The San Jose City Council held a budget study session on Monday, May 12, 2025, from 9:30 AM to after 5:00 PM, focusing on the 2025-2026 Proposed Operating Budget and 2025-2027 Proposed Biennial Capital Budget. The session covered Neighborhood Services, Public Safety, Strategic Support, and Appointees, with extensive discussion on homelessness policy, public safety resources, and internal operations. No formal votes were taken; the session was a study session for council questions and staff presentations.
Good morning, everyone. Welcome on this surprisingly rainy Monday. This was not what I was expecting. Um, we are moving on with our budget study sessions. A lot of ground to cover today. We're all gonna be spending a lot of time together. Thank you for being here. Uh this is the San Jose City Council budget study session for the morning of May 12th. Tony, would you please call the role? Campos, Salais, Cohen. Here, Ortiz, present. Duan present. Kendallas. Here. Casey. Oli. Mayhan. Here. All present. Okay, great. Thank you very much. We, as is typically our practice, will go through a lot of content today, and because it's a council study session focused on our discussion and dialogue and questions for staff and hearing from staff. We will save all public comment until the end of the day. So let's kick off with neighborhood services, which includes lived in vehicles. Good morning, Mayor and members of the council. I'm Jill Bourne, City Librarian and Director of the Library Department. And I am here today with my colleagues in the neighborhood services city area. Eric Sullivan, Director of the Housing Department, John Cicerelli, Director of Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services, Matt Lesh, Director of Public Works, Rachel Roberts, Deputy Director of Planning, Building and Code Enforcement, and Angel Rios, our deputy city manager. Oh, we have a special guest not on the slide, John Risto from the Department of Housing. Yes. Transportation. Oh, housing, transportation. I'm all over the place. Okay, next slide. You totally mess it me up. Okay, like this impressive group of teams before you, the neighborhood services CSA is wide ranging in the core services and programs we offer to all San Joseans. What possibly sets the CSA apart is the way in which our work engages directly with people and therefore in all areas of the human condition, from the most heartbreaking to the most joyful and uplifting. Our programs that you see here. Also adding one-time funding to offset funding for collections in our capital budget that are limited. And leverages funding held by the San Jose Public Library Foundation to offset costs for college and career pathways workforce development team. Housing is continuing previously funded outreach and supportive services to our unhouse residents, eviction program, and program management staffing. Animal care continues contracted veterinary care, and there are also enhancements to code enforcement. Specifically, the manager's budget addendum number four describes a focus on parking enforcement enhancements related to expired registrations, capacity and expectations in the oversized and lived-in vehicle enforcement or olive program. A pilot related to compliance for street sweeping and more that can be found in the MBA. Sorry. As for as a CSA, our focus is on the highest and best services for our community through stewardship of public assets such as parks, trails, gateway corridors, and library resources, and to continue essential services in veterinary care, implementation of recommendations from code enforcement's operational assessment, and improvements to the city's shelter system. In summary, the proposed budget seeks to ensure that core services are maintained in the many areas and programs of PRNS, in preserving library operating hours, in maintaining veterinary services, while implementing planned program improvements to code and animal care. And continuing to deepen the impacts in areas of addressing encampments, the city's shelter system, and alignment with the county. That concludes our formal report. The entire team is here to welcome your questions.