Amendment to Agreement with Marci A. Fernandez dba Buy Right Services relating to providing health promotion and communications services, increasing the maximum contract amount by $65,000 from $1,376,000 to $1,441,000, with no change to the term of the Agreement, that has been reviewed and approved by County Counsel as to form and legality. (ID# 130192) 39 RESULT: Approved Behavioral Health Services Department 40. Approve Agreement with Boston Consulting Group to provide consultation services in an amount not to exceed $1,200,000 for period September 21, 2026 through November 30, 2026 that has been reviewed and approved by County Counsel as to form and legality. A single source exception to competitive procurement has been approved by the Office of Countywide Contracting Management pursuant to Board of Supervisors Policy 5.6.5.1(D)(2)(a). (LA) (ID# 129980) 40 RESULT: Approved Employee Services Agency 41. Approve Fifth Amendment to Agreement with Concern relating to providing Employee Assistance Program services to County employees and their eligible dependents, increasing the maximum contract amount by $2,100,000 from $5,375,000 to $7,475,000, and extending the agreement for a 12-month period through December 31, 2027, that has been reviewed and approved by County Counsel as to form and legality. An exception to Board of Supervisors Policy 5.4.5.4, Length of Term of Contracts, has been approved by the Office of Countywide Contracting Management. (LA) (ID# 129823) 41 RESULT: Approved 42. Amend classification plan to abolish the classifications of Assistant Medical Examiner - Coroner - Non-Board Certified and Extra Help Assistant Medical Examiner - Coroner - Non-Board Certified. (ID# 130060) 42 RESULT: Approved 43. Adoption of Salary Ordinance No. NS-5.27.13, an Ordinance amending Santa Clara County Salary Ordinance No. NS-5.27 relating to compensation of employees deleting four Assistant Medical Examiner - Coroner or Assistant Medical Examiner - Coroner - Non-Board Certified positions and adding four Assistant Medical Examiner positions in the Office of the Medical Examiner and amending the Salary Schedule to delete the classifications of Assistant Medical ExaminerSummary of Proceedings
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Page 13 of 41 Coroner - Non-Board Certified and Extra Help Assistant Medical Examiner Coroner - Non-Board Certified. (ID# 130083) • Introduce and preliminarily adopt on September 15, 2026. • Adopt (Final) on October 6, 2026.
43 RESULT: ADOPTED (PRELIM.) [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Margaret Abe-Koga, Supervisor SECONDER: Sylvia Arenas, Vice President AYES: Arenas, Duong, Lee, Ellenberg, Abe-Koga
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44. Adoption of Salary Ordinance No. NS-5.27.15, an Ordinance amending Santa Clara County Salary Ordinance No. NS-5.27 relating to compensation of employees adjusting salaries for classifications represented by the Santa Clara County Government Attorneys Association (GAA) including extra help employees working in classifications represented by GAA, providing for a four percent general wage increase. (ID# 130327) • Introduce and preliminarily adopt on September 15, 2026. • Adopt (Final) on October 6, 2026.
44 RESULT: ADOPTED (PRELIM.) [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Margaret Abe-Koga, Supervisor SECONDER: Sylvia Arenas, Vice President AYES: Arenas, Duong, Lee, Ellenberg, Abe-Koga
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36. Approve Ninth Amendment to Interagency Agreement with the In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority relating to notifying the California Department of Social Services of changes to the Public Authority hourly rate adjusting the rate from $26.33 to $27.49 effective November 1, 2026, that has been reviewed and approved by County Counsel as to form and legality. (ID# 130134) 36 RESULT: Approved In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority 37. Approve Ninth Amendment to Interagency Agreement with the County of Santa Clara relating to notifying the California Department of Social Services of changes to the Public Authority hourly rate adjusting the rate from $26.33 to $27.49 effective November 1, 2026, that has been reviewed and approved by County Counsel as to form and legality. (ID# 130135) 37 RESULT: Approved Santa Clara Valley Healthcare 38. Held from August 25, 2026 (Item No. 31): Ratify Fourth Amendment to Agreement with Traditions Psychiatry Group, P.C., dba Traditions Behavioral Health, relating to providing psychiatric physician services, increasing the maximum contract amount by $15,000,000 from $41,000,000 to $56,000,000, with no change to the term of the Agreement, that has been reviewed and approved by County Counsel as to form and legality. (LA) (ID# 130340) 38 RESULT: Ratified
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50. Consider recommendations relating to sponsorship of Northern California Association of Vietnamese-American Dentists, Inc., (NCAVAD). (Duong) (ID# 130415) Possible action:
a. Approve waiver of Board of Supervisor's Policy 3.68.4.2 which requires approval of sponsorship at least 30 days before the event or activity. b. Approve County sponsorship of NCAVAD in the amount of $500 from the Supervisorial District Two allocation in the Office of the Clerk of the Board Fiscal Year 2026-2027 budget, to support its seventh annual NCAVAD Community Dental Care event for low-income and underserved individuals. Corrected to reflect the recipient of the sponsorship as "NCAVAD, Inc." 50 RESULT: Approved 51. Consider recommendations relating to sponsorship of San Jose Grail Family Services. (Duong) (ID# 130439) Possible action: a. Approve waiver of Board of Supervisor's Policy 3.68.4.2 which requires approval of sponsorship at least 30 days before the event or activity. b. Approve County sponsorship of San Jose Grail Family Services in the amount of $500 from the Supervisorial District Two allocation in the Office of the Clerk of the Board Fiscal Year 2026-2027 budget, to support the 2026 Annual Luncheon Fundraiser. 51 RESULT: Approved 52. Consider recommendations relating to sponsorship of History San Jose. (Duong) (ID# 130416) Possible action: a. Approve waiver of Board of Supervisor's Policy 3.68.4.2 which requires approval of sponsorship at least 30 days before the event or activity. b. Approve County sponsorship of History San Jose in the amount of $1,000 from the Supervisorial District Two allocation in the Office of the Clerk of the Board Fiscal Year 2026-2027 budget, to support the Valley of Heart's Delight Annual Fundraiser. 52 RESULT: Approved 53. Consider recommendations relating to sponsorship of GreenBoard Foothills Foundation. of Supervisors, County of Santa Clara September 15, 2026 (Duong) (ID# 130431) Possible action:
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Page 16 of 41 a. Approve waiver of Board of Supervisor's Policy 3.68.4.2 which requires approval of sponsorship at least 30 days before the event or activity. b. Approve County sponsorship of Green Foothills Foundation in the amount of $500 from the Supervisorial District Two allocation in the Office of the Clerk of the Board Fiscal Year 2026-2027 budget, to support the 2026 Nature's Inspiration event. 53 RESULT: Approved 54. Consider recommendations relating to sponsorship of Sunnyvale Community Services. (Lee) (ID# 130238) Possible action: a. Approve waiver of Board of Supervisor's Policy 3.68.4.2 which requires approval of sponsorship at least 30 days before the event or activity. b. Approve County sponsorship of Sunnyvale Community Services in the amount of $1,000 from the Supervisorial District Three allocation in the Office of the Clerk of the Board Fiscal Year 2026-2027 budget, to support the North County Resource Fair. 54 RESULT: Approved 55. Consider recommendations relating to sponsorship of San Jose Public Library Foundation. (Lee) (ID# 130380)
Board of Supervisors 45. Approve the nomination of Supervisor Susan Ellenberg as the County of Santa Clara Director, and Supervisor Otto Lee as the County of Santa Clara Alternate Director, to the Board of Directors of the California State Association of Counties for Association Year 2026-2027. (Lee) (ID# 130352) 45 RESULT: Approved 46. Consider recommendations relating to sponsorship of the City of San Jose, District Five. (Arenas) (ID# 130381) Possible action: a. Approve waiver of Board of Supervisor's Policy 3.68.4.2 which requires approval of sponsorship at least 30 days before the event or activity. b. Approve County sponsorship of the City of San Jose, District Five in the amount of $1,000 from the Supervisorial District One allocation in the Office of the Clerk of the Board Fiscal Year 2026-2027 budget, to support the Fourth Annual Lowrider Day in San Jose. 46 RESULT: Summary of Proceedings Approved Board of Supervisors, County of Santa Clara September 15, 2026
