After historic ordinance sunk Japantown businesses, San Jose city officials eye reforms
- Posted on November 20, 2025
- By The Mercury News
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After historic ordinance sunk Japantown businesses, San Jose city officials eye reforms

Even before burdensome and complex regulations plunged a prominent Japantown business owner and his family into near financial ruin, the unintended consequences from San Jose’s historic preservatio…