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San Jose was briefly California's first state capital, and legislators met in the city from 1849 to 1851. (Monterey was the capital during the period of Spanish California and Mexican California). [64]
For thousands of years before the arrival of European settlers, the area now known as San Jose was inhabited by several groups of Ohlone Native Americans. [3] Permanent European presence in the area came with the 1770 founding of the Presidio of Monterey and Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo by Gaspar de Portolà and Junípero Serra, about sixty miles (100 km) to the south.
California State Normal School relocated to San Jose. [2] Chinatown fire. Population: 9,089; county 26,246. [14] 1871 – University of the Pacific relocated to San Jose vicinity. [1] 1875 – San Jose Law Library, [11] San Jose Fruit Packing Company, [15] and California Pioneers of Santa Clara County [16] established. 1878 – Home of ...
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.
Don Edwards, U.S. Representative from California 1963–1995, born in San Jose [254] [255] Thomas Fallon, soldier, mayor of San Jose [256] [257] Ron Gonzales, mayor of Sunnyvale and San Jose [258] [259] Dale Ho (born 1977), U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York; Mike Honda, U.S. Representative [260 ...
San Jose's first Chinatown was located at the southwest corner of Market and San Fernando streets, near the present-day Circle of Palms Plaza. City officials noted the Chinese presence by 1866. [ 3 ] By January 1870, white residents had begun complaining to the San Jose City Council about the concentration of Chinese people in the neighborhood.
The city of San Jose, California, known for its height-limited downtown skyline due to its proximity to San Jose International Airport, has over 46 high-rises, mostly in downtown. [1] [2] Twenty-seven buildings stand taller than 200 feet (61 m). San Jose is the most populous city in the U.S. with no buildings over 300 feet (91 m).
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