San Jose’s homeless population went from 4,350 in 2017 to 6,172 this year. For Santa Clara County, it grew by 31 percent.

Kansen Chu sent local pols scrambling to rethink their 2020 plans when he opened up about his decision to eschew another term in the Assembly.

Weakening Santa Clara County’s sanctuary policy will not make our community safer. Doing so will decrease safety for all of us.

The mayor’s remarks came a day after labor leaders condemned him for wanting to weaken Santa Clara County’s sanctuary policy.

The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors moved 4-1 Tuesday to figure out how to water down its landmark ordinance.

County officials are poised to roll back a landmark local policy amid public outcry over the murder of Bambi Larson.

Decades after founding the Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee, Ken Yeager will take the helm as its PAC’s first executive director.

With a new governor at the helm, the career lawmaker is ready to take another crack at bills vetoed time and again by past administrations.

If local efforts like these can be made widespread, the effect on the planet will have a tangible impact, county Supervisor Dave Cortese said.

The lifelong public servant and inveterate regulator says she’ll heed her own advice about transparency in her campaign for elected office.

The county’s top cop demands notes, recordings and other source material auditors may have used to compile the already overdue draft.

The Board of Supervisors today will vote on a blueprint for preserving farmland in the region once known as the Valley of the Heart’s Delight.

On the eve of his swearing-in to a second two-year term as Milpitas mayor, Rich Tran is now expanding the scope of his political ambition.

Anyone can anonymously turn in unwanted firearms to the Sheriff’s Office under a new county program.

Santa Clara County’s multi-agency All the Way Home campaign has housed 1,237 homeless veterans since 2015, according to a new report.

The rematch between Tam Nguyen and Maya Esparza could pave the path for how the city tackles its most pressing issues in coming years.