San Jose United

According to San Jose Spotlight, the San Jose City Council voted on 6/18/24 to reduce park funding provided by developers. District 4 Council member David Cohen voted in favor of this cut. Use this form to ask the Council to reverse this park funding cut.

According to San Jose Spotlight, developers who build the first 2,000 homes receive a 50% reduction in park fees (the park funding they would provide). The next 2,000 homes developed will receive a 30% cut in park fees (the park funding they would provide). “Parks and Recreation Commission Vice Chair Larry Ames recently sent Mahan and councilmembers a letter stating five of their members denounce the reduction of parks fees. The city can’t attract economic investment without quality parks, Ames said. ‘Giving a few thousand dollar discount in the park fee won’t offset a half-million-dollar-per-unit imbalance to make housing profitable now, but the discounts would severely impact the park system in the future,’ the letter dated June 5 stated.”