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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 10:30 a.m. Wednesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A hard-fought campaign for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12030375/san-jose-district-3-special-election-whos-running-and-how-to-vote\">San José City Council\u003c/a> will continue into the summer, after voters in Tuesday’s special election appeared to propel Gabby Chavez-Lopez into a June 24 runoff for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12031808/homelessness-trust-center-san-jose-district-3-special-election\">District 3 seat\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chavez-Lopez leads the seven-candidate field with 30% of the vote — short of the majority needed to win the election outright. The second spot in the runoff remains up for grabs: Matthew Quevedo has captured 23% of the vote, holding a narrow 159-vote lead over Anthony Tordillos, who has received 20%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m super encouraged by the results,” Chavez-Lopez told KQED. “Just having such a wide lead really speaks to just the voters’ confidence in a lot that we’ve shared, the plans for our district, the plans for the future, wanting to just start a new chapter for our district.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The election was scheduled after former Councilmember Omar Torres \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013122/san-jose-councilmember-omar-torres-resigns-arrested\">resigned in November\u003c/a>. He was arrested on the same day and charged with child molestation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, Torres pleaded no contest to three child sexual abuse charges, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12031953/san-joses-district-3-is-picking-a-new-city-councilmember-and-the-stakes-are-high\">balance of power\u003c/a> at City Hall at stake, the campaign has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033826/low-turnout-high-stakes-district-3-election-could-shift-power-san-jose\">become a referendum\u003c/a> on Mayor Matt Mahan’s policy agenda, particularly on homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12035111\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12035111\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-17-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-17-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-17-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-17-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-17-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-17-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-17-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Matt Mahan speaks with a reporter during an election night party for Matthew Quevedo, San José Council District 3 candidate, in San José on April 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mahan wants to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026437/san-jose-mayor-proposes-permanent-shift-homeless-funding-from-housing-shelter\">earmark city dollars\u003c/a> for short-term housing and use the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029843/san-jose-mayor-pushes-to-arrest-unhoused-who-refuse-shelter\">threat of arrest\u003c/a> to compel people experiencing homelessness to accept shelter offers. Mahan needs the support of five council members to enact his agenda — a majority he could either maintain or lose in the District 3 race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chavez-Lopez is the executive director of the nonprofit Latina Coalition of Silicon Valley. She ran on a platform of restoring downtown vibrancy through police foot patrols and converting office buildings into new housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chavez-Lopez was critical of Mahan’s plans throughout the campaign and is backed by political groups, most notably the South Bay Labor Council, which is often at odds with the mayor’s agenda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday night, dozens of Chavez-Lopez’s supporters crowded into a dentist office on Santa Clara Street that has served as the campaign’s headquarters. Raucous cheers and chants of “Gabby, Gabby” broke out after the initial results were projected onto a screen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12035113\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12035113\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-16-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-16-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-16-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-16-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-16-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-16-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-16-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supporters of Matthew Quevedo, San José Council District 3 candidate, watch as election results come in during an election night party in San José on April 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’ve spoken to thousands of voters, and I’ve walked every inch of this district,” Chavez-Lopez said. “I feel a lot more confident that I know what the needs are and that I know what the pulse is in the community because I’ve done the work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The scene was more subdued at Quevedo’s election night gathering, held blocks away in San Pedro Square. Quevedo is a staunch ally of Mahan and has worked as the mayor’s campaign manager and deputy chief of staff. He said he felt hopeful of securing a spot in the runoff as additional votes are counted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ll, of course, keep an eye on it,” Quevedo said. “We know the voters that we contacted in the last couple of days are turning out those last-minute ballots, which are so crucial.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quevedo distinguished himself in the race through his strong support of Mahan’s agenda, including plans for prioritizing investments in temporary units over permanent housing and arresting unhoused people who have refused three offers of shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12035112\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12035112\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-22-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-22-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-22-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-22-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-22-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-22-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-22-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matthew Quevedo, San José Council District 3 candidate, speaks to a reporter during an election night party in San José on April 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I think voters like the direction the mayor is going in, in terms of focusing on the basics and the essentials,” Quevedo said. “But of course, representing [voters’] interests is first and foremost. So if there are issues where I’m going to be in disagreement with the mayor, making sure I’m representing the community, I’m of course going to take that purely to heart.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Big money also poured into the race. Quevedo’s campaign spent $250,110, Tordillos spent $156,642, and Chavez-Lopez spent $117,306.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That spending, however, was dwarfed by the activity of political groups operating independently from the campaigns. Chavez-Lopez was bolstered by over $450,000 from the Labor Council and a separate business-aligned super PAC. Quevedo benefited from over $250,000 in spending from committees funded by business and real estate interests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12035114\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12035114\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-26-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-26-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-26-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-26-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-26-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-26-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-26-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anthony Tordillos, San José Council District 3 candidate, speaks with supporters during an election night party in San José on April 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That spending, much of which was used for negative advertisements and mailers, may have given an unexpected boost to Tordillos, chair of the San José Planning Commission. Tordillos lacked the support of big-dollar groups who aligned with Chavez-Lopez and Quevedo and instead ran on a pledge to reject corporate contributions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I definitely heard out at the doors [from] voters who feel like there’s too much of an influence from corporations and other special interests,” Tordillos said. “So I think my message of having a corporate-free campaign and being the only corporate-free candidate in this race really resonated with a lot of folks.”[aside postID=news_12035071 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241016-OMAR-TORRES-GH-1-KQED-1020x680.jpg']Even some of Tordillos’ supporters, who gathered on the terrace of an apartment building on First Street, sounded surprised that he was within reach of a top-two finish. The results, Tordillos said, “very much surpassed all of the expectations from the pundits and a lot of the special interest groups.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So feeling good about where we are and looking forward to seeing the rest of the vote counted,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara County’s Registrar of Voters office will release an update Wednesday afternoon with the results of ballots cast or received on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The candidates spent the condensed campaign barnstorming around the city’s downtown and surrounding neighborhoods, such as Northside and Guadalupe-Washington. However, voter interest was muted, with turnout at just 15% of registered voters in the district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The seven-candidate field included Irene Smith, a financial analyst and neighborhood activist, with 17% of the vote. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The election was scheduled after former Councilmember Omar Torres \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013122/san-jose-councilmember-omar-torres-resigns-arrested\">resigned in November\u003c/a>. He was arrested on the same day and charged with child molestation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, Torres pleaded no contest to three child sexual abuse charges, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12031953/san-joses-district-3-is-picking-a-new-city-councilmember-and-the-stakes-are-high\">balance of power\u003c/a> at City Hall at stake, the campaign has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033826/low-turnout-high-stakes-district-3-election-could-shift-power-san-jose\">become a referendum\u003c/a> on Mayor Matt Mahan’s policy agenda, particularly on homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12035111\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12035111\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-17-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-17-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-17-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-17-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-17-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-17-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-17-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Matt Mahan speaks with a reporter during an election night party for Matthew Quevedo, San José Council District 3 candidate, in San José on April 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mahan wants to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026437/san-jose-mayor-proposes-permanent-shift-homeless-funding-from-housing-shelter\">earmark city dollars\u003c/a> for short-term housing and use the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029843/san-jose-mayor-pushes-to-arrest-unhoused-who-refuse-shelter\">threat of arrest\u003c/a> to compel people experiencing homelessness to accept shelter offers. Mahan needs the support of five council members to enact his agenda — a majority he could either maintain or lose in the District 3 race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chavez-Lopez is the executive director of the nonprofit Latina Coalition of Silicon Valley. She ran on a platform of restoring downtown vibrancy through police foot patrols and converting office buildings into new housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chavez-Lopez was critical of Mahan’s plans throughout the campaign and is backed by political groups, most notably the South Bay Labor Council, which is often at odds with the mayor’s agenda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday night, dozens of Chavez-Lopez’s supporters crowded into a dentist office on Santa Clara Street that has served as the campaign’s headquarters. Raucous cheers and chants of “Gabby, Gabby” broke out after the initial results were projected onto a screen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12035113\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12035113\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-16-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-16-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-16-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-16-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-16-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-16-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-16-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supporters of Matthew Quevedo, San José Council District 3 candidate, watch as election results come in during an election night party in San José on April 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’ve spoken to thousands of voters, and I’ve walked every inch of this district,” Chavez-Lopez said. “I feel a lot more confident that I know what the needs are and that I know what the pulse is in the community because I’ve done the work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The scene was more subdued at Quevedo’s election night gathering, held blocks away in San Pedro Square. Quevedo is a staunch ally of Mahan and has worked as the mayor’s campaign manager and deputy chief of staff. He said he felt hopeful of securing a spot in the runoff as additional votes are counted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ll, of course, keep an eye on it,” Quevedo said. “We know the voters that we contacted in the last couple of days are turning out those last-minute ballots, which are so crucial.