Welcome to District 6
I grew up in San Jose and District 6. My heart is with the City and the District. In the past decade on the council, I have consistently voted the principles upon which the voters put me in office.
I grew up in San Jose and District 6. My heart is with the City and the District. In the past decade on the council, I have consistently voted the principles upon which the voters put me in office.
May
16
Join the community for the third forum that allows the candidates for District 6 to present their...
June
10
Councilmember Pierluigi Oliverio and the City of San Jose Present: Evening in the Park with Silicon Valley...
June
11
Councilmember Pierluigi Oliverio and the City of San Jose Present: Evening in the Park with Silicon Valley...
March
21
Join the community for the first of a series of forums to allow the candidate for District...
Nathan Donato-Weinstein – Silicon valley Business Journal The latest high-rise proposal for San Jose features a design inspired by the wings of a falcon, includes a circular...
Pierluigi Oliverio’s spreadsheet: Seeking clarity in a council raceWhen he leaves office at the end of 2016, San Jose Councilman Pierluigi Oliverio will have spent nearly a...
The article “Outcry ensues over frail police communication network in wake of officer shooting” (Page 1A, March 28) is a sad but timely example of why the City of San Jose should and must have a laser-like focus on providing the essential services that are actually listed in the city charter. The proposed budget for next fiscal year creates a…
– Taisia McMahon & Councilmember Pierluigi Oliverio – Special to the Mercury News Behind Mr. T’s liquor store on Lincoln Avenue in Willow Glen is a former Union Pacific Railroad structure referred to as the trestle. The trestle first disrupted the Los Gatos Creek over a half-century ago when the railroad company, with no regard for the environment, inserted 95 chemically…
Growing up in Willow Glen, I have long heard people discuss how many vehicle lanes there should be on Lincoln Avenue. For some, the ideal would be to reduce vehicle traffic from four lanes to two, with the potential to add a middle turning lane or bike lanes. In doing so, we would be emulating other cities such as Campbell,…
Parents of All Political Stripes Agree The Sunday Internal Affairs column listed an incorrect dollar amount regarding the costs associated with implementing software restricting access to pornography on the children’s computers in our libraries. To be clear, there are three sets of computers in libraries: adults’, teenagers’, and children’s. Back in 2009, the cost to implement porn filters for both…
In my conversations with commercial developers, business owners, and those that would simply like to see more high-quality jobs, the most common complaint is that San Jose is a difficult city for conducting business. Our permit process is cumbersome, approval periods are unnecessarily long, and the amount of risk assumed by developers it too great. This is nothing new. Time…
Every election campaign is the same. Same big money from out of town, same special interest groups, and the same variety of falsehoods that range from the amusing to the absurd. The election for Mayor of San Jose will bring much of the same, and candidates will promise the world on a silver platter, and have you believe that they…
Recently much has been said about the next San Jose mayor becoming an “Education Mayor.” It is easy to make public statements that play upon parents with school-age children during an election year, but the fact remains that the city has absolutely no control over public schools. Zero. Zilch. Nada. Section 1400 of the San Jose city charter lays out…
The front-page article about “reuse” staffing a community centers in the Dec 13 issue of the The Resident, indicated that I was the only vote opposed to the return of the facilities being run by the city. However, the article did not explain the cost savings we are walking away from by doing this, and thus why I voted no….
A recent discussion within our community has focused on building even more single-family homes in areas that are reserved for jobs or fall outside of the urban service area. The proposal would allow those who convert industrial land to pay a fee per housing unit created. Those dollars would then be used to purchase open space in Coyote Valley. Although this idea…
The current county policy, which shields illegal immigrants who commit violent crimes, defies common sense. When the federal government wishes to detain and potentially deport violent criminals, local government should not stand in the way. Rather than protecting violent criminals, we should focus on preventing heinous crimes such as the tragic murder of Martha Casillas (Mother of two) who was…
The San Jose Environmental Innovation Center (EIC) has been in the news a lot recently, due to the fact that it is $1.6 million over budget and six months behind schedule. This project was always risky, as it utilized complicated tax credits that expose the general fund—the guarantor of the project—to future risk. During my tenure as a San Jose councilmember, I have…
For some time now, I have wanted to see Shakespeare performed outdoors in San Jose. I have had the opportunity to see outdoor Shakespeare performances as far away as Ashland, Ore., and as close by as Los Gatos, Santa Cruz and Saratoga. In every instance, it was a great time. Each time I thought this type of event would be nice…