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Thursday, April 23, 2026

A look inside San Jose politics and culture

San Jose Inside (https://www.sanjoseinside.com)

Former Palo Alto Mayor Pat Burt Announces City Council Bid

Attorney Rebecca Eisenberg, planning commissioners Ed Lauing and Cari Templeton and Councilwoman Lydia Kou are also in the running.

Local officials celebrated the U.S. Supreme Court decision to block Trump’s attempt to cancel the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Act.

So, what happens to the trailers now? A city official said they could be kept in storage, returned to the state or repurposed.

The project includes a 1,031,957-square-foot headquarters-style office building plus an eight-level parking garage for nearly 3,600 cars.

Together with families of people killed by police, Silicon Valley De-Bug came up with a practical guide for defunding the San Jose PD.

Also in the running are fellow planning commissioner Ed Lauing, attorney Rebecca Eisenberg and incumbent Councilwoman Lydia Kou.

A local professor calls Hillside Church minister’s use of the pulpit (albeit it a virtual one) opportunistic, insensitive and alarming.

Silicon Valley Assemblyman Ash Kalra is part of a union-led coalition pushing California leaders to invest in the public safety net.

Keith Crosby, the pastor of Hillside Church in San Jose, urges Santa Clara County to ease public health rules on places of worship.

San Jose isn’t alone in having a police force shirk the burden of masking up. NYPD has come under fire for the same reason.

Immigration officials assured that they have enacted precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in reopened facilities.

All told, 21 businesses were vandalized on Friday and Saturday nights, according to the San Jose Downtown Association.

Defense lawyers feared that in addition to violating due-process rights, the closure further exposed defendants to COVID-19 as they wait in jail.

The county still encourages social distancing and will require re-opened businesses to follow certain safety protocols.

Many of the demonstrators held signs that read “I can’t breathe,” and “Justice for George Floyd” as they walked from City Hall to the freeway.

The list notes the age, gender and health issues of everyone killed by the virus since the first known South Bay fatality in early February.