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Saturday, July 12, 2025

A look inside San Jose politics and culture

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

San Jose’s Reid-Hillview Airport to Close—But Not Until 2031

The county Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to move forward with closing the East Side airport and figure out what else to do with it.

In 2018, the county opted not the renew the grant agreement with the FAA, which would effectively close the airport in 2031.

A spokesman for Santa Clara County DA Jeff Rosen confirmed his office would drop the case based on “an insufficiency of evidence.”

The Climate Smart-aligned proposal expands on a 2019 policy that banned natural gas in new residential construction.

Cupertino voters elected two candidates who fall on opposite sides of the pro-or-slow-growth debate.

The impending ouster of North Side rep Lan Diep flips the one-vote advantage on the 11-member City Council from business to labor.

Mission City’s politics got flipped on its head this week when three newcomers came out ahead in their bids for City Council.

The 25-year-old leads opponent Carol Hoffman by 205 votes for the District 2 seat, which represents the northeastern part of the city.

The former Sunnyvale mayor has had a commanding lead over Assemblymember Kansen Chu since the first returns came in Tuesday night.

The banners list 575 names of Black Americans who lost their lives to “personal, systemic and institutional racism.”

Robert Mezzetti appears to have skipped over the USPS to get at least some of his campaign literature in voters’ mailboxes.

Interest groups dumping hundreds of thousands of dollars into the District 6 race have made it one of the priciest local elections.

News of the inquiry comes just days after a San Jose Inside article revealed that Rowena Turner voted twice in at least seven elections.

Seniors interested in R.Y.D.E services can sign up at rydescc.org and book rides as early as a month in advance.

Joseph Di Salvo is up against Ketzal Gómez and Lucia Garcia, two underdog challengers who want to bring a new voice to the board.

The San Jose City Council District 4 race could be close, considering how 2016’s election came down to 12 votes.