San Jose City Councilmember Omar Torres, right, listens to constituents as Policy Director Esmeralda Barrera Rodriguez takes notes at Voyager Craft Coffee in downtown San Jose on Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Sal Pizarro/Bay Area News Group)
Omar Torres may be only a month into his role as the District 3 representative on the San Jose City Council, but his years working in neighborhoods have made him an experienced hand at meeting constituents — and he’s already playing to that strength.
Torres held his first “cafecito” Friday morning at Voyager Craft Coffee in downtown’s perpetually busy San Pedro Square Market. More than two dozen