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Friday, October 23, 2026

A look inside San Jose politics and culture

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

Santa Clara County’s Property Tax Roll Hits Record $483 Billion

The value of Santa Clara County’s taxable property hit an all-time high of $483.2 billion, according to the latest assessment.

Here’s a look at who’s running for Supervisor Ken Yeager’s Santa Clara County District 4 seat and why.

Sheriff candidates Laurie Smith and John Hirokawa sat down for no-holds-barred interviews to make their case for the June 5 primary.

A new report titled Dying to Work was released in time for May Day, a celebration of labor rights by nonprofit think tank Worksafe Inc.

San Jose State economics professor and amateur powerlifter Lydia Ortega says she’ll fight for everyday people if elected to state office.

A new study suggests that rising construction costs may hinder housing development in San Jose, which already faces an affordability crisis.

While many neighboring suburbs still cling to cannabis prohibitions, San Jose has become the de facto weed capital of Silicon Valley.

SJPD has seen an increase in sexual assault reports. But they aren’t sure whether rapes are rising, or whether more victims are speaking up.

Bay Area News Group—the chain that includes the Merc and South Bay community newspapers—went through another downsizing.

County Supervisor Joe Simitian turned the State of the County address into a rallying cry against President Trump’s harmful agenda.

The SCCOE board has its pick of five candidates to replace Michael Chang, who resigned as board president in December.

A Santa Clara County inmate died in custody early Thursday by what officials are calling an apparent suicide.

San Jose Water Company, the investor-owned utility that provides water for most of the South Bay, is angling for yet another rate hike.

The wage floor in San Jose ticked up to $13.50 an hour, the next step in a region-wide push to raise minimum hourly pay to $15 by next year.

And we thought 2016 was bad. The last 12 months have been record setting in all the wrong ways. Take a quick look back and then move on.

Santa Clara County Board of Education trustee Michal Chang resigned from his post earlier this week to spend time with his ailing mother.