San Jose, California

San Jose, California

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City of San Jose
— City —
Images, from top, left to right: Downtown San Jose, San Jose Museum of Art, De Anza Hotel, San Jose.
Nickname(s): S.J., Capital of Silicon Valley
Location of San Jose within Santa Clara County, California
Location of San Jose with the state of California
Coordinates: 37°18′15″N 121°52′22″W / 37.30417°N 121.87278°W / 37.30417; -121.87278Coordinates: 37°18′15″N 121°52′22″W / 37.30417°N 121.87278°W / 37.30417; -121.87278
Country United States United States
State California California
County Santa Clara County
Pueblo founded November 29, 1777
Incorporated March 27, 1850
Government
- Type Charter city, Mayor-council
- Mayor Chuck Reed
- Vice Mayor Judy Chirco
- City Manager Debra Figone
- Senate
List of Senators[show]
Ellen Corbett (D)
Joe Simitian (D)
Elaine Alquist (D)
Abel Maldonado (R)
- Assembly
Assembly List[show]
Ira Ruskin (D)
Sally J. Lieber (D)
Joe Coto (D)
Jim Beall (D)
Anna M. Caballero (D)
Area [1]
- City 461.5 km2 (178.2 sq mi)
- Land 452.9 km2 (174.9 sq mi)
- Water 8.6 km2 (3.3 sq mi)
- Urban 716.53 km2 (447.83 sq mi)
- Metro 6,979.4 km2 (2,694.7 sq mi)
Elevation [2] 26 m (85 ft)
Population (July 1, 2008)[3]
- City 948,279 (10th)
- Density 2,223.2/km2 (5,758.1/sq mi)
- Urban 1,819,198 (MSA 7/1/08)
- Metro 7,354,555 (CSA 7/1/08)
- Demonym San Josean
Time zone PST (UTC-8)
- Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP code 95101-95103, 95106, 95108-95139, 95141, 95142, 95148, 95150-95161, 95164, 95170-95173, 95190-95194, 95196
Area code(s) 408
FIPS code 06-68000
GNIS feature ID 1654952
Website www.sanjoseca.gov
Aerial view of San Jose. The intersection of I-280 and Guadalupe Parkway is shown at bottom. View is to the south.

San Jose (pronounced /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) (meaning St. Joseph in Spanish) or San José is the third-largest city in California and the tenth-largest in the United States. The county seat of Santa Clara County, it is located at the southern end of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region commonly referred to as Silicon Valley. Once a small farming city, San Jose became a magnet for suburban newcomers in new housing developments between the 1960s and 1990s, and is now the largest city in Northern California. Its estimated population by the US Census Bureau as of 2008 is 948,279.[3] The Metropolitan area contains approximately 1.8 million residents.[4] It is one of the primary cities of the San Francisco Bay Area, and the largest in terms of population, land area, and industrial development.

San Jose was founded on November 29, 1777 as El Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe, the first town in the Spanish colony of Nueva California, which later became Alta California.[5] The city served as a farming community to support Spanish military installations at San Francisco and Monterey. When California gained statehood in 1850, San Jose served as its first capital.[6] After more than 150 years as an agricultural center, San Jose experienced increased demand for housing from soldiers and other veterans returning from World War II, as well as aggressive expansion during the 1950s and 1960s by annexing more land area. By the 1990s, San Jose's location within the booming local technology industry earned the city the nickname Capital of Silicon Valley.
Contents
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* 1 History
o 1.1 Name
* 2 Demographics
* 3 Geography
o 3.1 Climate
* 4 Cityscape
o 4.1 Landmarks
* 5 Economy
* 6 Law and government
o 6.1 Local
o 6.2 State and federal
o 6.3 Crime
o 6.4 Sister cities
* 7 Arts and architecture
* 8 Sports
* 9 Transportation
o 9.1 Public transportation
o 9.2 Air transportation
o 9.3 Freeways and highways
+ 9.3.1 Major highways
* 10 Utilities
* 11 Education
o 11.1 Colleges and universities
o 11.2 Primary and secondary education
o 11.3 San Jose library system
* 12 Attractions
o 12.1 Parks, gardens, and other outdoor recreational sites
o 12.2 Trails
o 12.3 Museums, libraries, and other cultural collections
o 12.4 Sports and event venues
o 12.5 Other structures
* 13 Media
* 14 Cultural references to San Jose
* 15 See also
* 16 Notes and references
* 17 Further reading
* 18 External links

[edit] History
Main article: History of San Jose, California

Prior to European settlement, the area was inhabited by several groups of Ohlone Native Americans[7] The first lasting European presence began with a series of Franciscan missions established from 1769 by Father Junípero Serra.[8] On orders from Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúa, Spanish Viceroy of New Spain, San Jose was founded by Lieutenant José Joaquín Moraga as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe (in honor of Saint Joseph) on November 29, 1777, to establish a farming community. The town was the first civil settlement in Alta California.[9]

In 1797, the pueblo was moved from its original location, near the present-day intersection of Guadalupe Parkway and Taylor Street, to a location in what is now Downtown San Jose. San Jose came under Mexican rule in 1825 after Mexico broke with the Spanish crown. It then became part of the United States, after it capitulated without bloodshed in 1846 and California was annexed.[7] Soon afterwards, on March 27, 1850, San Jose became the second incorporated city in the state (after Sacramento), with Josiah Belden its first mayor. The town was the state's first capital, as well as host of the first and second sessions (1850-1851) of the California Legislature. Today the Circle of Palms Plaza in downtown is the historical marker for the first state capital.

Though not impacted as severely as San Francisco, San Jose suffered damage from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Over 100 people died at the Agnews Asylum (later Agnews State Hospital) after its walls and roof collapsed,[10] and the San Jose High School's three-story stone was also destroyed. During World War II many Japanese were sent to internment camps[citation needed] and, following the Los Angeles zoot suit riots, anti-Mexican violence took place in the summer of 1943.[citation needed]

As World War II started, the city's economy shifted from agriculture (the Del Monte cannery was the largest employer) to industrial manufacturing with the contracting of the Food Machinery Corporation (FMC) by the United States War Department to build 1000 Landing Vehicle Tracked.[11] After World War II, FMC (later United Defense, and currently BAE Systems) continued as a defense contractor, with the San Jose facilities designing and manufacturing military platforms such as the M113 Armored Personnel Carrier, the Bradley Fighting Vehicle, and various subsystems of the M1 Abrams.[12] IBM established its West Coast headquarters in San Jose in 1943 and opened a downtown research and development facility in 1952. Both would prove to be harbingers for the economy of San Jose, as Reynold Johnson and his team would later invent RAMAC, as well as the disc drive, and the technological side of San Jose's economy grew.[13]
Downtown San Jose looking over the Tech Museum toward Mount Hamilton; hills in the background show their winter green color.

During the 1950s and 1960s, city manager Dutch Hamann led the city in a major growth campaign. The city annexed adjacent areas, such as Alviso and Cambrian Park, providing large areas for suburbs. An anti-growth reaction to the effects of rapid development emerged in the 1970s championed by mayors Norman Mineta and Janet Gray Hayes. Despite establishing an urban growth boundary, development fees, and incorporations of Campbell and Cupertino, development was not slowed, but rather directed into already incorporated areas.[11] San Jose's position in Silicon Valley triggered more economic and population growth, which led to the highest housing costs increase in the nation, 936% between 1976 and 2001.[14] Efforts to increase density continued into 1990s when an update of the 1974 urban plan kept the urban growth boundaries intact and voters rejected a ballot measure to ease development restrictions in the foothills. Sixty percent of the housing built in San Jose since 1980 and over three-quarters of the housing built since 2000 have been multifamily structures, reflecting a political propensity toward Smart Growth planning principles.[15]
[edit] Name

On April 3, 1979, the San Jose City Council adopted San José as the spelling of the city name on the city seal, official stationery, office titles and department names. Also, by city council convention, the spelling of San José is used when the name is stated in both uppercase and lowercase letters, but not when the name is stated only in uppercase letters. The name is still more commonly spelled without the diacritical mark as San Jose. The official name of the city remains City of San Jose with no diacritical mark, according to the City Charter.[16]
[edit] Demographics
San Jose at night, looking southwest across the Santa Clara Valley toward the coastal range, shows the density of the population.
Historical populations
Census Pop. %±
1850 3,500
—
1860 4,579 30.8%
1870 9,089 98.5%
1880 12,567 38.3%
1890 18,060 43.7%
1900 21,500 19.0%
1910 28,946 34.6%
1920 39,642 37.0%
1930 57,651 45.4%
1940 68,457 18.7%
1950 95,280 39.2%
1960 204,196 114.3%
1970 459,913 125.2%
1980 629,442 36.9%
1990 782,248 24.3%
2000 894,943 14.4%
Est. 2008 948,279 6.0%
sources:[3][17][18]

As of the census[19] of 2000, there were 894,943 people, 276,598 households, and 203,576 families residing in the city.[3]

The population density was 5,117.9 people per square mile (1,976.1/km²). There were 281,841 housing units at an average density of 1,611.8 per square mile (622.3/km²). Of the 276,598 households, 38.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.0% were married couples living together, 11.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.4% were non-families. 18.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.20 and the average family size was 3.62.

