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Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Department, sometimes referred to as Santa Clara County Parks Department or Santa Clara County Parks, is a government department in Santa Clara County, California. The department manages 28 parks with a total area over 52,000 acres (21,000 ha).
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 other elected offices.
Hellyer County Park [1] is one of 28 [2] Santa Clara County Parks.The park is located just off of Highway 101 in San Jose, California, United States.The 178-acre (72 ha) park is home to Hellyer Park Velodrome and Cottonwood Lake.
San Jose City Hall in 1854. San Jose was incorporated as one of California's first cities on March 27, 1850. Mayor Josiah Belden convened the city council for the first time on April 13 at the juzgado, a short distance from the plaza mayor where the first California State Legislature was in session. [20] The juzgado was sold and torn down that ...
The city is generally divided into the following areas: Central San Jose (centered on Downtown San Jose), West San Jose, North San Jose, East San Jose, and South San Jose. Many of San Jose's districts and neighborhoods were previously unincorporated communities or separate municipalities that were later annexed by the city.
In California, the Archers first settled in Sacramento, then briefly in San Francisco before arriving at San Jose in January 1853. [4] Archer was elected mayor of San Jose in 1857, then to the California State Legislature in 1866. After one term, he was elected county judge in 1867, from which he resigned in 1871.
The second and current San Jose Convention Center was approved by Mayor Tom McEnery in 1983 as part of an urban renewal project that displaced a low-income, Hispanic neighborhood. [11] The 425,000-square-foot (39,500 m 2 ) convention center was designed by Mitchell / Giurgola Architects, Daniel Mann Johnson Mendenhall , and the Steinberg Group.
The Guadalupe River Park is a city park in San Jose, CA.It is a 120-acre park on the banks of the Guadalupe River for about 2.6 miles in the downtown. [1] It was opened in 2005 after the adjoining section of the river was lined with concrete for flood protection.