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quevedo distinguished himself in the race through his strong support of Mahan’s agenda, including plans for prioritizing investments in temporary units over permanent housing and arresting unhoused people who have refused three offers of shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12035112\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12035112\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-22-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-22-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-22-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-22-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-22-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-22-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-SanJoseSpecialElection-22-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matthew Quevedo, San José Council District 3 candidate, speaks to a reporter during an election night party in San José on April 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I think voters like the direction the mayor is going in, in terms of focusing on the basics and the essentials,” Quevedo said. “But of course, representing [voters’] interests is first and foremost. So if there are issues where I’m going to be in disagreement with the mayor, making sure I’m representing the community, I’m of course going to take that purely to heart.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Big money also poured into the race. Quevedo’s campaign spent $250,110, Tordillos spent $156,642, and Chavez-Lopez spent $117,306.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That spending, however, was dwarfed by the activity of political groups operating independently from the campaigns. Chavez-Lopez was bolstered by over $450,000 from the Labor Council and a separate business-aligned super PAC. 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"content": "\u003cp>Next week’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12030375/san-jose-district-3-special-election-whos-running-and-how-to-vote\">special election\u003c/a> for the District 3 seat on the San José City Council could help shape the balance of power at City Hall — and the future of Mayor Matt Mahan’s ambitious policy agenda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12031808/homelessness-trust-center-san-jose-district-3-special-election\">Seven candidates are on the ballot\u003c/a> in Tuesday’s election, which was scheduled after former Councilmember Omar Torres \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013122/san-jose-councilmember-omar-torres-resigns-arrested\">resigned in November\u003c/a>. He was arrested on the same day and charged with child molestation. If no candidate receives a majority of the vote, a runoff between the top two finishers will be held on June 24.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC5602068054&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carl Salas, an engineering executive, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024327/san-jose-council-taps-engineering-executive-carl-salas-vacant-seat\">was appointed\u003c/a> to fill the seat until a new council member was elected, giving Mahan a clear majority of allies on the council. On the campaign trail and in interviews with KQED, the candidates expressed stark differences in their opinions of Mahan’s most controversial proposals, specifically his plans to prioritize city homelessness dollars for short-term housing and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029843/san-jose-mayor-pushes-to-arrest-unhoused-who-refuse-shelter\">arrest unhoused people\u003c/a> who refuse multiple offers of shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really turning into a referendum on the mayor’s agenda,” said Bob Staedler, a land-use consultant and finalist for District 3’s interim appointment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under San José’s system of governance, the mayor does not have the power to sign or veto legislation but must instead find five other votes to build a majority coalition on the council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, Mahan has at least five Council members who appear aligned with his plans, particularly on homelessness, in Salas, Michael Mulcahy, Bien Doan, Pam Foley and George Casey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12024544\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12024544\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SanJoseCityCouncil.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1231\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SanJoseCityCouncil.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SanJoseCityCouncil-800x492.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SanJoseCityCouncil-1020x628.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SanJoseCityCouncil-160x98.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SanJoseCityCouncil-1536x945.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SanJoseCityCouncil-1920x1182.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">New San José Councilmember Carl Salas, right, speaks to reporters with Mayor Matt Mahan after the council voted 6-4 to appoint Salas to the vacant District 3 seat. \u003ccite>(Guy Marzorati/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If Salas is succeeded by a candidate who opposes some or all of Mahan’s platform, more power could shift to council members seen as swing votes, particularly District 1 representative Rosemary Kamei. Last month, Kamei voted to give Mahan’s budget, which included his plans on homelessness, initial approval.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The candidate in the District 3 race most closely aligned with the mayor’s agenda is Matthew Quevedo, who has worked as Mahan’s deputy chief of staff and received his endorsement. Quevedo is the only candidate who has voiced clear support for Mahan’s plan to have people experiencing homelessness face arrest if they refuse three offers of shelter within 18 months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unless a candidate wins the District 3 election outright in April, the new council member will take office after the council is expected to take a final vote on the shelter-or-arrest plan in June. Debates over the city’s strategy to reduce homelessness are likely to be an annual point of contention for the foreseeable future.[aside postID=news_12030375 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-1-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg']Quevedo has campaigned on being a reliable sixth vote for Mahan’s long-term vision of redirecting transfer tax dollars raised through Measure E away from permanent affordable housing and toward short-term housing and shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Building six votes for that and getting people off the streets is of utmost importance,” Quevedo said. “On solutions like interim housing and getting people off the streets more immediately, I would be a proud vote and a proud majority vote on making that happen faster.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quevedo said he would not agree with Mahan on every vote. He pointed to the council’s unanimous approval in February of digital billboards in downtown, which Quevedo and the rest of the District 3 candidates opposed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sharpest critiques of Mahan’s plans have come from Gabby Chavez-Lopez, the executive director of the Latina Coalition of Silicon Valley, who called the mayor’s homelessness enforcement proposal jarring at a candidate forum sponsored by \u003cem>San José Spotlight\u003c/em> in March and said it made her “question what city I live in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chavez-Lopez said she campaigned in 2020 to pass Measure E, which taxes property sales of $2 million or more and raises around $50 million annually. In his budget plan, Mahan wants to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026437/san-jose-mayor-proposes-permanent-shift-homeless-funding-from-housing-shelter\">permanently direct\u003c/a> nearly all of the Measure E revenue to pay for temporary housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034347\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12034347 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-3_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1292\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-3_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-3_qed-800x517.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-3_qed-1020x659.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-3_qed-160x103.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-3_qed-1536x992.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-3_qed-1920x1240.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San José City Council District 3 candidate, Gabby Chavez-Lopez, speaks at a candidates forum at the San José Women’s Club in San José on March 6, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We were telling [voters] that it was for permanent supportive housing and prevention,” Chavez-Lopez said. “So for me, in a time when trust is at an all-time low, why are we going back on that commitment to voters?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anthony Tordillos, chair of the San José Planning Commission, said he could support spending more Measure E dollars in the short term to fulfill the council’s commitment to building out tiny home villages and parking lots for people living in their cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He opposes a permanent funding shift.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Over time, we need to make sure that we’re getting back to a balanced allocation of Measure E dollars between both shelter spending as well as affordable housing,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Tordillos and Chavez-Lopez are endorsed by the Santa Clara County Democratic Party, which has typically lined up on opposite sides of Mahan in city elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034350\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034350\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-30_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-30_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-30_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-30_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-30_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-30_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-30_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San José City Council District 3 candidate, Irene Smith, speaks to voters, following a candidates forum, at the San José Women’s Club in San José on March 6, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Irene Smith, a financial analyst and neighborhood activist, said she would push to fund larger congregate shelter developments instead of the tiny home models preferred by Mahan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While we’re waiting for the housing to be built, whatever it is — tiny homes, permanent supportive housing, group homes — let’s offer [unhoused] people an incrementally better way of living right now,” Smith said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adam Duran, a former lieutenant with the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office, said his focus would be on opening mental health and drug treatment facilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While City Hall insiders will be closely monitoring the outcome of Tuesday’s election, the expected low voter turnout could make it difficult to draw any clear conclusions on how the electorate is viewing the policies advanced by Mahan and the council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of Wednesday, just 8% of registered voters in the district had cast a ballot. 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He pointed to the council’s unanimous approval in February of digital billboards in downtown, which Quevedo and the rest of the District 3 candidates opposed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sharpest critiques of Mahan’s plans have come from Gabby Chavez-Lopez, the executive director of the Latina Coalition of Silicon Valley, who called the mayor’s homelessness enforcement proposal jarring at a candidate forum sponsored by \u003cem>San José Spotlight\u003c/em> in March and said it made her “question what city I live in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chavez-Lopez said she campaigned in 2020 to pass Measure E, which taxes property sales of $2 million or more and raises around $50 million annually. In his budget plan, Mahan wants to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026437/san-jose-mayor-proposes-permanent-shift-homeless-funding-from-housing-shelter\">permanently direct\u003c/a> nearly all of the Measure E revenue to pay for temporary housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034347\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12034347 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-3_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1292\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-3_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-3_qed-800x517.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-3_qed-1020x659.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-3_qed-160x103.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-3_qed-1536x992.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-3_qed-1920x1240.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San José City Council District 3 candidate, Gabby Chavez-Lopez, speaks at a candidates forum at the San José Women’s Club in San José on March 6, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We were telling [voters] that it was for permanent supportive housing and prevention,” Chavez-Lopez said. “So for me, in a time when trust is at an all-time low, why are we going back on that commitment to voters?