Santa Clara County is expanding the types of renters covered under its eviction protection laws — and the amount landlords will pay to help displaced tenants relocate. The Board of Supervisors on June 2 voted 4-1 — with District 5 Supervisor Margaret Abe-Koga voting no — to revise the county’s 1993 tenant protection law, which...
California streamlines affordable housing funding
California is creating its first standalone housing agency to help streamline funding for affordable housing development — except it has no new money due to proposed state budget cuts. Starting July 1, the state will create the California Housing and Homelessness Agency to house various departments overseeing state and federal housing funding programs under one...
Blueprints confirm ICE involvement in South County facility
Detailed blueprints show an ICE office with detention and processing space is planned in South Santa Clara County. The 111-page document obtained by this news outlet, dated Sept. 17, 2025, illustrates a future U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility with detention areas, detainee processing areas, interview and holding rooms, spaces for mothers with infants,...
North Sunnyvale residents fight development to prevent food desert
A grassroots advocacy group in North Sunnyvale is working to stop the area from turning into a food desert. The threat of losing the area’s few remaining grocery stores to housing redevelopments at Fair Oaks Plaza and Lakewood Shopping Center has fueled residents to push city leaders and developers to find a way to preserve...
Former Denny’s in Campbell to become Chase Bank
Bucks not clucks — that’s the future for a contested commercial site in Campbell set to become a Chase Bank instead of a Chick-fil-A that residents fought against twice. The Campbell Planning Commission on May 12 unanimously approved the Chase project on a one-acre site at 2060 S. Bascom Avenue, one block south of The...
Townhomes planned in Cupertino off Stevens Creek Boulevard
Cupertino officials are set to review a proposed development that would bring more than two dozen homes to a commercial corridor off Stevens Creek Boulevard. The proposal from SummerHill Homes calls for a 27-townhome, three-story development on 1.55 acres at 10268 Bandley Drive, including five below-market-rate homes for low-income residents. The project would replace an existing...
San Jose truck company loses eminent domain case
A commercial truck company based in San Jose has lost its bid to gain additional compensation from VTA in an eminent domain case stemming from the planned BART extension project through Silicon Valley. Monarch Truck Center executives have argued their business has been severely harmed following its forced relocation two years ago. But after a weeks-long...
Cupertino sued over housing project in high fire risk area
A Cupertino resident is challenging the city’s approval of a multihome development in a high fire risk area, arguing officials failed to properly study the dangers. The lawsuit, filed May 1 by resident Mark Fantozzi against Cupertino and developer SummerHill Homes, alleges the Linda Vista Drive housing project violates state environmental and subdivision laws because...
Housing commissioners say San Jose isn’t providing data
San Jose housing commissioners are raising concerns over how much authority the city housing director has — with some commissioners saying they’re being sidelined. Officials at the Housing and Development Commission meeting on Thursday had a disagreement over what information commissioners have the right to request from the Housing Department. Some commissioners said it’s been...
Federal detention center planned in South County
Public records suggest the federal government plans to build a detention center in Santa Clara County, just 11 miles south of an ICE field office in Morgan Hill. The potential facility would be located at 7240 Holsclaw Road, an unincorporated area right outside Gilroy’s boundaries. Federal procurement records show the General Services Administration, which handles...