July 21, 2020 Majority of Santa Clara Co. Supes Favors Sales Tax Boost By San Jose Inside Supervisors Joe Simitian and Mike Wasserman voted against taking this first step towards a sales tax boost. Read More 16
July 2, 2020 New Strict Rules Could Allow More Sites to Open, Says Santa Clara County By Barry Holtzclaw More businesses and workplaces could re-open in Santa Clara County as early as July 13, as long as new strict social distancing rules and other COVID-19 public health protocols are met, Santa Clara County officials announced today. (more…) Read More 4
May 18, 2020 Op-Ed: State’s $1,000-a-Day Offer to Care Homes a ‘Bounty’ That Endangers Staff, Patients By Ruth Silver-Taube, Felwina Opiso-Mondina and Justher Gutierrez Nearly half of all deaths related to COVID-19 in California are linked to elder care facilities. That figure is more than 40 percent in the South Bay. Read More 8
April 8, 2020 Santa Clara County Requests Individuals and Businesses to Report Large Supplies of PPE By Grace Hase County Supervisor Mike Wasserman emphasized that the order is about “protecting the people who protect us.” Read More 4
March 27, 2020 Editorial: Santa Clara Valley Health System Needs Its Own Independent Board By New SV Media The colossal coronavirus failure of 2020 is a clear sign that politics needs to be decoupled from a healthcare system meant to keep us safe. Read More 5
March 20, 2020 Coronavirus Live Updates, March 20, 2020: Local Lockdown Goes Statewide With No End in Sight By Jennifer Wadsworth That Bay Area stay-at-home order meant to last three weeks? It applies to all of California now and no one’s sure how long it’ll last. Read More 7
December 19, 2019 Santa Clara County Approves Cordoba Center Mosque By Erik Chalhoub Supervisor Mike Wasserman, whose district includes the South County site of the proposal, made the motion to deny the appeals. Read More 1
November 28, 2019 Fight over Proposed Sargent Ranch Quarry is Shaping Up to be Silicon Valley’s Standing Rock By Robert Raymond Lobbyists target county supes to push plan for mining operation on lands considered sacred by local Native Americans. Read More 22
July 29, 2019 Silicon Valley Leaders React to Gilroy Garlic Festival Shooting By Grace Hase As news broke on Sunday that a gunman had open fired on a crowd at the Gilroy Garlic Festival, local officials poured out words of support. Read More 4
July 18, 2019 Public Bank Advocate Jumps in San Jose’s D6 City Council Race By Nicholas Chan Green Party candidate Jake Tonkel has joined Andrew Boone in challenging incumbent Dev Davis for the San Jose’s District 6 City Council seat. Read More 13