In the city the population was spread out with 26.4% under the age of 18, 9.9% from 18 to 24, 35.4% from 25 to 44, 20.0% from 45 to 64, and 8.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 103.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.5 males.

According to a 2007 estimate, the median income for a household in the city was the highest in the US for any city with more than a quarter million residents with $76,963 annually. The median income for a family was $86,822.[20] Males had a median income of $49,347 versus $36,936 for females. The per capita income for the city was $26,697. About 6.0% of families and 8.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.3% of those under age 18 and 7.4% of those age 65 or over.

As of the 2005-2007 American Community Survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, White Americans made up 49.3% of San Jose's population; of which 31.7% were non-Hispanic whites. Blacks or African Americans made up 3.2% of San Jose's population; of which 3.1% were non-Hispanic blacks. American Indians made up 0.5% of San Jose's population; of which 0.3% were non-Hispanic. Asian Americans made up 30.7% of San Jose's population; of which 30.5% were non-Hispanic. Pacific Islander Americans made up 0.4% of San Jose's population. Individuals from some other race made up 12.6% of San Jose's population; of which 0.4% were non-Hispanic. Individuals from two or more races made up 3.2% of San Jose's population; of which 2.2% were non-Hispanic. In addition, Hispanics and Latinos made up 31.3% of San Jose's population.[21][22]
Age distribution

According to the United States Census Bureau, San Jose's population on July 1, 2008 was 948,279, third in the state behind Los Angeles and San Diego, and tenth in the country. The estimate indicated a growth of 1.66 percent from the previous year.[23][24] The California Department of Finance estimated the 2009 population at 1,006,892 residents as of January 1.[25]

San Jose and the rest of the San Francisco Bay Area is home to many Christian congregations including large, Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches,[26] Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses alongside centers of Jewish, Hindu, Islamic, Buddhist and Sikh faiths among numerous other religious communities.

When it comes to dealing with such an ethnically diverse demographic, San Jose has a relatively easy situation with race relations[citation needed]. A high percentage of foreign-born live in the city; representing 39.0% of the city's population, including many high-tech workers from East and South Asia. The people from these countries have settled in the city and across the Santa Clara Valley during the last three decades. Many Central American, Southeast Asian and Eastern European immigrants have lived in San Jose since the late 1970s and early 1980s[citation needed]. A large, multi-generational Hispanic barrio is in the Alum Rock district. Many Chinese Americans and Japanese Americans thrive downtown on the streets of Guadalupe and Almaden.
[edit] Geography
Looking west over northern San Jose (downtown is at far left) and other parts of Silicon Valley. See an up-to-the-minute view of San Jose from the Mount Hamilton web camera. http://mthamilton.ucolick.org/hamcam/

San Jose is located at 37°18′15″N 121°52′22″W / 37.304051°N 121.872734°W / 37.304051; -121.872734.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 178.2 square miles (461.5 km²),[27] of which 3.3 square miles (8.6 km²; 1.86%) is water.

San Jose lies near the San Andreas Fault, a major source of earthquake activity in California. The most serious earthquake, in 1906, damaged many buildings in San Jose as described earlier. Earlier significant quakes rocked the city in 1839, 1851, 1858, 1864, 1865, 1868, and 1891.[citation needed] The Daly City Earthquake of 1957 caused some damage. The Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989 also did some damage to parts of the city. The other faults near San Jose are the Monte Vista Fault, South Hayward Fault, Northern Calaveras Fault, and Central Calaveras Fault.

The Guadalupe River runs from the Santa Cruz Mountains (which separate the South Bay from the Pacific Coast) flowing north through San Jose, ending in the San Francisco Bay at Alviso. Along the southern part of the river is the neighborhood of Almaden Valley, originally named for the mercury mines which produced mercury needed for gold extraction from quartz during the California Gold Rush as well as mercury fulminate blasting caps and detonators for the U.S. military from 1870 to 1945.[citation needed]

The lowest point in San Jose is 13 feet (4 m) below sea level at the San Francisco Bay in Alviso;[28] the highest is 4,372 feet (1,333 m) at Copernicus Peak, Mount Hamilton, which is technically outside the city limit. Due to the proximity to Lick Observatory atop Mount Hamilton, San Jose has taken several steps to reduce light pollution, including replacing all street lamps and outdoor lighting in private developments with low pressure sodium lamps.[29] To recognize the city's efforts, the asteroid 6216 San Jose was named after the city.[30]
[edit] Climate
Palm Trees are commonly seen lining many streets throughout San Jose.
Mount Hamilton, in the Diablo Range, showing summer's golden mantle. Dark green areas in hills are primarily scrub oak and other low-growing shrubs. The white domes on top are UCSC's Lick Observatory.
Mount Hamilton in January, with morning fog clearing away.

San Jose, like most of the Bay Area, has a Mediterranean climate.[31] Unlike San Francisco, which is exposed to the ocean or Bay on three sides and whose temperature therefore varies relatively little year-round and overnight, San Jose lies farther inland, protected on three sides by mountains. This shelters the city from rain and makes it more of a semiarid, near-desert area, with a mean annual rainfall of 14.4 inches (366 mm), compared to some other parts of the Bay Area, which can get up to four times that amount. It also avoids San Francisco's omnipresent fog most of the year.[32]

However, temperatures are generally moderate. January's average high is 59 °F (15 °C) and average low is 41 °F (5 °C), with overnight freezes several nights each year; July's average high is 84 °F (29 °C) and average low is 57 °F (14 °C), with heat exceeding 100 °F (38 °C) several days each year when winds blow from inland, usually in late summer. The highest temperature ever recorded in San Jose was 109 °F (42.8 °C) on June 14, 2000; the lowest was 19 °F (-8.3 °C) in December, 1990. Temperatures between night and day can vary by 30 or 40 °F (17 to 22 °C). Temperatures exceed 90 °F (32 °C) on an average of 18.3 days annually, and drop to 32 °F (0 °C) or lower on an average of 4.6 days annually. High temperatures are almost always without high humidity. Temperatures drop below 40°F on average of 17.6 days annually.

With the light rainfall, San Jose and its suburbs experience over 280 days a year of full or significant sunshine. Rain occurs primarily in the months from October through April or May, with hardly any rainfall from June through September. During the winter, hillsides and fields turn green with grasses and vegetation, although deciduous trees are bare; with the coming of the annual summer dry period, the vegetation dies and dries, giving the hills a golden cover, which also provides fuel for frequent grass fires.

Measurable precipitation falls in downtown San Jose on an average of 50 days a year, many times only for part of the day. Annual precipitation has ranged from 6.12 inches (155 mm) in 1953 to 32.57 inches (827 mm) in 1983. The most precipitation in one month was 10.23 inches (260 mm) in February 1998. The maximum 24-hour rainfall was 3.60 inches (91 mm) on January 30, 1968. Although the summer is normally quite dry in San Jose, a very heavy thunderstorm on August 21, 1968, brought 1.92 inch of rain, causing some localized flooding.[33]

The snow level drops as low as 2,000 ft (610 m) above sea level, or lower, occasionally each winter, coating nearby Mount Hamilton, and less frequently the Santa Cruz Mountains, with snow that normally lasts a few days. This sometimes snarls traffic traveling on State Route 17 towards Santa Cruz. Snow occasionally falls in San Jose, but until recently, the most recent snow to remain on the ground was on February 5, 1976, when many residents around the city saw as much as 3 inches (7.6 cm) on car and roof tops. The official observation station measured only 0.5-inch (13 mm) of snow. However, in March 2006, a smaller amount, up to one inch (2.5 cm) of snow fell in downtown San Jose as well as other areas around the city at elevations of only 90 feet (27 m) to 200 feet (61 m) above sea level.

Like most of the Bay Area, San Jose is made up of dozens of microclimates. Downtown San Jose experiences the lightest rainfall in the city, while South San Jose, only 10 miles (16 km) distant, experiences more rainfall and slightly more extreme temperatures.
[hide]Weather data for San Jose, California
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 83
(28) 85
(29) 87
(31) 95
(35) 101
(38) 109
(43) 108
(42) 105
(41) 104
(40) 101
(38) 85
(29) 83
(28) 109
(43)
Average high °F (°C) 59
(15) 64
(18) 67
(19) 72
(22) 77
(25) 82
(28) 84
(29) 84
(29) 81
(27) 74
(23) 65
(18) 59
(15) 73
(23)
Average low °F (°C) 41
(5) 45
(7) 46
(8) 48
(9) 52
(11) 55
(13) 57
(14) 57
(14) 57
(14) 52
(11) 45
(7) 41
(5) 50
(10)
Record low °F (°C) 24
(-4) 26
(-3) 30
(-1) 35
(2) 37
(3) 42
(6) 47
(8) 47
(8) 42
(6) 36
(2) 21
(-6) 19
(-7) 19
(-7)
Precipitation inches (mm) 3.2
(81.3) 2.8
(71.1) 2.6
(66) 1.0
(25.4) 0.4
(10.2) 0.1
(2.5) 0.1
(2.5) 0.1
(2.5) 0.2
(5.1) 0.9
(22.9) 1.2
(30.5) 2.0
(50.8) 15.1
(383.5)
Source: AccuWeather.com[34] 2 March 2009

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[edit] Cityscape
Overhead panorama of and from inside downtown San Jose.
A view of Downtown San Jose as seen from East Foothills

The city is divided into many neighborhoods, many of which were incorporated places or communities that were annexed by the city. There are also several independent cities around San Jose, but they are popularly grouped with the city of San Jose, either due to being completely engulfed as enclaves by San Jose, or lying within its immediate vicinity. Generally, the city is divided into the following areas: Downtown San Jose, Central, West San Jose, North San Jose, East San Jose, and South San Jose.