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anthony Tordillos, chair of the San José Planning Commission, said he could support spending more Measure E dollars in the short term to fulfill the council’s commitment to building out tiny home villages and parking lots for people living in their cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He opposes a permanent funding shift.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Over time, we need to make sure that we’re getting back to a balanced allocation of Measure E dollars between both shelter spending as well as affordable housing,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Tordillos and Chavez-Lopez are endorsed by the Santa Clara County Democratic Party, which has typically lined up on opposite sides of Mahan in city elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034350\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034350\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-30_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-30_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-30_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-30_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-30_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-30_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-30_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San José City Council District 3 candidate, Irene Smith, speaks to voters, following a candidates forum, at the San José Women’s Club in San José on March 6, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Irene Smith, a financial analyst and neighborhood activist, said she would push to fund larger congregate shelter developments instead of the tiny home models preferred by Mahan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While we’re waiting for the housing to be built, whatever it is — tiny homes, permanent supportive housing, group homes — let’s offer [unhoused] people an incrementally better way of living right now,” Smith said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adam Duran, a former lieutenant with the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office, said his focus would be on opening mental health and drug treatment facilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While City Hall insiders will be closely monitoring the outcome of Tuesday’s election, the expected low voter turnout could make it difficult to draw any clear conclusions on how the electorate is viewing the policies advanced by Mahan and the council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of Wednesday, just 8% of registered voters in the district had cast a ballot. 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"content": "\u003cp>A few months before the 2020 pandemic hit, lawmakers approved \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11934624/how-much-can-your-landlord-legally-raise-your-rent-this-tool-will-tell-you\">sweeping statewide protections\u003c/a> against evictions and rent increases. Now, a group of legislators wants that law to go further.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, Assemblymember Ash Kalra, D-San José, \u003ca href=\"https://a25.asmdc.org/video/20250402-assemblymember-kalra-unveils-bill-permanently-lower-state-rent-cap-affordable-rent\">announced\u003c/a> a new bill, AB 1157, dubbed the “Affordable Rent Act,” that would expand the \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1482\">2019 Tenant Protection Act\u003c/a> to more renters, lower the amount rent can increase each year and make those changes permanent by removing a 2030 sunset date.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For many, the rent just keeps rising by the maximum allowed by state law,” Kalra said at a press conference unveiling the bill. “Areas that were once considered affordable are no longer affordable to the average working-class tenant. Rent is an issue in every corner of this state.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill is one of a \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1248\">handful\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB436\">of\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB52\">proposed\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB522\">legislation\u003c/a> aimed at strengthening tenants’ rights. As renters \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/blog/homeownership-trends-in-california/\">continue\u003c/a> to make up \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/blog/californias-renters/\">almost half \u003c/a>of the state’s population and are more likely than residents of most other states to spend almost a third of their income on housing costs, tenants’ rights groups say the Affordable Rent Act could help protect millions of renters from displacement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As a renter in a non-Tenant Protection Act-protected home — a single-family home — I really need this thing to pass,” said Democratic Assemblymember Alex Lee of Milpitas, a co-author of the bill. “We’re in a deficit, and I don’t want to ask for a raise, so I need to pay my rent too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034321\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034321\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/003_KQED_SanFrancisco_RentStrike_03312020_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/003_KQED_SanFrancisco_RentStrike_03312020_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/003_KQED_SanFrancisco_RentStrike_03312020_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/003_KQED_SanFrancisco_RentStrike_03312020_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/003_KQED_SanFrancisco_RentStrike_03312020_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/003_KQED_SanFrancisco_RentStrike_03312020_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/003_KQED_SanFrancisco_RentStrike_03312020_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A “For Rent” sign on a house in the Mission District of San Francisco on Tuesday, March 31, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But several real estate and property owner groups are concerned it could make the rental market less attractive for a landlord to enter or stay in and they say it undermines the compromise they struck with tenants’ groups in AB 1482, the Tenant Protection Act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Apartment Association, the California Building Industry Association, California Association of Realtors and other groups \u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/AB-1157-Kalra-Coalition-Oppose-Lettter.pdf\">sent a letter (PDF)\u003c/a> to Kalra on Tuesday voicing their opposition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The law struck a careful balance, aiming to prevent rent gouging while protecting California’s efforts to increase housing production,” said Debra Carlton, executive vice president for state and government affairs for the California Apartment Association. “AB 1482 was intended as a temporary, 10-year measure, allowing time for the Legislature to focus on enacting long-term, pro-housing policies.”[aside postID=news_12021928 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46311_031_KQED_SanFrancisco_COVIDShutdown_12062020-qut-1020x680.jpg']\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1157\">AB 1157\u003c/a> builds off the 2019 law by lowering the annual rent increase from a maximum of 10% to a maximum of 5%. In the years since the law has been in effect, \u003ca href=\"https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CUUR0000SA0L1E?output_view=pct_12mths\">inflation has increased\u003c/a> and the amount landlords can raise rents \u003ca href=\"https://caanet.org/all-cpi-figures-for-2024-ab-1482-rent-increases-now-available/\">has crept closer to 10%\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1482\">2019 law \u003c/a>also requires landlords removing a unit from the rental market to pay relocation assistance to evicted tenants and to have a \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV§ionNum=1946.2.\">“just cause”\u003c/a> to evict a tenant. While it covers most renters living in multi-family units, it includes exemptions for those living in single-family homes, duplexes and granny flats, among other housing types and living situations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new bill would remove most of those exemptions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Stable rents keep communities whole — when people can stay, they build roots, sustain lasting connections and contribute to local economies,” said Rae Huang, a senior organizer with tenants’ rights coalition Housing Now! “Our elected leaders must step up and act now to protect tenants and ensure that all Californians have a place to call home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rent control has been a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11677380/is-rent-control-working-and-should-we-have-more-or-less-of-it\">recurring point\u003c/a> of debate \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008424/prop-33-rent-control-is-on-the-ballot-again-election-2024-california\">across California\u003c/a>, as it has repeatedly appeared on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12011500/if-proposition-33-passes-these-bay-area-cities-would-see-big-rent-control-changes\">local \u003c/a>and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/california/proposition-33\">statewide ballots\u003c/a>. Last November, voters \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12012553/californians-appear-to-reject-many-rent-control-measures\">shot down Prop 33\u003c/a>, which attempted to repeal the \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?article&chapter=2.7.&division=3.&lawCode=CIV&part=4.&title=5.\">Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act\u003c/a>. The 1995 law limits how local governments can impose rent control laws. In her letter to Kalra, Carlton pointed to \u003ca href=\"https://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/aer.20181289\">multiple\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/3345\">studies\u003c/a> showing that rent control can discourage landlords from placing units on the market and stymie \u003ca href=\"https://www3.mydocsonline.com/pub/hbancstaff/Low-Income-Housing-020816.pdf\">housing construction\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the press conference, Karla acknowledged that argument but said immediate action is needed while affordable housing is built.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I agree that we do need to build more housing, but we also need to focus on how we keep families from being displaced,” Kalra said. “The number one thing we can do to prevent homelessness is not building housing — it’s keeping people in their homes so they don’t become homeless.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfZ-ZKtuSHdeWqxooQwfEcr-oiOpdpJcf2RLZInU7aqjjQlRQ/viewform?embedded=true\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Santa Clara County has officially \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021981/santa-clara-county-reaches-definitive-deal-to-buy-east-san-jose-hospital-for-150-million\">brought a crucial regional hospital into public ownership\u003c/a>, following more than a year of turmoil that was touched off when a national health care corporation announced it would shutter the East San José facility’s trauma center and downgrade services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tuesday marked the first day that Regional Medical Center is operating under the umbrella of Santa Clara Valley Healthcare — the county’s public hospital and clinic system — joining Valley Medical Center and O’Connor Hospital in San José, as well as St. Louise Regional Hospital in Gilroy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county announced Tuesday that the facility’s Level II trauma center, which was downgraded by the hospital’s previous owner, HCA Healthcare, in August, has been restored and is fully operational again, along with other service reinstatements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is about a commitment to excellence in service. This is about a commitment to ensuring access to health care. This is about providing opportunity to families who otherwise would go without,” James R. Williams, the county executive, said Tuesday during a ceremony at the facility,\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Williams said the county board and other leaders have shown great leadership to ensure every resident in the county has access to quality health care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034081\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12034081 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250401-REGIONALMED-JG-3_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250401-REGIONALMED-JG-3_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250401-REGIONALMED-JG-3_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250401-REGIONALMED-JG-3_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250401-REGIONALMED-JG-3_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250401-REGIONALMED-JG-3_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250401-REGIONALMED-JG-3_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara County executive James R. Williams speaks during a ceremony at Regional Medical Center in East San José to mark the county’s first day of ownership of the facility on April 1, 2025. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Even in the face of extraordinary challenges at the federal level, we are making that investment because we know what is possible, we know what is necessary,” Williams said. “We know what it means for the people who live here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county’s takeover of Regional Medical Center follows months of negotiations with HCA over a purchase agreement. The county \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12001214/santa-clara-county-plans-to-buy-east-san-jose-hospital-to-reverse-cuts-to-care\">initially announced its plan to buy the hospital in August\u003c/a> at roughly $175 million, which was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021981/santa-clara-county-reaches-definitive-deal-to-buy-east-san-jose-hospital-for-150-million\">reduced to $150 million\u003c/a> in a January update from the county about the finalization of the deal.