San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo’s revised 2018-19 spending plan includes investments in police, blight cleanup and affordable housing.

Councilman Tam Nguyen appears headed to a runoff against his 2014 rival, Maya Esparza, for San Jose’s District 7 council seat.

California’s long-awaited primary comes Tuesday, which means it’s down to the wire for a number of hotly contested South Bay races.

An activist and housing rights advocate urges voters to elect Don Rocha as Santa Clara County supervisor.

With nearly half the council on a taxpayer-funded junket, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo says it’s time to rethink the city’s travel policies.

Five folks running for the Cambrian council seat aired their views Monday in a forum hosted by the Santa Clara County Democratic Club.

The deadline to jump in the San Jose mayor’s race closed Friday with no realistic challengers for Sam Liccardo.

Van Le says Councilman Tam Nguyen broke the law by using public resources to push his personal political agenda against her.

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

An anonymous complaint accuses a landlord organization of trying to influence public policy in San Jose without registering as a lobbyist.

Anti-homeless sentiment in south San Jose has led to a new organization and recall campaign to unseat Councilman Sergio Jimenez.

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

With housing costs growing far faster than wages, San Jose officials are considering whether to link rent control to the rate of inflation.

San Jose’s creation of stronger tenant protections—not in the manner preferred by the mayor—has led to questions about who controls the council.

San Jose will consider an ordinance to allow mobile home park owners to evict residents and close parks without redeveloping them.

The decision came after four hours of heated testimony marked by jeers from landlords who called city officials thieves and communists.