Some well-known communities within San Jose include Downtown San Jose, Japantown, Rose Garden, Sunol-Midtown, Willow Glen, Naglee Park, central, Burbank, Cambrian Park, West San Jose, Winchester to the west, Alviso, Berryessa to the north, Evergreen, Alum Rock, East Foothills, King and Story, Little Portugal to the east, Almaden Valley, Blossom Valley, Coyote Valley, Santa Teresa, Silver Creek Valley, Edenvale, Seven Trees to the south.
[edit] Landmarks

Important landmarks in San Jose include Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose, History Park at Kelley Park, Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph, Plaza de César Chávez, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, Mexican Heritage Plaza, Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, Lick Observatory, Hayes Mansion, HP Pavilion at San Jose, De Anza Hotel, San Jose Improv, San Jose Municipal Stadium, Spartan Stadium, Japantown San Jose, Winchester Mystery House, Raging Waters, Circle of Palms Plaza, King and Story, San Jose City Hall, San Jose Flea Market, and The Tech Museum of Innovation.

De Anza Hotel


HP Pavilion at San Jose


Cathedral Basilica of Saint Joseph


Lick Observatory

Hayes Mansion


Plaza de César Chávez


Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum


Winchester Mystery House
[edit] Economy
Adobe Systems headquarters

The large concentration of high-technology engineering, computer, and microprocessor companies around San Jose has led the area to be known as Silicon Valley. As the largest city in the valley, San Jose has billed itself "the capital of Silicon Valley." Area schools such as the University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Santa Cruz, San José State University, San Francisco State University, California State University, East Bay, Santa Clara University, and Stanford University pump thousands of engineering and computer science graduates into the local economy every year.

High economic growth during the tech bubble caused employment, housing prices, and traffic congestion to peak in the late 1990s. As the economy slowed in the early 2000s, employment and traffic congestion diminished somewhat. In the mid-2000s, traffic along major highways again began to worsen as the economy improved. San Jose had 405,000 jobs within its city limits in 2006, and an unemployment rate of 4.6%. In 2000, San Jose residents had the highest median household income of any city with a population over 300,000, and currently has the highest median income of any city with over 280,000 people.[citation needed]

San Jose lists 25 companies with 1,000 employees or more, including the headquarters of Adobe Systems, BEA Systems, Cisco, SunPower and eBay, as well as major facilities for Flextronics, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Hitachi and Lockheed Martin. Sizable government employers include the city government, Santa Clara County, and San José State University.[35] Acer's United States division has its offices in San Jose.[36]

The cost of living in San Jose and the surrounding areas is among the highest in California and the nation.[37] Housing costs are the primary reason for the high cost of living, although the costs in all areas tracked by ACCRA are above the national average. Despite the high cost of living in San Jose, households in city limits have the highest disposable income of any city in the U.S. with over 500,000 residents.[38][39]

San Jose residents produce more U.S. patents than any other city.[40] Thirty-five percent of all venture capital funds in the U.S. are invested in San Jose and Silicon Valley companies.[40]
[edit] Law and government
See also: San José City Council, List of mayors of San Jose, California, and List of city managers of San Jose, California
[edit] Local
The new San Jose City Hall opened in 2005.

San Jose is a charter city under California law, giving it the power to enact local ordinances that may conflict with state law, within the limits provided by the charter.[41] The city has a mayor council government with a city manager nominated by the mayor and elected by the city council.

The San José City Council is made up of ten council members elected by districts, and a mayor elected by the entire city. During city council meetings, the mayor presides, and all eleven members can vote on any issue. The mayor has no veto powers. Council members and the mayor are elected to four-year terms; the even-numbered district council members beginning in 1994; the mayor and the odd-numbered district council members beginning in 1996. Council members and the mayor are limited to two successive terms in office, although a council member that has reached the term limit can be elected mayor, and vice versa. The council elects a vice-mayor from the members of the council at the second meeting of the year following a council election. This council member acts as mayor during the temporary absence of the mayor, but does not succeed to the mayor's office upon a vacancy.[42]

The City Manager is the chief administrative officer of the city, and must present an annual budget for approval by the city council. When the office is vacant, the Mayor proposes a candidate for City Manager, subject to council approval. The council appoints the Manager for an indefinite term, and may at any time remove the manager, or the electorate may remove the manager through a recall election. Other city officers appointed by the council are the City Attorney, City Auditor, City Clerk, and Independent Police Auditor.[42]

Like all California cities except San Francisco, both the levels and the boundaries of what the city government controls are determined by the local county Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO).[43] The goal of a LAFCO is to try to avoid uncontrolled urban sprawl. The Santa Clara County LAFCO has set boundaries of San Jose's "Sphere of Influence" (indicated by the blue line in the map near the top of the page) as a superset of the actual city limits (the yellow area in the map), plus parts of the surrounding unincorporated county land, where San Jose can, for example, prevent development of fringe areas to concentrate city growth closer to the city's core. The LAFCO also defines a subset of the Sphere as an 'Urban Service Area' (indicated by the red line in the map), effectively limiting development to areas where urban infrastructure (sewers, electrical service, etc.) already exists.

San Jose is the county seat of Santa Clara County.[44] Accordingly, many county government facilities are located in the city, including the office of the County Executive, the Board of Supervisors, the District Attorney's Office, eight courthouses of the Superior Court, the Sheriff's Office, and the County Clerk.[45]
[edit] State and federal

In the state legislature San Jose is located in the 10th, 11th, 13th, and 15th Senate Districts, represented by Democrats Ellen Corbett, Joe Simitian, and Elaine Alquist, and Republican Abel Maldonado respectively, and in the 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 27th, and 28th Assembly Districts, represented by Democrats Alberto Torrico, Ira Ruskin, Paul Fong, Joe Coto, Jim Beall, Bill Monning, and Anna M. Caballero respectively. Federally, San Jose is located in California's 14th, 15th, and 16th congressional districts, which have Cook PVIs of D +18, D +14, and D +16 respectively[46] and are represented by Democrats Anna Eshoo, Mike Honda, and Zoe Lofgren respectively.

Several state and federal agencies maintain offices in San Jose. The city is the location of the Sixth District of the California Courts of Appeal.[47] It is also home to one of the courthouses of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.[48]
[edit] Crime

During the 1990s and 2000s, the crime rate fell,[49] but not as quickly as crime rates in most American cities during that time period. Recently, however, crime rates have risen. Despite the rising crime, it is still ranked as one of the safest cities in the entire country with a population over 500,000 people.[50][51][52] The designation is based on crime statistics reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation in six categories: murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, and auto theft. Current mayor Chuck Reed is a member of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition,[53] an organization formed in 2006 and co-chaired by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston mayor Thomas Menino.
[edit] Sister cities

The Office of Economic Development coordinates the San Jose Sister City Program which is part of Sister Cities International. As of 2008, there are seven sister cities:[54]

* Japan - Okayama, Japan (established in 1957)
* Costa Rica - San José, Costa Rica (1961)
* Mexico - Veracruz, Mexico (1975)
* Republic of China - Tainan, Taiwan (1977)
* Republic of Ireland - Dublin, Ireland (1986)
* Russia - Yekaterinburg, Russia (1992)

[edit] Arts and architecture
The De Anza Hotel, a classic Art Deco building in the central business district opened in 1931.

Because the downtown area is in the flight path to nearby Mineta San Jose International Airport (also evidenced in the above panoramic), there is a height limit for buildings in the downtown area, which is under the final approach corridor to the airport. The height limit is dictated by local ordinances, driven by the distance from the runway and a slope defined by Federal Aviation Administration regulations. Core downtown buildings are limited to approximately 300 feet (91 m) but can get taller farther from the airport.[55] There has been broad criticism over the past few decades of the city's architecture.[56] Citizens have complained that San Jose is lacking in aesthetically pleasing architectural styles. Blame for this lack of architectural "beauty" can be assigned to the re-development of the downtown area from the 1950s onward, in which whole blocks of historic commercial and residential structures were demolished.[57] Exceptions to this include the Downtown Historic District, the De Anza Hotel, and the Hotel Sainte Claire, both of which are listed in the National Register of Historic Places for their architectural and historical significance.

