Despite passionate and eloquent pleas from the City Hall audience, the Dec. 5 San Jose City Council decision wasn’t about taxpayers’ money, or voters’ rights. Cash, political power and private conversations not streamed on Zoom won the night.

The vacancies were created by the November election, when District 8 Councilmember Sylvia Arenas was elected as the District 1 representative on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors and District 10 Councilmember Matt Mahan was elected mayor.

The contests for mayor of San Jose, Santa Clara County sheriff, all four of the contested San Jose City Council races and the one contested county supervisor race will have runoff elections in November with the top two finishers.

Elected officials say the new rules will encourage brevity and stem the notoriously long City Council meetings most weeks.

To date, no one on the San Jose City Council or Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors have been inoculated against the virus.

The fact that Medaria Arradondo was even an option rubbed some local civil rights leaders the wrong way. 

The referral introduced by Supervisor Susan Ellenberg also asks that the county disclose some key data points to improve transparency.

The county Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to move forward with closing the East Side airport and figure out what else to do with it.

In 2018, the county opted not the renew the grant agreement with the FAA, which would effectively close the airport in 2031.

Come January, Liccardo will likely use the largely symbolic honorific to marshal votes from across the aisle, insiders say.

It’s a remarkable development for the fundraising powerhouse, which has long served as a political counterweight to South Bay Labor.

The City Council on Tuesday will discuss the policy, which aims to produce and preserve housing while protecting residents from eviction.

Plaintiffs say an environmental review of the project fell short of state standards by underestimating the traffic, pollution and noise impacts.

The initiative would empower the IPA, expand the Planning Commission and provide a flexible redistricting timeline if census results are late.

In 2022, the next mayor could be elected for either a two-year or six-year term depending on what the charter review commission decides.

Less than a month after a key measure to change San Jose’s election dates failed to make it to the ballot, Ben Field has resigned.