D2 in the News

View local media coverage of my policy proposals, stand on crucial issues, and accomplishments in the community as I advocate for a better, more equitable San José.

Press Releases & Statements

May 30, 2019: Call for legal action against Union Pacific

June 12, 2018: $1.5 million for the SJPD South Substation & our other budget victories

March 20, 2018: SJPD South Substation Update from Today's Council Meeting

March 16, 2018: The time is NOW: YOU can help get the SJPD South Substation open!

March 5, 2018: Elimination of District 2 Bridge Housing Community Candidate Site

February 12, 2018: Bridge Housing Communities Update & D2 Community Meeting

December 14, 2017: A message regarding Bridge Housing Communities / "Tiny Homes" sites

December 12, 2017: Bridge Housing Communities Update

November 12, 2017: Letters to the Editor: Attacks on SJ project labor agreements are unfounded

September 5, 2017: Councilmember Sergio Jimenez stands with DACA recipients after Trump’s cruel rescission of the program

August 30, 2017: Bridge Housing Communities Update

August 3, 2017: Bridge Housing Communities: An Open Letter to District 2 Residents

June 15, 2017: Councilmember Sergio Jimenez celebrates purchase of 30 acres of open space in Coyote Valley by Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST)

Union Pacific Railroad

Legal action looming over trains disturbing peace in San Jose
District 2 City Councilman Sergio Jimenez stood before a South San Jose track side soundwall covered in graffiti and called the Union Pacific railroad to clean up its act. "We really want Union Pacific to be a good partner, come to the table and work with the city to try and address some of these issues… We've been hearing promises for years on end that something was going to happen, but still nothing has happened.”

San Jose Leaders, Union Pacific Clash Over Debris, Graffiti And Noise Complaints
“We feel Union Pacific hasn’t been a good partner,” Jimenez said. “The city’s willing to help do some of the work. We’ve gotten funding to help paint over the wall of graffiti. Unfortunately, we haven’t had a willing partner on the other side. And that’s what we hope to change with the litigation.”

San Jose councilman: ‘Union Pacific has not been a good neighbor’
“The reality is that Union Pacific has not been a good neighbor,” Councilman Sergio Jimenez — whose district encompasses a chunk of blighted Union Pacific track along the city’s southern gateway — said at a press conference Wednesday morning. “Quite frankly, we’re tired of it.”

San Jose Residents Say Union Pacific Is Turning A Blind Eye To Blight
San Jose Councilman Sergio Jimenez, who represents the neighborhood, says this area has become a dumping ground. "Furniture, construction debris and piles of garbage [on the] tracks, all the way to Morgan Hill," he said.

City of San Jose exploring legal action against Union Pacific over blight, noise
“What we do every day by allowing this to exist is telling the residents, the residents on the other side of the tracks, that they don’t matter as much. Right? And we want to change that,” said CouncilmemberJimenez.

City Leaders, Union Pacific Clash Over Complaints Of Debris, Noise, Encampments
"It's been going on long before I was elected, I hope it doesn't go on after I [leave]," Councilmember Sergio Jimenez said at a news conference next to graffiti-covered tracks at Monterey Road and Edenview Drive Wednesday morning. "It's just become extremely frustrating."