News May 22, 2019 Santa Clara County Takes 49ers to Court Over Stadium Tax Fight By Jennifer Wadsworth County Assessor Larry Stone is suing over what he calls a stunningly flawed decision to give the NFL team a massive tax break. Read More 16
News May 21, 2019 With California’s Most Closely Watched Housing Bill on Life Support, What’s Next? By Matt Levin, CALmatters SB 50 would have prevented cities from banning mid-rise apartments around public transit, but it failed to advance past a key committee. Read More 3
Opinion May 21, 2019 Op-Ed: Latest Homeless Census Highlights Need for New Ideas By Shaunn Cartwright If elected officials had the political will, they’d address the issues with the seriousness it deserves rather than platitudes like “we can do better.” Read More 21
News May 21, 2019 Trump Wants to Open Santa Clara Valley Land for Oil Wells By Silicon Valley Newsroom The feds plan to open about 800,000 acres of public lands and underground federal mineral rights across across California to new oil drilling. Read More 19
News May 20, 2019 San Jose Considers Whether to Back Public Banking Bill AB 857 By Lloyd Alaban San Jose’s elected leaders are debating whether to endorse a state bill that would give Californians an alternative to mega-banks. Read More 25
News May 17, 2019 Trump Yanks Billions From California High-Speed Rail By Jaqueline McCool This will pull over $2.5 billion in federal grants from the $79 billion transportation project, which has never been fully funded. Read More 19
News May 17, 2019 Despite Taking Thousands of People Off the Streets, San Jose Sees 42% Jump in Homelessness By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose’s homeless population went from 4,350 in 2017 to 6,172 this year. For Santa Clara County, it grew by 31 percent. Read More 43
News May 16, 2019 Downtown San Jose’s Safeway Slated to Go Dark by Mid-June By Silicon Valley Newsroom Once the grocery chain lost its free parking hook-up below “The 88,” everyone knew its days were numbered. Read More 10
Investigative Reports May 15, 2019 Tap Dance: Snooping on Jail Calls Catches Bad Actors, But Easy Access Raises New Concerns By Jennifer Wadsworth A quiet push to give local prosecutors on-demand access to inmate phone calls has ignited a controversy over checks and balances. Read More 27
The Fly May 15, 2019 2 School Trustees Announce Bids for Kansen Chu’s Assembly Seat By The Fly Kansen Chu sent local pols scrambling to rethink their 2020 plans when he opened up about his decision to eschew another term in the Assembly. Read More 6
News May 15, 2019 Without Robust Grassroots Support, a Death Penalty Repeal May Be a Tough Sell in 2020 By Tom Gogola Following Gov. Gavin Newsom’s moratorium on capital punishment, will California voters finally put the death penalty out of its misery? Read More 5
Opinion May 14, 2019 Op-Ed: Support for Caregivers is Vital to Their Own Health By Cyndi Mariner The ability for caregivers to discuss what they are going through with others who understand, and without fear of being judged, can be lifesaving. Read More 0
News May 14, 2019 How Much Do You and Your Neighbors Pay in State Taxes? By Judy Lin, CALmatters If you made $82,643 and paid $5,000 to Sacramento, then for better or worse, you are the average California taxpayer. Read More 0
News May 14, 2019 Could Trump’s Tweets Stall High-Speed Rail in California? By Jaqueline McCool Federal officials are reportedly refusing to meet with the California High-Speed Rail Authority after one of Trump’s Twitter tirades. Read More 10
News May 13, 2019 San Jose City Council to Consider SCU Teacher Housing Project By Lloyd Alaban A unique proposal going before the council aims to give instructors at Santa Clara University a way to weather the affordability crisis. Read More 12
News May 13, 2019 Five Takeaways from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Revised Budget Plan By Judy Lin, CALmatters Buoyed by a strong economy, the governor sent lawmakers a revised budget that boosts his already-hefty January proposal to $213.6 billion. Read More 2