San Jose Inside

The motivations for a directly-elected mayor are the same as ever—concentration of power, self-interest and personal ambitions.

The cabins will house 40 homeless people on a Mabury Road property owned by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority.

Jenny Higgins Bradanini, Matt Mahan and Helen Wang are vying to replace Councilman Johnny Khamis in the Almaden Valley district.

FPPC investigations often take months to a year and can result in politicians being fined thousands of dollars. 

Despite all the problems reported, the U.S. Postal Service continues to expand the pilot and hopes to roll it out to 230 sites.

We’re sure it has nothing to do with the $2.5 million the media scion gifted San Jose through his American Cities Climate Challenge.

The ballot initiative took center stage at a town hall on what city officials describe as “dark money” pouring into local elections.

The Foundation for California's Technology and Innovation Economy asks for thousands of dollars. Who's paying? It won't say.

The Italian café in SoFA District has welcomed artists since Opera San Jose began performing at the shop-front stage 10 years ago.

Federal engineers have ordered the water district to speed up plans to drain and earthquake-proof the South County dam.

California election law prohibits government agencies from spending taxpayer funds and public resources to promote partisan causes.

In District 8, Councilwoman Sylvia Arenas is squaring off with her old Evergreen School Board colleague, Jim Zito.

It's legal for Assemblyman Rob Bonta's nonprofit to give to his wife's employer. But an author of state political ethics law says it shouldn't be.

Nonprofits set up by legislators test campaign finance laws even as they underwrite good works by elected officials.

For the first time, every registered California voter got a mail-in ballot, which more than 80 percent of South Bay voters are expected to use.