Description: The Urban Growth Boundary (UGB), also referred to as the “Greenline”, defines the ultimate perimeter of urbanization in San José. Outside of this boundary, development remains rural and open in character. The UGB also develops a clearer identity for the City by defining where it begins and ends and by preserving valuable open space and habitat resources. The intent of the UGB is to define the limit of the encroachment of development and semi-urban land uses into the hillsides that border the valley floor. San José’s UGB generally follows the 15% slope line, unless geologic issues or existing land uses suggest that it should be located downhill from the 15% slope line. Areas outside the UGB should be designated Open Hillside or Open Space, Parklands, and Habitat, and they should remain outside the Urban Service Area boundary.In the 1990s the City strengthened its commitment to environmental leadership and growth management by incorporating its UGB into the General Plan. Adoption of the UGB identified the limits of the City’s potential expansion and today permanently limits urbanization in San José to those areas already developed and/or already planned for urban development. To implement the UGB, San José worked with Santa Clara County to improve upon long established cooperative policies and practices to ensure that urban uses occur only inside the Urban Growth Boundary. This effort builds upon existing strategies, goals, and policies of the San José 2020 General Plan. In 2000, a ballot measure establishing the UGB and procedures for its modification was placed before and easily approved by the City’s voters, demonstrating broad community support for this limitation upon the San José’s outward expansion and preservation of the surrounding hillsides as open spaces areas.Data is updated as needed.
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Description: Since 1978, voters have elected council members from among candidates living within their district, plus the mayor who is elected at large citywide. Thus, the San Jose City Council was expanded from seven to eleven. With the subsequent release of decennial census data by the US Census Bureau in the years 1980, 1990, 2000, and 2010, City Council District boundaries have been adjusted to meet legal requirements and San Jose's own redistricting criteria. The City Council Districts boundaries are updated every ten years.
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Description: 2021 council districts were approved by City Council on January 11, 2022 (Ord 30702) and go into effect February 11, 2022. This layer compares the 2011 and 2021 council districts, where DISTRICTOLD is the 2011 council district and DISTRICTNEW is the 2021 council district. To see areas that have changed districts, apply a definition query of DISTCHANGE = "Yes".
Description: 2021 council districts were approved by City Council on January 11, 2022 (Ord 30702) and go into effect February 11, 2022. This layer compares the 2011 and 2021 council districts, where DISTRICTOLD is the 2011 council district and DISTRICTNEW is the 2021 council district. To see areas that have changed districts, apply a definition query of DISTCHANGE = "Yes".
Description: Since 1978, voters have elected council members from among candidates living within their district, plus the mayor who is elected at large citywide. Thus, the San Jose City Council was expanded from seven to eleven. With the subsequent release of decennial census data by the US Census Bureau in the years 1980, 1990, 2000, and 2010, City Council District boundaries have been adjusted to meet legal requirements and San Jose's own redistricting criteria. The City Council Districts boundaries are updated every ten years.
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Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>This feature class contains consolidated attributes from Census 2020 redistricting tables H1, P2, and P4 at the block level for Santa Clara County. Redistricting tables include:</SPAN></P><UL STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;padding:0 0 0 0;"><LI><P><SPAN>H1 = Occupancy Status</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P><SPAN>P2 = Hispanic or Latino and not Hispanic or Latino by Race </SPAN></P></LI><LI><P><SPAN>P4 = Hispanic or Latino and not Hispanic or Latino by Race for Population Age 18 and Over</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P><SPAN>P5 = Group Quarters Population by Major Group Quarters Type</SPAN></P></LI></UL></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Copyright Text: Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) https://data.census.gov/cedsci/all?y=2020&d=DEC%20Redistricting%20Data%20%28PL%2094-171%29