35. Approve delegation of authority to the County Executive, or designee, to negotiate, execute, amend, or terminate the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 agreement with the Bill Wilson Center relating to providing the Transitional Housing Placement Plus Program, in an amount not to exceed $7,000,000 and a contract term that starts no earlier than July 1, 2026, and ends no later than June 30, 2027, following approval by County Counsel as to form and legality, and approval by the Office of the County Executive. Delegation of authority shall expire on June 30, 2027. (LA) (ID# 130339) 35 RESULT: Approved
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Possible action: a. Approve waiver of Board of Supervisor's Policy 3.68.4.2 which requires approval of sponsorship at least 30 days before the event or activity. b. Approve County sponsorship of San Jose Public Library Foundation in the amount of $250 from the Supervisorial District Three allocation in the Office of the Clerk of the Board Fiscal Year 2026-2027 budget, to support Kristi Yamaguchi's Fourth Annual Family Literacy Festival. 55 RESULT: Approved 56. Consider recommendations relating to sponsorship of La Raza Historical Society of Santa Clara Valley. (Lee) (ID# 130382) Possible action: a. Approve waiver of Board of Supervisor's Policy 3.68.4.2 which requires approval of sponsorship at least 30 days before the event or activity.Board of Supervisors, County of Santa Clara
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b. Approve County sponsorship of La Raza Historical Society of Santa Clara Valley in the amount of $250 from the Supervisorial District Three allocation in the Office Page 17Year of 41 of the Clerk of the Board Fiscal Year 2026-2027 budget, to support their Ten Celebration. 56 RESULT: Approved 57. Consider recommendations relating to sponsorship of TMC Community Capital. (Lee) (ID# 130383) Possible action: a. Approve waiver of Board of Supervisor's Policy 3.68.4.2 which requires approval of sponsorship at least 30 days before the event or activity. b. Approve County sponsorship of TMC Community Capital in the amount of $250 from the Supervisorial District Three allocation in the Office of the Clerk of the Board Fiscal Year 2026-2027 budget, to support the Run Your Business 5K. 57 RESULT: Approved 58. Consider recommendations relating to sponsorship of City of San José, District Two. (Lee) (ID# 130386) Possible action: a. Approve waiver of Board of Supervisor's Policy 3.68.4.2 which requires approval of sponsorship at least 30 days before the event or activity. b. Approve County sponsorship of City of San Jose, District Two in the amount of $250 from the Supervisorial District Three allocation in the Office of the Clerk of the Board Fiscal Year 2026-2027 budget, to support Village Fest 2026. 58 RESULT: Approved 59. Consider recommendations relating to sponsorship of South Asian Cultural Association of Sunnyvale, Inc. (Lee) (ID# 130392) Possible action: a. Approve waiver of Board of Supervisor's Policy 3.68.4.2 which requires approval of sponsorship at least 30 days before the event or activity. b. Approve County sponsorship of South Asian Cultural Association of Sunnyvale, Inc., in the amount of $250 from the Supervisorial District Three allocation in the Office of the Clerk of the Board Fiscal Year 2026-2027 budget, to support the 2026 Sunnyvale Diwali Festival. 59 RESULT: Approved 60. Consider recommendations relating to sponsorship of South Vietnamese Navy Veterans - NorCal. (Lee) (ID# 130393) Page 18 of 41
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a. Approve waiver of Board of Supervisor's Policy 3.68.4.2 which requires approval of sponsorship at least 30 days before the event or activity. b. Approve County sponsorship of South Vietnamese Navy Veterans - NorCal in the amount of $250 from the Supervisorial District Three allocation in the Office of the Clerk of the Board Fiscal Year 2026-2027 budget, to support the Memorial Ceremony for Saint Tran Hung Dao. 60 RESULT: Approved 61. Consider recommendations relating to sponsorship of History San José. (Lee) (ID# 130394) Possible action: a. Approve waiver of Board of Supervisor's Policy 3.68.4.2 which requires approval of sponsorship at least 30 days before the event or activity. b. Approve County sponsorship of History San Jose in the amount of $250 from the Supervisorial District Three allocation in the Office of the Clerk of the Board Fiscal Year 2026-2027 budget, to support the Valley of Heart's Delight Annual Fundraiser. 61 RESULT: Approved 62. Consider recommendations relating to sponsorship of tUrn Climate Crisis Awareness and Action Project. (Lee) (ID# 130397) Possible action: a. Approve waiver of the requirement under Board of Supervisors Policy 3.68.2 that an "eligible organization" be a nonprofit organization defined by Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or a government entity. b. Approve waiver of Board of Supervisor's Policy 3.68.4.2 which requires approval of sponsorship at least 30 days before the event or activity. c. Approve County sponsorship of tUrn Climate Crisis Awareness and Action Project via their fiscal agent Santa Clara University in the amount of $250 from the Supervisorial District Three allocation in the Office of the Clerk of the Board Fiscal Year 2026-2027 budget, to support their Climate Action Week events. 62 RESULT: Approved 63. Approve County sponsorship of Gardner Family Health Network, Inc., in the amount of $500 from the Supervisorial District Three allocation in the Office of the Clerk of the Board Fiscal Year 2026-2027 budget, to support the Seventh Annual Dia de los Muertos Run-Walk. (Lee) (ID# 130400) Summary of Proceedings Board of Supervisors, County of Santa Clara
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64. Approve County sponsorship of La Raza Historical Society of Santa Clara Valley in the amount of $250 from the Supervisorial District Three allocation in the Office of the Clerk of the Board Fiscal Year 2026-2027 budget, to support the Celebration of Life - Dia de los Muertos. (Lee) (ID# 130401) 64 RESULT: Approved 65. Approve County sponsorship of Asian Pacific American Leadership Institute in the amount of $500 from the Supervisorial District Three and Five allocations in the Office of the Clerk of the Board Fiscal Year 2026-2027 budget, to support the SLAY Student Leadership Development Conference. (Lee/Abe-Koga) (ID# 130398) 65 RESULT: Approved 66. Consider recommendations relating to sponsorship of Bus Barn Stage Company dba Los Altos Stage Company. (Abe-Koga) (ID# 130189) Possible action: a. Approve waiver of Board of Supervisor's Policy 3.68.4.2 which requires approval of sponsorship at least 30 days before the event or activity. b. Approve County sponsorship of Bus Barn Stage Company dba Los Altos Stage Company in the amount of $250 from the Supervisorial District Five allocation in the Office of the Clerk of the Board Fiscal Year 2026-2027 budget, to support the Follies 2026 event. 66 RESULT: Approved 67. Approve County sponsorship of Mountain View Firefighters Random Acts in the amount of $500 from the Supervisorial District Five allocation in the Office of the Clerk of the Board Fiscal Year 2026-2027 budget, to support the 19th Annual Pancake Breakfast. (Abe-Koga) (ID# 130342) Corrected to read: "Approve County sponsorship of Mountain View Firefighters Random Acts in the amount of $2,500 from the Supervisorial District Five allocation in the Office of the Clerk of the Board Fiscal Year 2026-2027 budget, to support the 19th Annual Pancake Breakfast." 67 RESULT: Approved 68. Consider recommendations relating to sponsorship of Working Partnerships USA. (Abe-Koga) (ID# 130376) Possible action: a. Approve waiver of Board of Supervisor's Policy 3.68.4.2 which requires approval of sponsorship at least 30 days before the event or activity.Board of Supervisors, County of Santa Clara
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Pageof20$500 of 41 b. Approve County sponsorship of Working Partnerships USA in the amount from the Supervisorial District Five allocation in the Office of the Clerk of the Board Fiscal Year 2026-2027 budget, to support the 2026 Champions for Change Gala. 68 RESULT: Approved 69. Announce travel for elected officials as follows: a. Jeffrey F. Rosen, District Attorney, will travel to New York, NY to attend the Brennan Center for Justice Law Enforcement Leaders meeting on September 24 through 25, 2026. (ID# 130331) 69.a RESULT: Received 70. Pursuant to Government Code Section 53232.3(d), no member of the Board of Supervisors attended a meeting, as defined in Government Code Section 54952.2(a), at the expense of the County of Santa Clara for period August 20, 2026 through September 9, 2026. 70 RESULT: Received Finance and Government Operations Committee 71. Receive report from the Finance and Government Operations Committee relating to the meeting of August 18, 2026. (Duong) (ID# 130434) 71 RESULT: Received