[aside postID=news_12021981 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240613-REGIONALMED-JG-1-1020x680.jpg']The 258-bed hospital is the main emergency facility for East San José and much of the eastern portion of Santa Clara County. Nashville-based HCA sent shockwaves into the region when it announced in February 2024 that it planned to close the trauma center and completely eliminate severe heart attack services and downgrade stroke services in August.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following months of public outcry, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11990284/doctors-community-leaders-ramp-up-efforts-to-halt-closure-of-east-san-jose-trauma-center\">protests and demonstrations\u003c/a> by health care workers and local and regional elected officials, HCA partially backed off those plans in mid-July, though it still made several reductions in levels of service and care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>County officials warned the closures and reductions would significantly impact people living in the surrounding areas, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11987665/advocates-urge-state-to-intervene-in-closure-of-san-jose-trauma-center\">including some of the most diverse and socioeconomically disadvantaged\u003c/a> portions of the county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than half of the residents in the area are Latino, about a third are Asian American, roughly 11% are white, and just under 2.5% are African American. People living there face higher rates of chronic disease, trauma and poverty — and they are twice as likely to lack health insurance, the county said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Today is a great day for the county of Santa Clara and for the residents of East San José, and for our entire county community,” said Betty Duong, the District 2 supervisor for Santa Clara County, who represents the area where the Regional Medical Center operates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034077\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12034077 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250401-REGIONALMED-JG-7_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250401-REGIONALMED-JG-7_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250401-REGIONALMED-JG-7_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250401-REGIONALMED-JG-7_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250401-REGIONALMED-JG-7_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250401-REGIONALMED-JG-7_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250401-REGIONALMED-JG-7_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Betty Duong, the District 2 supervisor for Santa Clara County, speaks during a ceremony at Regional Medical Center in East San José on April 1, 2025. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Duong said her father was treated at the hospital when he was hit by a car, and her mother was treated there when she had a stroke, and she expressed gratitude to the roughly 1,000 staff members of the facility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For years, the Regional Medical Center staff has been part of our family. And now I am so proud to be able to say that I’m part of yours,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to the trauma center, the county has brought back vital stroke and severe heart attack services, also known as the ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) program. Labor and delivery care, which was eliminated by HCA in 2020, will also eventually be offered again at the hospital under the county’s stewardship, officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are restoring critical, life-saving services to our community through this important acquisition,” said Supervisor Otto Lee, president of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034078\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12034078 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250401-REGIONALMED-JG-6_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250401-REGIONALMED-JG-6_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250401-REGIONALMED-JG-6_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250401-REGIONALMED-JG-6_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250401-REGIONALMED-JG-6_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250401-REGIONALMED-JG-6_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250401-REGIONALMED-JG-6_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sylvia Arenas, the District 1 supervisor for Santa Clara County, speaks during a ceremony at Regional Medical Center in East San José to mark the county’s first day of ownership of the facility, on April 1, 2025. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Dr. Gloria Jiménez, a trauma surgeon who previously worked at Regional Medical Center before it was shuttered in August, asked to return to the staff and work the first shift at the reopened trauma center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I contacted the leadership, and I said, ‘I’ve been there, that’s my family. I want to go back home, and I want to be there the first day,’” Jiménez said. “Walking through the hallways this morning, it was like coming home.”[aside postID=news_12032727 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20240324_SANTACLARAMEDICALSTRIKE_GC-9-KQED-1020x680.jpg']She said having the facility owned in perpetuity by the county will offer residents not only life-saving services closer to home but confidence they will always have access to care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county is paying for the purchase of the hospital almost entirely through reimbursements the county received from the Federal Emergency Management Agency last year for its pandemic-related expenditures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not purchasing the hospital would have also resulted in significant costs to the county, officials said, as the service cuts at Regional Medical Center would require an increase in staffing and facility space at Valley Medical Center — which houses the only other trauma center within 15 miles — to serve additional patients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the first month after services were cut at Regional Medical Center in August, Valley Medical Center’s trauma center saw a 50% increase in patients compared to the same period from the prior year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034092\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034092\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250401-REGIONALMED-JG-5_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250401-REGIONALMED-JG-5_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250401-REGIONALMED-JG-5_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250401-REGIONALMED-JG-5_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250401-REGIONALMED-JG-5_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250401-REGIONALMED-JG-5_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250401-REGIONALMED-JG-5_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Susan Ellenberg, the District 4 supervisor for Santa Clara County, speaks during a ceremony at Regional Medical Center in East San José on April 1, 2025. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Susan Ellenberg, who was the board president at the time the purchase agreement talks began, said Regional Medical Center not only plays a vital role in the eastern portion of the county but helps balance the loads at the other county facilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our emergency departments are near capacity most days, and ensuring a healthy RMC means that patients in this area can get service close to home, leading to better outcomes for them and to less pressure and other E.R. locations, enabling everyone who needs emergency care to receive it in a timely manner,” Ellenberg said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>HCA faced significant criticism for its decision to cut services at Regional Medical Center and was accused by advocates and officials of putting profits over people’s health, as it estimated it would rake in $6 billion in profit for 2024 across its privately owned hospital portfolio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company’s proposal to overhaul and expand Good Samaritan Hospital in San José’s West Valley area also faced opposition from residents and community advocates, in large part due to its cuts in East San José. 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Nashville-based HCA sent shockwaves into the region when it announced in February 2024 that it planned to close the trauma center and completely eliminate severe heart attack services and downgrade stroke services in August.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following months of public outcry, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11990284/doctors-community-leaders-ramp-up-efforts-to-halt-closure-of-east-san-jose-trauma-center\">protests and demonstrations\u003c/a> by health care workers and local and regional elected officials, HCA partially backed off those plans in mid-July, though it still made several reductions in levels of service and care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>County officials warned the closures and reductions would significantly impact people living in the surrounding areas, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11987665/advocates-urge-state-to-intervene-in-closure-of-san-jose-trauma-center\">including some of the most diverse and socioeconomically disadvantaged\u003c/a> portions of the county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than half of the residents in the area are Latino, about a third are Asian American, roughly 11% are white, and just under 2.5% are African American. 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"content": "\u003cp>As fans nationwide celebrate the start of the Major League Baseball season, the Bay Area is adjusting to a new reality: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12006211/sad-devastated-bittersweet-oakland-as-fans-process-feelings-during-teams-final-week-of-home-games\">a baseball season with just one MLB team\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the San Francisco Giants \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUtpRW3Lau4\">celebrated an Opening Day victory against the Cincinnati Reds on March 27\u003c/a>, the Oakland Athletics — their historic rivals across the Bay — \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6243315/2025/03/31/sacramento-athletics-oakland-mlb-kings/\">now play their home games in West Sacramento\u003c/a> as of Monday, following the team ownership’s decision to leave the Town. Their move means this will also be the first year without an official “Battle of the Bay”: the nickname given to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12000643/giants-and-as-fans-gather-for-one-last-battle-of-the-bay\">the beloved face-offs between the Giants and the A’s\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But baseball lovers rejoice: this tradition is back — with a twist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#HowcanIwatchSanJoseGiantsv.OaklandBallers\">How can I watch San José Giants vs. Oakland Ballers?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, the San José Giants — the Single-A minor league affiliate of the San Francisco Giants — will play against the Pioneer League’s Oakland Ballers in a single-date exhibition game at Excite Ballpark in San José at 6 p.m. And both teams are, naturally, calling this game “The Battle of the Bay 2.0.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Battle of the Bay 2.0, at its core, is a celebration of Bay Area baseball fans and the history of baseball in this region,” said Ben Taylor, president of the San José Giants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12001247\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12001247\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/DSC5811_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/DSC5811_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/DSC5811_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/DSC5811_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/DSC5811_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/DSC5811_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/DSC5811_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pitcher Derrick Cherry tosses his pitch during the Oakland Ballers game against the Yolo High Wheelers in Oakland, California, on June 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copely for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Anybody who has grown up in the Bay Area knows the history between the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland Athletics and the great ball games that used to take place between them,” Taylor said. And when it became clear that the A’s would not play the 2025 season from Oakland, he and the Oakland Ballers ownership met to think of how they could once again give fans the experience of seeing two Bay Area teams face off against each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wednesday’s game marks the first time in history that an MLB-affiliated team will play against an independent team from the Pioneer League — no mean feat considering each league operates on different season calendars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve had to really accelerate our off-season plan to pull this game off,” said Casey Pratt, vice president of communications and fan entertainment for the Oakland Ballers. While the Ballers will have their own \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandballers.com/news/2025/03/opening-day-tickets-for-sale-2025\">Opening Day on May 20\u003c/a>, Pratt said the team wanted to give Oakland’s baseball fans the experience of a season opener around the same time as the MLB Opening Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a time when \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12004485/oakland-as-athletics-leaving-last-games\">many A’s fans are still grieving the loss\u003c/a> of their team to West Sacramento, the Battle of the Bay 2.0 “hopefully helps the healing process,” Pratt said. “This is baseball that is for the people and for the community first.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What to expect at Wednesday’s ‘Battle of the Bay 2.0’ at Excite Ballpark\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>All attendees at Wednesday’s game will receive a free Battle of the Bay 2.0 poster designed by local artist \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/guysliwinski/\">Guy Sliwinski\u003c/a>, who will sign posters at the ballpark. J.T. Snow, former first baseman for the San Francisco Giants and currently part of the Oakland Ballers coaching staff, will throw the first pitch. And both team mascots — the Ballers’ Scrappy the Rally Possum and Gigante from the San José Giants — will be hyping up fans throughout the game.