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Saturday, March 21, 2026

A look inside San Jose politics and culture

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

East San Jose Councilwoman Rallies for More Diversity on City’s Planning Commission

The seven-member land-use commission has become a flashpoint in a politically charged conversation about equity in local government.

It’s clear now, a year since California passed SB 826, that there is momentum toward closing the gender gap in company boardrooms.

The local housing agency says it doesn't aggressively pursue fraud. As a result, scammers fall under the radar for years—and sometimes decades.

Students and faculty are protesting Santa Clara University’s decision to accept a $4 million donation from Charles Koch.

It’s hard to imagine what San Jose would look like if it went dark. But a plan by California’s largest energy provider could do just that.

A probe that initially targeted the city’s procurement practices changed focus once civil grand jurors realized another problem was at play.

A proposal granting prosecutors on-demand access to inmate calls became a test of the county’s fidelity to its own oversight standards.

A quiet push to give local prosecutors on-demand access to inmate phone calls has ignited a controversy over checks and balances.

Weakening Santa Clara County’s sanctuary policy will not make our community safer. Doing so will decrease safety for all of us.

The votes were the first in what figures to be a lengthy battle between two of the state’s most powerful education interests.

Can unions organize cannabis industry workers, some stoned, some sober, others undocumented and still others with college degrees?

The former FEC chair said she feels full of remorse for being associated with a campaign that espoused victim-blaming rhetoric.

Will light be cast onto the wildlife-sensitive streams by this San Jose Light Tower? Who’s to say? But it won’t be you or me.

Thanks to a new law, police video once available only to authorities and few others will become public to anyone who asks.

When it comes to law enforcement accountability, the AG is at odds with the push by many in his own party to better police the police.

A transcript of the speech Jeff Rosen delivered at his Jan. 23, 2019, swearing-in to a third term as district attorney.