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WEBCal State officials are projecting a 2025-26 budget hole of about $400 million to $800 million and warning of layoffs and cuts to academic programs. San Jose State has cut $55 million the past two years, by not hiring new staff and avoiding replacing non-faculty job openings. By Mikhail Zinshteyn. Gov. Gavin Newsom wants new gas reserves to ...
Meet San Jose’s New City Council: Six New Faces ... - San Jose Inside
WEBJan 31, 2023 · There are some new realities on the City Council. There are fewer women. Just three of 11 votes, compared to five on the last council: Vice Mayor Rosemary Kamei and Councilmembers Dev Davis and Pam Foley. The council more accurately reflects the city’s ethnic diversity. In a city that the 2020 census reported as 38% White, 38% Asian/Pacific ...
Dan Pulcrano, Author at San Jose Inside
WEBFeb 29, 2024 · By Dan Pulcrano. San Jose, a million-person city in which a fifth of its residents choose the mayor, has a history of close elections. Only three of the past seven open elections could be called lopsided victories. The last time an open seat was decided in one round was 40 years ago, in 1982—the year 39-year-old Matt Mahan was born.
About San Jose Inside
WEBProviding a fresh and diverse mix of opinion, breaking news and investigative reports, San Jose Inside wants to inform while also encouraging political debate, discussion and change in our city and county. Started in 2005 by former San Jose Mayor Tom McEnery, San Jose Inside is now a subsidiary of the weekly newspaper Metro, independently owned ...
All Eyes on San Mateo County, as Low Held Brief Lead over …
WEBMar 15, 2024 · This report was updated at March 15. Assemblymember Evan Low on Thursday hung on to a slim lead over Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian for a runoff spot in the 16th congressional district, leading by just 63 votes.
Mahan Gets Opponent, as 17 Qualify for City Council Ballots
WEBMahan and Wade were joined by 17 qualified candidates for five city council seats up for grabs in the primary, including three incumbents. Ironically, the likely lack of a mayoral vote in November undercuts the rationale for a momentous decision by city voters in June 2022 to approve, by a 55% to 45% margin, a measure to shift future mayoral ...
Downtown Hotel to Sell One Tower for Proposed San Jose State …
WEBNov 17, 2023 · Rendering by Throckmorton Partners. San Jose State University on Thursday announced a $113 million lease-buy-back deal with a Bay Area developer to convert the south tower of the former Fairmont Hotel in downtown San Jose into a 700-bed student residence hall. The university called the “landmark agreement” with Throckmorton Partners of Mill ...
Santa Cruz Good Times Buys Watsonville Register-Pajaronian
WEBJul 7, 2019 · Santa Cruz’s Good Times weekly has purchased the 151-year-old Watsonville Register-Pajaronian and its companion publication Aptos Life from News Media Corp. of Rochelle, Illinois. Good Times is an affiliate of New SV Media, which publishes the Gilroy Dispatch—a sister publication of Metro Silicon Valley and San Jose Inside. New SV Media will operate News Media’s four Monterey County ...
Music in the Park Announces Three 2022 Shows, New Promoter
WEBMar 3, 2022 · Music in the Park Announces Three 2022 Shows, New Promoter. By San Jose Inside / March 3, 2022 4. Music in the Park returns to San Jose in June File Photo. Outdoor concerts return to downtown San José this year, as the legendary Music in the Park kicks off the first of three concerts June 17, …
SJ Police Chief Mata Retires to Take Job with DA
WEBJan 10, 2024 · San Jose Police Chief Anthony Mata said today he is leaving his post to join Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen as head of the DA’s Bureau of Investigation “in a new capacity just across the street.”. Mata announced at 10:30am today that he will retire at the end of March, after 28 years with the San Jose Police Department ...