Municipal building projects have experimented more with architectural styles than have most private enterprises.[58] The Children's Discovery Museum, Tech Museum of Innovation, and the San Jose Repertory Theater building have experimented with bold colors and unusual exteriors. The new City Hall, designed by Richard Meier & Partners opened in 2005 and is a notable addition to the growing collection of municipal building projects.[59]

Public art is an evolving attraction in the city. The city was one of the first to adopt a public art ordinance at 2% of capital improvement building project budgets,[60] and the results of this commitment are beginning to have an impact on the visual landscape of the city. There are a considerable number of public art projects throughout the downtown area, and a growing collection in the newer civic locations in neighborhoods including libraries, parks, and fire stations. Of particular note, the Mineta Airport expansion is incorporating a program of Art & Technology into its development.

Within the early efforts at public art, there are notable controversies. Two examples include the statue of Quetzalcoatl (the plumed serpent) in downtown which was controversial in its planning because some religious groups felt that it was pagan, and controversial in its implementation because many felt that the final statue by Robert Graham did not closely resemble a winged serpent, and was more noted for its expense than its aesthetics. This has resulted in a common "inside" joke among locals, who insist it closely resembles a pile of feces.

The statue of Thomas Fallon also met strong resistance from those who felt that people like him were largely responsible for the decimation of early native populations and Chicano/Latino activists protested he captured San Jose by violent force in the Mexican-American war (1846) as well "repressed" historic documents of Fallon ordered the expulsion of most of the city's Californio (early Spanish or Mexican) residents. In October 1991 after protests in part of Columbus Day and Dia de la Raza celebrations, the Fallon statue plan was scrapped and the statue was stored in a warehouse in Oakland for more than a decade. The statue was returned to public display in 2002, albeit in a less conspicuous location: Pellier Park, a small triangular patched formed by the merge of West Julian and West St. James streets.[61]

In 2001, the city sponsored SharkByte, an exhibit of decorated sharks, based on the mascot of the hockey team, the San Jose Sharks, and modeled after Chicago's display of decorated cows.[62] Large models of sharks were decorated in a variety of clever, colorful, or creative ways by local artists and were then displayed for months at dozens of locations around the city. Many displays were removed early because of vandalism. After the exhibition, the sharks were auctioned off and the proceeds donated to charity. The sharks can still be found in their new owners' homes and businesses.

In 2006, Adobe Systems in commissioned an art installation titled San Jose Semaphore by Ben Rubin, which is located at the top of its headquarters building. Semaphore is composed of four LED discs which "rotate" to transmit a message. The content of the San Jose Semaphore’s message remained a mystery until it was deciphered in August 2007.[63] The visual art installation is supplemented with an audio track, transmitted from the building on a low-power AM station. The audio track provides clues to decode the message being transmitted.

The city is home to many performing arts companies, including Opera San José, Symphony Silicon Valley, Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley, Children's Musical Theater of San Jose (recognized as the largest and most talented youth theatre company in the nation), the San Jose Repertory Theatre, and the now-defunct American Musical Theatre of San Jose. San Jose also is home to the San Jose Museum of Art,[64] one of the nation's premiere Modern Art museums. In addition, the annual Cinequest Film Festival in downtown has grown to over 60,000 attendees per year, becoming an important festival for independent films.

The HP Pavilion at San Jose is one of the most active venues for events in the world. According to Billboard Magazine and Pollstar, the arena sold the most tickets to non-sporting events of any venue in the United States, and third in the world after the Manchester Evening News Arena in Manchester, England, and the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, for the period from January 1 – September 30, 2004. Including sporting events, the HP Pavilion averages 184 events a year, or roughly one event for every two days, which is significantly higher than the average for NHL arenas.
[edit] Sports
See also: Sports in the San Francisco Bay Area
Club ↓ Sport ↓ Founded ↓ League ↓ Venue ↓
San Jose Sharks Hockey 1991 National Hockey League: Western Conference HP Pavilion at San Jose
San Jose Earthquakes Soccer 1995 Major League Soccer: Western Conference Buck Shaw Stadium
San Jose Giants Baseball 1988 California League San Jose Municipal Stadium
San Jose SaberCats Arena Football 1995 Arena Football League HP Pavilion at San Jose
Mixed Martial Arts 2006 Strikeforce HP Pavilion at San Jose
HP Pavilion at San Jose
Inside view of HP Pavilion at San Jose

The only two "Big Five" teams to play in San Jose are the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League (NHL) and the San Jose Earthquakes of the Major League Soccer (MLS). The Sharks began play as an expansion team in 1991. As of the 2007–08 NHL season, the Sharks have become extremely popular in San Jose and are one of the top draws in the NHL, selling out nearly all of their home games. However, the team still has yet to win the Stanley Cup. The closest it ever came was in 2004 when it lost in the Western Conference Final to the Calgary Flames. The Sharks play home games at the HP Pavilion at San Jose (also referred to as the Shark Tank or the Tank) and are a member of the NHL's Pacific Division in the Western Conference. The Sharks have won the Pacific Division four times, most recently in 2008-2009. They have intense rivalries with the Colorado Avalanche, Calgary Flames, Detroit Red Wings, and Dallas Stars, as well as geographic rivalries with the Los Angeles Kings and Anaheim Ducks.

San Jose has had previous attempts to draw teams from Major League Baseball, the NFL and the NBA by offering stadium deals or attracting relocating sports teams. In 1991 the San Francisco Giants baseball team nearly closed the deal to play in San Jose.[citation needed] In November 2007, MLB's Oakland Athletics (A's) submitted plans to the neighboring city of Fremont in Alameda County for a 32,000 seat stadium with a planned opening for the 2011 season. Since the mid-1990s, numerous attempts to move the team to San Jose or Santa Clara never materialized due to territorial restrictions that places San Jose into neighboring National League's San Francisco Giants territory. Nevertheless, the proposed Cisco Field (naming rights were purchased in 2006 by San Jose-based networking company Cisco Systems) was to be five to eight miles (8 to 13 kilometers) north of San Jose's city limits via Interstate 880. This was possible because the A's own territorial rights for Alameda County, which borders much of San Jose to the north. Since the team would have been located closer to San Jose than its current home in Oakland if the plan went through, speculation on a name change to more closely identify with San Jose and its more affluent population and businesses was rife according to the San Jose Mercury-News. In February 2009, local opposition from Fremont businesses and residents in the area forced the A's to terminate the project. Oakland A's lead owner Lew Wolff announced plans a few days to pursue a new stadium in San Jose. In May 2009, the San Jose city council (mindful of the community opposition that killed the Fremont stadium proposal) voted to approve a set of principles to guide attempts to pursue the Oakland Athletics. The proposed site of the new stadium would be near Diridon Train Station and HP Pavilion just west of downtown San Jose [65]. The San Francisco Giants still own territorial rights to San Jose so this issue will also need resolving for the A's to relocate to San Jose.

San Jose has been home to the Earthquakes in the North American Soccer League (1974–1984), Western Soccer Alliance (1985–1988) and Major League Soccer (1996–2005; 2008– ). The players of the San Jose Earthquakes moved to Houston, Texas after the 2005 season to become the Houston Dynamo. In July 2007, it was announced that San Jose Earthquakes would rejoin MLS for the 2008 season in the Western Conference. Now back in the league, the team is officially a continuation of the one that went on hiatus in 2005 and has kept its 1996-2005 records and accomplishments, including its MLS Cup wins in 2001 and 2003 and its MLS Supporters' Shield win in 2005.

The Major League Lacrosse team, the San Francisco Dragons, play at Spartan Stadium. Though after moving from San Francisco's Kezar Stadium in 2008, the team decided to remain being called the San Francisco Dragons so to represent the Bay Area as a whole. They share the stadium with the San José State Spartans, who play football there.

In 1997, due to the renovation of the Oakland Arena, the Golden State Warriors basketball team played their entire season home games at the San Jose Arena.[66] Neighboring Santa Clara recently announced (2006) a new stadium deal will break ground and be completed by 2009, as the new home of the San Francisco 49ers football team.[citation needed] San Jose may also soon house the practice facilities for the Oakland Raiders.

Previously, San Jose was home to the San Jose Bees (1962-1976; 1983-1987) of the minor league baseball California League, the San Jose Missions (1977-1981) of the minor league baseball Pacific Coast League (from 1977-1978) and the California League (from 1979-1981), the San Jose Rhinos of Roller Hockey International (1994–1997;1999), the San Jose Grizzlies (1993–1995) of the Continental Indoor Soccer League, the San Jose Golddiggers (1987–1989) of Major League Volleyball (women's), the San Jose Jammers (1989–1991) of the Continental Basketball Association, the San Jose Lasers of the American Basketball League, the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (while Oakland Arena was being renovated, 1996–1997), the San Jose CyberRays of the Women's United Soccer Association (2001–2002), the San Jose Frogs of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (2006-2008) and the San Jose Ballers of the International Basketball League, now the Tri City Ballers.

In addition to professional teams, San Jose hosts several sporting events. The SAP Open (formerly the Sybase Open) is an annual men's tennis tournament held at the HP Pavilion. San Jose was the host of ArenaBowl XVI on August 18, 2002 in which the San Jose SaberCats defeated the Arizona Rattlers, 52-14. The San Jose Grand Prix, first held in July 2005, brought Champ Car racing on a temporary road course on Downtown streets. Downtown San Jose hosted the finish for daily stages of the Amgen Tour of California in February 2006, 2007, and 2008, and hosted the individual time trial in 2006. The city is also one of five host cities for the Dew Action Sports Tour season; the San Jose event is held in September.

