Tech leader Matt Mahan had a big lead in the San Jose City Council District 10 race after the first wave of election results were posted Tuesday evening. By the end of the night, he had 58.3 percent of the vote with 47 percent of ballots counted, far ahead of nurse and businesswoman Helen Wang,...
Cortese takes an early lead in Silicon Valley Senate District 15 race
Dave Cortese is emerging as the front runner in the tight race to represent California’s Senate District 15 and replace term-limed state Sen. Jim Beall. Early results Tuesday show Cortese leading in the seven-person race with 33 percent of the vote, followed by Ann Ravel who earned nearly 20 percent of the vote as of...
LIVE BLOG: Election Day is underway in the South Bay
After a long and at-times grueling campaign season, South Bay voters on Tuesday headed to more than a hundred vote centers to fulfil their civic duty, casting votes at the top of the ticket for president down to the consequential San Jose City races that could shake things up at City Hall. 11:30 p.m. San...
San Jose leaders to craft a suicide prevention policy
Nearly three years after one lawmaker proposed the idea, the San Jose City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved adopting a citywide suicide prevention policy to raise awareness and shift resources toward a mental health epidemic that results in the death of dozens of residents each year. Councilmember Raul Peralez in 2017 pitched the plan, which calls for...
What you need to know to vote on Election Day in Silicon Valley
Election Day is here, and hundreds of thousands of South Bay residents will flock to the polls to make their voices heard. California’s first year with an early primary election — in March instead of June — puts the country’s most populous state in a consequential position to help decide the Democratic presidential nomination. About...
Audit findings put Santa Clara council, former convention center manager at odds
When Santa Clara councilmembers asked City Manager Deanna Santana to find an auditor to look into potential mismanagement of the city’s convention center, officials already knew who would get the contract. Public documents show that Sacramento-based TAP International submitted a “project approach” for the audit in 2018, nearly a month before the council ordered the...
Tiny homes community opens in San Jose
San Jose’s more than 6,000 homeless residents will have more opportunities to get off the streets and find permanent housing with the opening of 40 tiny homes in the northeast corner of the city. The first “bridge housing community” in the city provides a safe and stable place to stay and supportive services while its...
Jim Zito wants to bring a conservative approach to San Jose City Council
San Jose City Council candidate Jim Zito is regularly asked where his thick accent comes from. Proud of his Brooklyn roots and Italian-American heritage, he is quick to reply. “I’m happy to share my answer,” Zito says on his campaign website. “In the very early 1900s both my mother and father’s parents came to America as...
San Jose Councilmember Dev Davis has more on her to-do list
Dev Davis is proud of her first four years representing San Jose’s District 6 on the City Council, but says there’s more work to do as she defends her seat from three challengers. The 41-year-old Marvel enthusiast, mother of two and Stanford University graduate said she initially ran because she wanted to bring back lost...
San Jose lawmakers set their top priorities for the new year
The San Jose City Council is grappling with scores of pressing issues, but with little time and limited resources, lawmakers each year must decide which priorities to push forward. Following hours of pitching policy proposals they consider the most imperative for the city’s progress, elected leaders on Tuesday voted to add seven new policies to...