Not long after Anthony Tordillos won the June special election for the District 3 San Jose City Council seat, he had to vacate his role on the Planning Commission. His commission seat has been vacant for nearly three months, leaving downtown without a voice on an influential government body that helps steer the city’s land-use decisions.

As of this week, the process to appoint Tordillos’ replacement appears to be moving forward. The District 3 office, which represents San Jose’s downtown core, received a batch of seven planning commissioner applications Wednesday from the city clerk, according to a Tordillos spokesperson. The spokesperson declined to provide details on the applicants.

The application period closed Sept. 30, after which the City Attorney’s Office vetted applicants to iden

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