Supervisor Mike Wasserman, whose district includes the South County site of the proposal, made the motion to deny the appeals.

As San Jose’s elected leaders quibble about equity in the city’s budget, another test of their fidelity to the principle is on the horizon.

Planning commissioners rejected the mosque as proposed and directed staff to return with plans for a drastically scaled-down project.

The project has been in the works for 13 years and is now in the final stages of approval.

Plans to build an Islamic center in rural San Martin have—once again—stirred up anti-Muslim sentiment.