1+ hour, 48+ min ago  (450+ words) In a windfall for Mountain View, the California Department of Housing and Community Development recently awarded the city $50 million to support an affordable housing project and transportation improvements on Middlefield Road. The City Council authorized the city manager to accept…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (359+ words) Dropping off clothes and other items at a nearby donation bin feels like a convenient way to make a difference. But you may not realize that deceptive donation bins have become a big problem in Santa Clara County — just as…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (447+ words) Several Santa Clara officials are receiving pay raises following a routine City Council vote that turned into a debate over the city’s handling of performance reviews for its top leaders. Councilmembers on July 6 voted 5-1-1 to adopt updated salary plans for…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (621+ words) Every year, Sacramento produces another round of homelessness legislation. This year is no different. Some of these proposals are thoughtful. Many deserve support. None are unreasonable. But after years of working alongside cities and counties trying to reduce homelessness, I’ve…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago  (697+ words) San Jose’s commitment to housing unsheltered people hit a milestone when hundreds of shelter beds came online and temporary housing sites were expanded. Yet a portion of the city’s homeless population — those with a serious mental illness — were left out,…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago  (851+ words) San Jose housing advocates and neighborhood groups are getting organized as the City Council prepares to take up a raft of proposals that could determine the course of housing development in the city for years to come. The package of…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago  (344+ words) Election systems should be judged by one simple standard: Do they make it easier for voters to participate and have confidence that every vote counts equally? Ranked choice voting fails that test. The first concern is complexity. Our election system…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago  (372+ words) A highly touted Bay Area sales tax measure to fund public transit joins 14 other referendums that have qualified for the November election — and South Bay leaders said strong community support made it happen. The transit sales tax measure — which proposes…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (701+ words) I’ve been thinking a lot about joy over the past few weeks. Not because there has been an abundance of it, but because it has felt increasingly hard to come by. For many immigrant families, the past several months have…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (643+ words) Advocates campaigning against a planned ICE facility in South County are expressing disappointment after two nearby cities decided not to throw their support behind a lawsuit challenging the project. Local activists have called on the cities’ leaders to take action…...