03.03.08
Vietnamese-American group sues San Jose over choice of ‘Saigon’ name
A local Vietnamese-American group Friday filed a lawsuit accusing the San Jose City Council of repeatedly flouting the state’s open-meeting law.
The lawsuit by theVietnamese-American Community of Northern California asks a judge to declare that San Jose broke the Brown Act open-meeting law in a Nov. 20 vote that designated a “Saigon Business District” on Story Road.
The vote ignited a furor in the community, which had pushed heavily for the name “Little Saigon.”
