Susan Ellenberg Leads in Santa Clara County Supervisor Race
We didn’t stop by the South Bay Labor Temple this year … their antipathy for independent media makes Donald Trump a kumbaya-er by comparison. The Laborites usually block us at the door or order us to...
View ArticlePam Foley Headed for Victory in San Jose’s District 9 Race
In the race for San Jose’s only open City Council seat, District 9, real estate broker Pam Foley pulled ahead of Kalen Gallagher by 945 votes on Wednesday. Foley, a business-backed San Jose Unified...
View ArticleSilicon Valley Democratic Club Elects Whole New Slate of Diverse, Progressive...
The South Bay’s largest, most influential Democratic Party faction went through a dramatic shakeup Monday night. In a packed room at Harry’s Hofbrau in San Jose, the Santa Clara County Democratic Club...
View ArticleSanta Clara County Officials Spar Over Who Should Influence Billions of...
Silicon Valley’s record-smashing private-sector profits translate to record-smashing assessment rolls and tax revenue for local governments. But it’s no easy feat to collect local dues from...
View ArticleNewest Addition to Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors Represents...
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors shifts a bit more to the center with Susan Ellenberg’s decisive victory as an independent over South Bay Labor’s shining hope to succeed Ken Yeager,...
View ArticlePair of Land-Use Proposals Up for Review at San Jose’s First City Council...
The new year brought new elected officials and some newly revised land-use proposals for San Jose. On Tuesday, the City Council will discuss a low-income housing project for the homeless followed by...
View Article12 Contenders Vie for Pam Foley’s Vacated San Jose Unified Seat
UPDATE: Carla Collins, assistant director of the Santa Clara County Office of Women’s Policy was chosen as the Area 3 trustee. In her application, she describes herself as “a San Jose native, lifelong...
View ArticleBay Area Women’s Marcher Plans 2020 Run Against Brigade CEO in San Jose’s...
Jenny Higgins Bradanini’s St. Patty’s Day housewarming potluck, which boasted a spread that included 24 pounds of homemade corned beef, doubled as the official launch of her campaign for San Jose’s D10...
View ArticleAfter Decades Without Shelter, San Jose Woman Finds Home of Her Own at Second...
Frank Ponciano recognized her straight away. How could he forget Cecilia Martin? As a San Jose city policy aide, Ponciano rarely met the people behind the statistics he read in reports and cited in...
View ArticleSan Jose Councilman Urges City to Hasten Long-Delayed Commercial Linkage Fee...
With San Jose lagging behind its goal of building 25,000 new homes from 2018 to 2023, downtown Councilman Raul Peralez wants to speed up a study exploring the feasibility of charging a commercial...
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