City of San José

200 East Santa Clara Street

San Jose, CA 95113

City of San José

Agenda

Joint Meeting for the Rules and Open Government Committee and

Committee of the Whole

Committee Members

David Cohen, Chair

Rosemary Kamei, Vice Chair

Pam Foley, Member

Bien Doan, Member

Domingo Candelas, Member

Committee Staff

Lee Wilcox, Assistant City Manager

Joy Rodriguez, Assistant City Clerk

Kevin Fisher, Assistant City Attorney

Rachelle Blattman, City Manager's Office

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

2:00 PM

Council Chambers

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A. City Council (City Clerk)

1. Review Final Agenda

ROGC

26-184

Review May 5, 2026 Final Agenda.

a. Add New Items to Final Agenda

b. Assign "Time Certain" to Agenda Items (if needed)

c. Review of Notice of Waiver Requirements for Agenda Items or

Documents (if needed)

Attachments

Agenda

Document Received Post Meeting

2. Review Draft Agenda

ROGC

26-186

Review May 12, 2026 Draft Agenda.

a. Add New Items to Draft Agenda

b. Assign "Time Certain" to Agenda Items (if needed)

c. Review of Notice of Waiver Requirements for Agenda Items or

Documents (if needed)

Attachments

Agenda

Notice to the public: There will be no separate discussion of individual Consent Calendar items as they

are considered to be routine and will be adopted by one motion. If a member of the Committee requests

debate, separate vote or recusal on a particular item, that item may be removed from the Consent

Calendar by the Chair and considered separately. The public may comment on the entire Consent

Calendar and any items removed from the Consent Calendar by the Chair.

B. Consent Calendar

ROGC

26-187

The Public Record for April 16, 2026 - April 23, 2026. (City Clerk)

Receive and file the Public Record for April 16, 2026 - April 23, 2026.

Recommendation:

Attachments The Public Record

ROGC

26-188

Retroactive Approval of Lighting for Light the Night for Fallen

Firefighters Sponsored by Council District 7 as a City Council

Sponsored Special Event to Expend City Funds and Accept Donations

of Materials and Services for the Event. (Doan)

Recommendation:

1. Retroactively approve the Tower and Rotunda lighting for Light the

Night for Fallen Firefighters scheduled on May 2-3, 2026 as a City

Council sponsored Special Event and approve the expenditure of funds.

2. Approve and accept donations from various individuals, businesses

or community groups to support the event.

3. Place the item on the May 5, 2026 City Council Agenda for action.

Attachments Memorandum from Doan

ROGC

26-189

Retroactive Approval and Approval of TogetherSJ Neighborhood

Engagement Program Sponsored by the Office of Mayor Matt Mahan

as a City Council Sponsored Special Event to Expend City Funds and

Accept Donations of Materials and Services for the Event. (Mayor)

Recommendation:

1. Retroactively approve and approve the TogetherSJ Neighborhood

Engagement Program as a City Council sponsored Special Event and

approve the expenditure of funds.

2. Approve and accept donations from various individuals, businesses

or community groups to support the event.

3. Place the item on the May 5, 2026 City Council Agenda for action.

Attachments

Memorandum from Mayor

END OF CONSENT

C. Rules Committee Reviews, Recommendations and Approvals

ROGC

26-192

Waiver of Revolving Door Restrictions. (City Attorney)

Recommendation:

1. Consider the request by Diana Alanis, former Council Community

Relations Director for Councilmember Bien Doan, for a Waiver of the

Revolving Door Restrictions based on Ms. Alanis’ April 2, 2026 Waiver

Request Letter, and

a. Grant the waiver request upon making findings, including those

set forth in this memorandum, that such waiver is in the City’s best

interest and consistent with the purpose of San José Municipal Code

Chapter 12.10; or

b. Deny the waiver request if unable to make findings, including

those set forth in this memorandum, that such waiver is in the City’s

best interest and consistent with the purpose of San José Municipal

Code Chapter 12.10; and

2. Forward the request and recommendation to the City Council for

consideration on the May 5, 2026 City Council agenda.

Attachments

Memorandum

Alanis Request for Waiver of Revolving Door Restrictions

ROGC

26-190

Ministerial Approval for Assembly Bill 130 Qualifying Projects.

(Tordillos, Campos, Cohen, and Kamei)

Recommendation:

Direct the City Manager to return to City Council by September 2026

with an ordinance to expand ministerial approval processes citywide to

housing development project applications that meet the eligibility criteria

for a statutory exemption to the California Environmental Quality Act

pursuant to Assembly Bill 130 (2025).

[Deferred from 4/22/26 - Item C.3 (ROGC 26-179)]

Attachments

Memorandum from Tordillos, Campos, Cohen and Kamei

Letters from the Public

ROGC

26-191

Alternative Financing for Affordable Housing. (Mahan, Campos,

Tordillos, Cohen, and Ortiz)

Recommendation:

Direct the City Manager to:

1. Return to City Council by August 2026 with policy

recommendations for Alternative Financing for Affordable Housing

Production based on the March 11, 2026, Information Memorandum

from the Housing Department, including additional analysis of:

a. The range and mix of affordability levels that the public-private

partnerships contemplated in the memo may support, including the

feasibility of reaching Very Low-Income affordability levels (30% -

50% AMI), as referenced in the memorandum from Councilmember

Ortiz dated January 27, 2026;

b. The “trade-offs” between total number of units and depth of

affordability for the existing City approach to affordable housing

production with each of the policy options in the information memo;

and

c. How these policies may benefit or impact the existing pipeline of

affordable and market rate housing projects in San José.

2. Include as part of the report an analysis of lease-revenue financing,

including but not limited to issuance of certificates of participation, for

funding affordable housing.

[Referred from 4/15/26 - Item C.1 (ROGC 26-156)

Attachments Memorandum from Mahan, Campos, Tordillos, Cohen, and Ortiz

Workload Analysis

Letter from the Public

D. Open Forum

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that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Committee.

E. Adjournment

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