San Jose is the 10th-largest city in the country, but unlike many California cities, San Jose has embraced density over sprawl. Cara Eckholm is a visiting scholar at Cornell Tech’s Urban Tech Hub and develops housing in downtown San Jose. And political parties across the board in San Jose have gotten on board with the need to build.”With height restrictions in place because of the nearby San Jose Airport, the city has turned to smaller urban villages throughout the city. Eckholm said San Jose is modeling itself after European “15-minute cities” like Paris and Barcelona. San Jose has also made the process of developing easier than other cities.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 10, 2023 23:10 UTC