San Jose Inside

We compiled some key data points about the future of Caltrain, which recently announced its multi-billion, multi-decade expansion plan.

The federal policy bolsters ability of the federal government to deny green cards to legal immigrants if they have ever used public assistance.

The annual report from the city’s civilian cop watchdog made less of a splash this year, but that doesn’t mean it gave police a pass.

The San Jose councilman says he’s been caught in the crossfires of an apparent political hit that aims to cast him in a bad light. 

The Crown Act expands definitions of racial discrimination to include traits historically associated with race—like hairstyle.

The governor announced his pick of Teresa Alvarado, the San Jose director of SPUR since 2016, in a news release this week.

What’s being replaced to the tune of $9 million isn’t the physical HVAC system but the old, glitchy software that controls it.

Executive protection company AS Solution said it will help the DA as needed, and has even launched its own internal inquiry into the matter.

The initiative, which passed in a 9-2 vote, will come back for another reading and is slated to go into effect toward the end of September.

Silicon Valley voters will be using an entirely new system to cast their ballots in 2020.

On the heels of the San Jose mayor’s call for liability insurance from gun owners, the county introduced its own set of firearm-safety measures.

Supervisor Joe Simitian called the spending plan a “smart, humane and cost-effective” way to prevent homelessness.

On Aug. 1 the Santa Clara County Democratic Party voted unanimously on a resolution in favor of the DNC holding a climate policy debate. 

However, new legislation such as the transparency measures provided by SB 1421 may render the proposed pact feckless.

Low-income renters and homeless people struggling to find a place to live that accepts housing subsidies may soon find some relief.