San Jose City Council

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city council municipal legislative body

The San Jose City Council is the elected legislative body that sets policy, passes local laws, and oversees municipal governance for the city of San Jose, California.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
San José City Council	2
San Jose City Council canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5391172 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: San Jose City Council
Context triple: [Downtown San Jose, governedBy, San Jose City Council]

A. San Francisco Board of Supervisors
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is the city and county’s elected legislative body, responsible for passing local laws, approving budgets, and overseeing municipal agencies.
B. Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors is the elected governing body that sets policy, enacts local laws, and oversees the administration and budget of Santa Clara County, California.
C. San Mateo County Board of Supervisors
The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors is the elected governing body responsible for setting policy, passing ordinances, and overseeing the administration and budget of San Mateo County, California.
D. Menlo Park City Council
Menlo Park City Council is the elected legislative and policy-making body that governs the city of Menlo Park, California.
E. Monterey City Council
The Monterey City Council is the elected legislative and policy-making body responsible for overseeing municipal governance and services in the City of Monterey, California.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: San Jose City Council
Target entity description: The San Jose City Council is the elected legislative body that sets policy, passes local laws, and oversees municipal governance for the city of San Jose, California.

A. San Francisco Board of Supervisors
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is the city and county’s elected legislative body, responsible for passing local laws, approving budgets, and overseeing municipal agencies.
B. Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors is the elected governing body that sets policy, enacts local laws, and oversees the administration and budget of Santa Clara County, California.
C. San Mateo County Board of Supervisors
The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors is the elected governing body responsible for setting policy, passing ordinances, and overseeing the administration and budget of San Mateo County, California.
D. Menlo Park City Council
Menlo Park City Council is the elected legislative and policy-making body that governs the city of Menlo Park, California.
E. Monterey City Council
The Monterey City Council is the elected legislative and policy-making body responsible for overseeing municipal governance and services in the City of Monterey, California.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city council ⓘ municipal legislative body ⓘ
appliesTo	residents of San Jose ⓘ
appoints	City Attorney of San Jose ⓘ City Clerk of San Jose NERFINISHED ⓘ City Manager of San Jose ⓘ
cooperatesWith	Santa Clara County government NERFINISHED ⓘ State of California government NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
electoralSystem	citywide election for mayor ⓘ district-based elections for councilmembers ⓘ
governmentBranch	legislative branch of San Jose municipal government ⓘ
governmentType	council–manager government ⓘ
governs	San Jose, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasChamber	single chamber ⓘ
hasNumberOfMembers	11 ⓘ
hasTermLength	4-year term for mayor ⓘ 4-year terms for councilmembers ⓘ
headOfGovernment	Mayor of San Jose ⓘ
includesOffice	Mayor of San Jose ⓘ
isUnicameral	true ⓘ
jurisdiction	City of San Jose, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
legislativeBodyOf	San Jose, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
levelOfGovernment	local government ⓘ
locatedIn	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California San Jose, California NERFINISHED ⓘ Santa Clara County ⓘ surface form: Santa Clara County, California
meetingCity	San Jose NERFINISHED ⓘ
meetsAt	San Jose City Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ
passes	city budget ⓘ municipal ordinances ⓘ resolutions ⓘ
role	adopts city budget ⓘ approves land use and zoning decisions ⓘ approves major city contracts ⓘ establishes local taxes and fees within its authority ⓘ oversees municipal governance ⓘ passes local ordinances ⓘ sets city policy ⓘ
subdivisionOf	municipal government of San Jose ⓘ
subjectArea	economic development policy ⓘ environmental and sustainability policy ⓘ housing policy ⓘ land use and planning ⓘ public safety policy ⓘ transportation policy ⓘ
supervises	City Manager of San Jose ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Downtown San Jose → governedBy → San Jose City Council ⓘ

Berryessa neighborhood → governedBy → San Jose City Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: San José City Council

North San José neighborhood → governedBy → San Jose City Council ⓘ