Gov. Gavin Newsom reveals his revised May budget, including his inflation relief plan and spending priorities on education, the environment.

The governor’s California Blueprint bolsters the state’s ongoing work to address COVID-19, climate change, homelessness, inequality and fighting crime.

The spending plan includes $600 stimulus checks for nearly two of every three Californians, renter assistance and small business relief.

The budget aims to help residents recover from the COVID-19 economic crisis and, perhaps, help Newsom defeat a recall campaign.

In April, the coalition of mayors of the state’s 13 largest cities, led by San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, asked for a $20 billion, five-year investment to curb homelessness—half of the state's surplus.

Santa Clara University employees are unhappy about pay cuts as the school’s endowment surpasses $1 billion.

Expectations are high for a turnaround as experts say the federal relief alone could be enough to cut California’s child poverty in half.

Chris Funk, superintendent of San Jose’s East Side Union High School District, hopes his absence will help solve the district's budget impasse.

Officials forecast a 9 percent drop from 2018-19 totals—a steeper downturn than the one hastened by the Great Recession. 

The city manager is expected to roll his budget proposal in May before the council approves the final 2020-21 spending plan in late June.

San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo released his proposed 2017-18 budget earlier this spring. Now it’s time for residents to give their thoughts.

Last month, San Jose released a schedule of community budget meetings. Residents are invited to sound off on what they want prioritized.

In his final budget message before he terms out at the end of this year, San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed says it’s time to invest in public safety again.

Chuck Reed spent much of his eighth and final State of the City speech thanking his predecessors while noting that a mayor’s work goes on long after he or she leaves office. Noting that he and past elected officials in San Jose have stood “on the shoulders of giants,” Reed said the work he and the council have carried out in recent years must be viewed outside the prism of four-year term limits. “We have to think in much longer timeframes,” he said.

Assemblymember Nora Campos is apparently that rare politician who just knows what the people want without asking. So, when she relinquishes half a million dollars to the state, rather than having a properly staffed office or conducting outreach services to her constituents, she’s bucking her budget allotments out of a noble sense of duty. That’s the message Campos’ communications director, Steve Harmon, trotted out during an interview with local radio station KLIV 1590 in response to a report Metro/San Jose Inside published last week. A closer inspection of Harmon’s comments, however, show that they don’t pass the smell test.

The staff churn in Speaker pro Tem Nora Campos’ office is the talk of Sacramento, raising questions about the assemblymember’s ability to advocate for constituents who’ve been shortchanged by ineffective leadership.