November 2: Mercury News Editorial: Wipe away slime, vote for Rose Herrera
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October 26: NBC 11 News: NBC says District 8 Race Can Affect the Entire City
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October 16: CBS channel 5 News- San Jose City Council Race Heats Up
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October 15: Mercury News: San Jose District 8 Incumbent, challenger battle for council seat
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October 12: Attacks on Rose Herrera are scarier than crime in San Jose
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September 23: Mercury News Internal Affairs: Public safety meeting had political undertone
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September 14: Mercury News editorial: Re-elect Rose Herrera in San Jose District 8
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September 12: San Jose officials want crackdown on tax delinquent pot dispensaries
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September 9: San Jose Mercury News – A snapshot of the four candidates running for two San Jose City Council seats
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September 8: San Jose Mercury News – City Council campaigns get underway in San Jose
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August 31: Evergreen Times – Herrera calls for 17 officers to return to patrol
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August 31: Evergreen Times District 8 Report – Keeping San Jose Safe
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August 22: CBS Channel 5 News – San Jose Council Member Calls For More Police Officers On Patrol
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August 22: ABC Channel 7 News – San Jose urged to call in help to combat violence
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August 17: Evergreen Times District 8 Report- Don’t silence the neighborhood voice
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August 17: Evergreen Times – Evergreen celebrates National Night Out
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August 16: San Jose Mercury News – Find out who’s running for office in Santa Clara County
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August 16: San Jose Mercury News – Candidates in Santa Clara County confirmed for Nov. 6 ballot
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August 7: San Jose Mercury News – San Jose reaches out with neighborhood network Nextdoor
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August 3: Evergreen Times District 8 Report- Fiscal Reforms Need Implementation
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August 1: San Jose Mercury News – In San Jose City Council races, Rose Herrera, Johnny Khamis lead in fundraising
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July 20: Evergreen Times District 8 Report- Wins for Evergreen
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July 6: Evergreen Times District 8 Report- Going Away Party for Crime
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June 22: Evergreen Times District 8 Report- Have a fun and safe summer vacation
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June 22: Evergreen Times District 8 Report- Funding Neighborhood Services
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June 5: CBS Channel 5 News – San Jose Voters Face Crucial Pension Reform Vote
San Jose voters are set to decide on a controversial pension reform measure on Tuesday’s election. If Measure B passes, the plan could serve as a blueprint for other financially struggling cities. Kiet Do reports.
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June 3: San Jose Mercury News – Mercury News editorial: Pension reform is the big issue for San Jose Tuesday
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June 1: Bloomberg News – San Jose Shows the Way Out of Public-Pension Sinkhole
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May 31: San Jose Mercury News – Letters to the Editor – Herrera’s help on tower fight has been priceless
Rose Herrera has been very helpful to the concerned residents working with Verizon to find an alternate location for a cell tower in Evergreen. As a member of No Cell Tower near Evergreen Elementary School, I want to thank her for helping us understand the city planning process and arranging a meeting with Verizon for a constructive discussion, which most likely would never have happened without her assistance. A council member only has indirect influence on a planning issue like a cell tower zoning permit. So we appreciated that Herrera was willing to represent our group of more than 700 constituents and their families. (For more information, go to www.no-tower.org.)
I personally endorse Herrera for re-election in District 8 and appreciate her sensible positions on the many difficult economic decisions for San Jose, her support for our group in working with Verizon, and her goals for the future of District 8 and all of San Jose.
David Cook
San Jose
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May 31: San Jose Mercury News – Editorial: Mercury News editorial: Vote for Rose Herrera, not for sleazy campaigners
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May 31: San Jose Mercury News – Herhold: The strange back story on one San Jose Council race
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May 25: Evergreen Times District 8 Report – Aiming for a home run for ball fields
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May 25: San Jose Mercury News – Four San Jose City Council races feature incumbents
Herrera said she’s proud of her support of Measure B, which she believes offers sustainable, but fair, retirement benefits for city employees. She said savings from the measure will allow the city to preserve services and jobs.
