Four years after construction began, all signs show that the South San Jose Police Substation is now open.
Lights are on and cars are buzzing in and out of the 107,000-square-foot station on Great Oaks Boulevard, which boasted a ribbon-cutting ceremony in 2010, but where progress lacked on building it because of budget woes and police staffing shortfalls. Still, there won't be regular officers working there, but community service officers who handle lower-level calls.
Johnny Khamis, councilman for District 10, told the Mercury News in June, said that getting funding for the substation within his district has been a chief concern since he took office last year.
The councilman has brought the issue to council many times since he took his seat, writing a budget memo for this past fiscal year.
