San Jose’s largest public school district is looking to use bond measure funding to not only pay for workforce housing, but also to update its aging schools. The San Jose Unified School District has plans to modernize all of its 49 campuses and facilities to the tune of $4 billion. Officials are looking to pay...
San Jose leaders zero in on flood risks amid strong El Niño
As a strong El Niño season heightens flood risks throughout California, some in San Jose are raising the alarm that shaky coordination between South Bay government agencies could hamstring emergency preparation efforts. During a Tuesday joint meeting between the Valley Water board of directors and San Jose City Council, a chorus of officials and residents warned that...
Resident poll shows mixed feelings on living in Bay Area
Bay Area residents overwhelmingly think their lives are headed in the right direction, even as they see the region moving down the wrong track. That’s one of the key takeaways from the annual Silicon Valley Poll, released last week by local think tank Joint Venture Silicon Valley, with 81% of the 1,800 adults surveyed in...
MacKenzie: Save healthcare services by taxing billionaires
Workers in America have been under attack for decades, with billionaires transferring ever larger portions of the nation’s wealth from our pockets into theirs. After H.R.1 or the “Big Beautiful Bill” slashed healthcare funding last year to give tax cuts to the wealthy, voters in Santa Clara County stepped up with Measure A to save our local hospitals. The working class...
Palo Alto to expand overnight RV parking ban to more residential areas
While RVs are not allowed to park overnight in most residential areas of Palo Alto, the city is gearing up to address a potential loophole for streets that fall outside of residential zoning. The expanded policy, which the City Council will consider on Oct. 19, would prohibit overnight RV parking on streets within 100 feet...
East San Jose navigation center is a one-stop resource facility
A homeless man wandered into a navigation center in East San Jose last month. He was injured, walking unsteadily with an open wound on his leg. “I’ve been walking for 10 days, not knowing where to go, and I just landed here,” he said to a worker. He had tried getting help in various places...
Bramson: We can’t fix homelessness without sharing power
With less than a month until the midterm elections, Americans are being offered competing visions for the country’s future. Questions about government spending, public safety, economic security and the role of federal institutions are dominating the political conversation. And homelessness, as it so often does, has become another battleground in a much larger ideological fight....
Seven candidates seek Morgan Hill mayor, City Council seats
The Morgan Hill mayor’s seat and two City Council districts are at stake this November, with all three incumbents seeking reelection in their respective posts. With the Nov. 3 election less than a month away, Mayor Mark Turner is seeking his third term in office — and first four-year term since the mayoral seat changed...
Santa Clara wants better water, air standards for data centers
Santa Clara officials are moving forward with plans to update the city’s policies governing data center development, but have stopped short of considering a moratorium on new projects coming through the pipeline. The City Council on Oct. 6 unanimously approved a plan to prioritize new water and air quality standards for data centers and directed...