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Transformative Climate Communities Grant Program as administered by the California Strategic Growth Council, in an amount not to exceed $27,500,000 for period September 15, 2026 through December 31, 2033, following approval by County Counsel as to form and legality, and approval by the Office of the County Executive. Delegation of authority shall expire on December 31, 2033. Resolution # BOS-2026-98 (ID# 130311) 74 RESULT: Adopted 75. Consider recommendations relating to the Santa Clara County Urban Forest Master Plan. California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA): Statutorily exempt pursuant to Section 15262 of the California Code of Regulations. (ID# 130278) Possible action: a. Receive report relating to the Santa Clara County Urban Forest Master Plan. b. Approve the Santa Clara County Urban Forest Master Plan. 75 RESULT: Approved
76. Adopt Resolution approving the Vietnamese American Service Center Marketing Plan and delegating authority to the County Executive, or designee, to negotiate, amend, execute, and terminate sponsorship agreements, following approval by County Counsel as to form and legality, and approval by the Office of the County Executive. Delegation of authority shall expire on September 15, 2031. Resolution # BOS-2026-99 (ID# 130323) 76 RESULT: Adopted 77. Consider recommendations relating to Conflict of Interest Codes. (ID# 130155) Possible action: a. Approve the Conflict of Interest Code for Silicon Valley Clean Energy Authority. b. Approve the Conflict of Interest Code for Bullis Charter School. c. Approve the Conflict of Interest Code for Franklin-McKinley School District. d. Approve the Conflict of Interest Code for Sunnyvale School District. 77 RESULT: Approved 78. Receive monthly status report relating to information requests and referrals to Administration. (ID# 130346) 78 RESULT: Received 79. Receive report relating to anticipated solicitations. (ID# 130267) 79 RESULT: Received Board of Supervisors, County of Santa Clara
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Office of Supportive Housing Page 22 of 41 80. Consider recommendations relating to real property located at 231 Grant Avenue, Palo Alto. (LA) (ID# 130075) Possible action: a. Approve Request for Appropriation Modification No. 28 - $1,800,000 increasing estimated expenditure appropriations in the Office of Supportive Housing budget relating to a loan to Mercy Housing and Abode Communities, or an affiliate, to support The Acacia affordable housing development. (4/5 Vote) b. Approve amended delegation of authority to the County Executive, or designee, to negotiate, execute, amend, or terminate all legal documents, including but not limited to contracts, loan agreements, regulatory agreements, funding agreements, deeds of trust, promissory notes, subordination agreements, and assignment agreements relating to the development of 110 apartments at The Acacia located at 231 Grant Avenue, Palo Alto, including one or more loans with 231 Grant, LLC, or affiliate, increasing the maximum loan amount by up to $1,800,000 from $37,000,000 to $38,800,000, following approval by County Counsel as to form and legality, and approval by the Office of the County Executive, and subject to Administration review of related due diligence matters and other standard requirements set forth in the final documentation. Delegation of authority shall expire on December 31, 2031. 80 RESULT: Approved 81. Consider recommendations relating to real property located at 14859 Los Gatos Boulevard, Los Gatos. (LA) Resolution # BOS-2026-100 (ID# 127502) Possible action:
a. Approve delegation of authority to the County Executive, or designee, to negotiate, execute, amend, or terminate all legal documents, including but not limited to contracts, loan agreements, deeds of trust, promissory notes, subordination agreements, assignment agreements, estoppels and other related agreements relating to one or more loans, in an amount not to exceed $2,000,000 in connection with the funding to and for the development by Eden Housing, Inc., or affiliate, of 67 new affordable housing units, plus one manager's unit, referred to as North 40 Phase II Affordable Housing Development to be located at 14859 Los Gatos Boulevard, Los Gatos, following approval by County Counsel as to form and legality, and approval by the Office of the County Executive, and subject to Administration review of related due diligence matters and other standard requirements set forth in the final documentation. Delegation of authority shall Summary of Proceedings Board of Supervisors, County of Santa Clara expire on December 31, 2031.
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b. Adopt Resolution as a responsible agency for the North 40 Phase II Affordable Housing project confirming that the Board has independently reviewedPage and 23 of 41 considered the information contained in the administrative record for the project, and making required California Environmental Quality Act findings. 81 RESULT: Approved 82. Consider recommendations relating to agreements for the Safe Parking Program in Palo Alto. (ID# 130289) Possible action: a. Approve amended delegation of authority to the County Executive, or designee, to negotiate, execute, amend, or terminate Revenue Agreement with the City of Palo Alto relating to providing safe parking services, increasing the maximum delegated amount by $295,004 from $392,849 to $687,853, and extending the delegated contract term limit through June 30, 2027, following approval by County Counsel as to form and legality, and approval by the Office of the County Executive. Delegation of authority shall expire on June 30, 2027. b. Approve delegation of authority to the County Executive, or designee, to negotiate, amend, or terminate new and existing no cost lease agreements with the City of Palo Alto relating to the safe parking programs and contract terms that start no earlier than September 16, 2026 and end no later than June 30, 2031, following approval by County Counsel as to form and legality, and approval by the Office of the County Executive. Delegation of authority shall expire on June 30, 2031. 82 RESULT: Approved Procurement Department
Health and Hospital Committee 72. Receive report from the Health and Hospital Committee relating to the meeting of August 19, 2026. (Lee) (ID# 130374) 72 RESULT: Received County Executive 73. Under advisement from May 11, 2026 (Item No. 5c): Approve Request for Appropriation Modification No. 18 - $2,931,926 rebudgeting unspent expenditure appropriations from Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-2026 to FY 2026-2027 in the Supervisorial District Offices budgets. (4/5 Vote) (ID# 129826) 73 RESULT: Approved 74. Held from August 25, 2026 (Item No. 61): Adopt Resolution delegating authority to the County Executive, or designee, to negotiate, execute, amend, terminate, and take any and all necessary or advisable actions relating to obtaining and disbursing grant funds, if awarded, including but not limited to the grant application, agreements, budgets, amendments, and payment requests relating to the Page 21 of 41
83. Consider recommendations relating to agreements for unarmed security services at County Facilities. (LA) (ID# 130294) Possible action: a. Approve Tenth Amendment to Agreement No. CW2232418 with First Alarm Security and Patrol, Inc., dba First Security Services (First Security), relating to providing security guard services at O'Connor Hospital, increasing the maximum contract amount by $550,000 from $20,920,000 to $21,470,000, and extending the Agreement for a nine-month period through June 30, 2027, that has been reviewed and approved by County Counsel as to form and legality. An exception to Board of Supervisors Policy 5.4.5.4, Length of Term of Contracts, has been approved by the Office of Countywide Contracting Management. b. Approve Ninth Amendment to Agreement No. CW2232457 with First Security, relating to providing security guard services at Saint LouiseBoard Regional Hospital and Summary of Proceedings of Supervisors, County of Santa Clara De Paul Health Center, increasing the maximum contract amount by $820,000 Septemberfrom 15, 2026 $6,190,000 to $7,010,000, and extending the Agreement for a nine-month period Page 24 of 41 through June 30, 2027, that has been reviewed and approved by County Counsel as to form and legality. An exception to Board of Supervisors Policy 5.4.5.4, Length of Term of Contracts, has been approved by the Office of Countywide Contracting Management.
c. Approve Eighteenth Amendment to Agreement No. CW2249150 with Bastion Security Services relating to providing security guard services for various County Departments, increasing the maximum contract amount by $2,400,000 from $25,890,000 to $28,290,000, and extending the Agreement for a nine-month period
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$6,190,000 to $7,010,000, and extending the Agreement for a nine-month period through June 30, 2027, that has been reviewed and approved by County Counsel as to form and legality. An exception to Board of Supervisors Policy 5.4.5.4, Length of Term of Contracts, has been approved by the Office of Countywide Contracting Management.