[aside postID=news_12032881 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_4275_qed-1020x680.jpg']“This is going to be the unofficial opening day for Bay Area professional baseball,” said Taylor with the San José Giants. He adds that both teams are coming into this game after making it to their respective post-seasons last year. “All that energy and excitement will be inside the ballpark.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elected officials for both Bay Area cities are also trying to get behind this new rivalry. Last week, San José Mayor Matt Mahan and Oakland interim Mayor Kevin Jenkins \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/MattMahanSJ/status/1905698327200780477\">announced a wager for Wednesday’s game\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am so confident that the San José Giants are going to win this thing that I’m putting a bottle of La Vic’s famous orange sauce on the line,” said Mahan, referencing a popular salsa sold by the San José-based La Victoria Taquería. In response, Jenkins has bet a bottle of barbeque sauce from Oakland’s Everett & Jones restaurant chain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ballers will be successful, mark my words,” Jenkins said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"HowcanIwatchSanJoseGiantsv.OaklandBallers\">\u003c/a>How can I watch San José Giants vs. Oakland Ballers?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who: \u003c/strong>San José Giants vs. Oakland Ballers\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Where: \u003c/strong>Excite Ballpark in San José\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>When: \u003c/strong>Wednesday, April 2 — first pitch scheduled for 6 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Official tickets to Wednesday’s game between the San José Giants and the Oakland Ballers \u003ca href=\"https://mlb.tickets.com/?orgId=56749&agency=MILB_MPV&eventId=12355&tfl=#/event/E12355/seatmap/?selectBuyers=false&minPrice=23&maxPrice=53&quantity=1&sort=price_desc&ada=false&seatSelection=true&onlyCoupon=true&onlyVoucher=false\">are still available at mlb.tickets.com\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you plan to take public transit, you can take BART to Berryessa/North San José BART Station, take the 500 Rapid VTA bus to San José Diridon and then transfer to the 73 VTA bus to the Senter & Alma Avenue bus station. Oakland 68’s, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/oakland68s/?hl=en\">an independent fan group\u003c/a>, is organizing a bus to take fans from Raimondi Park in West Oakland to San José. The bus will leave Raimondi Park at 4 p.m. Bus tickets \u003ca href=\"https://www.oakland68s.org/product-page/bus-ticket?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaZRLJNtwFiKnDZ_tcBZzuw0dMbjR9x7wCwwVqjS79rvZSApKKZ2_Pa1rf8_aem__qrinlJS5Z_D6SVsecCuoQ\">are sold for $40 each\u003c/a>, which comes with two drinks but do not include game tickets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not able to watch the game in person at San José’s Excite Ballpark? You can watch the game live on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.milb.com/san-jose\">San José Giants official website\u003c/a>, stream it on your cellphone using the \u003ca href=\"https://apps.apple.com/us/app/milb/id508217833\">MiLB app\u003c/a> or watch it on TV on KPIX+ (channel 44 cable 12).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>As fans nationwide celebrate the start of the Major League Baseball season, the Bay Area is adjusting to a new reality: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12006211/sad-devastated-bittersweet-oakland-as-fans-process-feelings-during-teams-final-week-of-home-games\">a baseball season with just one MLB team\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the San Francisco Giants \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUtpRW3Lau4\">celebrated an Opening Day victory against the Cincinnati Reds on March 27\u003c/a>, the Oakland Athletics — their historic rivals across the Bay — \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6243315/2025/03/31/sacramento-athletics-oakland-mlb-kings/\">now play their home games in West Sacramento\u003c/a> as of Monday, following the team ownership’s decision to leave the Town. Their move means this will also be the first year without an official “Battle of the Bay”: the nickname given to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12000643/giants-and-as-fans-gather-for-one-last-battle-of-the-bay\">the beloved face-offs between the Giants and the A’s\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But baseball lovers rejoice: this tradition is back — with a twist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#HowcanIwatchSanJoseGiantsv.OaklandBallers\">How can I watch San José Giants vs. Oakland Ballers?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, the San José Giants — the Single-A minor league affiliate of the San Francisco Giants — will play against the Pioneer League’s Oakland Ballers in a single-date exhibition game at Excite Ballpark in San José at 6 p.m. And both teams are, naturally, calling this game “The Battle of the Bay 2.0.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Battle of the Bay 2.0, at its core, is a celebration of Bay Area baseball fans and the history of baseball in this region,” said Ben Taylor, president of the San José Giants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12001247\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12001247\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/DSC5811_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/DSC5811_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/DSC5811_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/DSC5811_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/DSC5811_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/DSC5811_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/DSC5811_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pitcher Derrick Cherry tosses his pitch during the Oakland Ballers game against the Yolo High Wheelers in Oakland, California, on June 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copely for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Anybody who has grown up in the Bay Area knows the history between the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland Athletics and the great ball games that used to take place between them,” Taylor said. And when it became clear that the A’s would not play the 2025 season from Oakland, he and the Oakland Ballers ownership met to think of how they could once again give fans the experience of seeing two Bay Area teams face off against each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wednesday’s game marks the first time in history that an MLB-affiliated team will play against an independent team from the Pioneer League — no mean feat considering each league operates on different season calendars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“This is going to be the unofficial opening day for Bay Area professional baseball,” said Taylor with the San José Giants. He adds that both teams are coming into this game after making it to their respective post-seasons last year. “All that energy and excitement will be inside the ballpark.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elected officials for both Bay Area cities are also trying to get behind this new rivalry. Last week, San José Mayor Matt Mahan and Oakland interim Mayor Kevin Jenkins \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/MattMahanSJ/status/1905698327200780477\">announced a wager for Wednesday’s game\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am so confident that the San José Giants are going to win this thing that I’m putting a bottle of La Vic’s famous orange sauce on the line,” said Mahan, referencing a popular salsa sold by the San José-based La Victoria Taquería. In response, Jenkins has bet a bottle of barbeque sauce from Oakland’s Everett & Jones restaurant chain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ballers will be successful, mark my words,” Jenkins said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"HowcanIwatchSanJoseGiantsv.OaklandBallers\">\u003c/a>How can I watch San José Giants vs. Oakland Ballers?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who: \u003c/strong>San José Giants vs. Oakland Ballers\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Where: \u003c/strong>Excite Ballpark in San José\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>When: \u003c/strong>Wednesday, April 2 — first pitch scheduled for 6 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Official tickets to Wednesday’s game between the San José Giants and the Oakland Ballers \u003ca href=\"https://mlb.tickets.com/?orgId=56749&agency=MILB_MPV&eventId=12355&tfl=#/event/E12355/seatmap/?selectBuyers=false&minPrice=23&maxPrice=53&quantity=1&sort=price_desc&ada=false&seatSelection=true&onlyCoupon=true&onlyVoucher=false\">are still available at mlb.tickets.com\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you plan to take public transit, you can take BART to Berryessa/North San José BART Station, take the 500 Rapid VTA bus to San José Diridon and then transfer to the 73 VTA bus to the Senter & Alma Avenue bus station. Oakland 68’s, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/oakland68s/?hl=en\">an independent fan group\u003c/a>, is organizing a bus to take fans from Raimondi Park in West Oakland to San José. The bus will leave Raimondi Park at 4 p.m. Bus tickets \u003ca href=\"https://www.oakland68s.org/product-page/bus-ticket?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaZRLJNtwFiKnDZ_tcBZzuw0dMbjR9x7wCwwVqjS79rvZSApKKZ2_Pa1rf8_aem__qrinlJS5Z_D6SVsecCuoQ\">are sold for $40 each\u003c/a>, which comes with two drinks but do not include game tickets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not able to watch the game in person at San José’s Excite Ballpark? You can watch the game live on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.milb.com/san-jose\">San José Giants official website\u003c/a>, stream it on your cellphone using the \u003ca href=\"https://apps.apple.com/us/app/milb/id508217833\">MiLB app\u003c/a> or watch it on TV on KPIX+ (channel 44 cable 12).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>San José Mayor Matt Mahan’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029843/san-jose-mayor-pushes-to-arrest-unhoused-who-refuse-shelter\">controversial plans on homelessness\u003c/a> and City Hall pay won initial approval from the city council on Tuesday night after a long and tense meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The council approved Mahan’s preliminary budget for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026772/san-jose-faces-60-million-budget-shortfall-as-negotiations-begin\">upcoming fiscal year\u003c/a>, which includes his proposal to arrest people experiencing homelessness who refuse three offers of shelter. The idea set off hours of heated discussion among residents and council members, suggesting the proposal will continue to stir debate before the council takes a final vote in June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With a working six-vote majority on the council — at least until a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12030375/san-jose-district-3-special-election-whos-running-and-how-to-vote\">special election\u003c/a> next month — Mahan is pursuing his most ambitious spending plan since taking office in 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond the idea he has dubbed “Responsibility to Shelter,” Mahan is proposing a 2026 ballot measure to tie council and mayoral pay raises to performance metrics. His budget also includes a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026437/san-jose-mayor-proposes-permanent-shift-homeless-funding-from-housing-shelter\">shift in funding\u003c/a> away from affordable housing toward interim housing and shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We will not be able to maintain the trust of our community and continue to spend tens of millions of dollars a year to invest in interim housing … if we cannot prove to [residents] that it allows us to resolve the homeless encampments that have caused so much harm to the broader community,” Mahan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12031248\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12031248\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250312-MATT-MAHAN-ON-PB-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250312-MATT-MAHAN-ON-PB-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250312-MATT-MAHAN-ON-PB-MD-04-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250312-MATT-MAHAN-ON-PB-MD-04-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250312-MATT-MAHAN-ON-PB-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250312-MATT-MAHAN-ON-PB-MD-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250312-MATT-MAHAN-ON-PB-MD-04-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San José Mayor Matt Mahan is interviewed for Political Breakdown at the KQED offices in San Francisco on March 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The budget framework, known as the March Budget Message, was approved on a 7-4 vote, with Councilmembers Rosemary Kamei, Bien Doan, Pam Foley, Michael Mulcahy, George Casey and Carl Salas joining Mahan in support. Councilmembers David Cohen, Peter Ortiz, Domingo Candelas and Pamela Campos voted against the plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahan’s plan to impose penalties for refusing shelter has ignited a firestorm in South Bay politics, \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/alex_lee/status/1898122536560603485\">drawing criticism\u003c/a> from state Assemblymembers Alex Lee and Ash Kalra, as well as members of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors. Opponents argue that it will leave unhoused people with damaging criminal records and sap city resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the short term, I worry about the impact this will have on emergency services who are already overburdened,” Ortiz said. “Officers are constantly forced to prioritize, to triage emergencies in the field. I’m just nervous about adding another responsibility to the police force.”