Housing, civil rights and safety net services emerged as key issues at the panel hosted by the Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee.

In Silicon Valley, we may pride ourselves on our progressive values, but we have more work to do to truly lead in this area.

Let an apartment building rise in every neighborhood—especially in West San Jose, Willow Glen, the Rose Garden and Almaden.

The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday will vote on a 20-year master agreement with the Fairgrounds Management Corporation.

The response from SJSU administrators has fallen short of their promises—such as providing safe parking in one of the nearby garages.

Families who were parking overnight outside Seven Trees Community Center will be moving onto a different kind of shelter: a motel room.

The vouchers approved by city leaders on Tuesday will be funded through a state grant called the Homeless Emergency Aid Program.

On Tuesday, the San Jose City Council is expected to approve a $1.95 million contract with the nonprofit LifeMoves.

Up for consideration are grants that would fund PATH, the Bill Wilson Center and a mobile hygiene program called Dignity on Wheels.

Some have lost faith in the program, which was hailed as an innovative short-term fix for the growing number of car-dwelling families.

The South Bay’s poorest pupils sleep in cars, on couches and in the library—all while holding down day jobs and earning degrees.

The county is trying to find what land it already owns on which to build below-market-rate housing for the region’s poorest residents. 

Supervisor Joe Simitian called the spending plan a “smart, humane and cost-effective” way to prevent homelessness.

As state lawmakers debate measures that would allow homeless students to park overnight on campus, dorms offers an alternate path.

Last month, Cecilia Martin became one of more than 140 once-chronically homeless tenants to move into the first-of-its-kind complex.

The question of whether to raise taxes forged an unlikely alliance between the most conservative and most progressive council members.