c. Approve Eighteenth Amendment to Agreement No. CW2249150 with Bastion Security Services relating to providing security guard services for various County Departments, increasing the maximum contract amount by $2,400,000 from $25,890,000 to $28,290,000, and extending the Agreement for a nine-month period through June 30, 2027, that has been reviewed and approved by County Counsel as to form and legality. An exception to Board of Supervisors Policy 5.4.5.4, Length of Term of Contracts, has been approved by the Office of Countywide Contracting Management. d. Approve Fourth Amendment to Agreement No. CW2257490 with HSS California, Inc., relating to providing security guard services at Regional Medical Center, increasing the maximum contract amount by $4,186,000 from $3,470,000 to $7,656,000, and extending the Agreement for an eight-month period through June 30, 2027, that has been reviewed and approved by County Counsel as to form and legality. 83 RESULT: Approved Technology Services and Solutions Department 84. Consider recommendations relating to transfer of funds for four new Information Technology projects. (ID# 130209) Possible action: a. Approve Request for Appropriation Modification No. 21 - $1,419,260 transferring funds within the Technology Services and Solutions Department (TSS) budget, relating to divesting funds from five completed Information Technology (IT) projects and returning funds to the IT Stability Fund. (4/5 Vote) b. Approve Request for Appropriation Modification No. 22 - $8,992,617 transferring funds within the TSS budget relating to the IT Stability Fund and increasing expenditure appropriations for four new IT projects. (4/5 Vote) 84 RESULT: Approved 85. Approve amended delegation of authority to the County Executive, or designee, to negotiate, execute, amend, or terminate master service agreements with the existing qualified pool of 119 vendors relating to providing information technology professional services, including healthcare, increasing the maximum delegated amount by $18,000,000 from $145,899,103 to $163,899,103, with no change to the Summary of Proceedings Board of Supervisors, County of Santa Clara delegated contract term, following approval by County Counsel as to form and 15, 2026 September Page legality, and approval by the Office of the County Executive. Delegation of 25 of 41 authority shall expire on June 30, 2029. (LA) (ID# 130225) 85 RESULT: Approved County Counsel 86. Under advisement from August 25, 2026 (Item No. 14): Adopt Resolution reaffirming the County’s unwavering commitment to supporting voting rights for all Santa Clara County community members, including the Black/African Ancestry community. Resolution # BOS-2026-101 (ID# 130279) 86 RESULT: Adopted Boards and Commissions 87. Approve travel to Los Angeles for Planning Commissioners Roseryn Hessabi, Bob Levy, Michael Brilliot, and Jennifer Hetterly to attend the American Planning Association California 2026 Conference scheduled for October 3 through 6, 2026. (ID# 130281) 87 RESULT: Approved 88. Approve Fiscal Year 2026-2027 annual work plans for the following Boards and Commissions: (ID# 129987) a. Health Advisory Commission b. Planning Commission c. Race and Health Disparities Community Board 88 RESULT: Approved 89. Receive announcement of appointments and reappointments by individual Board members to various Boards and Commissions: a. Supervisor Lee: (ID# 130378) i. Reappoints Kim McIntyre to the Animal Advisory Commission, seat number 7. ii. Appoints Leslie Oberhelman to the Behavioral Health Board, seat number 7. iii. Appoints Sophia Yevoo to the Commission on the Status of Women, seat number 9. iv. Reappoints Niabi Gallegos to the Domestic Violence Council, seat number 6. v. Reappoints Elinor Stetson to the Health Advisory Commission, seat number 5. vi. Reappoints Bill Hare to the Historical Heritage Commission, seat number 5. Board of Supervisors, County of Santa Clara vii. Appoints Guy Johnson to the Human Rights Commission, seat number 11. September 15, 2026 Page 26 of 41
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b. Supervisor Ellenberg: (ID# 130328) i. Appoints Erin O'Brien to the Behavioral Health Board, seat number 2. 89.b RESULT: Received 90. Approve Board-As-a-Whole appointments and reappointments to various Boards and Commissions: a. Supervisor Duong nominates: (ID# 130436) i. Jean Cohen for appointment to the 2025 Measure A Independent Citizens' Oversight Committee, seat number 4. 90.a RESULT: Approved b. Supervisor Lee nominates: (ID# 130237) i. Kylie Clark for appointment to the 2025 Measure A Independent Citizens' Oversight Committee, seat number 7. ii. Sandra Murillo-Gonzales for appointment to the 2025 Measure A Independent Citizens' Oversight Committee, seat number 2. iii. Francesca Herrick for appointment to the Community Correction and Law Enforcement Monitoring Committee, seat number 3. iv. David Bini for appointment to the Fairgrounds Management Corporation Board of Directors, seat number 2. 90.b RESULT: Approved c. Supervisor Abe-Koga nominates: (ID# 130391) i. Rob Lindo to the 2025 Measure A Independent Citizens' Oversight Committee, seat number 6. 90.c RESULT: Approved 91. Consider recommendations relating to appointments to the Santa Clara County Emergency Medical Care Committee. (ID# 129914) Possible action: a. Appoint Joshua Lauro to the Santa Clara County Emergency Medical Care Committee, seat number 2. b. Appoint Theresa Salas to the Santa Clara County Emergency Medical Care Committee, as the alternate to seat number 2. 91 RESULT: Approved Page 27 of 41
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92. Approve Request for Appropriation Modification No. 33 - $98,626 increasing estimated revenue and expenditure appropriations in the Office of the District Attorney budget, relating to grant programs. (4/5 Vote) (ID# 130224) 92 RESULT: Approved Office of the Sheriff 93. Consider recommendations relating to Agreement with Town of Los Altos Hills for law enforcement services provided by the Office of the Sheriff. (ID# 130317) Possible action: a. Approve Agreement with Town of Los Altos Hills relating to law enforcement services for period October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2031, with one five-year extension option, that has been reviewed and approved by County Counsel as to form and legality. b. Approve Request for Appropriation Modification No. 37 - $2,647,220 increasing estimated revenue and expenditure appropriations in the Office of the Sheriff, County Communications Department, Facilities and Fleet Department, and Technology Services and Solutions Department budgets, relating to supporting law enforcement services. (4/5 Vote) 93 RESULT: Approved 94. Adoption of Salary Ordinance No. NS-5.27.16, an Ordinance amending Santa Clara County Salary Ordinance No. NS-5.27 relating to compensation of employees, updating Footnotes 933 and 944 and removing the September 30, 2026 expiration date for 13 positions in the Office of the Sheriff and County Communications Department supporting law enforcement services for the Town of Los Altos Hills. (ID# 130319) • Introduce and preliminarily adopt on September 15, 2026. • Adopt (Final) on October 6, 2026.