Located in downtown San Jose, San José State University fields a total of 16 NCAA Division I men's and women's athletics teams. The SJSU football team is one of only 120 collegiate football teams nationwide to compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (formally known as Division 1-A). The San José State Spartans compete in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). The Pac-10 Women's Basketball Championship is held at the HP Pavilion at San Jose as well as either the men's or women's West Regional tournament during the NCAA's March Madness.

In 2004, the San Jose Sports Authority hosted the U.S. Olympic team trials for judo, taekwondo, trampolining and rhythmic gymnastics at the San José State Event Center. In August 2004, the Authority hosted the USA All-Star 7-Aside Rugby Championships at Watson Bowl, east of Downtown. San Jose is also home to the St Joseph's Hurling Club. In 2008, around 90 percent of the members of the United States Olympic team were processed at San José State University prior to traveling to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[67] The 2009 Junior Olympics for trampoline will also be held here.
[edit] Transportation
[edit] Public transportation
Current San Jose light rail map showing existing and under-construction lines.
VTA buses are the prime means of public transportation in S.J.
A FedEx plane approaches the Mineta San José International Airport.
A view of a major freeway interchange for I-280 connecting with SR87 in downtown.

Rail service to and within San Jose is provided by Amtrak (the Sacramento-San Jose Capitol Corridor and the Seattle-Los Angeles Coast Starlight), Caltrain (commuter rail service between San Francisco and Gilroy), ACE (commuter rail service to Pleasanton and Stockton), and a local light-rail system connecting downtown to Mountain View, Milpitas, Campbell, and Almaden Valley, operated by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA). Historic streetcars from History Park operate on the light rail lines in downtown during holidays. Long-term plans call for BART to be expanded into the San Jose area via the East Bay. Diridon Station (formerly Cahill Depot, 65 Cahill Street) is the meeting point of all regional commuter rail service in the area. It was built in 1935 by the Southern Pacific Railroad, and was refurbished in 1994.

VTA also operates many bus routes in San Jose and the surrounding communities, as well as offering paratransit services to local residents. Additionally, the Highway 17 Express bus line connects central San Jose with Santa Cruz.
[edit] Air transportation

San Jose is served by Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (IATA: SJC, ICAO: KSJC, FAA LID: SJC), two miles (3 km) northwest of downtown, and by Reid-Hillview Airport of Santa Clara County another airport located in the eastern part of San Jose. San Jose residents also use San Francisco International Airport (IATA: SFO, ICAO: KSFO, FAA LID: SFO), a major international hub located 35 miles (56 km) to the northwest, and Oakland International Airport (IATA: OAK, ICAO: KOAK, FAA LID: OAK), another major international airport located 35 miles (56 km) to the north. The airport is also near the intersections of three major freeways, U.S. Route 101, Interstate 880, and State Route 87.
[edit] Freeways and highways

The San Jose area has a freeway system, including three Interstate freeways—I-280, I-880, and I-680—in addition to several state and one US Highway, US 101, SR 85, SR 87, SR 17, and SR 237. It is, however, the largest city in the country not served by a primary, "two-digit" interstate. Additionally, San Jose contains many expressways of the Santa Clara County Expressway System, including the Almaden Expressway, Capitol Expressway, San Tomas Expressway, and Lawrence Expressway.

Several regional transportation projects have been undertaken in recent years to deal with congestion on San Jose freeways. This includes expansion of State Route 87 including more lanes near the downtown San Jose area. The interchange for I-280 connecting with I-680 and US 101, a rush-hour spot where the three freeways meet has been known to have high-density traffic similar to Los Angeles County interchanges.
[edit] Major highways

* I-280.svg Interstate 280
* I-680.svg Interstate 680
* I-880.svg Interstate 880
* US 101 (CA).svg U.S. Route 101



* California 17.svg State Route 17
* California 82.svg State Route 82
* California 85.svg State Route 85



* California 87.svg State Route 87
* California 130.svg State Route 130
* California 237.svg State Route 237

[edit] Utilities
San Jose Water Works at West Santa Clara St.

Potable water is provided primarily by the private-sector San Jose Water Company, with some by the Great Oaks Water Company, and ten percent by the public-sector San Jose Municipal Water System. Great Oaks provides exclusively well water[citation needed], while the other two provide water from multiple sources[citation needed], including well water, and surface water from the Los Gatos Creek watershed, Santa Clara Valley Water District, and the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission's Hetch Hetchy Reservoir.

Garbage, wastewater treatment, and recycling services are overseen by the city of San Jose's Environmental Services Department. San Jose recycles 64% of its waste, an has an exceptionally high percentage that is attributed to the recycling program's accepting an unusually long list of recyclable items without requiring that materials be sorted.[68] Among the items accepted are all types of plastic, aerosol cans and paint cans, foam packing materials, aluminum furniture, small metal appliances, pots and pans, and clean fabrics.

Wastewater treatment happens at the San Jose/Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant, which treats and cleans the wastewater to more than 1,500,000 people that live and work in the 300 square mile (780 km²) area encompassing San Jose, Santa Clara, Milpitas, Campbell, Cupertino, Los Gatos, Saratoga, and Monte Sereno.[68]

About ten percent of the treated wastewater is sold for irrigation ("water recycling") in San Jose[citation needed], Santa Clara, and Milpitas, through local water providers San Jose Municipal Water System, City of Milpitas Municipal Services, City of Santa Clara Water & Sewer Utility, Santa Clara Valley Water District, San Jose Water Company, and Great Oaks Water Company.

Natural gas and electricity are provided by PG&E. Telephone service is provided primarily by AT&T. Cable television is provided by Comcast.
[edit] Education
Tower Hall, San Jose State
[edit] Colleges and universities

San Jose is home to several colleges and universities. The largest and most well known is San José State University, which was founded by the California legislature in 1862 as the California State Normal School, and is the founding campus of the California State University (CSU) system. Located in downtown San Jose since 1870, the university enrolls approximately 30,000 students in over 130 different bachelor's and master's degree programs. The school enjoys a good academic reputation, especially in the fields of engineering, business, art and design and journalism, and consistently ranks among the top public universities in the western region of the United States. San José State is one of only three Bay Area schools that fields a Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) Division I college football team. Stanford University and U.C. Berkeley are the other two.

National Hispanic University, with an enrollment of 600, offers associate and bachelor's degrees and teaching credentials to its students, focusing on Hispanic students.

Lincoln Law School of San Jose offers law degrees, catering to working professionals.

The San Jose campus of Golden Gate University offers business bachelor and MBA degrees.

San Jose's community colleges, San José City College and Evergreen Valley College, offer associate degrees, general education units to transfer to CSU and UC schools, and adult and continuing education programs. The West campus of Palmer College of Chiropractic is also located in San Jose.

The University of California, Santa Cruz operates Lick Observatory atop Mount Hamilton.

Additionally, San Jose residents attend several other area universities, including Santa Clara University, Stanford University in Palo Alto, Carnegie Mellon Silicon Valley in Mountain View and the University of California, Berkeley. Additionally, San Jose and South Bay residents comprise large sections of the student population at both the University of California, Santa Cruz and the University of California, Davis.
[edit] Primary and secondary education

Most San Jose students go to schools in the San José Unified School District. Prior to 1954, California law required cities and school districts to have the same boundaries. When San Jose began expanding, rural school districts became one of the major opponents, as their territory and tax base was taken by the city. The city's legislators pushed a bill through the California Legislature, removing that requirement, and ending much of the opposition. The result is a patchwork of local school districts in the areas annexed after 1954.[11] Public education in the city is provided by four high school districts, fourteen elementary districts, and four unified school districts (which provide both elementary and high schools).

In addition to the main San José Unified School District, the unified school districts are Milpitas Unified School District, Morgan Hill Unified School District, and Santa Clara Unified School District.