She points to other accomplishments: In partnership with residents and the Save our Skatepark community group, the councilwoman said she worked to protect Lake Cunningham Park and keep the nation’s largest skate park open and staffed for residents and youth to enjoy. She said she led an effort to secure funding for the first phase of the VTA light rail extension to Eastridge Mall and improvements to Capitol Expressway and helped prevent water rate hikes for Evergreen residents. And, she said, her support of the city’s new outsourced graffiti program saves hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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May 25: San Jose Mercury News- Letters to the Editor – Lift yourselves up out of the mud(slinging)
I am an active voting Democrat in District 8. My support for progressive-leaning causes is generally reliable and consistent. Yet I find the constant barrage of mudslinging and attempt at character assassination against Rose Herrera to be extremely distasteful. As a concerned resident of the city of San Jose, I call on those responsible to demonstrate a higher level of leadership. Recognize that pension costs are rising and realize the time for reform is now.
Spend time and effort to help restore the financial health of our city rather than the $100,000 to demonize the councilwoman because of her support for Measure B. This current path will only alienate voters who are otherwise friendly to your cause.
Bang Nguyen
San Jose
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May 25: San Jose Mercury News – More than $1 million spent on fight over San Jose pension reform
Of the incumbents seeking re-election, none has faced a tougher battle than Reed ally and District 8 Councilwoman Rose Herrera. She’s raised $88,675 this year including a $1,000 personal loan and together with funds raised last year spent $94,343 this year toward her re-election.
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May 22: San Jose Mercury News – Decision on San Jose minimum wage will go to voters this fall
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May 17: San Jose Mercury News – Letters to the Editor – Herrera does not deserve unions’ scorn
So, the retribution that San Jose City Councilwoman Rose Herrera is getting from public employee unions because of her support for modest pension reform is “getting what she deserves” (Letters, May 15)? The pension measure on the June ballot represents very reasonable and long overdue reform. This is proof positive that we will never get meaningful concessions from public employee unions through negotiation. San Jose city employees represent 0.56 percent of the total population. It seems to me they are overly represented on the City Council. Thank you, Rose Herrera, for also representing the tax payers of San Jose (the 99.4 percent).
Virgil Moore
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May 16: Metro – Endorsement – San Jose District 8 – Rose Herrera
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May 16: San Jose Mercury News – Editorial: Sheriff, others sliming Rose Herrera should be ashamed
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May 12: San Jose Mercury News – Herhold: The travails of Rose Herrera
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May 11: Evergreen Times Endorsement – Rose Herrera for City Council
Read the article here and here …
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May 11: Evergreen Times District 8 Report – Creating Jobs in San Jose – Opportunity, change and challenge
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April 27: Evergreen Times District 8 Report – Community Budget Prioritization – What are our priorities?
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April 24: San Jose Council Recognizes Beautiful Day On Eve of Volunteer Event
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April 13: Evergreen Times District 8 Report – Live Long, Live Healthy
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April 6: Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal Women of Influence Profile: Rose Herrera
See Rose’s Profile in the current issue …
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March 30: Evergreen Times District 8 Report – Pets On Parade
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March 23: Councilmember Rose Herrera Proclaims Women’s History Month in the City of San José
Women’s History Month press release …
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March 16: Evergreen Times District 8 Report – BART is coming to San Jose
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March 12: Councilmember Herrera Named One of Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal’s Women of Influence for 2012
Women of Influence press release…
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March 6: Making sense of San Jose’s Pension Reforms
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March 2: Evergreen Times District 8 Report – Building community, conquering hate
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February 17: Evergreen Times District 8 Report – Setting community priorities – Part II
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February 9: Councilmember Herrera emcees Gang Prevention Summit
Mercury News Gang Prevention Summit article…
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February 6: Councilmember Herrera Offers $1,000 reward for Hate Crime Info (interview with Karina Rusk)
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February 3: Evergreen Times District 8 Report – Setting community priorities
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February 3: ESPN report on saving Lake Cunningham Skate Park
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Councilmember Herrera works to create public/private partnerships that help save family park |
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January 27: Rose welcomes women skaters to Lake Cunningham Skate Park
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