94 RESULT: ADOPTED (PRELIM.) [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Margaret Abe-Koga, Supervisor SECONDER: Sylvia Arenas, Vice President AYES: Arenas, Duong, Lee, Ellenberg, Abe-Koga
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k. Adopt Commendation for San Jose Police Foundation for 20 years of supporting public safety, the first responders who maintain it, and their families in San Jose and throughout Santa Clara County. (Duong) (ID# 130426) 97.k RESULT: Adopted
l. Adopt Commendation for Biblioteca Latinoamericana for 50 years of providing culturally competent Spanish-language library services and offerings to the people of San Jose and Santa Clara County. (Duong) (ID# 130427) 97.l RESULT: Adopted m. Adopt Commendation for Sylvia Kennedy for her passionate and tireless legal work on behalf of seniors, the less fortunate, and historically marginalized communities of Santa Clara County. (Duong/Arenas) (ID# 130429) 97.m RESULT: Adopted n. Adopt Commendation for the Committee for the Confucius Memorial Ceremony for its success over the past 45 years, honoring the teachers who serve the Bay Area communities. (Lee) (ID# 130405) 97.n RESULT: Adopted o. Adopt Commendation for The Health Trust on its 30th anniversary, honoring decades of leadership and service toward improving the health of Silicon Valley. (Lee) (ID# 130406) 97.o RESULT: Adopted p. Adopt Commendation for the South Asian Cultural Association of Sunnyvale on the occasion of its 2026 Sunnyvale Diwali Festival, for its promotion of cultural diversity and unity in Santa Clara County. (Lee) (ID# 130408) 97.p RESULT: Adopted q. Adopt Commendation for the Santa Clara County La Raza Lawyers Association for its enduring commitment to advancing opportunity and equitable representation in the legal profession. (Lee) (ID# 130409) Deleted at the request of President Lee. 97.q RESULT: Deleted
Finance Agency 95. Consider recommendations relating to appropriation modifications and reporting requirements needed to finalize revenue and expenditure appropriations for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-2026 and carry forward certain appropriations to FY 2026-2027. Summary of Proceedings Board of Supervisors, County of Santa Clara (ID# 130235)
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a. Receive report relating to FY 2025-2026 appropriation modifications and year-end clean-up. b. Approve Revised Request for Appropriation Modification No. 1 - $172,376,829 rebudgeting unspent expenditure appropriations and corresponding revenue and estimated use of fund balance from FY 2025-2026 to FY 2026-2027 to support continuation of one-time and multi-year funded projects and grants not completed during FY 2025-2026 previously approved on June 23, 2026 (Item No. 75). (4/5 Vote) c. Approve Request for Appropriation Modification No. 1A - $291,986,371 rebudgeting estimated unspent expenditure appropriations relating to encumbrances and funded projects from FY 2025-2026 to FY 2026-2027 to support continuation of one-time and multi-year funded projects and grants not completed during FY 2025-2026. (4/5 Vote) d. Approve Request for Appropriation Modification No. YE002 - $549,232 increasing FY 2025-2026 revenue and expenditure appropriations to meet regulatory obligations required to close the fiscal year-end balance to defined parameters. (4/5 Vote) 95 RESULT: Approved 96. Adopt Resolution authorizing the Franklin-McKinley School District to sell on its own behalf Election of 2026 General Obligation Bonds in an amount not to exceed $19,300,000. Resolution # BOS-2026-102 (ID# 130171) 96 RESULT: Adopted Commendations and Proclamations
r. Adopt Proclamation declaring October 10, 2026 as "National Day of the Republic of China (Taiwan)" in recognition of this historic 115th Anniversary. (Lee) (ID# 130410) 97.r RESULT: Adopted Summary of Proceedings
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Page 31 of 41 s. Adopt Commendation for Santa Clara Swim Club in celebration of their 75th anniversary. (Ellenberg) (ID# 130422) 97.s RESULT: Adopted
t. Adopt Commendation for Stacy Thurber as she retires after over 28 years of service to the County of Santa Clara. (Department of Child Support Services) (ID# 130131) 97.t RESULT: Adopted u. Adopt Commendation for Robert Sacasa as he retires after 37 years of service to the County of Santa Clara. (Social Services Agency) (ID# 129791) 97.u RESULT: Adopted Parks and Recreation Department 98. Approve Revised Request for Appropriation Modification No. 4 - $116,105,099 rebudgeting unspent expenditure appropriations and estimated use of fund balance from Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-2026 to FY 2026-2027 within the Parks and Recreation Department budget, to support continuation of one-time and multi-year funded projects not completed during FY 2025-2026 previously approved on June 23, 2026 (Item No. 119). (4/5 Vote) (ID# 129315) 98 RESULT: Approved 99. Consider recommendations relating to Professional Services Agreements (PSAs) for Comprehensive Architectural and Engineering Consultant Services. (ID# 130149) Possible action:
97. Commendations and Proclamations. (See Item No. 5) a. Adopt Proclamation declaring September 16, 2026 as "Mexican Independence Day" in Santa Clara County. (Arenas) (ID# 128368) 97.a RESULT: Adopted b. Adopt Commendation for Working Partnerships USA for its unwavering dedication to building local power, advancing equity, and uplifting the voices of working families on the occasion of its 2026 Champions for Change Gala. (Arenas) (ID# 130333) 97.b RESULT: Adopted c. Adopt Commendation for Green Foothills for its unwavering dedication to Board of Supervisors, County of Santa Clara protecting local nature, advancing climate resilience, and inspiring generations of2026 September 15, environmental stewards on the occasion of its 2026 Nature's Inspiration event. Page 29 of 41 (Arenas) (ID# 130379) 97.c RESULT: Adopted Summary of Proceedings
d. Adopt Proclamation declaring October 1, 2026 as "National Latine Physicians Day" in Santa Clara County. (Arenas) (ID# 130395) 97.d RESULT: Adopted e. Adopt Commendation for UC Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County for their dedication to share home horticulture information from the University of California to the Santa Clara County community on the occasion of the UC Master Gardener Fall Garden Fair at Martial Cottle Park. (Arenas) (ID# 130396) 97.e RESULT: Adopted f. Adopt Commendation for Story Road Business Association for preserving Vietnamese heritage and celebrating cultural diversity in Santa Clara County on the occasion of their Second Annual Story Road Moon Festival. (Arenas/Duong) (ID# 130432) 97.f RESULT: Adopted g. Adopt Commendation for On Lok for 55 years of leadership and dedicated service to older adults, and for its continued commitment to advancing health, independence, dignity, and quality of life for seniors throughout Santa Clara County and beyond. (Duong) (ID# 130285) 97.g RESULT: Adopted h. Adopt Commendation for David Huerta for his unwavering commitment to building worker power, advancing immigrant and workers’ rights, and fighting for justice in Santa Clara County and beyond. (Duong) (ID# 130322) 97.h RESULT: Adopted i. Adopt Commendation for Brian Adams in honor of his distinguished contributions to broadcasting and education and his recognition as History San José’s 2026 Valley Legend. (Duong) (ID# 130417) 97.i RESULT: Adopted j. Adopt Commendation for Erin Salazar in honor of her leadership in supporting local artists and expanding access to public art and creative spaces and her recognition as History San José’s 2026 History Maker. (Duong) (ID# 130418) 97.j RESULT: Adopted Page 30 of 41
a. Approve Second Amendment to PSA with Page & Turnbull, Inc., relating to providing comprehensive architectural and engineering services, with no change to the maximum contract amount, and extending the agreement for a 24-month period through March 8, 2029, that has been reviewed and approved by County Counsel as to form and legality. An exception to Board of Supervisors Policy 5.4.5.4, Length of Term of Contracts, has been approved by the Office of Countywide Contracting Management. b. Approve Fourth Amendment to PSA with LPA, Inc., relating to providing comprehensive architectural and engineering services, with no change to the maximum contract amount, and extending the agreement for a 24-month period through March 8, 2029, that has been reviewed and approved by County Counsel as to form and legality. An exception to Board of Supervisors Policy 5.4.5.4, Length of Term of Contracts, has been approved by the Office of Countywide Contracting Management. Summary of Proceedings Board of Supervisors, County of Santa Clara September 15, 2026