The following districts use the "feeder" system:

* Campbell Union High School District receives students from:
o Cambrian
o Campbell Union
o Luther Burbank
o Moreland
o Union School District.
* East Side Union High School District receives students from:
o Alum Rock Union
o Berryessa Union
o Evergreen Elementary
o Franklin-McKinley
o Mount Pleasant Elementary
o Oak Grove
o Orchard Elementary
* Fremont Union High School District receives students from:
o Cupertino Union School District.
* Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School District receives students from
o Los Gatos Union School District.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Library

Private schools in San Jose are primarily run by religious groups. The Catholic Diocese of San Jose has the second largest student population in the Santa Clara County, behind only SJUSD; the diocese and its parishes operate several schools in the city, including four high schools: Archbishop Mitty High School, Bellarmine College Preparatory, Notre Dame High School, and Presentation High School.[69] There are two Baptist high schools, Liberty Baptist School and White Road Baptist Academy. [2] Valley Christian High School is a Protestant high school in the North Valley neighborhood. There is also the nonsectarian K-12 Harker School.
[edit] San Jose library system

The San José Public Library System is unique in that the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library combines the collections of the city's system with the San José State University main library. The building of the library in 2003 was the largest single library construction project west of the Mississippi. It has more than 1.5 million items. The building has eight floors that result in more than 475,000 square feet (44,100 m2) of space with a capacity for 2 million volumes.[70]

The city has 21 neighborhood branches (17 of them open and not currently undergoing renovation or reconstruction) including the Biblioteca Latinoamericana which specializes in Spanish language works.[71] The East San José Carnegie Branch Library, a Carnegie library opened in 1908, is the last Carnegie library in Santa Clara County still operating as a public library and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. As the result of a bond measure passed in November 2000, a number of brand new or completely reconstructed branches have been completed and opened. The four branches currently undergoing reconstruction are the Calabazas Branch, the Educational Park Branch, the Santa Teresa Branch, and the Seventrees Branch. The yet-to-be-named brand new branch on Bascom Avenue is currently under construction, and a future Southeast Branch is also planned, bringing the bond library project to its completion.[72]

The San Jose system (along with the University system) were jointly named as "Library of the Year" by the Library Journal in 2004.[73]
[edit] Attractions
View of Circle of Palms Plaza
Front of the San Jose Museum of Art, the remaining facade of San Jose's first post office.
The Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum at Rosicrucian Park.
Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph
Church of the Five Wounds on East Santa Clara St.
Main article: List of attractions in Silicon Valley
[edit] Parks, gardens, and other outdoor recreational sites

* Almaden Quicksilver County Park, 4,147 acres (17 km²) of former mercury mines in South San Jose (operated and maintained by the County of Santa Clara, Parks and Recreation Department).
* Alum Rock Park, 718 acres (2.9 km²) in East San Jose, the oldest municipal park in California
* Emma Prusch Farm Park, 43.5 acres (176,000 m²) in East San Jose. Donated by Emma Prusch to demonstrate the valley's agricultural past, it includes a 4-H barn (the largest in San Jose), community gardens, a rare-fruit orchard, demonstration gardens, picnic areas, and expanses of lawn. [3]
* Circle of Palms Plaza, a ring of palm trees surrounding a California state seal and historical landmark at the site of the first state capitol
* Kelley Park, including diverse facilities such as Happy Hollow Park & Zoo (a child-centric amusement park currently closed for renovations), the Japanese Friendship Garden (Kelley Park), History Park at Kelley Park, and the Portuguese Historical Museum within the history park
* Overfelt Gardens, including the Chinese Cultural Garden
* Plaza de César Chávez, a small park in Downtown, hosts outdoor concerts and the Christmas in the Park display
* Raging Waters, water park with water slides and other water attractions. This sits within Lake Cunningham Park
* Rosicrucian Park, nearly an entire city block in the Rose Garden neighborhood; the Park offers a setting of Egyptian and Moorish architecture set among lawns, rose gardens, statuary, and fountains, and includes the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, Planetarium, Research Library, Peace Garden and Visitors Center
* San Jose Flea Market
* San José Municipal Rose Garden, 5½ acre (22,000 m²) park in the Rose Garden neighborhood, featuring over 4,000 rose bushes
* Winchester Mystery House in San Jose.

[edit] Trails

San Jose's trail network offers over 51 miles (80 km) of recreational and commute trails throughout the City.[74] The major trails in the network include:

* Coyote Creek Trail
* Guadalupe River Trail
* Los Gatos Creek Trail
* Los Alamitos Creek Trail
* Penitencia Creek Trail
* Silver Creek Valley Trail

This large urban trail network is linked to trails in surrounding jurisdictions and many rural trails in surrounding open space and foothills. Additional information is available at the City of San José trail network website.
[edit] Museums, libraries, and other cultural collections

* Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose
* History Park at Kelley Park
* Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies, home of the largest Beethoven collection outside Europe
* Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, the largest U.S. public library west of Mississippi River
* Mexican Heritage Plaza, a museum and cultural center for Mexican Americans in the area
* Portuguese Historical Museum
* Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, the largest collection of Egyptian artifacts on display in the western United States, located at Rosicrucian Park
* San Jose Museum of Art
* The Tech Museum of Innovation
* San Jose Steam Railroad Museum, proposed, artifacts and rolling stock are kept at the fairgrounds and Kelley Park
* History San José

[edit] Sports and event venues

* HP Pavilion at San Jose - home of the NHL's San Jose Sharks, the AFL's San Jose SaberCats and the NLL's San Jose Stealth.

* San Jose Municipal Stadium, home of the minor league San Jose Giants.
* Spartan Stadium, home of San José State University football, MLL's San Francisco Dragons, and the previous home of Major League Soccer's San Jose Earthquakes.
* San Jose Convention Center-home of the CBA's San Jose Sky Rockets until the team's departure in 2006 to North Dakota.
* San Jose Jazz Festival, held annually in downtown San Jose
* San Jose Improv, San Jose's oldest theater, home for the San Jose Improv Comedy Club.

[edit] Other structures

* Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph, the oldest parish in California
* Lick Observatory, home of what was once the largest telescope in the world
* Sikh Gurdwara - San Jose, the largest Gurdwara (a Sikh temple) in the United States
* Peralta Adobe, a restored adobe home showing the lifestyle of Spanish and Mexican California
* Winchester Mystery House, a sprawling, 160-room Victorian mansion built by Sarah Winchester
* Raging Waters, the largest water park in Northern California with 23 acres (93,000 m2) and millions of gallons of water

See also: Santa Clara County, California#Cities.2C towns.2C and neighborhoods
[edit] Media
Main article: Media in San Jose, California

San Jose is served by local media as well as that of the Greater Bay Area and national media. Media outlets based in San Jose include the San Jose Mercury News and various smaller newspapers and magazines, five television stations, six AM radio stations, and sixteen FM radio stations.

In April 1909, Charles David Herrold, an electronics instructor in San Jose, constructed a radio station to broadcast the human voice. The station "San Jose Calling" (call letters FN, later FQW), was the world's first radio station with scheduled programming targeted at a general audience. The station became the first to broadcast music in 1910. Herrold's wife Sybil became the first female "disk jockey" in 1912. The station changed hands a number of times before eventually becoming today's KCBS in San Francisco.[75]
[edit] Cultural references to San Jose

* Do You Know the Way to San Jose, lyrics, Hal David – music, Burt Bacharach; Grammy-winning 1968 hit single (Pop #10, R&B #23) for Dionne Warwick, Scepter Records 12216; more than 100 other recordings.
* Michaela Roessner. Vanishing Point. Tor, New York, 1993. ISBN 0-3128-5213-4. Post-apocalyptic novel, largely set in San Jose; many South Bay survivors have gathered to live in the Winchester Mystery House and the nearby Century Theatres dome.
* British studio quartet The First Class had a 1974 Billboard #4 hit "Beach Baby", containing the lyric "We couldn't wait for graduation day, we took the car and drove to San Jose. That's where you told me that you'd wear my ring, I guess you don't remember anything."
* Some key scenes for the Bollywood film, "My Name Is Khan" were filmed at the Children's Discovery Museum in San Jose and in and around San José. The main lead, Shahrukh Khan, visited San José on July 3, 2009 while filming.

[edit] See also
San Francisco Bay Area portal

* List of people from San Jose, California
* List of school districts in Santa Clara County, California
* San José Police Department

[edit] Notes and references

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25. ^ http://www.dof.ca.gov/research/demographic/reports/estimates/e-1/2008-09/documents/E-1_2009%20Press%20Release.pdf
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30. ^ "UCSC, Lick Observatory designate asteroid for the city of San Jose". University of California, Santa Cruz. May 25, 1998. http://www.ucsc.edu/oncampus/currents/97-98/05-25/asteroid.htm. Retrieved 2007-06-18.
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32. ^ http://weather.gov
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43. ^ Local Agency Formation Commission
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49. ^ San Jose Crime Statistics
50. ^ Males, Mike. Scapegoat Generation
51. ^ 2007 Morgan Quitno and Khoa Le Award City Crime Rankings by Population Group (To verify the "Since 2002" claim, change the 07 in the URL to see previous year's results.)
52. ^ City Crime rankings by Population group
53. ^ "Mayors Against Illegal Guns: Coalition Members". http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/html/about/members.shtml.
54. ^ "Sister City Program". The City of San Jose. http://www.sjeconomy.com/sistercities/. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
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57. ^ "San Jose Downtown Historic District". National Parks Service. http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/santaclara/shd.htm. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
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62. ^ Chicago cows on parade exhibit
63. ^ http://www.earstudio.com/sanjosesemaphore/decoding.pdf
64. ^ San Jose Museum of Art
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71. ^ Locations page at SJ Library site(See BL article for its references.)
72. ^ Bond Projects for Branch Libraries page at the SJ Library site
73. ^ San Jose 2003-2004 Annual Report "In 2004, San José Public Library and San José State University Library were jointly named Library of the Year by the Library Journal."
74. ^ "Network Status Table". City of San Jose. 2008-01-30. http://www.sjparks.org/trails/doc/TrailStatus1-30-08.pdf. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
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* Bruno, Andy; INCONSISTENCY ACCENTED BY SAN JOSE AND SAN JOSE; San Jose Mercury News; February 15, 1996, p. 2E
* The Weather Channel data for San Jose
* Peck, Willys I., "When Ma Bell Spoke With a Human Voice," Saratoga Stereopticon: A Magic Lantern of Memory, (Cupertino, California: California History Center and Foundation, 1998, pp. 41–42.
* Map: Mobile Communications: Reaching the World by Mobile Telephone Service, (San Francisco: Pacific Telephone Co., 1983.)
* Undated San Jose Mercury News article describing exchange names possibly written by Patricia Loomis or Clyde Arbuckle.

