February 21, 2018 San Jose Mayor Faces 2 Obscure Candidates, But Still No Serious Contenders in Re-Election Bid By The Fly Meet the two unknown candidates who are challenging San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo in his bid for re-election. Read More 16
February 16, 2018 San Jose Finds Three Potential ‘Tiny Homes’ Sites for Homeless By San Jose Inside After months of intense debate, San Jose has proposed three possible sites for tiny homes for the homeless. Read More 13
February 6, 2018 Photos: Activists Protest Sweep of San Jose Homeless Camp By Samantha Lopez Caltrans cleared out one of the largest homeless encampments in San Jose on Monday, drawing a bevy of protesters to the early morning sweep. Read More 13
January 23, 2018 Op-Ed: Women Going from Homeless to Housed Require a Strong Support System By Eileen Hunter The founder of onRoute22 talks about how to provide an antidote to the isolation experienced by someone who is newly housed. Read More 7
January 3, 2018 The Year in Preview: Important Local Issues to Watch in 2018 By Jennifer Wadsworth There’s no telling the future, but here we give you some cursory predictions about a handful of local issues. Read More 3
December 18, 2017 San Jose Braces for Potentially Devastating GOP Tax Overhaul By Jennifer Wadsworth With Republicans poised to rewrite the tax code, local governments have been trying to figure out how to brace for the fallout. Read More 7
December 11, 2017 San Jose City Council Gives Tiny Homes Proposal Another Chance By Jennifer Wadsworth 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. Read More 83
November 27, 2017 Stanford Study: Rising Cost of Public Employee Pensions Eat Up San Jose’s New Tax Revenue By Jennifer Wadsworth A study up for review by the San Jose City Council affirms that revenue from two new tax measures is being eaten up by pension costs. Read More 48
November 15, 2017 City Council Rejects Proposal to Link Rent Control Cap to Inflation By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose city leaders again rejected a proposal to link rent hikes to inflation, which advocates hoped would offer relief to cash-strapped tenants. Read More 13
October 30, 2017 San Jose Could Lose $744K in Annual Revenue by Offering Tow Companies Big Breaks in Fees By Jennifer Wadsworth City-hired tow companies are lobbying for a new contract, claiming that skyrocketing labor and RV towing costs have cut into their bottom line. Read More 9
October 3, 2017 San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo Unveils Ambitious Plan to Build 25,000 New Homes by 2022 By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo on Monday unveiled an ambitious plan to build 25,000 new homes over the next five years. Read More 20
September 1, 2017 SV411 Podcast: SCC Supervisor Dave Cortese on Trump Lawsuit, Jails, 2020 Run for State Senate By Silicon Valley Newsroom In this week’s Metro SV411 Podcast, we sit down with Dave Cortese, president of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors. Read More 6
August 30, 2017 San Jose City Council Signs Off on Tiny Homes for Homeless, Still Unsure Where to Put Them By Jennifer Wadsworth Despite being one of the most expansive big cities in the nation, San Jose can’t figure out where to build tiny homes for the homeless. Read More 35
August 28, 2017 San Jose City Council Looks at Ways to Salvage Tiny Homes Plan By Jennifer Wadsworth The San Jose City Council on Tuesday will consider how to salvage its proposal to build tiny home communities for the homeless. Read More 14
August 23, 2017 NIMBY Backlash Over ‘Tiny Homes’ Prompts City to Reduce Number of Potential Sites By The Fly NIMBYs have come out in full force to oppose one of San Jose’s most inventive solutions for homelessness. Read More 50
August 23, 2017 County’s Homeless Death Toll Increases 164 Percent from 2011 By Jennifer Wadsworth The number of people dying on the streets of Santa Clara County has risen by 164 percent since 2011, according to a new report. Read More 13