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Today’s edition · Fri., Nov. 13

San Jose leaders want to pause data center approvals

Plus, VTA warns BART extension costs are rising as a tunnel shaft is finished.

The SJtoday team2 stories16 sources5 min read

City HallTop story

Mayor Mahan wants San Jose to pause data center approvals until new rules pass

The pause proposal comes before a Dec. 8 vote on standards

  1. Nov. 12Mahan and four councilmembers announce a proposal to halt data center approvals.
  2. Nov. 16District 4 holds a data center town hall at the South Bay Yacht Club.
  3. Nov. 18The Planning Commission will consider the latest version of the standards.
  4. Dec. 8The City Council is scheduled to vote on the standards.

Sources: San José Spotlight, the event's listing

Mayor Matt Mahan and Councilmembers Pamela Campos, David Cohen, Peter Ortiz, and Domingo Candelas announced a proposal Thursday to halt land use approvals for data centers until the City Council votes on uniform standards Dec. 8. It follows San José Spotlight's report that Google's project at 5087 Disk Drive could be approved first. KQED says the full council would consider the pause Tuesday.

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Not everyone thinks a pause goes far enough. Linda Hutchins-Knowles of Mothers Out Front Silicon Valley said it "needs to be extended beyond their current timeline." The city says its outreach included an August listening session with more than 330 participants. Want to weigh in? The District 4 town hall is Mon., Nov. 16, 6:30 p.m., at the South Bay Yacht Club. It's free.

Data center plans in San Jose add up fast

250 megawatts
needed by Google's proposed Alviso data center
16
data center projects in the city's development pipeline
800+ megawatts
that planned north San Jose projects could use together
330+
people at the city's August listening session

Sources: San José Spotlight, KQED, KRON4

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Transit

The BART extension finishes a tunnel launch shaft, and VTA warns costs are rising

Crews finished excavating and reinforcing an 83-foot-deep launch shaft near PayPal Park, the starting point for the machine that will dig the 5-mile tunnel. The extension will add four stations: three in San Jose and one in Santa Clara. 's Tom Maguire says you can now stand at the bottom of the shaft and "really imagine what it's going to be like."

The BART extension's price tag has more than doubled

Source: San José Spotlight

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Value
2014 projection$4.7 billion
Today$12.7 billion

The same week, VTA raised alarms about costs. General Manager Carolyn Gonot said in a Thursday statement that VTA is "evaluating all options" to advance the project, and the rising costs could delay some stations. The San Francisco Chronicle says officials may change the plan. A summer Civil Grand Jury report criticized VTA's management of the project.

  • Shaft: 83 feet deep, with an 1,100-foot ramp to the surface
  • Tunnel: 5 miles, projected 40 months to excavate
  • Boring machine: 53-foot diameter, still to be shipped from Germany

BART's San Jose extension is now expected to open in 2037

  1. 2014Officials project a $4.7 billion cost and a 2026 start of service.
  2. Sept. 2026Workers complete excavation of the launch shaft.
  3. Oct. 2026Crews finish pouring concrete for the underground structure in late October.
  4. Early 2028Tunnel boring is expected to begin.
  5. 2037The stations are now expected to open.

Source: San José Spotlight

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News Notes

Groceries

Vallarta Supermarkets will open its first South San Jose store on Monterey Rd. on Nov. 18, with the grand opening starting at 7 a.m. The first 300 guests get a free bag of groceries, limited to one per household while supplies last. Telemundo says the celebration will include food samples, live mariachi and ballet folklórico. NBC Bay AreaTelemundo Area de la Bahía 48

300guests get a free grocery bag at Vallarta's Nov. 18 opening

The first 300 guests get a bag, limited to one per household while supplies last.

Sources: NBC Bay Area, Telemundo Area de la Bahía 48

Sharks

Macklin Celebrini's third-period goal Wednesday against Pittsburgh was the 200th point of his career, which Sharks Hockey Digest says makes him the 5th-youngest player ever to reach 200 points. The Sharks have one win in their last seven games. Sharks Hockey Digest

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Around California

Moratoriums

Oakland's City Council voted 8-0 Tuesday to extend its data center moratorium by 10 months and 15 days, through Oct. 5, 2027. KALW says San Francisco's land use committee plans to vote next week on extending its moratorium by the same amount. East Bay Insiders NewsletterKALW

Flu

The Bay Area's flu season is off to an unusually early start, SFist reports, with San Francisco's flu test positivity climbing since September, about two months ahead of its usual pattern, to 23%. Hospitals are seeing patient volumes typically associated with January and February. SFist

San Francisco's flu test positivity already tops last winter's peak

Source: SFist

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Last winter's peak20%
This season so far23%

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— Marie Curie

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Opera San Jose's new production of Fiddler on the Roof plays Sunday, Nov. 15, at the California Theatre, and tells the story of a dairyman in a Jewish shtetl on the eve of upheaval, grappling with his daughters' choices. Tradition, indeed. We'll be humming it all day.

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San Jose leaders want to pause data center approvals

Plus, VTA warns BART extension costs are rising as a tunnel shaft is finished.

The TLDR

  1. Mahan and four councilmembers propose pausing data center approvals
  2. BART extension hits a milestone as VTA warns of rising costs
  3. Vallarta opens its first San Jose store Nov. 18
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