December 11, 2023 Mahan Gets Opponent, as 17 Qualify for City Council Ballots By Barry Holtzclaw San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan now has a primary opponent, Tyrone Wade, but past elections provide strong evidence the two-year incumbent will sail to an early victory in the March 5 primary. Read More 0
January 27, 2020 San Jose Poised to Oppose Diversion of Measure B Funds By Grace Hase The San Jose City Council meets at 1:30pm Tuesday inside the council chambers at City Hall, 200 E. Santa Clara St. Read More 26
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 5, 2019 Op-Ed: VTA Should Use Measure B Funds to Save Critical Bus Service By Judy Purrington, Andrew Boone, Monica Mallon The VTA can and should re-allocate funds from its Measure B highway programs to protect highly used bus lines in Santa Clara County. Read More 11
January 30, 2019 With Measure B Tax Revenue Freed Up, Work Begins on Critical Transportation Improvements By Jennifer Wadsworth Two years after county voters OK’d the sales tax for transportation upgrades, the public will finally start to reap its rewards. Read More 14
October 19, 2018 Silicon Valley’s Half-Cent Transit Sales Tax Clears Legal Hurdle By Silicon Valley Newsroom An appellate court has ruled that Santa Clara County’s half-cent sales tax known passed in 2016 as Measure B is legal. Read More 4
May 31, 2018 Op-Ed: Housing Crisis Can Only be Solved by Building More Houses By John Gamboa and Robert Apodaca This June, say no to corrupt back room policymaking and the empty promises of politicians. Vote no on Measure C. Read More 3
May 21, 2018 Op-Ed: Vote No on B, Yes on C To Protect the Environment By Sergio Jimenez, Mike Flaugher and Alice Kaufman Remember: Measure B is for Billionaires, Measure C is for Community. Vote No on B and Yes on C when you vote in the June primary. Read More 25
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
September 6, 2017 Lawsuit Freezes $6 Billion Santa Clara County Transportation Tax By The Fly A lawsuit is holding a $6 billion transportation tax hostage, preventing the VTA from getting started on critical infrastructure projects. Read More 16
August 3, 2017 Mayor Sam Liccardo Launches 2018 Re-Election Campaign By Silicon Valley Newsroom San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo announced Thursday that he will run for re-election in 2018. So far, no other contenders have emerged. Read More 20
June 2, 2017 De Anza Students Claim Victory as VTA Limits Eco Pass Price Hike By San Jose Inside De Anza College students claimed victory Thursday night by curbing a proposal to hike the cost of commuting by 440 percent. 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
February 24, 2017 San Jose’s Urban Villages Plan Faces Transportation Obstacles By Chuck Carroll City planners admit there are serious obstacles to turning San Jose into a vibrant, interconnected system of urban villages. Read More 27
February 6, 2017 San Jose Mayor Pushes Police Contract with 20 Percent Raises By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose is poised to give its police officers a sizable pay bump, but one council member suggests the raises will be a financial mess. Read More 16
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