Editor’s Note: This is a transcript of Mayor Matt Mahan’s full 2023 State of the City address. Welcome everyone! I see so many familiar faces here in the audience today. Thank you for showing up again and again to create the change we need in the place we all call home. Over the past few...
The Biz Beat: Milohas in San Jose makes divine empanadas
As you enter Milohas Pastries in San Jose, the enchanting aroma of fresh-baked empanadas fills your senses long before you can take in the display cases packed with a bounty of the golden brown pastries. They range from sweet and savory Colombian standards to imaginative takes on calzone ingredients. “People would come in, thinking we...
San Jose mayor tough on crime in first formal address
Drawing on violence in the Middle East, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan on Saturday doubled down on a promise to bolster public safety by hiring more cops, holding repeat offenders accountable and cracking down on drugs during his first formal address. “We’ve recently collaborated to update the booking process to ensure that the DA and...
Union leaders reject San Jose mayor’s olive branch
It looks like no matter what San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan does, he cannot win favor in the eyes of his labor counterparts. Mahan invited four labor groups representing VTA workers to receive an award for collaborating to secure more housing options for homeless people in San Jose at the Cerone VTA yard earlier this...
San Jose wants to be the center of the AI boom
San Francisco is the self-proclaimed artificial intelligence capital of the world—but San Jose is looking to clinch that title in the coming years. In an effort to attract the next generation of AI startups to the South Bay, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan wants San Jose to explore creating incentives for AI companies to move or...
UPDATE: San Jose officials vote against police auditor expansion
San Jose’s interim independent police auditor does not want to expand oversight powers to bolster investigations into police misconduct, despite previously saying she was in favor of doing just that. Several city leaders took the same position during the Public Safety, Finance, and Strategic Support Committee meeting on Thursday—with four out of five councilmembers voting...
San Jose police sergeant enters District 8 race
A San Jose Police Department sergeant is jumping into the District 8 race to represent the Evergreen area. Tam Truong, 41, is a longtime candidate hopeful. The District 8 native—which encompasses neighborhoods including Evergreen, Silver Creek and Lake Cunningham area—attended public schools and is now raising two kids in the same district he hopes to represent....
San Jose to pilot traffic cameras to reduce speeding
San Jose could hand out more speeding tickets next year, thanks to a controversial bill bringing traffic cameras to several California cities. Assembly Bill 645 legalizes the state’s use of surveillance cameras in school zones and “safety corridors” to catch speeding drivers for a five-year pilot program. Six cities will participate in the pilot, including...
San Jose looks to cut costs at homeless housing sites
San Jose leaders are looking to cut costs while continuing to fund temporary housing solutions, a main approach of the mayor’s plan to solve homelessness. City officials are proposing several detailed recommendations to overhaul San Jose’s interim housing programs while simultaneously trimming costs, including eliminating private security during the daytime. The San Jose City Council...
San Jose leaders condemn anti-LGBTQ group
San Jose officials are supporting LGBTQ+ communities against discriminatory organizations causing conflict in local schools. Councilmembers Pam Foley and Omar Torres have drafted a resolution supporting LGBTQ+ students in reaction to the efforts of Informed Parents of Silicon Valley to ban LGBTQ+ themed books and encourage parents to opt out of LGBTQ+ supportive school curriculum....