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03/27/2023
The Milpitas City Council is asking residents to weight in on the city's 2023-24 budget to ensure it is coinciding with the needs of the community. An online survey is available to fill out until April 16 at noon.

02/24/2023
Frustrated Milpitas residents and councilmembers are calling for a reversal on the sudden decision to let go of City Manager Steve McHarris—the third city manager to be let go in Milpitas since 2017.

02/19/2023
The Milpitas City Council on Feb. 7 unanimously adopted a plan to continue the ongoing transformation of the area surrounding the Milpitas Transit Center. Plans include retail, office space, housing, and shared public spaces.

12/22/2022
A group of residents came out to ask for the city’s help in saving one of the few affordable housing “gems” in the community.

12/20/2022
Residents packed into the Milpitas City Council chambers to witness Carmen Montano, the first woman mayor in the city’s history, get sworn in, along with new councilmembers Hon Lien and Garry Barbadillo.

11/20/2022
As I stood in front of Milpitas City Hall, I watched as Vice Mayor Carmen Montano pulled into a parking spot. She was wearing a bright orange blazer, a perfect complement to the backdrop of the cool and cloudy autumn afternoon.

10/13/2022
The California’s Fair Political Practices Commission studies Milpitas Vice Mayor Montano’s trip to China, paid for by a private individual.

10/04/2022
Milpitas forum hosts five vying for mayor: Carmen Montano, Ola Hassan, Anthony Phan, Karina Dominguez, and Voltaire Montemayor, discussing the past and future of their city.

10/04/2022
Milpitas City Council candidates gather to discuss the city’s problems, from traffic to (no surprise) quarrelsome city council meetings.

09/22/2022
Outsider Isaac Stringer is running for Milpitas City Council. This 76-year-old candidate has been both a community organizer and a sandal maker.

07/07/2022
Hon Lien, a member of the Milpitas Unified School District Board of Education, is running to serve on the Milpitas City Council. Should she win in November, Lien says she will focus on ensuring that Milpitas has clean parks, trimmed trees, filled potholes, and new street lights.

03/07/2022
The Milpitas City Council set up a Homelessness Task Force last January. This month, the task force issued recommendations in five main areas: the Homelessness Help Center, temporary housing programs, homelessness prevention programs, work and sufficiency programs, and accountability.

01/23/2022
With more than 60 possible agenda items planned for the year, the Milpitas City Council needed to prioritize. After a review, the council organized items into four groups.

07/29/2021
Milpitas is searching for a new city attorney, but this time they’re looking to hire someone full-time instead of contracting out. The council has been discussing the move in closed session for months, according to Mayor Rich Tran.

06/01/2021
As part of a national conversation about whether police are qualified to respond to mental health crises, several Milpitas councilmembers want to explore creating an alternate crisis line for residents to call instead of 911.