c. Approve Second Amendment to PSA with Treanor, Inc., relating to providing Page 32 of 41 comprehensive architectural and engineering services, with no change to the maximum contract amount, and extending the agreement for a 24-month period through March 8, 2029, that has been reviewed and approved by County Counsel as to form and legality. An exception to Board of Supervisors Policy 5.4.5.4, Length of Term of Contracts, has been approved by the Office of Countywide Contracting Management. d. Authorize the County Executive, or designee, to be the Owner's Authorized Representative to negotiate, execute, amend, terminate, and take any and all necessary or advisable actions relating to all three PSAs, including issuance of Project Agreements for services during the term of each consultant's PSA, following approval by County Counsel as to form and legality, and approval by the Office of the County Executive. Delegation of authority shall expire on March 8, 2029. 99 RESULT: Approved 100. Consider recommendations relating to Professional Services Agreements (PSAs) for Environmental Consulting Services. (LA) (ID# 130150) Possible action: a. Approve First Amendment to PSA with Dudek relating to providing environmental compliance consultant services, with no change to the maximum contract amount, and extending the agreement for a 24-month period through September 27, 2028, that has been reviewed and approved by County Counsel as to form and legality. An exception to Board of Supervisors Policy 5.4.5.4, Length of Term of Contracts, has been approved by the Office of Countywide Contracting Management. b. Approve First Amendment to PSA with Rincon Consultants, Inc., relating to providing environmental compliance consultant services, increasing the maximum contract amount by $1,000,000 from $1,500,000 to $2,500,000, and extending the agreement for a 24-month period through September 27, 2028, that has been reviewed and approved by County Counsel as to form and legality. An exception to Board of Supervisors Policy 5.4.5.4, Length of Term of Contracts, has been approved by the Office of Countywide Contracting Management. c. Approve First Amendment to PSA with SWCA, Inc., dba SWCA Environmental Consultants, relating to providing environmental compliance consultant services, with no change to the maximum contract amount, and extending the agreement for a 24-month period through September 27, 2028, that has been reviewed and approved by County Counsel as to form and legality. An exception to Board of Supervisors Policy 5.4.5.4, Length of Term of Contracts, has been approved by the Office of Countywide Contracting Management. Page 33 of 41
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d. Approve Second Amendment to PSA with AECOM Technical Services, Inc., relating to providing environmental compliance consultant services, with no change to the maximum contract amount, and extending the agreement for a 12-month period through September 27, 2027, that has been reviewed and approved by County Counsel as to form and legality. An exception to Board of Supervisors Policy 5.4.5.4, Length of Term of Contracts, has been approved by the Office of Countywide Contracting Management. e. Authorize the County Executive, or designee, to be the Owner's Authorized Representative to negotiate, execute, amend, terminate, and take any and all necessary or advisable actions relating to all four PSAs, including issuance of Project Agreements for services during the term of each consultant's PSA, following approval by County Counsel as to form and legality, and approval by the Office of the County Executive. Delegation of authority shall expire on September 27, 2028. 100 RESULT: Approved 101. Consider recommendations relating to Professional Services Agreements (PSAs) for Comprehensive Planning Consultant Services. (ID# 130156) Possible action: a. Approve Third Amendment to PSA with BFS Landscape Architects relating to providing comprehensive planning consultant services, increasing the maximum contract amount by $1,500,000 from $1,500,000 to $3,000,000, and extending the agreement for a 24-month period through October 18, 2028, that has been reviewed and approved by County Counsel as to form and legality. An exception to Board of Supervisors Policy 5.4.5.4, Length of Term of Contracts, has been approved by the Office of Countywide Contracting Management. b. Approve Second Amendment to PSA with RHAA Landscape Architecture and Planning relating to providing comprehensive planning consultant services, with no change to the maximum contract amount, and extending the agreement for a 24month period through October 18, 2028, that has been reviewed and approved by County Counsel as to form and legality. An exception to Board of Supervisors Policy 5.4.5.4, Length of Term of Contracts, has been approved by the Office of Countywide Contracting Management.
c. Approve Third Amendment to PSA with RRM Design Group relating to providing comprehensive planning consultant services, increasing the maximum contract amount by $1,500,000 from $3,000,000 to $4,500,000, and extending the agreement for a 24-month period through October 18, 2028, that has been reviewed Summary of Proceedings Board of Supervisors, County of Santa Clara and approved by County Counsel as to form and legality. An exception toSeptember Board of 15, 2026 Supervisors Policy 5.4.5.4, Length Term of Contracts, by the d. Approve First Amendment to PSA of with Wallace Roberts has and been Todd,approved LLC, relating Office of Countywide Contracting Management. to providing comprehensive planning consultant services, with no change to the maximum contract amount, and extending the agreement for a 24-month period Page 34 of 41 through October 18, 2028, that has been reviewed and approved by County Counsel as to form and legality. An exception to Board of Supervisors Policy 5.4.5.4, Length of Term of Contracts, has been approved by the Office of Countywide Contracting Management. e. Approve Third Amendment to PSA with Zander Westbrook Design relating to providing comprehensive planning consultant services, with no change to the maximum contract amount, and extending the agreement for a 24-month period through October 18, 2028, that has been reviewed and approved by County Counsel as to form and legality. An exception to Board of Supervisors Policy 5.4.5.4, Length of Term of Contracts, has been approved by the Office of Countywide Contracting Management. f. Authorize the County Executive, or designee, to be the Owner's Authorized Representative to negotiate, execute, amend, terminate, and take any and all necessary or advisable actions relating to all five PSAs, including issuance of Project Agreements for services during the term of each consultant's PSA, following approval by County Counsel as to form and legality, and approval by the Office of the County Executive. Delegation of authority shall expire on October 18, 2028. 101 RESULT: Approved Roads and Airports Department 102. Adopt Resolution establishing One-way Stop control for intersection of Winding Way with Eastbrook Avenue. Resolution # BOS-2026-103 (ID# 130168) 102 RESULT: Adopted 103. Adopt Resolution establishing One-way Stop control for intersection of Par Avenue with Eastbrook Avenue. Resolution # BOS-2026-104 (ID# 130169) 103 RESULT: Adopted 104. Adopt Resolution establishing All-Way Stop Control for intersection of Uvas Road with Watsonville Road. Resolution # BOS-2026-105 (ID# 130200) 104 RESULT: Adopted 105. Approve First Amendment to Agreement with Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc., relating to providing environmental engineering consulting services, increasing the maximum contract amount by $100,000 from $300,000 to $400,000, and extending the agreement for an eight-month period through June 30, 2027, that has been Summary of Proceedings Board of Supervisors, County of Santa Clara reviewed and approved by County Counsel as to form and legality. An exception to September 15, 2026 Page 35 of 41 Board of Supervisors Policy 5.4.5.4, Length of Term of Contracts, has been approved by the Office of Countywide Contracting Management. (LA) (ID# 130199) 105 RESULT: Approved 106. Ratify Grant Application submitted by the Roads and Airports Department to Federal Highway Administration, relating to grant funding for Advance Transportation Technology and Innovation Competitive Grant Program in the amount of $6,200,000 for Federal Fiscal Years 2025 and 2026. (ID# 130117) 106 RESULT: Ratified Facilities and Fleet Department 107. Approve Revised Request for Appropriation Modification No. 2 - $15,916,989 rebudgeting unspent expenditure appropriations and estimated use of fund balance from Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-2026 to FY 2026-2027 within the Facilities and Fleet Department, Fleet Management budget, relating to vehicle purchases not completed during FY 2025-2026 previously approved on June 23, 2026 (Item No. 119). (4/5 Vote) (ID# 129865) 107 RESULT: Approved 108. Approve Revised Request for Appropriation Modification No. 3 - $561,692,720 rebudgeting unspent expenditure appropriations and estimated use of fund balance from Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-2026 to FY 2026-2027 within the Facilities and Fleet Department budget, to support continuation of one-time and multi-year funded projects not completed during FY 2025-2026 previously approved on June 23, 2026 (Item No. 119). (4/5 Vote) (ID# 130089) 108 RESULT: Approved 109. Approve no-cost Construction License Agreement with Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority relating to providing a license for the Bascom Complete Streets Project for period September 15, 2026 through September 14, 2033, with three one-year extension options, that has been reviewed and approved by County Counsel as to form and legality. An exception to Board of Supervisors Policy 5.4.5.4 Length of Term of Contracts, has been approved by the Office of Countywide Contracting Management. (ID# 126018) 109 RESULT: Approved 110. Approve delegation of authority to the County Executive, or designee, to negotiate, execute, amend, or terminate sales contracts relating to selling the County's Renewable Energy Certificates at no cost to the County and contract terms that start no earlier than September 16, 2026 and end no later than September 15, 2031, following approval by County Counsel as to form and legality, and approval by the Page 36 of 41
$2,739,197 and a contract term that starts no earlier than October 1, 2026 and ends no later than September 30, 2031, following approval by County Counsel as to form and legality, and approval by the Office of the County Executive. Delegation of authority shall expire on March 31, 2037. 113 RESULT: Approved 114. Consider recommendations relating to Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC) Campus Landscape Improvements project (Capital Project No. 263CP18011). (LA) (ID# 129268) Possible action:
PUBLIC NOTICES a. Approve Request for Appropriation Modification No. 23 - $1,500,000 transferring funds within the Facilities and Fleet Department budget.
