
Devan Patel
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Reporter @mercnews covering San Jose. Previously: @sbvizjournal, @ndn and @qctimes Tips: [email protected]
Joined September 2014
RT @CurtisPashelka: Deal between #SJSharks, San Jose locks up team until 2051 while committing city to arena upgrades . By @DevanJPatel . h….
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A deal between the Sharks and San Jose would keep the team in the city until 2051 while pouring in huge investments to upgrading and maintaining the SAP Center.
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RT @mercnews: San Jose mayor says legislators ‘talking out of both sides of their mouths’ for demanding progress while cutting homelessness….
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Mayors of San Jose, San Francisco and Oakland have warned that the loss of state homelessness funding could halt the progress they have made in getting residents of the streets.
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A Silicon Valley senator is proposing to insure multifamily development loans. Could it help spur more construction?
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Sen. Dave Cortese has called on the state to use its credit to insure construction and permanent loans for multifamily developments, giving them access to more favorable interest terms
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RT @mercnews: San Jose mayor says city ‘on the cusp’ of the next great transformation
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San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan highlighted the progress the city has made this year, including major announcements regarding the future of the Sharks, at his State of the City Address Saturday
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RT @mercnews: Sharks, City of San Jose close to finalizing new long-term lease deal for SAP Center
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San Jose Sharks on track to continue to play home games at SAP Center for at least another quarter-century
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Union raises concerns about scapegoating, retaliation after death at San Jose animal shelter
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A San Jose union has raised concerns that Animal Care and Services Center administrators will attempt to scapegoat and retaliate against employees after a recent death stoked furor and more complai…
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San Jose mayor calls for reforms after latest animal shelter death
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“This is the failure of their managers to set up proper procedures to ensure we’re doing right by our animals. We need change,” Matt Mahan said.
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RT @mercnews: San Jose officials push city to find alternative site for Berryessa Flea Market
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San Jose leaders have asked the city to continue to evaluate potential sites for the Berryessa Flea Market – including a former landfill and locations along the VTA and BART’s right-of-ways near th…
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RT @mercnews: San Jose incentive program spurs multifamily development despite the economic challenges
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A multifamily housing incentive program that cut fees and taxes has catalyzed getting more shovels in the ground this year, prompting San Jose officials to look at expanding the initiative as uncer…
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RT @mercnews: Is San Jose making progress on homelessness or are some of its ‘wins’ superficial?
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Some councilmembers say the unintended consequence of recent abatement underscores issues with the strategy.
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RT @mercnews: San Jose opens its first interim housing site on private land
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San Jose city officials hope the recently opened Via del Oro interim housing site can become a model for future developments, bringing in private sector partners and philanthropists to help build h…
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Revitalization of Columbus Park will lead to clearing out San Jose's largest encampment
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Questions remain about what will happen to the hundreds of unhoused residents whom the city will force out.
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Latest ballot drop adds to twist and turns in San Jose District 3 race
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While Gabby Chavez-Lopez continues to lead the overall San Jose City Council race, only a few votes separate the candidates jockeying to face her in a June runoff
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City leaders, advocates say San Jose's newest safe parking site offers hope
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One month after opening its doors, San Jose’s safe parking site in Berryessa is at full capacity and has already helped residents move on to more permanent housing.
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Commission greenlights Microsoft's data center plans in North San Jose
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Microsoft is moving forward with a data center project in North San Jose as the tech giant pauses other investment plans around the country
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San Jose officials see major benefits from downtown data center, housing projects
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City officials say Westbank’s combined data center and housing projects could offer major benefits to San Jose
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San Jose incentive program will kickstart construction of large housing development
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A multifamily housing incentive program will save one developer $4.9 million in taxes and fees to get the project off the ground.
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Community mourns passing of downtown San Jose visionary Frank Taylor
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San Jose leaders are mourning the death of Frank Taylor, the former head of the city’s redevelopment agency and one of the most influential people in transforming the city’s downtown
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RT @mercnews: San Jose mayor pushes ballot measure to tie elected officials, senior leadership merit raises to metrics .
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San Jose’s mayor has unveiled a “pay for performance” proposal that will ask the voters to support tying future merit raises of elected city officials and the upper rung of the city administr…
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San Jose will open its largest interim housing site this month
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“I just can’t believe this transformation,” the mayor said. “This was a site of frustration, of anger, of fear.”
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