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  2. San Jose, California - Wikipedia

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    sanjoseca.gov. San Jose, officially the City of San José ( Spanish for ' Saint Joseph ' [14] / ˌsæn hoʊˈzeɪ, - ˈseɪ / SAN hoh-ZAY, -⁠SAY; Spanish: [saŋ xoˈse] ), [15] is the largest city in Northern California by both population and area. With a 2022 population of 971,233, [9] it is the most populous city in both the Bay Area and ...

  3. History of San Jose, California - Wikipedia

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    Mission San José was not founded until 1797, about 20 miles (30 km) north of San Jose in what is now Fremont .) The town was founded by the colonists led to California by Anza, as a farming community to provide food for the presidios of San Francisco and Monterey. In 1778, the pueblo had a population of 68.

  4. Downtown San Jose - Wikipedia

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    Downtown San Jose is a major tech cluster of Silicon Valley. It is home to Adobe World Headquarters, Zoom HQ, BEA Systems HQ, and numerous facilities and offices of major tech companies, including Amazon Lab126 and Google. The San Francisco Bay Area 's largest news organization, The Mercury News, is headquartered on St. James Park.

  5. Timeline of San Jose, California - Wikipedia

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    Janet Gray Hayes becomes mayor. [34] 1977 – San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles founded. 1980 – Rotary Club of San Jose and San Jose Repertory Theatre founded. 1981 – Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose established. 1982 – Adobe in business. [35] 1983. 1983 San Jose School District California bankruptcy.

  6. Mayor of San Jose - Wikipedia

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    The Mayor of San Jose, officially the Mayor of the City of San José, is executive of the Government of the City of San Jose, California in the United States. The mayor presides over the San Jose City Council, which is composed of 11 voting members, including the mayor. While the mayor is the head of the city council, they have no veto powers ...

  7. Willow Glen, San Jose - Wikipedia

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    County. Santa Clara. City. San Jose. Elevation. 115 ft (35 m) Willow Glen is a district of San Jose, California, in Santa Clara County. Willow Glen is known for its historic downtown, dining and shopping, and is one of the most expensive neighborhoods to live in San Jose. [1] Willow Glen was originally an independent town, until it voted to be ...

  8. Downtown Historic District (San Jose, California) - Wikipedia

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    NRHP reference No. 83003822 [1] Added to NRHP. May 26, 1983. The Downtown Historic District of San Jose, California is a designated U.S. Historic District area of the city roughly the size of one square block. It is bounded by S. First Street to the west, E. San Fernando Street to the south, S.

  9. Government of San Jose, California - Wikipedia

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    Election. The government of San Jose, officially the City of San José, operates as a charter city within California law under the San José City Charter. [1] The elected government of the city, which operates as a council–manager government, is composed of the Mayor of San Jose (currently Matt Mahan ), the San Jose City Council, and several ...