@losgatan
vol . I, no. 13 : december 1- 7, 2021 : losgatan.com
redistricting controversy p4 : remembering ed bersano p6 : calendar p19 : ny times crossword puzzle p21 Robert Eliason
RANGE ANXIETY: HELP IS ON WAY WITH EXPANSION OF EV CHARGING SITE NETWORK Los Gatos, county home to rising number of ports
DISPATCHERS SECURE RAISES, AS TOWN HIRING CHALLENGES CONTINUE ON Town employees get 2% pay increase across the board
Katie Lauer, Reporter
Drew Penner, Reporter
It doesn’t require a keen eye to notice the hundreds of ChargePoint, Electrify America and Tesla Supercharger electric vehicle charging ports (typically) glowing along major intersections in Santa Clara County. Los Gatos has nine EV charging stations downtown. The PlugShare website, which tracks charging stations by city, estimates Los Gatos has 66 stations throughout the town. San Jose has just shy of 1,000 ports. Santa Clara has 330, Cupertino tallies 173 and Mountain View claims 156. This isn’t a fluke. Partially thanks to a 2018 initiative from Gov. Jerry Brown, California is currently home to nearly 23,000 charging stations—one third of the nation’s supply, according to a Pew Trust study—and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District reports 9,481 public charging ports within its nine-county region. Yet feelings of “range anxiety”
Los Gatos employees who’ve been working for months without a contract have come to a short-term labor deal with the Town—and they’re getting a 2% raise. Most notably, under terms negotiated with the Town Employees’ Association (TEA), police dispatchers will receive an additional 5.4% pay increase (with the dispatcher lead Christine Crosson getting an extra 2.1% salary bump). Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve recently said it expected ➝ Raises, 13
➝EV Charging, 8
Subscribe to receive Los Gatan home delivery every week.
ON THE MARK Wildcats senior point guard Arya Emarlou looks to pass during Los Gatos’ match against Del Mar. Winter sports are now in full swing. For more, turn to Sports, page 10.
LGSubs.com