Ties between developers and the VTA board suggest that political favors tainted bidding for a mixed-use project by the Tamien station.

The Silicon Valley Organization has endorsed Pierluigi Oliverio in the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors race.

The Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee has announced early endorsements for three candidates running in the June primaries.

All but one of the candidates vying for county Supervisor Ken Yeager’s seat have surpassed the quarter-million dollar fundraising mark.

Incumbents in the San Jose mayoral and council races reported significant fundraising leads, according to campaign filings posted this week.

After public backlash quashed plans earlier this year to build tiny cabins for the homeless in San Jose, city officials are giving it another shot.

San Jose officials will discuss how to finance public amenities in its future urban villages, pockets of dense mixed-use development.

San Jose city leaders again rejected a proposal to link rent hikes to inflation, which advocates hoped would offer relief to cash-strapped tenants.

Advocates for the elderly say the housing crisis imperils the health of seniors, who are harder hit than most tenants when faced with eviction.

Builders in San Jose now have to hire union workers and pay living wages on public projects worth $6 million or more.

The City Council on Tuesday will vote on whether to extend the interim rent control cap, which sunsets Dec. 31.

A political consultant who posted a topless photo of his ex on Twitter has failed to follow through on bogus libel accusations.

Google’s planned move to San Jose has inspired intense debate about how the city should negotiate over future growth.

An internal audit going before the City Council found that San Jose often fails to track fees and waivers for high-rise development.

San Jose on Tuesday appointed prominent civil rights attorney Aaron Zisser as the city’s new police watchdog.

The investor-owned water company that serves about half of Santa Clara County owes a fortune to ratepayers. The only question is: how much?