[aside postID=news_12029843 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/240620-AffordableHousingPresser-10-BL_qed-1-1020x680.jpg']The city operates more than 1,000 shelter spaces, including tiny homes and converted motels, and hundreds more units are expected to open this year. The facilities are in high demand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A recent report from city staff found that just 541 people out of the estimated 5,477 who are living without shelter in the city are “program-resistant.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But crucially, the mayor and council have pledged to maintain no-encampment zones around new interim housing sites, which Mahan described as a key carrot for gaining neighborhood support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahan said his proposal on pay raises is part of his vision to “deliver the outcomes our residents are demanding and to build trust in government.” If approved by voters, the Salary Setting Commission would align raises (beyond the cost of living) to the city’s progress on council-approved goals, such as reducing homelessness and crime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohen said the program could lead future councils to prioritize short-term benchmarks or manipulate goals to ensure higher pay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12015960\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12015960\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/SantaClaraCountyHomelessnessGetty1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/SantaClaraCountyHomelessnessGetty1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/SantaClaraCountyHomelessnessGetty1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/SantaClaraCountyHomelessnessGetty1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/SantaClaraCountyHomelessnessGetty1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/SantaClaraCountyHomelessnessGetty1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/SantaClaraCountyHomelessnessGetty1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clusters of tents belonging to unhoused residents line the banks of Coyote Creek near Tully Road on Jan. 4, 2023, in San José, California. \u003ccite>(Dai Sugano/MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We might say our current council wouldn’t do that, but going to the voters and changing it is a permanent change,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both the homeless enforcement and council pay measures will be voted on separately from the rest of the budget in June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city faces an estimated $45.6 million shortfall in the fiscal year beginning July 1. Mahan is proposing to largely close the gap by shifting dedicated homeless funding away from building permanent affordable housing to cover the city’s interim housing costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fate of funding created by Measure E, a 2020 real estate transfer tax, has been central to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11989926/san-jose-council-approves-budget-with-historic-shift-in-unhoused-spending\">budget debates\u003c/a> for the past two years. Now, Mahan is pushing to permanently allocate up to 90% for interim housing and shelter, with 10% going to homeless prevention programs like rental assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than a hundred residents lined up to speak at Tuesday’s meeting, with most focused on the more than 5,000 people experiencing homelessness in San José. Deborah Brown urged the council and Mahan to put aside their differences and work with urgency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Tonight, someone will be out there, freezing to death or sick and helpless, and my hope is that you as a unit, who the city has given you the permission to run this city, that you will take those funds that you have and get this problem solved,” Brown said. “I know you can do it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The city operates more than 1,000 shelter spaces, including tiny homes and converted motels, and hundreds more units are expected to open this year. The facilities are in high demand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A recent report from city staff found that just 541 people out of the estimated 5,477 who are living without shelter in the city are “program-resistant.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But crucially, the mayor and council have pledged to maintain no-encampment zones around new interim housing sites, which Mahan described as a key carrot for gaining neighborhood support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahan said his proposal on pay raises is part of his vision to “deliver the outcomes our residents are demanding and to build trust in government.” If approved by voters, the Salary Setting Commission would align raises (beyond the cost of living) to the city’s progress on council-approved goals, such as reducing homelessness and crime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohen said the program could lead future councils to prioritize short-term benchmarks or manipulate goals to ensure higher pay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12015960\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12015960\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/SantaClaraCountyHomelessnessGetty1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/SantaClaraCountyHomelessnessGetty1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/SantaClaraCountyHomelessnessGetty1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/SantaClaraCountyHomelessnessGetty1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/SantaClaraCountyHomelessnessGetty1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/SantaClaraCountyHomelessnessGetty1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/SantaClaraCountyHomelessnessGetty1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clusters of tents belonging to unhoused residents line the banks of Coyote Creek near Tully Road on Jan. 4, 2023, in San José, California. \u003ccite>(Dai Sugano/MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We might say our current council wouldn’t do that, but going to the voters and changing it is a permanent change,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both the homeless enforcement and council pay measures will be voted on separately from the rest of the budget in June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city faces an estimated $45.6 million shortfall in the fiscal year beginning July 1. Mahan is proposing to largely close the gap by shifting dedicated homeless funding away from building permanent affordable housing to cover the city’s interim housing costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fate of funding created by Measure E, a 2020 real estate transfer tax, has been central to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11989926/san-jose-council-approves-budget-with-historic-shift-in-unhoused-spending\">budget debates\u003c/a> for the past two years. Now, Mahan is pushing to permanently allocate up to 90% for interim housing and shelter, with 10% going to homeless prevention programs like rental assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than a hundred residents lined up to speak at Tuesday’s meeting, with most focused on the more than 5,000 people experiencing homelessness in San José. Deborah Brown urged the council and Mahan to put aside their differences and work with urgency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Tonight, someone will be out there, freezing to death or sick and helpless, and my hope is that you as a unit, who the city has given you the permission to run this city, that you will take those funds that you have and get this problem solved,” Brown said. “I know you can do it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12030375/san-jose-district-3-special-election-whos-running-and-how-to-vote\">District 3 seat\u003c/a> on the San José City Council is a privileged perch in South Bay politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district includes the original heart of the city in downtown and the historic Japantown and Washington-Guadalupe neighborhoods. Former Mayors Tom McEnery, Susan Hammer and Sam Liccardo, as well as Santa Clara County County Supervisor Cindy Chavez, all rose from the District 3 council seat to higher office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lately, the district has been awash in political turmoil. Omar Torres \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013122/san-jose-councilmember-omar-torres-resigns-arrested\">resigned from\u003c/a> the council seat in November after he faced \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12014643/omar-torres-resigns-from-san-jose-city-council-is-arrested\">multiple criminal charges\u003c/a> of child sexual abuse. As voters begin casting their ballots in an April 8 \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12014860/san-jose-city-council-approves-special-election-for-torres-seat\">special election\u003c/a> to fill the seat, many told KQED they hope the next council member will prioritize reducing homelessness in the area and rebuilding trust between City Hall and residents following the Torres scandal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I actually voted for [Torres], so I was very disappointed to hear about that,” said Roberta Ortega, who lives on 17th Street in the Northside neighborhood. “But I also view this as an opportunity to have a little more input and have great candidates.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12030375/san-jose-district-3-special-election-whos-running-and-how-to-vote\">Seven candidates\u003c/a> — Gabby Chavez-Lopez, Philip Dolan, Adam Duran, Matthew Quevedo, Irene Smith, Anthony Tordillos and Tyrone Wade — are running in the special election, which will proceed to a June 24 runoff if no one secures a majority in April.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12031947\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12031947\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-20_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-20_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-20_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-20_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-20_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-20_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-20_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, candidates running for District 3 City Council, Gabby Chavez-Lopez, Philip Dolan, Adam Duran, Irene Smith, Anthony Tordillos and Matthew Quevedo speak at a candidates forum at the San José Women’s Club in San José on March 6, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Torres, who was elected in 2022, resigned in November and was accused of sexually assaulting a teenage relative in the late 1990s. For months, the seat was vacant until the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024327/san-jose-council-taps-engineering-executive-carl-salas-vacant-seat\">city council appointed\u003c/a> Carl Salas, an engineering executive, to serve through the special election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To me, ethics and honesty is a very important issue,” Ortega, whose top concern is homelessness, said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She wants increased investment in non-police responses to issues in encampments along the Guadalupe River and she supports outreach programs that provide services to people living on the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They have a van come for the homeless so that they can get cleaned up — I’m in favor of all that,” Ortega said. “Crowding them into tent cities and trailer parks, I don’t think it’s helping … I just feel like it’s just creating more blight.”[aside postID=news_12030375 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-1-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg']The city’s last full homeless count in early 2023 found District 3 had the second-highest number of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Susan Hartt said she appreciated that the candidates are making their plans to reduce homelessness a priority, though she doubts one council election can turn the tide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s great that everyone recognizes it’s the top issue,” said Hartt, who lives in the Naglee Park neighborhood. “But I think it’s still gonna be very challenging to come up with a plan that really ends homelessness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ray and Dora McCasland have lived in the Northside neighborhood for decades. They said encampments, blight and an attempted break-in of their home have been met with little follow-up from City Hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re humans, the homeless people, they’re human just like we are,” Dora McCasland said. “We’re not judging anyone, but I just feel like … something needs to be done.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you see the homeless, houseless people living on the streets with their tents and the trash, it’s just not the city that we want it to be, especially downtown,” she added. “We want to come and have dinner downtown and walk during the summer nights.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12031949\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12031949 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-22_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-22_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-22_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-22_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-22_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-22_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-22_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San José District 3 voters attend a District 3 City Council candidates forum at the San José Women’s Club in San José on March 6, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>City officials have placed extra focus on unsheltered homelessness in the downtown area. Last week, the council voted unanimously to extend a ban on sitting or lying down on a downtown sidewalk to begin at 8 a.m. instead of 10 a.m. The move followed a council vote last year to enforce a ban on encampments along the Guadalupe River Trail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next year could be crucial to rejuvenating economic activity and vibrancy in the city center. In 2026, the Super Bowl, along with portions of the FIFA World Cup and the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, will be played in Santa Clara and San José.