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San Jose tightens abandoned shopping cart policies

San Jose leaders want major retailers to take a larger role in retrieving abandoned shopping carts that end...

Silicon Valley nonprofit’s purchase furthers Coyote Valley legacy

A multimillion-dollar purchase of 207 acres by the Peninsula Open Space Trust adds a critical safety facet to...

San Jose official wants City Hall staffer fired for heckling

A San Jose councilmember is demanding the immediate termination of a staffer from a colleague’s office after being...

San Jose shrinks budget shortfall, prioritizes temporary shelters

San Jose’s projected budget deficit has been reduced by almost half since initial estimates from earlier this year, but...

Sunnyvale under fire over festival booth controversy

Sunnyvale is facing criticism after officials asked a Palestinian art booth to leave a city-run children’s event for...

Why Cupertino renters might lose their homes to student housing

Rosemary Biswas has lived with her two children at McClellan Terrace Apartments in Cupertino since 2023. The aging...

The Podlight

How a new Santa Clara County supervisor is making her mark

Newly-elected Santa Clara County Supervisor Margaret Abe-Koga sits down with host Nick Preciado to detail her legislative priorities and how she's tackling some of the region's biggest challenges.

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A homeless encampment at a park in San Jose

Bramson: What does quality of life really mean when we’re all suffering?

While it might seem unprecedented, we’ve been here before. The economy wobbles, markets panic and policymakers start sharpening their red pens. Budgets shrink. Programs are cut. And the people who always seem to take the hardest hits — the ones living on the edge — get shoved even further into the margins. Now, with federal safety net programs under threat, a possible recession looming and local governments bracing for painful deficits, we’re watching the cracks widen again. And if we’re not careful, we’ll do what we’ve always done in times of fiscal stress: push poverty out of sight to make...