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Saturday 2/22: Honoring Leonard Peltier on his release from prison
San José Peace and Justice Center
Triton Museum of Art
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Democracy is a 2,500-year-old system of government still looked on today as the best system, because under a democratic system, the people govern themselves. But is that all there is to it? What is democracy? And how does it work …
The California Supreme Court has kept the state at the forefront of legal issues surrounding abortion, the death penalty and same-sex marriage, starting in its earliest days in the Gold Rush era.
The links between homelessness and crime are complex, and the idea that unhoused individuals present a danger to their community seems to be exaggerated.
California keeps on taking legislative steps that will keep it ranked in the top 10 of voter-friendly states.
Community service districts can do most anything a city government can do. Here’s how they work and how to start one.
Pushed by activists, cities move from at-large elections to district races.
From The Mercury News...
From San Jose Spotlight...
San Jose voters living downtown will decide in April who they want to represent them on the City Council for the next two years.
The mayor of the Bay Area’s largest city may have scored a limited window to push through his agenda with the temporary appointment of District 3 Councilmember Carl Salas.
A West Valley high school district is changing how it elects board members to improve representation and rebuild community trust.
Santa Clara County officials have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship.
San Jose officials have chosen a temporary downtown representative while voters wait to pick a permanent replacement in a special election later this year.
San Jose officials have narrowed down the list of candidates who might temporarily fill the vacant downtown seat on the City Council from 11 to five.
From Local News Matters...
From CalMatters...
Santa Clara County supervisors could relax restrictions on how much they can raise for their reelection campaigns.
From San Jose Inside...
If no candidate receives a majority on April 8, the top two candidates will run against each other in a special runoff election on June 24. The winner will serve the remainder of the term through 2026.
From Los Altos Town Crier...
Campbell Mayor Sergio Lopez never wanted to be in the spotlight. He's the son of Mexican immigrants who migrated to Campbell from Michoacán, speaking little English. After his parents lost their restaurant and had to foreclose on their home during the Great Recession, he felt compelled to enter public service to tackle cost-of-living challenges at their roots.
From Milpitas Beat...
From Metro Silicon Valley...
After celebrating the holidays with her family and recovering from a bout of Covid, Zoe Lofgren flew back to Washington, D.C., on Jan. 2 to begin her new term representing California’s 18th Congressional District in the US Congress. The district follows Highway 101 from San Jose to south of King City and includes parts of Morgan Hill, Gilroy, San Benito County and Watsonville as well as Salinas and the cities of Monterey’s South County.
Candidates in the upcoming special election to represent San Jose’s downtown core are sharing early fundraising numbers as the deadline to apply for the race comes to a close.
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