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Cupertino approves law enforcement contract after long fight

Cupertino officials have reluctantly agreed to sign a new contract with the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office amid...

San Jose to create guidelines to prevent detention centers

San Jose is placing stronger controls on the development of private detention facilities within its borders in response...

Gilroy council approves temporary ban on new data centers

Gilroy is working to rectify a process that allowed an Amazon data center to pass through without public...

State ballot measure could set strict voting requirements

A statewide ballot measure in the upcoming Nov. 3 election could impact voting rights in Santa Clara County....

Santa Clara County sues Trump over sweeping green card changes

Santa Clara County and San Francisco are working to stop President Donald Trump from giving federal agents sweeping discretion on...

ICE observer sues after being handcuffed in San Jose

It never crossed former San Jose resident Yesenia Campos’ mind she would be detained by federal immigration agents...

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A makeshift tarp tent under a tree near a creek in San Jose, California

Bramson: A plan that promises progress, not miracles 

There is an increasingly popular story being told about homelessness: We’ve tried everything. We’ve spent billions of dollars. Nothing works. It’s an understandable conclusion. Anyone who lives in Santa Clara County can see that homelessness remains painfully visible. Our latest count found 10,711 people experiencing homelessness on a single night. And for every household we help into stable housing, nearly two more become homeless. But understandable doesn’t make it true. Over the last five years, our community helped nearly 21,000 people move into permanent housing, nearly doubled emergency shelter capacity and increased the capacity of our Homelessness Prevention System by...

The Podlight

Two big questions for Silicon Valley

From a proposed ICE facility to a surge in data center development, two of Silicon Valley’s biggest debates took center stage at San José Spotlight’s PolitiBeat 2026. The Podlight revisits the conversations about immigration, energy, economic growth and what these major developments could mean for the region.

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