June 15, 2023 Renters’ Rights Advocates Chip Away at Landlords’ Political Clout By Alejandra Reyes-Velarde As groups representing landlords and real estate pour millions of dollars into political coffers to influence housing policy, tenant groups are celebrating recent victories. Read More 6
September 30, 2021 San Jose Project Roomkey Motel Tenants Can Stay, California Housing Officials Say By Katie Lauer Instead of a proposed $627 monthly fee, the Housing Department must recalculate rents that don’t exceed 30% of tenant incomes Read More 14
May 1, 2021 Bill to Keep Remote Access to Public Forums Meets Resistance By Jana Kadah, Bay City News The legislation originally called on all local entities to make call-in and internet-based options available for all public meetings. Read More 2
April 2, 2021 Watanabe Faces Call for Censure, Accusations of ‘Patterned’ Behavior After AAPI Rally Rebuff By Janice Bitters Leaders across Silicon Valley are now gathering signatures to demand an apology and a formal censure for the councilwoman. Read More 14
March 12, 2021 Protesters Sue San Jose for Police Violence During George Floyd Demonstrations By Jana Kadah, Bay City News Their goal of the lawsuit: financial compensation and “reforms of the way that San Jose police are trained and directed to police protests.” Read More 13
February 11, 2021 Assemblyman Alex Lee’s New ‘Social Housing’ Bill Would Put State in Development Business By Emanuel Lee The bill, if approved, would put the state in the development business to create a slew of mixed-income rentals and for-sale homes. Read More 18
January 9, 2021 Resolutions: Alex Lee is Making Policy on Fast-Forward By Emanuel Lee New Year’s resolutions aren’t for all. But for Silicon Valley influencers looking to the other side of this pandemic, they’re a start. Read More 4
January 6, 2021 Opinion: Google Unionization Marks a Watershed Moment for Labor Rights in Silicon Valley By Nicholas Barron At last, a sustained labor movement geared toward tech seems to be gaining real traction here in the Silicon Valley. Read More 3
November 5, 2020 Election 2020: Meet Alex Lee, California’s First Gen Z Legislator By Jennifer Wadsworth The 25-year-old progressive rode a wave of young voter turnout to become the youngest state lawmaker in more than 80 years. Read More 6
September 3, 2020 San Jose Quietly Drops Curfew Citations Amid Claims of Selective Enforcement By Jennifer Wadsworth While cops used the blunt instrument of a time limit to disband protests, Sam Liccardo repeatedly flouted the curfew to squeeze in a bike ride. Read More 18
July 21, 2020 Op-Ed: No More Policing Who ‘Gets’ to be Queer By Tonya Barajas, Rizzo Barajas, Alysa Cisneros, Ra Hopkins, Richard Mehlinger and Alex Lee Unfortunately, people in the bi+ and non-binary communities too often face rejection not just from straight people but from gay people. Read More 5
June 4, 2020 Assembly Candidate Alex Lee Says Arrest Shows Need for Meaningful Police Reform By The Fly After his first brush with the law, the Assembly hopeful said he’s even more motivated to bring “deep reform of our policing” to Sacramento. Read More 21
June 3, 2020 Multiplicity of Crises, Years of Police Brutality Stoked Anger Over George Floyd’s Killing By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose deploys curfews, tear gas and rubber bullets to quell protests. Perhaps it's time for a fundamental rethink of American policing. Read More 74
May 29, 2020 LIVE UPDATES: George Floyd Protest Blocks Freeway in SJ By Silicon Valley Newsroom Many of the demonstrators held signs that read “I can’t breathe,” and “Justice for George Floyd” as they walked from City Hall to the freeway. Read More 36
May 13, 2020 Silicon Valley Dems Divided Over Biden Assault Allegations By The Fly While 19 individuals signed on to the resolution, local party insiders say there are a number of members against the idea of scrutinizing Biden. Read More 46
March 25, 2020 Santa Clara County’s Still Finalizing Primary Vote Tallies By The Fly Election officials are still working on tallying up the more than 493,000 ballots cast in the March 3 primary, which saw a 51 percent turnout. Read More 11