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downtown boosters hope the marquee events, along with the opening of new student housing at San José State University and the return of more city workers to the office, will boost foot traffic in the area and uplift small businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James Riley, who lives near campus in the South University neighborhood, has a simple vision for the area’s future as he considers who to support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Watching this district — the downtown — recover and thrive,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The city’s last full homeless count in early 2023 found District 3 had the second-highest number of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Susan Hartt said she appreciated that the candidates are making their plans to reduce homelessness a priority, though she doubts one council election can turn the tide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s great that everyone recognizes it’s the top issue,” said Hartt, who lives in the Naglee Park neighborhood. “But I think it’s still gonna be very challenging to come up with a plan that really ends homelessness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ray and Dora McCasland have lived in the Northside neighborhood for decades. They said encampments, blight and an attempted break-in of their home have been met with little follow-up from City Hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re humans, the homeless people, they’re human just like we are,” Dora McCasland said. “We’re not judging anyone, but I just feel like … something needs to be done.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you see the homeless, houseless people living on the streets with their tents and the trash, it’s just not the city that we want it to be, especially downtown,” she added. “We want to come and have dinner downtown and walk during the summer nights.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12031949\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12031949 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-22_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-22_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-22_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-22_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-22_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-22_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SanJoseDistrict3_GC-22_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San José District 3 voters attend a District 3 City Council candidates forum at the San José Women’s Club in San José on March 6, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>City officials have placed extra focus on unsheltered homelessness in the downtown area. Last week, the council voted unanimously to extend a ban on sitting or lying down on a downtown sidewalk to begin at 8 a.m. instead of 10 a.m. The move followed a council vote last year to enforce a ban on encampments along the Guadalupe River Trail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next year could be crucial to rejuvenating economic activity and vibrancy in the city center. In 2026, the Super Bowl, along with portions of the FIFA World Cup and the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, will be played in Santa Clara and San José.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downtown boosters hope the marquee events, along with the opening of new student housing at San José State University and the return of more city workers to the office, will boost foot traffic in the area and uplift small businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James Riley, who lives near campus in the South University neighborhood, has a simple vision for the area’s future as he considers who to support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Watching this district — the downtown — recover and thrive,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Voters in San José’s downtown, north side, Guadalupe-Washington, and Japantown neighborhoods are already casting ballots to fill an empty city council seat left open by former Councilmember Omar Torres, who resigned in November and faces child sex abuse charges. The future of downtown San José — and possibly Mayor Matt Mahan’s agenda — hangs in the balance.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Links:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12030375/san-jose-district-3-special-election-whos-running-and-how-to-vote\">San José District 3 Special Election: Who’s Running and How to Vote\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Some members of the KQED podcast team are represented by The Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. San Francisco Northern California Local.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC5602068054&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:00:58] Can you remind us why this special election is happening and why there is an open seat on San Jose City Council right now?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:01:07] Yeah, so this really goes back to last year when the District 3 council member Omar Torres resigned from his seat last November as he was arrested on charges of child sexual abuse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:01:19] Guy Marzorati is a politics and government correspondent for KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:01:24] After that, the council made the decision to appoint an interim council member for District 3, Carl Salas, who is a local engineering executive, but they also made the decision to hold a special election for the seat going forward. So basically to represent the district through the rest of this year and through the rest of 2026 until the next scheduled election. So that’s created this open seat that covers downtown, Northside neighborhood, Guadalupe – Washington, as well as the city’s Japantown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:01:57] Okay, and so we’re talking about downtown San Jose. What is at stake in this election, especially for this specific district?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:02:08] Yeah, I think certainly for residents, homelessness is at top of mind. And I will say the last time San Jose took a full homeless count in 2023, District 3 had the second most people experiencing unsheltered homelessness of any district in the city. It certainly was for pretty much every voter that I talked with as I’ve been covering this race, including Ray and Dora McCasland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ray McCasland \u003c/strong>[00:02:33] We feel that a lot of the homeless issues are overlooked at our expense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:02:40] They’ve lived in the Northside neighborhood for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ray McCasland \u003c/strong>[00:02:44] We can’t park a certain area, we can’t have a certain tree, we can’t have certain things on our porch. But the homeless can park anywhere they want, and they can throw trash anywhere. And there’s no consequences, and we just feel it’s totally unfair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:03:00] They even said they don’t want to go out, they don’t want to go downtown, they see conditions on the streets. They feel like in the years that they’ve lived in this neighborhood, I think for them it’s been over 50 years, they feel like Northside, downtown is not kind of the neighborhood that it used to be. A few of the voters that I spoke with were really concerned about increasing trust between the community and City Hall. This issue was obviously amplified by the fact that Torres is facing these criminal charges, had to resign from his seat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Dora McCasland \u003c/strong>[00:03:30] All we want from a council member for District 3 is to be honest with us, to care what the people in the district want.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:03:38] But when I talk with voters like Dora and Ray McCasland, I think there was a desire both to put someone in office in the seat with integrity to hold the seat, but also to improve the kind of communication and services that are delivered to District 3 residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Dora McCasland \u003c/strong>[00:03:53] Be honest with us and tell us, no, we can’t do that because of whatever reason. Or, yes, we’re going to do that and follow it up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:04:03] And then what is at stake for the city more broadly in this particular race?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:04:10] This race has pretty high stakes. I wouldn’t say it’s like a normal special election for an open city council seat because San Jose definitely seems to be at an inflection point on policies like homelessness and the balance of power at City Hall is up for grabs in this election. What that means in practice is, will Mayor Matt Mahan have the six votes he needs on the council, a majority on the council, to pursue a really ambitious agenda that he’s laid out? That includes shifting money from paying for affordable apartments to building temporary housing and shelter. It includes a recent proposal that he’s rolled out that would basically make people experiencing homelessness subject to arrest if they refuse shelter three times. Mahan’s definitely pushing the city in a kind of a new direction when it comes to a lot of these issues. And so the balance of power at City Hall will determine whether or not he actually can get that done. And if he has an ally win this election, he will have those six votes going forward to pursue some of these proposals that he’s laid out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:05:24] Well, let’s get into the candidates, Guy. How would you, I guess, characterize the range of folks running for this seat and who’s kind of rising to the top right now?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:05:35] I think as far as, you know, rising to the top, I kind of see four candidates in this out of the seven. You have Gabby Chavez-Lopez, who’s been the executive director of the Latino Coalition of Silicon Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Gabby Chavez-Lopez \u003c/strong>[00:05:49] I’m running because I believe in the power of opportunity, the strength of our community, and the importance of real results-driven leadership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:05:58] And then there’s Matthew Quevedo, who’s the mayor’s deputy chief of staff. He’s worked for Mahan’s campaigns in the past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Matthew Quevedo \u003c/strong>[00:06:05] I have the experience, I’ve been at City Hall, I’ve been working there to push away from the status quo, which has largely got us into the situation we’re in today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:06:14] You have Irene Smith, who’s a financial analyst and kind of a local neighborhood activist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Irene Smith \u003c/strong>[00:06:19] My unique mix of social local activism and fiscal discipline is the right mix to confront D3’s most chronic problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:06:30] and then Anthony Tordillos, who’s the chair of the San Jose Planning Commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Anthony Tordillos \u003c/strong>[00:06:34] I’m running because I want to restore trust in local government and really deliver results for the people of District 3, and I believe I have the experience to do so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:06:41] Those four are perhaps best positions going into this election. And then there’s three other candidates I should note, which is Adam Duran, who worked in the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office. You have Philip Dolan, who’s a knife sharpener salesman. He’s been very critical of City Hall. And then Tyrone Wade, who’s a family counselor who previously ran for mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:07:05] Well, let’s talk a little bit more about some of those top candidates, starting with Gabby Chavez Lopez. Tell me a little bit more about her and what some of her top issues are in this race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:07:20] Yeah. So Gabby Chavez Lopez, like I said, she led this nonprofit Latina coalition of Silicon Valley. She’s been backed in this race by the South Bay Labor Council. That’s always a really important endorsement here in local politics to have that big union organization behind your campaign. And Chavez Lopez has come out pretty strongly against a lot of the policies that mayor Matt Mahan has laid out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Gabby Chavez-Lopez \u003c/strong>[00:07:45] You can house, you know, 50 people, but if 400 people are becoming unhoused then you’re just kind of like not really addressing the root cause.