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Office of the County Executive. Delegation of authority shall expire on September 15, 2031. (ID# 129883) 110 RESULT: Approved 111. Approve Request for Appropriation Modification No. 19 - $550,000 transferring funds within the Facilities and Fleet Department budget relating to the Saint Louise Regional Hospital MRI Canopy Project (Project No. 263-CP24013). (ID# 129928) 111 RESULT: Approved
112. Consider recommendations relating to the Valley Health Center Morgan Hill - Air Handing Unit 3 & 5 Replacement project (Project No. 263-CP19019-3). California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA): Exempt from CEQA pursuant to Section 15303 of the CEQA Guidelines. (ID# 130053) Possible action: a. Award contract to Mesa Energy Systems, Inc., in the amount of $1,927,307 with a construction time of 365 calendar days. b. Approve encumbrance of $300,000 as Supplemental Work Allowance for a total encumbered amount of $2,227,307. c. Authorize the County Executive, or designee, to be the Owner's Authorized Representative, to negotiate, execute, amend, terminate, and take all necessary or advisable actions relating to the Contract, including authority to issue Change Orders, as necessary, consistent with Public Contract Code section 20142. d. Ratify Addendum to Bid Documents Nos. 1-4 which modified or clarified the Bid Documents in response to contractor questions. 112 RESULT: Approved 113. Consider recommendations relating to Fourth Amendment for Lease Agreement at 125 Ciro Avenue, Suite 201, San Jose. (LA) (ID# 130088) Possible action: a. Approve Fourth Amendment to Lease Agreement with O'Connor Building, LLC, relating to providing approximately 13,436 rentable square feet of medical office space located at 125 Ciro Avenue, Suite 201, San Jose, increasing the maximum contract amount by $2,739,197 from $3,863,479 to $6,602,676, plus common area maintenance operating increases, and extending the agreement for a 60-month period with one five-year extension option, that has been reviewed and approved by County Counsel as to form and legality. b. Approve delegation of authority to the County Executive, orBoard designee, to negotiate, of Supervisors, County of Santa Clara execute, amend, or terminate Lease Agreement with O'Connor Building, LLC, September 15, 2026 relating to providing approximately 13,436 rentable square feet of medical Page 37office of 41 space located at 125 Ciro Avenue, Suite 201, San Jose, in an amount not to exceed $2,739,197 and a contract term that starts no earlier than October 1, 2026 and ends no later than September 30, 2031, following approval by County Counsel as to form and legality, and approval by the Office of the County Executive. Delegation of authority shall expire on March 31, 2037. 113 RESULT: Approved Summary of Proceedings
114. Consider recommendations relating to Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC) Campus Landscape Improvements project (Capital Project No. 263CP18011). (LA) (ID# 129268) Possible action: a. Approve Request for Appropriation Modification No. 23 - $1,500,000 transferring funds within the Facilities and Fleet Department budget.
b. Approve an increase in the Supplemental Work Allowance (SWA) for the SCVMC Campus Landscape Improvements, Contract No. 18-14, awarded to California Plus Engineering, Inc., increasing the SWA by $1,500,000 from $4,126,553 to $5,626,553, for a new total contract encumbrance of $28,960,000. 114 RESULT: Approved Office of the Assessor 115. Approve Request for Appropriation Modification No. 36 - $2,060,308 transferring funds from the General Fund Contingency Reserve to the Department of Tax and Collections and the Office of the Clerk of the Board budgets, relating to the property tax data exchange and integration work for the Assessor’s Property Records & Information System Modernization (PRISM) project. (4/5 Vote) (ID# 130310) 115 RESULT: Approved Final Adoption of Ordinances
116. Adoption of Salary Ordinance No. NS-5.27.08, an Ordinance amending Santa Clara County Salary Ordinance No. NS-5.27 relating to compensation of employees deleting one Business Intelligence Analyst or Associate Business Intelligence Analyst position and adding one Senior Business Intelligence Analyst position in Technology Services and Solutions Department. (ID# 129893) • Introduce and preliminarily adopt on August 25, 2026. Summary of Proceedings • Adopt (Final) on September 15, 2026.
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116 RESULT: ADOPTED (FINAL) [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Margaret Abe-Koga, Supervisor SECONDER: Sylvia Arenas, Vice President AYES: Arenas, Duong, Lee, Ellenberg, Abe-Koga
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117. Adoption of Salary Ordinance No. NS-5.27.09, an Ordinance amending Santa Clara County Salary Ordinance No. NS-5.27 relating to compensation of employees deleting one Project Manager position and adding one Program Manager II position in the Social Services Agency. (ID# 130050) • Introduce and preliminarily adopt on August 25, 2026. • Adopt (Final) on September 15, 2026.
AYES:
Arenas, Duong, Lee, Ellenberg, Abe-Koga
118. Adoption of Salary Ordinance No. NS-5.27.10, an Ordinance amending Santa Clara County Salary Ordinance No. NS-5.27 relating to compensation of employees adjusting the salary for the Senior Cytotechnologist classification. (ID# 130017) • Introduce and preliminarily adopt on August 25, 2026. • Adopt (Final) on September 15, 2026.
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118 RESULT: ADOPTED (FINAL) [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Margaret Abe-Koga, Supervisor SECONDER: Sylvia Arenas, Vice President AYES: Arenas, Duong, Lee, Ellenberg, Abe-Koga
119. Adoption of Salary Ordinance No. NS-5.27.11, an Ordinance amending Santa Clara County Salary Ordinance No. NS-5.27 relating to compensation of employees legals@losgatan.com deleting one Application Developer or Associate Application Developer position and adding one Senior Application Developer position in Technology Services and Solutions Department. (ID# 130051) • Introduce and preliminarily adopt on August 25, 2026. • Adopt (Final) on September 15, 2026.
119 RESULT: ADOPTED (FINAL) [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Margaret Abe-Koga, Supervisor SECONDER: Sylvia Arenas, Vice President AYES: Arenas, Duong, Lee, Ellenberg, Abe-Koga 120. Adoption of Salary Ordinance No. NS-5.27.12, an Ordinance amending Santa Summary of Proceedings Board of Supervisors, County of Santa Clara Clara County Salary Ordinance No. NS-5.27 relating to removing the expiration September 15, 2026 footnotes of September 30, 2026 for 34 positions in the Office of the Sheriff and Pagefor 39 the of 41 County Communications Department supporting law enforcement services City of Saratoga. (ID# 130107) • Introduce and preliminarily adopt on August 25, 2026. • Adopt (Final) on September 15, 2026.
120 RESULT: ADOPTED (FINAL) [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Margaret Abe-Koga, Supervisor SECONDER: Sylvia Arenas, Vice President AYES: Arenas, Duong, Lee, Ellenberg, Abe-Koga 121. Adoption of Salary Ordinance No. NS-20.26.02, an Ordinance amending Santa Clara County Executive Leadership Salary Ordinance No. NS-20.26 relating to compensation of employees adding one Director, Child Welfare Compliance Office position in Social Services Agency. (ID# 130069) • Introduce and preliminarily adopt on August 25, 2026. • Adopt (Final) on September 15, 2026.
This Ordinance amends the Executive Leadership Salary Ordinance to amend the compensation and benefits for executive leadership. 121 RESULT: ADOPTED (FINAL) [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Margaret Abe-Koga, Supervisor SECONDER: Sylvia Arenas, Vice President AYES: Summary of Proceedings Arenas, Duong, Lee, Ellenberg, Abe-Koga Board of Supervisors, County of Santa Clara
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117 RESULT: ADOPTED (FINAL) [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Margaret Abe-Koga, Supervisor SECONDER: Sylvia Arenas, Vice President AYES: Arenas, Duong, Lee, Ellenberg, Abe-Koga
122. Adoption of Salary Ordinance No. NS-20.26.03, an Ordinance amending Santa Clara County Executive Leadership Salary Ordinance No. NS-20.26 relating to compensation of employees restoring one Captain position in Office of the Sheriff, // removing the expiration date of September 30, 2026. (ID# 130106)
118. Adoption of Salary Ordinance No. NS-5.27.10, an Ordinance amending Santa Clara County Salary Ordinance No. NS-5.27 relating to compensation of employees adjusting the salary for the Senior Cytotechnologist classification. (ID# 130017) • Introduce and preliminarily adopt on August 25, 2026. • Adopt (Final) on September 15, 2026.
