June 26, 2019 Fee for All: Private Wealth Managers Siphon San Jose’s Pension Reform Savings By Jennifer Wadsworth A shift toward risky but poor-performing investments now costs San Jose’s pension plans more than $70 million a year in fees alone. Read More 20
April 2, 2018 San Jose Weighs Compromise on Union-Backed Measure Requiring Local Hires, Prevailing Wages By Jennifer Wadsworth Developers would have to pay prevailing wages and hire local workers for subsidized projects under a proposed compromise measure. Read More 5
May 4, 2017 San Jose Residents to Weigh In on Mayor’s Proposed Budget By Silicon Valley Newsroom San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo released his proposed 2017-18 budget earlier this spring. Now it’s time for residents to give their thoughts. Read More 9
May 1, 2017 San Jose Still Hammering Out Details of Pension Reform Deal By Jennifer Wadsworth The pension reform compromise San Jose voters passed last fall, which promised $42 million a year in savings, remains a work in progress. Read More 9
January 19, 2017 Mayor Sam Liccardo on Obama, Trump and the State of San Jose By Josh Koehn San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo sat down with San Jose Inside last week for an extended conversation on the state of the city. Read More 18
October 13, 2016 Endorsement: ‘Yes’ on Measure F By Silicon Valley Newsroom San Jose residents need to do one thing to help alleviate a multitude of public safety issues, and that’s vote “yes” on Measure F. Read More 25
October 3, 2016 San Jose Grapples with Police Overtime, Officer Fatigue By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose’s police overtime costs have tripled in the past seven years to $36 million as staffing vacancies reached all-time highs. Read More 36
September 1, 2016 Mayor Calls San Jose Police Recruiting Trip to Hawaii ‘Not a Good Use’ of Taxpayer Dollars By Josh Koehn SJPD's staffing shortfall has made recruiting even more important. But a recent trip to Hawaii raises questions about how the budget is being spent. Read More 49
August 29, 2016 San Jose Expected to Declare Police Staffing ‘Emergency’ By Jennifer Wadsworth To address a critical police staffing shortage, San Jose is expected to suspend union protections to reassign detectives back to patrol. Read More 13