The California Legislature reconvenes with record diversity, but with several key questions and many significant challenges. A soaring homeless population. A bitter battle with the oil industry over gasoline prices.
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Caltrain Gets $43M to Go All-Electric by 2024
The money was included in the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill signed Dec. 22 by President Joe Biden, ensuring funding of the military and government agencies until next September.
VTA OKs Purchase and Demolition of Buildings in Downtown San Jose for BART extension
The VTA needs to use eminent domain because of the urgency to meet its expected 2030 opening date for the BART extension through downtown San Jose.
Homelessness Ranks as Top Problem Facing San Jose’s New Mayor, Poll Finds
Mayor-elect Matt Mahan's emphasis on unhoused residents resonated with respondents in the latest San Jose Inside Power Poll.
Feds Give VTA Green Light to Apply for Funds to Build $9.3B BART Extension under San Jose
The VTA board authorized the purchase of a high-tech tunnel boring machine for a massive underground train line under downtown from Berryessa to Diridon Station.
Some Big Employers at Odds with Top Tech Firms on PAC Response to Jan. 6
Standing in contrast are big companies that have not given to any of the 147 election deniers through corporate PACs during this election cycle, including tech giants like Amazon, Alphabet and Microsoft and Wall Street powerhouses like JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley and BlackRock.
CA Colleges Can No Longer Cut Aid for Low-income Students Who Get Private Scholarships
California colleges often reduce financial aid to students when they earn private grants, a practice known as scholarship displacement. A new state law bans the practice for low-income students starting next fall.
How California’s Bullet Train Went Off the Rails
America’s first experiment with high-speed rail has become a multi-billion-dollar nightmare. Political compromises, including one to shift the route through Pacheco Pass to San Jose through Gilroy, created a project so expensive that almost no one knows how it can be built as originally envisioned.
QUAKE! 5.1 Earthquake Centered East of San Jose Shocks Region
There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, from the quake, which occurred along the Calaveras Fault at a depth of 6 miles.
Investigation of Injuries to Jail Inmate Protected Sheriff’s Office, Oversight Report Concludes
The Office of Correction and Law Enforcement looked at the treatment of inmate Andrew Hogan in August 2018, who was paid a $10 million settlement for injuries he received in a county jail transport van.
San Jose State Students Taking Advantage of BayPass Transit Pass
Although Clipper cards were already available to the greater student body at the university, the BayPass allows students to take public transit without worrying about crossing county lines and having to pay fares in public transit within that county,
Newsom Identifies New State-owned Sites Where Affordable Housing Can Be Built
The governor also signed six climate bills into law, including one that keeps the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant to stay open until 2030.
Developer Scales Back Gravel Pit Plans in South Santa Clara County
Opponents of the revised Sargent Ranch plan say it would still disturb wildlife and tribal lands.
Some San Jose State Students Get Access to Transit Across the Bay Area
Select students at San Jose State University, San Francisco State University and the University of California, Berkeley, as well as all students at Santa Rosa Junior College will have access to the new BayPass transit program.
The pilot will later expand to include residents of at least three housing developments run by MidPen Housing, transit officials said.
Silicon Valley Power Launches EV Charging Assistance Program for Multifamily Housing, Schools
The program launched by the electric utility owned and operated by the City of Santa Clara will help multifamily properties, schools, and businesses successfully plan, fund and install EV charging stations.
Report Cites ‘Significant’ Impacts from Proposed Sargent Ranch Mine
Santa Clara County planners released the draft Environmental Impact Report for the 403-acre project at the south end of the county.