118 RESULT: ADOPTED (FINAL) [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Margaret Abe-Koga, Supervisor SECONDER: Sylvia Arenas, Vice President AYES: Arenas, Duong, Lee, Ellenberg, Abe-Koga 119. Adoption of Salary Ordinance No. NS-5.27.11, an Ordinance amending Santa Clara County Salary Ordinance No. NS-5.27 relating to compensation of employees deleting one Application Developer or Associate Application Developer position and adding one Senior Application Developer position in Technology Services and Solutions Department. (ID# 130051)
• Introduce and preliminarily adopt on August 25, 2026.
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• Adopt (Final) on September 15, 2026.
This Ordinance amends the Executive Leadership Salary Ordinance to amend the compensation and benefits for executive leadership. // 122 RESULT: ADOPTED (FINAL) [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Margaret Abe-Koga, Supervisor SECONDER: Sylvia Arenas, Vice President // AYES: Arenas, Duong, Lee, Ellenberg, Abe-Koga //
ATTEST: Curtis Boone, Clerk Board of Supervisors
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• Introduce and preliminarily adopt on August 25, 2026. • Adopt (Final) on September 15, 2026.
119 RESULT: ADOPTED (FINAL) [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Margaret Abe-Koga, Supervisor SECONDER: Sylvia Arenas, Vice President AYES: Arenas, Duong, Lee, Ellenberg, Abe-Koga
b. Approve an increase in the Supplemental Work Allowance (SWA) for the SCVMC Campus Landscape Improvements, Contract No. 18-14, awarded to California Plus Engineering, Inc., increasing the SWA by $1,500,000 from $4,126,553 to 120. Adoption of the Salary Ordinance No. NS-5.27.12, an Ordinance amending Santa commenced to transact business under fictitious File Number: FBN730097. following person (persons) is $5,626,553, forThe a new total contract encumbrance of $28,960,000. Clara County Salary Ordinance No. NS-5.27 relating to removing the expiration (are) doing 1. KIT & SIS, 2. KATE & SIS, 15351 business name or names listed above on 06/14/2009 and 114business RESULT:as: Approved Via Palomino, Monte Sereno, CA 95030. This business is Page 39 of 41 09/14/2026 is the file date. Statement filed with the County Office of the Assessor
conducted by: A Limited Liability Company, AG SISTERS, LLC, Clerk of Santa Clara: /s/ Elaine Fader /s/ Deputy, 110 West Approve Request for Appropriation Modification No. 36 - $2,060,308 transferring 15351 Via115. Palomino, Monte Sereno, CA 95030. The registrant Tasman Drive, funds from the General Fund Contingency Reserve to the Department of Tax and San Jose, CA 95134. /s/ Ron J Bonhagen /s/. commencedCollections to transact business fictitious and the Officeunder of the the Clerk of the Board budgets, relating to the (Pub LGN: 09/23, 09/30, 10/07, 10/14/2026) property tax data exchange work for business name or names listed aboveand onintegration Not Applicable andthe Assessor’s Property & Information Systemfiled Modernization (PRISM) project. (4/5 (ID# File Number: FBN730314. The following FileVote) Number: 09/04/2026Records is the file date. Statement with the County 130310) person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1. Inspired Clerk of Santa Clara: /s/ Corinne Vasquez /s/ Deputy, 110 115 RESULT: Approved Path, 6096 Calle de Amor, San Jose, CA 95124. This West Tasman Drive, San Jose, CA 95134. AG SISTERS, LLC, FinalEntity Adoption Ordinances business is conducted by: An Individual, KIRSTEN McGLYNN, Article/Reg # 202018810265, Above wasofFormed in Adoption of Salary Ordinance No.Managing NS-5.27.08,Member. an Ordinance amending the State116. of CA. /s/ Madeline Pollock /s/ 6096Santa Calle de Amor, San Jose, CA 95124. The registrant Clara County Salary Ordinance No. NS-5.27 relating to compensation of employees (Pub LGN: 09/16, 09/23, 09/30, 10/07/2026) commenced to transact business under the fictitious deleting one Business Intelligence Analyst or Associate Business Intelligence business or names listed above on Not Applicable and position and one Senior Intelligence Analyst positionname in File Number:Analyst FBN729060. Theadding following personBusiness (persons) is 09/14/2026 is the file date. Statement filed with the County Technology Services and Solutions Department. (ID# 129893) (are) doing business as: 1. Twisted Chill, 486 Irving Avenue, • Introduce and preliminarily adopt on August 25, 2026. Clerk of Santa Clara: /s/ Elaine Fader /s/ Deputy, 110 West San Jose, CA 95128. This business is conducted by: A Limited • Adopt (Final) on September 15, 2026. Tasman Drive, San Jose, CA 95134. /s/ Kirsten McGlynn /s/. Liability Company, Twisted Chill LLC, 486 Irving Avenue, (Pub LGN: 09/23, 09/30, 10/07, 10/14/2026) San Jose, CA 95128. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 8/3/26 and 08/03/2026 is the file date. Statement filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara: /s/ Corinne Vasquez /s/ Deputy, 110 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, CA 95134. Twisted Chill LLC, Article/Reg # 201609910574, Above Entity was Formed in the State of CA. /s/ Peter Pascoal /s/ Co-Owner. (Pub LGN: 09/16, 09/23, 09/30, 10/07/2026)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #730182 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: BreakThrough Hillside Home, 410 Farallon Drive, Morgan Hill, CA 95037, MS Living, LLC. This business is being conducted by a Limited Liability Company. Above entity was formed in the state of California. Registrant has not yet begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Marco Sotto. Owner. B20250328339. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 09/09/2026. (pub LG 09/16, 09/23, 09/30, 10/07/2026) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #729991 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. Nova Haven Products, 2. Westland Building Supply, 3. Central Coast Construction Supply, 2010 El Camino Real, #1293, Santa Clara, CA 95050, Prime Construction Supply LLC. This business is being conducted by a Limited Liability Company. Above entity was formed in the state of California. Registrant has not yet begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Chonggao Xu. CEO. B20260348563. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 09/01/2026. (pub LG 09/23, 09/30, 10/07, 10/14/2026) File Number: FBN730310. The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1. SOUTH BAY REAL ESTATE GROUP, 1900 Camden Avenue, San Jose, CA 95124. This business is conducted by: An Individual, Ron J Bonhagen, 1900 Camden Avenue, San Jose, CA 95124. The registrant
File Page Number: File Number: FBN730155. The following 38 of 41 person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1. FINE ANTIQUES EUROPEAN, 2. VIKINGSONG PROPERTIES, 954 Willow Street, San Jose, CA 95125. This business is conducted by: An Individual, LORRIE M OSEBERG-SMITH, 1002 Almanor Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 94025. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Not Applicable and 09/08/2026 is the file date. Statement filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara: /s/ Fraulein Dominguez /s/ Deputy, 110 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, CA 95134. /s/ Lorrie M Oseberg-Smith /s/. (Pub LGN: 09/23, 09/30, 10/07, 10/14/2026) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #730316 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Layers Of Self, 20688 4th Street, Suite #1, Saratoga, CA 95070, Meenal Chaudhari. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 08/13/2016. /s/ Meenal Chaudhari. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 09/14/2026. (pub LG 09/23, 09/30, 10/07, 10/14/2026) File Number: FBN730123. The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1. TERA CANDLES, 2. TERA CANDLES BOUTIQUE, 2240 Angela Ct, Apt 7, Campbell, CA 95008. This business is conducted by: An Individual, ARACELI R CONSTANZA, 2240 Angela Ct, Apt 7, Campbell, CA 95008. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 11/11/2025 and 09/04/2026 is the file date. Statement filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara: /s/ Patty Camarena /s/ Deputy, 110 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, CA 95134. /s/ Araceli R Constanza /s/. (Pub LGN: 09/23, 09/30, 10/07, 10/14/2026)
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Two Easy Steps To Keeping Your Business Name Up To Date
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File Fictitious Business Name paperwork with the clerk of the county
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Use your mobile phone or scanner and this QR code to upload the document and publish your statement in a newspaper of general circulation
Note: If you filed your fictitious business name more than five years ago, you must file a renewal and re-publish to remain compliant.
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