Johnny Khamis

San Jose city officials are joining the call for greater scrutiny of a merger between the local water company and a utility in Connecticut.

A crowded field of six candidates has emerged in the June primary race for San Jose’s District 9 council seat.

Developers want the city to postpone an affordable housing fee, which charges builders $25 per square foot of new construction.

Magdalena Carrasco’s critics contend that she lives outside her own district, and one went so far as to hire a private eye to try to prove it.

San Jose city officials will have to decide later this month whether to bolster protections for renters or weaken them to give landlords more power.

San Jose’s City Council on Tuesday will consider a proposal by Mayor Sam Liccardo to restrict taxpayer-funded travel.

Will quiet bias keep LGBTQ candidates out of office, or has shifting consciousness made the South Bay a safe place to run a gay campaign?

Sam Liccardo said he suggested reining in city travel only after unsuccessfully trying to talk his colleagues out of jetting to Japan this week.

With nearly half the council on a taxpayer-funded junket, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo says it’s time to rethink the city’s travel policies.

Developers would have to pay prevailing wages and hire local workers for subsidized projects under a proposed compromise measure.