Santa Clara County will explore the idea of putting a $750 million affordable housing bond on the fall ballot.

City officials have asked local churches and other religious congregations to each commit to housing at least one homeless veteran.

Board President Dave Cortese called for jail reforms and continued efforts to help the homeless in Wednesday's State of the County speech.

Pollsters commissioned by Santa Clara County will gauge voters' willingness to pass a new sales tax. But this isn’t the survey’s first run.

Santa Clara County's Board of Supervisors has nominated Dave Cortese for a second year as board president.

South Bay leaders on Veterans Day unveiled a campaign to get hundreds of homeless veterans off the streets.

A commission assigned to investigate local jails meets Saturday. Its first order of business: deciding whether to call the whole thing off.

Santa Clara County is accepting applications for a commission that will examine local jails in response to the fatal beating of a mentally ill inmate.

Following the beating death of a mentally ill inmate, Santa Clara County leaders have called for a top-to-bottom investigation of local jails.

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

Santa Clara County proposes an equal pay ordinance, while Gov. Jerry Brown pledges to sign bill meant to close the state’s pay gap between men and women.

San Jose has blocked the release of hundreds of emails sent and received by Eddie Garcia, who will become interim police chief in January. San Jose Inside has appealed this decision and will make arguments to release these messages at this week's Rules and Open Government Committee meeting.

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.

Two major political adversaries nearly hooked up last week, threatening to disrupt a rivalry in local politics.

Hours before thousands of workers planned to walk off the job, Santa Clara County's largest employee union reached a tentative four-year agreement.

Santa Clara County's homeless population fell by 14 percent since the last count two years ago, according to figures released Monday.