https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/11/19/amid-uproar-san-jose-approves-a-new-27-story-downtown-residential-retail-building/ > Despite steep opposition by labor leaders and affordable housing advocates, the construction of a controversial 27-story residential and retail building in San Jose’s downtown core will go forward. > Labor leaders denounced the City Council’s late Tuesday night approval of the building as yet another green light for a large subsidized development without assured wage protections for its construction workers.