Santa Clara County Local News

In the face of pressure from state Housing and Community Development requirements for the building of over 6,000 new housing units in Palo Alto, the city is working to streamline the planning and review process.

In their July 24 meeting, the San Jose Unified School District Board of Trustees strongly rejected findings from the Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury.

After years of delay, a new California regulation to protect indoor workers from extreme heat is now in effect.

The first two human cases of West Nile virus this season were reported in Yuba and Stanislaus Counties.

What happens when voters take to the ballot to thumb their nose at state housing law? Courts haven’t offered a clear answer.

California Forever’s announcement July 22 that it has decided to pull a ballot measure that would have let voters decide on a controversial planned city in rural Solano County drew swift reaction from political leaders and opponents.

The 90-unit all-affordable housing development planned for Distel Circle recently reduced the number of proposed parking spaces by more than half.

Candidates have begun filing the paperwork to run for open seats in the Los Altos, Los Altos Hills and Mountain View in the upcoming November election.

Following a report released the previous week by Solano County citing billions of dollars in costs and a host of other issues, California Forever pulled their initiative from the November ballot.

There never was much of a chance that California Gov. Gavin Newsom would be running for president this year, even if President Joe Biden were to step aside.

On July 22, California Forever announced it was withdrawing its initiative to amend the Solano County General Plan off the November ballot and would instead begin working with the county through the normal, though less expeditious, process.

The 102-unit Sango Court affordable housing complex in Milpitas offers 102 apartments for people transitioning out of homelessness.

The so-called " builder's remedy" was applied to the Creekside Inn project in Barron Park, updating the proposal to include 231 housing units and a new 135-room hotel.

Former Mountain View Whisman School Board Trustee José Gutiérrez announced he is running for Mountain View City Council.

A judge has halted a union effort at the Wonderful Company, throwing into question a new state law designed to make it easier for agricultural workers to organize.

San Jose announced a $6.7 million state grant will be used to finance a 100-unit tiny house site on Cherry Avenue.

In 2021, responding to reports that the state’s homeless shelters were dirty and dangerous, the state Legislature crafted a plan: It would require local governments to inspect their shelters after complaints and file annual reports on shelter conditions.

California failed to ban private detention centers. Now, it’s focusing on their working conditions, for immigrants who toil for $1 a day.

California State Hospitals can bill patients for the care they receive during confinement. The charges often run in the tens of thousands of dollars, putting vulnerable people in debt for years.

The Republican hopeful brought in more cash than Democratic rival Adam Schiff for the first time this campaign during the latest quarter, but still has less to spend.