[edit] Further reading

* Beilharz, Edwin A.; and DeMers Jr., Donald O.; San Jose: California's First City; 1980, ISBN 0-932986-13-7
* The California Room, the San Jose Library's collection of research materials on the history of San Jose and Santa Clara Valley.

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Neighborhoods of San Jose, California
Central
Downtown San Jose · Japantown · Rose Garden · Sunol-Midtown · Willow Glen · Naglee Park · Newhall/College Park
West
Burbank · Cambrian Park · West San Jose · Winchester
North
Alviso · Berryessa
East
Evergreen · Alum Rock · East Foothills · King and Story · Little Portugal
South
Almaden Valley · Blossom Valley · Coyote Valley · Santa Teresa · Silver Creek Valley · Edenvale · Seven Trees
Nearby cities
West: Cupertino · Mountain View · Santa Clara · Sunnyvale

North: Fremont · Milpitas
South: Campbell · Gilroy · Los Gatos · Morgan Hill · Saratoga
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San Jose and Silicon Valley attractions
Arboreta/Gardens
Arizona Cactus Garden · Chinese Cultural Garden · Emma Prusch Farm Park · Hakone Gardens · Japanese Friendship Garden · Overfelt Gardens · SJ Municipal Rose Garden · Stanford Arboretum · Villa Montalvo Arboretum
Cultural
American Musical Theatre of SJ · Ballet San Jose · Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph · Choral Project · De Saisset Museum · MLK Library · Gurdwara Sahib · Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies · Mexican Heritage Plaza · Opera San Jose · SJ City Hall · SJ Flea Market · SJ Improv · SJ Museum of Art · SJ Rep Theatre · Viet Museum · Villa Montalvo · Vivace Youth Chorus
Event venues
Buck Shaw Stadium · HP Pavilion at San Jose · PAL Stadium · SC Convention Center · SJ Civic Auditorium · SJ Convention Center · SJ Municipal Stadium · SJSU Event Center Arena · Shoreline Amphitheatre · Spartan Stadium
Events
BayCon · Cinequest Film Festival · FanimeCon · FurCon · Gilroy Garlic Festival · LiveStrong Challenge · SJ Holiday Parade · SJ Jazz Festival · Stanford Jazz Festival
Historical
Circle of Palms · De Anza Hotel · Hangar One · History Park at Kelley Park · HP Garage · Peralta Adobe · Portuguese Historical Museum · Rengstorff House · Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum · SJ Museum of Quilts & Textiles · Winchester Mystery House
Parks/Trails
Almaden Quicksilver County Park · Alum Rock Park · Bay Area Ridge Trail · Castle Rock State Park · Ed Levin Park · Grant Ranch Park · Guadalupe River Trail · Henry W. Coe State Park · Kelley Park · Lake Cunningham · Los Alamitos Creek Trail · Los Gatos Creek Trail · Plaza de César Chávez · Rancho San Antonio · Rosicrucian Park · Sanborn Park · SF Bay Trail · Shoreline Park · Stevens Creek Trail · Vasona Park
Science/Tech/Education
Children's Discovery Museum · Computer History Museum · Googleplex · Intel Museum · Laser Quest · Lick Observatory · NASA Ames Research Center · SJSU · SCU · Stanford · The Tech Museum of Innovation
Shopping
Cupertino Square · Eastridge · Great Mall · Pruneyard · San Antonio · Santana Row · Stanford · Oakridge · Valley Fair · Westgate
Theme parks & Tours
Airship Ventures · Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad · Gilroy Gardens · Great America · Happy Hollow Park & Zoo · Raging Waters
Vineyards/Wineries
Byington Vineyard · J Lohr Vineyards and Wines · Mountain Winery · Picchetti Brothers Winery · Savannah-Chanelle Vineyards
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Silicon Valley in California
Cities
Campbell • Cupertino • East Palo Alto • Fremont • Los Altos • Los Altos Hills • Los Gatos • Menlo Park • Milpitas • Mountain View • Newark • Palo Alto • Redwood City • San Jose • San Mateo • Santa Clara • Saratoga • Sunnyvale
Colleges and Universities
Carnegie Mellon Silicon Valley • Cogswell Polytechnical College • De Anza College • Evergreen Valley College • Foothill College • Menlo College • Mission College • National Hispanic University • Northwestern Polytechnic University • San Jose City College • San José State University • Santa Clara University • Stanford University • University of California, Berkeley • University of California, Santa Cruz
Companies (including subsidiaries and
defuncts based in or around the area)
3Com • Actuate • Adaptec • Adobe Systems • AMD • Agilent Technologies • Amdahl • Apple Inc. • Applied Materials • Aricent • Asus • Atari • Atmel • BEA Systems • Business Objects • Cisco Systems • Computer Literacy Bookstore • Cypress Semiconductor • eBay • Electronic Arts • Facebook • Foundry Networks • Fry's Electronics • Fujitsu • Gaia Online • Google • Hewlett-Packard • Hitachi Global Storage Technologies • Intel • Intuit • Juniper Networks • Knight-Ridder • Logitech • LSI Logic • Magellan Navigation • Marvell Technology Group • Maxtor • McAfee • Memorex • Microsoft • National Semiconductor • Netscape • Network Appliance • NeXT • Nintendo of America • Nvidia • Opera Software • OPPO Digital • Oracle Corporation • Palm, Inc. • PalmSource • PayPal • Rambus • Redback Networks • SAP AG • SanDisk • Silicon Graphics • Silicon Image • Solectron • Sony • SRI International • Sun Microsystems • Symantec • Symyx • Taligent • Tesla Motors • TiVo • VA Software • WebEx • VeriSign • Veritas Software • VMware • Xilinx • Yahoo!
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San Francisco Bay Area
Bodies of water
Bodega Bay • Carquinez Strait • Clifton Forebay • Golden Gate • Grizzly Bay • Guadalupe River • Half Moon Bay • Lake Berryessa • Napa River • Oakland Estuary • Petaluma River • Richardson Bay • Richmond Inner Harbor • Russian River • San Francisco Bay • San Leandro Bay • San Pablo Bay • Sonoma Creek • Suisun Bay • Tomales Bay
San Francisco Bay Area
Counties
Alameda • Contra Costa • Marin • Napa • San Francisco • San Mateo • Santa Clara • Solano • Sonoma
Major cities
San Jose • San Francisco • Oakland
Cities and towns
100k-250k
Antioch • Berkeley • Concord • Daly City • Fairfield • Fremont • Hayward • Richmond • Santa Clara • Santa Rosa • Sunnyvale • Vallejo
Cities and towns
25k-99k
Alameda • Belmont • Benicia • Burlingame • Campbell • Castro Valley • Cupertino • Danville • Dublin • East Palo Alto • Foster City • Gilroy • Livermore • Los Altos • Los Gatos • Martinez • Menlo Park • Milpitas • Morgan Hill • Mountain View • Napa • Newark • Novato • Oakley • Pacifica • Palo Alto • Petaluma • Pittsburg • Pleasant Hill • Pleasanton • Redwood City • Rohnert Park • San Bruno • San Carlos • San Leandro • San Mateo • San Pablo • San Rafael • San Ramon • Saratoga • South San Francisco • Suisun City • Union City • Vacaville • Walnut Creek
Cities and towns
10k-25k
Alamo • Albany • Alum Rock • Ashland • Bay Point • Blackhawk-Camino Tassajara • Brentwood • Cherryland • Clayton • Dixon • El Cerrito • El Sobrante • Half Moon Bay • Healdsburg • Hercules • Hillsborough • Lafayette • Larkspur • Millbrae • Mill Valley • Moraga • North Fair Oaks • Orinda • Piedmont • Pinole • San Anselmo • San Lorenzo • Stanford • Tamalpais-Homestead Valley • Windsor
Sub-regions
East Bay • North Bay • San Francisco Peninsula • Silicon Valley • South Bay
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Municipalities and communities of
Santa Clara County, California
County seat: San Jose
Cities and towns

Campbell | Cupertino | Gilroy | Los Altos | Los Altos Hills | Los Gatos | Milpitas | Monte Sereno | Morgan Hill | Mountain View | Palo Alto | San Jose | Santa Clara | Saratoga | Sunnyvale

Santa Clara County map
CDPs

Alum Rock | Buena Vista | Burbank | East Foothills | Fruitdale | Lexington Hills | Loyola | San Martin | Seven Trees | Stanford | Sunol-Midtown
Unincorporated
communities

