Former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo's hopes of filling the seat vacated by retiring Rep. Anna Eshoo were energized this week by results from a weekend poll showing the former mayor topping a field of eight possible opponents.

Speaker Robert Rivas seems to be laying the institutional groundwork for an aggressively pro-housing legislature next year.

Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian says he'll likely make it official next week and Assemblymember Evan Low says he is a few conversations away from his announcement, but the pair are likely opponents in California's 16th Congressional District.

The business developer has been actively involved in the revitalization of Willow Glen’s Lincoln Avenue, revamping the Garden Theater and partnering in The Table restaurant, and led the conversion of the former cannery location on Monterey Highway into a shopping center.

Cindy Chavez was the top choice in May for San Diego County administrator, but the county won't say if she is still an applicant for the position, or if she needs to reapply. Chavez isn't responding to questions about the San Diego job.

I am concerned about how we, as a city and county, are spending our taxpayers’ funds to address the homelessness crisis.

Prosecutors said Michael Nichols was a key middleman in former sheriff Laurie Smith’s illegal pay-for-play gun permit scheme, introducing executives at AS Solution Inc., a company seeking gun permits, to local lawyers and and the Sheriff's Office. 

The death of Sen. Dianne Feinstein means that Gov. Newsom has to decide who will fill her seat. He has said he would appoint a caretaker, not one of the three Democrats who are already running.

The former president railed against Democrats and again claimed the 2020 election was rigged, even though he lost California by nearly two-to-one. The GOP's 2023 state convention also heard from Gov. Ron DeSantis, Sen. Tim Scott and Vivek Ramaswamy.

The California Democrat, the oldest member of Congress, had suffered a precipitous decline in health in recent months.

The state GOP is doubling down on its support for Donald Trump, inviting him to be its keynote speaker and adding rules for the March 2024 primary that make it possible for him to sweep all national convention delegates.

In the past few months, a former employee of the San Jose mayor’s office sued the city for extending deadlines for responding to records requests, while Mendocino County repealed an ordinance that charged as much as $150 per hour to locate, review and redact documents.

In an interview, Rivas offered few specifics about what might be a priority as the Legislature enters its final month of session.

After a prolonged transition, the Hollister Democrat was sworn in as Assembly speaker today, taking over from Anthony Rendon of Southern California. It’s been a meteoric ascent for the 43-year-old who grew up in farmworker housing, and worked as a high school counselor and community college teacher while serving as a San Benito County supervisor.

The mayor reaches across the council divide to involve political opponents in grassroots revitalization efforts.

While the President is at private fundraisers in Los Gatos and Atherton, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will be raising money for his presidential campaign in a private event in nearby Woodside.