Direct medical and behavioral health services to city of San Jose-funded interim housing sites will expand under a new partnership brokered last week by Supervisor Betty Duong and Mayor Matt Mahan.
Valley Healthcare Foundation formed the political committee a week before the county Board of Supervisors voted to place sales tax increase on November ballot.
County officials said the higher taxes are needed to close a projected billion-dollar budget shortfall that is the result of the federal government’s “Big Beautiful Bill.”
Obdulia Banuelos-Esparza avoids jail time and will have to pay $40,000 in restitution in a plea bargaining deal for demanding cash from a security firm in exchange for a fairgrounds contract.
City officials report that the latest figures mark the highest sheltered rate that San José has achieved in decades, exceeding Santa Clara County and California statewide rate.
On May 2, the administration removed a link to the list that had been included in a May 29 press release. President Donald Trump’s executive order in April had said some local governments are deliberately obstructing the enforcement of federal immigration laws.
One of the murder victims had left a chilling message on Facebook one day before his body was found, identifying the man who would be arrested for his murder.
