Ben Irwin is a reporter covering San Jose politics and government for San José Spotlight.
His reporting experience includes stops at The Sun-Gazette in the Central Valley and The Stockton Record, where he broke a series of stories about corruption at Stockton Unified School District.
Ben graduated from Arizona State University in 2016 with a bachelor’s degree in urban planning. He attended Sacramento City College in 2018 and graduated with an associate’s degree in journalism.
The newly renovated Arena Hotel in San Jose has reopened to help some of the city’s most vulnerable residents, and it’s already turned on the no vacancy sign. The 90-room hotel on The Alameda about two miles from Santa Clara University is one of five Project Homekey sites designed to provide interim housing for homeless...
San Jose leaders are questioning if spending millions on homeless outreach is worth the investment, with efforts producing single-digit success rates last year. San Jose spent $24 million in federal grants last year aimed at addressing homelessness. Of the more than 1,000 people experiencing homelessness that two city-funded nonprofits reportedly connected with, less than 10%...
The Santa Clara County assessor has received a warning for violating political rules about mass mailings at the public’s expense. The Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) sent a warning letter Sept. 7 to Assessor Larry Stone for violating the Political Reform Act when he mass mailed an annual property assessment report—exceeding the limit of 200 mailers...
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