City Council Meeting
Minutes
Thursday, September 18, 2025
1:30 PM
City Hall Wing, Rooms W118-W120
Joint City Council and Planning Commission Study Session General Plan and Land Use Overview
MATT MAHAN, MAYOR
ROSEMARY KAMEI, DISTRICT 1
PAMELA CAMPOS, DISTRICT 2
ANTHONY TORDILLOS, DISTRICT 3
DAVID COHEN, DISTRICT 4
PETER ORTIZ, DISTRICT 5
MICHAEL MULCAHY, DISTRICT 6
BIEN DOAN, DISTRICT 7
DOMINGO CANDELAS, DISTRICT 8
PAM FOLEY, VICE MAYOR, DISTRICT 9
GEORGE CASEY, DISTRICT 10
City Council September 18, 2025
• Call to Order and Roll Call
1:30 p.m. - Study Session.
Present Councilmembers: Campos, Candelas, Casey, Cohen, Doan, Kamei, Mulcahy, Ortiz, Tordillos, Mahan.
Absent Councilmembers: Foley.
Present Commissioners: Rosario, Bickford, Barocio, Bhandal, Cantrell, Cao, Casey, Nguyen, Oliverio, Young.
Absent Commissioners: None.
Joint City Council and Planning Commission Study Session Purpose: The purpose of the Study Session is to provide the City Council and the Planning Commission with an overview of the history of land use in San José from the early 1990s through today, covering emerging issues, and current City Council direction.
Outcome: The City Council and the Planning Commission will have a better understanding of the context surrounding the development of the City’s General Plan and current land use issues prior to beginning the General Plan 4-Year Review process.
Chris Burton, Director, Department of Planning, Building, and Code Enforcement (PBCE); Manira Sandhir, Deputy Director, PBCE; Ruth Cueto, Principal Planner, PBCE; and Jerad Ferguson, Principal Planner, PBCE, offered a presentation on the following topics: a brief introduction of the task force, details of the General Plan, the pathway to the current General Plan, key land use challenges and emerging issues, future priorities of the task force, and concluded the Study Session with answering questions from Council.
Public Comment
Jeff, Jim, and Triana offered public comment.
Adjournment
Mayor Matt Mahan adjourned the Joint City Council and Planning Commission Study Session at 4:00 p.m.
City Council September 18, 2025
Minutes Recorded, Prepared, and Respectfully Submitted by, ______________________________________
Daniel Aguilar
Deputy City Clerk, City of San José
Approved at Council on:
Number of actions: 0
Attest by:
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Toni J. Taber, MMC
City Clerk, City of San José
10/7/2025