{"id":434159,"date":"2026-08-16T00:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T00:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/434159\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T00:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T00:16:08","slug":"unmuted-remote-public-comment-expands-to-all-san-jose-commissions-and-committees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/434159\/","title":{"rendered":"Unmuted: Remote public comment expands to all San Jose commissions and committees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">FOLLOWING SAN JOSE\u2019S RECENT DECISION to return online public comment to City Council meetings,\u00a0city officials have opted to restore such access for its various commissions and committees as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The unanimous council vote this past Tuesday means that San Jose\u2019s 15 commissions \u2014 which play a hand in shaping policy, approving permits and adjudicating appeals to city decisions \u2014 must now provide online access for residents who wish to participate remotely.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sanjose.legistar.com\/View.ashx?M=F&amp;ID=15747505&amp;GUID=62D8907B-86E7-4DAA-B7E3-61121DC59522\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The change<\/a>\u00a0is part of a broader package of reform measures intended to streamline commission operations, including the appointment process for commissioners.<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading for FREE<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">This is NOT a paywall. We just want to make sure you\u2019re a human. Sign in to read this story and receive the weekly roundup in your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>Success! Your account was created and you\u2019re signed in.<br \/>Please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/localnewsmatters.org\/my-account\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">My Account<\/a> to manage your account.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FOLLOWING SAN JOSE\u2019S RECENT DECISION to return online public comment to City Council meetings,\u00a0city officials have opted to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":434160,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[50297,1610,8762,60064,37902,108024,79464,88,90,89,141345,141346,29785],"class_list":["post-434159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-city-commissions","tag-city-council","tag-government-transparency","tag-mobile-homes","tag-public-comment","tag-public-meetings","tag-public-participation","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-toni-taber","tag-virtual-meetings","tag-zoom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}