Bell Station | Casa Loma | Chemeketa Park | Holy City | Loma Chiquita | Old Gilroy | Redwood Estates | Rucker | San Antonio Valley | Sargent | Sveadal
Ghost towns

Alma | Lexington | Wrights
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California county seats
Consolidated city-county
San Francisco
Cities

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CDPs and communities

Bridgeport | Downieville | Independence | Markleeville | Quincy | San Andreas | Weaverville
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Sacramento (capital)
Topics

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Regions

Antelope Valley · Big Sur · Cascade Range · Central Coast · Central Valley · Channel Islands · Coachella Valley · Conejo Valley · Cucamonga Valley · Death Valley · Desert · East Bay (SF) · Eastern California · Emerald Triangle · Gold Country · Great Basin · Greater Fresno Area · Greater Los Angeles · Greater Sacramento · Inland Empire · Lake Tahoe · Los Angeles Basin · Lost Coast · Mojave · North Bay (SF) · North Coast · Northern California · Owens Valley · Oxnard Plain · San Francisco Peninsula · Pomona Valley · Sacramento Valley · San Bernardino Valley · San Fernando Valley · San Francisco Bay Area · San Gabriel Valley · San Joaquin Valley · Santa Clara Valley · Santa Clara River Valley · Santa Clarita Valley · Shasta Cascade · Sierra Nevada · Silicon Valley · South Bay (SF) · Southern California · Tri-Valley · Upstate California · Victor Valley · Wine Country · Yosemite · List of protected areas of California
Metro areas

Bakersfield · Chico · El Centro · Fresno · Hanford–Corcoran · Los Angeles–Long Beach–Glendale · Madera · Modesto · Merced · Napa · Oakland–Fremont–Hayward · Oxnard–Thousand Oaks–Ventura · Redding · Riverside–San Bernardino–Ontario · Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville · Salinas · San Diego–Carlsbad–San Marcos · San Francisco–San Mateo–Redwood City · San Jose–Sunnyvale–Santa Clara · San Luis Obispo–Paso Robles · Santa Ana–Anaheim–Irvine · Santa Barbara–Santa Maria–Goleta · Santa Cruz–Watsonville· Santa Rosa–Petaluma · Stockton · Vallejo–Fairfield · Visalia–Porterville · Yuba City
Micro areas

Bishop · Clearlake · Crescent City · Eureka–Arcata–Fortuna · Phoenix Lake-Cedar Ridge · Red Bluff · Susanville · Truckee–Grass Valley · Ukiah
Counties

Alameda · Alpine · Amador · Butte · Calaveras · Colusa · Contra Costa · Del Norte · El Dorado · Fresno · Glenn · Humboldt · Imperial · Inyo · Kern · Kings · Lake · Lassen · Los Angeles · Madera · Marin · Mariposa · Mendocino · Merced · Modoc · Mono · Monterey · Napa · Nevada · Orange · Placer · Plumas · Riverside · Sacramento · San Benito · San Bernardino · San Diego · San Francisco · San Joaquin · San Luis Obispo · San Mateo · Santa Barbara · Santa Clara · Santa Cruz · Shasta · Sierra · Siskiyou · Solano · Sonoma · Stanislaus · Sutter · Tehama · Trinity · Tulare · Tuolumne · Ventura · Yolo · Yuba
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50 most populous cities of the United States


1. New York
2. Los Angeles
3. Chicago
4. Houston
5. Phoenix
6. Philadelphia
7. San Antonio
8. Dallas
9. San Diego
10. San Jose



11. Detroit
12. San Francisco
13. Jacksonville
14. Indianapolis
15. Austin
16. Columbus
17. Fort Worth
18. Charlotte
19. Memphis
20. Baltimore



21. El Paso
22. Boston
23. Milwaukee
24. Denver
25. Seattle
26. Nashville
27. Washington
28. Las Vegas
29. Portland
30. Louisville



31. Oklahoma City
32. Tucson
33. Atlanta
34. Albuquerque
35. Fresno
36. Sacramento
37. Long Beach
38. Mesa
39. Kansas City
40. Omaha



41. Cleveland
42. Virginia Beach
43. Miami
44. Oakland
45. Raleigh
46. Tulsa
47. Minneapolis
48. Colorado Springs
49. Honolulu
50. Arlington

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50 largest metropolitan statistical areas in the United States by population
New York · Los Angeles · Chicago · Dallas · Philadelphia · Houston · Miami · Atlanta · Washington · Boston · Detroit · Phoenix · San Francisco · Riverside-San Bernardino · Seattle · Minneapolis · San Diego · St. Louis · Tampa · Baltimore · Denver · Pittsburgh · Portland · Cleveland · Cincinnati · Sacramento · Orlando · Kansas City · San Antonio · San Jose · Las Vegas · Milwaukee · Columbus · Indianapolis · Virginia Beach · Providence · Charlotte · Austin · Nashville · Jacksonville · Memphis · Louisville · Richmond · Hartford · Oklahoma City · Buffalo · Birmingham · Salt Lake City · Rochester · New Orleans
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World's fifty most-populous urban areas

1. Tokyo – Yokohama
2. Jakarta
3. New York
4. Mumbai
5. Manila
6. Delhi
7. Seoul – Incheon
8. Mexico City
9. São Paulo
10. Osaka – Kobe – Kyoto



11. Cairo
12. Kolkata
13. Los Angeles
14. Shanghai
15. Shenzhen
16. Moscow
17. Buenos Aires
18. Beijing
19. Guangzhou
20. Rio de Janeiro



21. Istanbul
22. Paris
23. Dongguan
24. Dhaka
25. Karachi
26. Chicago
27. Nagoya
28. Lagos
29. London
30. Kinshasa



31. Tianjin
32. Bangkok
33. Tehran
34. Lima
35. Bogotá
36. Johannesburg – East Rand
37. Chennai
38. Ruhr Area
(Essen–Düsseldorf)
39. Bangalore
40. Lahore



41. Ho Chi Minh City
42. Hong Kong
43. Hyderabad
44. Taipei
45. Toronto – Hamilton
46. San Francisco – San Jose
47. Santiago
48. Kuala Lumpur
49. Baghdad
50. Miami

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Mayors of cities with populations exceeding 100,000 in California


1. Antonio Villaraigosa
(Los Angeles)
2. Jerry Sanders
(San Diego)
3. Chuck Reed
(San Jose)
4. Gavin Newsom
(San Francisco)
5. Ashley Swearengin
(Fresno)
6. Kevin Johnson
(Sacramento)
7. Bob Foster
(Long Beach)
8. Ron Dellums
(Oakland)
9. Miguel A. Pulido
(Santa Ana)
10. Curt Pringle
(Anaheim)
11. Harvey Hall
(Bakersfield)
12. Ronald O. Loveridge
(Riverside)
13. Ann Johnston
(Stockton)



14. Cheryl Cox
(Chula Vista)
15. Sukhee Kang
(Irvine)
16. Jim Ridenour
(Modesto)
17. Bob Wasserman
(Fremont)
18. Pat Morris
(San Bernardino)
19. John Drayman
(Glendale)
20. Keith Bohr
(Huntington Beach)^
21. William H. Batey II
(Moreno Valley)^
22. Thomas E. Holden
(Oxnard)
23. Mark Nuaimi
(Fontana)
24. Paul S. Leon
(Ontario)
25. Donald Kurth
(Rancho Cucamonga)
26. Jim Wood
(Oceanside)



27. Bob Kellar
(Santa Clarita)^
28. William Dalton
(Garden Grove)
29. Susan Gorin
(Santa Rosa)^
30. Elliot Rothman
(Pomona)
31. Steve Nolan
(Corona)^
32. R. Rex Parris
(Lancaster)
33. Dennis Donohue
(Salinas)
34. James C. Ledford Jr.
(Palmdale)
35. Bill Bogaard
(Pasadena)
36. Michael Sweeney
(Hayward)
37. Frank Scotto
(Torrance)
38. Lori Holt Pfeiler
(Escondido)
39. Carolyn Cavecche
(Orange)



40. Pat Hume
(Elk Grove)
41. Tony Spitaleri
(Sunnyvale)
42. Sharon Quirk
(Fullerton)^
43. Jacqui Irwin
(Thousand Oaks)^
44. Ernest Gutierrez
(El Monte)
45. William D. Shinn
(Concord)^
46. Jesus Gamboa
(Visalia)
47. Paul Miller
(Simi Valley)
48. Osby Davis
(Vallejo)
49. Roosevelt F. Dorn
(Inglewood)
50. Gina Garbolino
(Roseville)
51. Rudy Cabriales
(Victorville)
52. Patricia M. Mahan
(Santa Clara)



53. Eric R. Bever
(Costa Mesa)^
54. Rick Trejo
(Downey)^
55. Roger Hernandez
(West Covina)^
56. Christy Weir
(Ventura)
57. Harry T. Price
(Fairfield)
58. Cheri Kelley
(Norwalk)
59. David Golonski
(Burbank)
60. Gayle McLaughlin
(Richmond)
61. Gonzalo "Sal" Torres
(Daly City)
62. Tom Bates
(Berkeley)
63. Jim Davis
(Antioch)

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