Kansen Chu has run through quite a few staffers as a state assemblyman, a trend carried over from his days on San Jose's City Council.

Tenant rights groups want to reform San Jose rent control laws, which allow landlords to boot a tenant for any reason.

San Jose lifted some rules for ridesharing services Uber and Lyft. Now the city will decide whether to extend similar treatment to taxis.

To revitalize St. James Park, San Jose may divert millions of dollars in developer fees to fund a special management district.

As San Jose’s only cat cafe prepares to close, one elected official has proposed creating a city-run replacement to promote shelter adoptions.

To crack down on illegal dumping, San Jose may enact steep fines for people who leave their junk on the streets.

San Jose is expected to nix a voluntary spending cap and change several other local election laws to match state requirements.

District 6 candidates say Councilman Pierluigi Oliverio is trying to run the race, positioning himself as a kingmaker on his way out the door.

As part of a regional effort to move people off the streets and into stable housing, the city of San Jose will consider building a “transitional community” for at least 100 people.

A few years after upping the minimum wage to the double-digits, San Jose will consider raising it again.

San Jose’s Ethics Commission has launched an investigation into dozens of elected leaders and candidates who flouted local election law.

San Jose’s City Clerk barely squeaked by with her job after coming under fire for misguiding candidates about local election law.

As housing costs soar and incomes remain relatively stagnant, San Jose aims to pass a new rent control ordinance by the start of 2016.

After months of debate, San Jose leaders will decide whether to approve a temporary ban mobile home park conversions.

Fresh off the July recess, San Jose's City Council reconvenes Tuesday to start a new fiscal year. With a pension reform settlement out of the way, it's time to talk trestle. The Willow Glen trestle

The sudden realization that most of San Jose’s lawmakers are law breakers is not the best way to end summer vacation. Not that they intended to end up on the wrong side of the law, of course.