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:07:54] She says permanent housing, building permanently affordable apartments should be the priority for city dollars, not focusing on interim housing and shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Gabby Chavez-Lopez \u003c/strong>[00:08:04] We need to not always think about, you know, the cheaper and faster option, because I don’t know that many of us really make choices like that in our lives. Like, no, you ultimately want what’s best for people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:08:20] She was really critical at recent candidate forums of Mahan’s plan to potentially arrest people who refuse shelter. And so, again, if Chavez-Lopez is able to win this seat, that really rearranges the deck chairs at City Hall. Mahan no longer has the solid six vote majority. Instead, he would likely have to work with maybe some of the more swing votes on the council make compromises in order to pursue his agenda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:08:46] So it sounds like she’s sort of positioning herself as on the opposite sort of end of Matt Mahan’s platform. And I have to imagine that Matt Mahan’s Deputy Chief of Staff, Matthew Quevedo is sort of on the other end of that. He’s obviously the mayor’s top pick. Tell me a little bit more about him and some of his top priorities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:09:06] Yeah, no, that’s absolutely right. And it’s been interesting to watch Quevedo really bill himself as Mahan’s pick in this race. He’s even at numerous candidate forums says, vote for me, I’ll be that sixth vote on the city council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Matthew Quevedo \u003c/strong>[00:09:21] On solutions like interim housing and getting people off the streets more immediately, I would be a proud vote and a proud majority vote on making that happen faster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:09:29] He’s the only candidate I heard who really came out strongly in support of Mahan’s plan to say, look, if someone’s experiencing homelessness, we offer them a shelter bed or a spot in interim housing and they refuse, we need to have a tougher approach. We need to have a stick and potentially send that person to jail in hopes that they’ll get diverted to some kind of service, but have that more stick approach to dealing with people who don’t wanna come inside. Quevedo has been the candidate most strongly in support of that approach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Matthew Quevedo \u003c/strong>[00:09:57] If we try to champion everything, we’re going to fail at everything. By focusing on ending street homelessness, rebuilding our police department, supporting our small businesses and building the housing we need, that’s how San Jose needs to move forward and we need to do so in a much faster way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:10:11] There will always be questions like, will he have independence from the mayor? I asked him about that. He laid out some issues where he has been on different sides of votes. There was a recent controversy around putting up digital signboards downtown that Mahan supported, Quevedo opposed. So he’s argued that he can still be an independent voice while also largely being this important vote in favor of the mayor’s agenda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:10:35] And what have endorsements look like for Quevedo besides Mayor Matt Mahan?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:10:41] The endorsements that you’ve seen Quevedo get have largely been in line with the more moderate wing of San Jose politics. So yes, Mahan has endorsed him, but so has former mayor Sam Liccardo, who was a big backer of Mahan’s campaign. Former mayor Tom McEnery, who again used to represent this downtown district is a well-known political figure in the city. He’s also come out and supported Matthew Quevedo’s campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:11:09] Well, moving on to the other top candidates guy, tell me a little bit about Anthony Tordillos and what his top issues are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:11:20] Yeah, so Anthony Tordillos is the chair of San Jose’s Planning Commission, so he’s been intimately involved with the city’s planning for future housing. He has a lot of support, as you might expect, from YIMBY groups, groups that want to see more dense housing built, and that’s especially a big part of Tordillos’ platform downtown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Anthony Tordillos \u003c/strong>[00:11:40] I would say that generally the city just needs to do more, they need to think bigger, and they need to act with more urgency. 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And that’s why I’d say, you know, Smith doesn’t have the financial resources of the other three candidates we’ve already talked about. But I think, you know, she has somewhat, you know, name identification in this area based on the fact that she’s been a longtime neighborhood activist. I would say she’s on the other end of the spectrum of Tordillos when it comes to housing. Smith homing. She wants to see, you know, kind of more layers of approval on housing, more neighborhood input, community input on housing projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Irene Smith \u003c/strong>[00:13:34] San Jose and D3 is in the dark ages when it comes to community input.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:13:40] She largely agrees with Mahan’s, you know, moves to shift around this housing money. 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That’s her preference for how to reduce unsheltered homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:14:38] So, Guy, you just talked about four of some of the top candidates in this pretty crowded race, and they all sort of represent a range of politics, I guess, especially in relationship to Mayor Matt Mahan. Any one of these four in particular rising to the top?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:15:00] Conventional wisdom might be that Quevedo and Chavez-Lopez, you know, potentially have the best shots to end up in a runoff just based on the fact that, you know, the mayor’s gotten behind Quevedo, the South Bay Labor Council has gotten behind Chavez-Lopez. Those are the two big kind of forces in local politics. Anthony Tordillos has been raising money. He has a real well of support locally in the community. I think with these kind of special elections with low turnout, it’s really hard to tell. I kind of see these four as, you know, perhaps the most competitive in this special election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:15:40] People have, in fact, started voting, right? Where are we at in, I guess, the timeline of things?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:15:47] Yeah, that’s right. So voting is underway. It’ll run through April 8th. And then if none of these candidates gets a majority of the vote in that April 8th special election, there’s actually a runoff between the top two candidates in June. So June 24th, the runoff would take place. So then you’d expect that new council member to take office, probably, you know, sometime early July. That’s notable because this year’s budget process will end in June. So the current interim council member, Carl Salas will represent the district through the budget process, which is really in San Jose city government. That’s the most important time is during the city budget. So whoever wins this, unless someone is able to get 50% in the April 8th election, it’s a real possibility that Carl Salas, the interim council member will make decisions for this district in the budget process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:16:41] And I imagine some of these candidates are itching to get in on that part of the process as soon as possible. Do we have a sense right now of, I guess, the mood in District 3? I mean, are people following this election closely? Are they sending in their ballots?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:17:00] Yeah, I, you know, I would expect a pretty low turnout election for this. The fact that this is an off year, um, you know, special election, I would expect probably low turnout. This election is being really closely watched at city hall. Like I mentioned, kind of the balance of power there is at stake. And then also by a lot of business interests and others in downtown, because this is actually a pretty big year coming up for the neighborhood. You have in 2026, the Superbowl and the World Cup coming to Levi’s medium. And I think a lot of downtown boosters see that as like the opportunity to market downtown. So I think there’s a lot of interest in getting someone in place in this seat and really having them be a leader in kind of organizing the city’s efforts around branding itself and visitors for those big marquee events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:17:50] Wow, so much at stake here, Guy. Thank you so much for breaking it all down. Appreciate it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:17:56] Thanks so much for having me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:18:02] The last day to mail in your ballot, drop it off, or vote in person is April 8th. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:00:58] Can you remind us why this special election is happening and why there is an open seat on San Jose City Council right now?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:01:07] Yeah, so this really goes back to last year when the District 3 council member Omar Torres resigned from his seat last November as he was arrested on charges of child sexual abuse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:01:19] Guy Marzorati is a politics and government correspondent for KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:01:24] After that, the council made the decision to appoint an interim council member for District 3, Carl Salas, who is a local engineering executive, but they also made the decision to hold a special election for the seat going forward. So basically to represent the district through the rest of this year and through the rest of 2026 until the next scheduled election. So that’s created this open seat that covers downtown, Northside neighborhood, Guadalupe – Washington, as well as the city’s Japantown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:01:57] Okay, and so we’re talking about downtown San Jose. What is at stake in this election, especially for this specific district?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:02:08] Yeah, I think certainly for residents, homelessness is at top of mind. And I will say the last time San Jose took a full homeless count in 2023, District 3 had the second most people experiencing unsheltered homelessness of any district in the city. 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They feel like in the years that they’ve lived in this neighborhood, I think for them it’s been over 50 years, they feel like Northside, downtown is not kind of the neighborhood that it used to be. A few of the voters that I spoke with were really concerned about increasing trust between the community and City Hall. 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It includes a recent proposal that he’s rolled out that would basically make people experiencing homelessness subject to arrest if they refuse shelter three times. Mahan’s definitely pushing the city in a kind of a new direction when it comes to a lot of these issues. And so the balance of power at City Hall will determine whether or not he actually can get that done. And if he has an ally win this election, he will have those six votes going forward to pursue some of these proposals that he’s laid out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:05:24] Well, let’s get into the candidates, Guy. How would you, I guess, characterize the range of folks running for this seat and who’s kind of rising to the top right now?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:05:35] I think as far as, you know, rising to the top, I kind of see four candidates in this out of the seven. You have Gabby Chavez-Lopez, who’s been the executive director of the Latino Coalition of Silicon Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Gabby Chavez-Lopez \u003c/strong>[00:05:49] I’m running because I believe in the power of opportunity, the strength of our community, and the importance of real results-driven leadership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:05:58] And then there’s Matthew Quevedo, who’s the mayor’s deputy chief of staff. He’s worked for Mahan’s campaigns in the past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Matthew Quevedo \u003c/strong>[00:06:05] I have the experience, I’ve been at City Hall, I’ve been working there to push away from the status quo, which has largely got us into the situation we’re in today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:06:14] You have Irene Smith, who’s a financial analyst and kind of a local neighborhood activist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Irene Smith \u003c/strong>[00:06:19] My unique mix of social local activism and fiscal discipline is the right mix to confront D3’s most chronic problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:06:30] and then Anthony Tordillos, who’s the chair of the San Jose Planning Commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Anthony Tordillos \u003c/strong>[00:06:34] I’m running because I want to restore trust in local government and really deliver results for the people of District 3, and I believe I have the experience to do so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:06:41] Those four are perhaps best positions going into this election. And then there’s three other candidates I should note, which is Adam Duran, who worked in the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office. You have Philip Dolan, who’s a knife sharpener salesman. He’s been very critical of City Hall. And then Tyrone Wade, who’s a family counselor who previously ran for mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:07:05] Well, let’s talk a little bit more about some of those top candidates, starting with Gabby Chavez Lopez. Tell me a little bit more about her and what some of her top issues are in this race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:07:20] Yeah. So Gabby Chavez Lopez, like I said, she led this nonprofit Latina coalition of Silicon Valley. She’s been backed in this race by the South Bay Labor Council. That’s always a really important endorsement here in local politics to have that big union organization behind your campaign. And Chavez Lopez has come out pretty strongly against a lot of the policies that mayor Matt Mahan has laid out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Gabby Chavez-Lopez \u003c/strong>[00:07:45] You can house, you know, 50 people, but if 400 people are becoming unhoused then you’re just kind of like not really addressing the root cause.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:07:54] She says permanent housing, building permanently affordable apartments should be the priority for city dollars, not focusing on interim housing and shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Gabby Chavez-Lopez \u003c/strong>[00:08:04] We need to not always think about, you know, the cheaper and faster option, because I don’t know that many of us really make choices like that in our lives. Like, no, you ultimately want what’s best for people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:08:20] She was really critical at recent candidate forums of Mahan’s plan to potentially arrest people who refuse shelter. And so, again, if Chavez-Lopez is able to win this seat, that really rearranges the deck chairs at City Hall. Mahan no longer has the solid six vote majority. Instead, he would likely have to work with maybe some of the more swing votes on the council make compromises in order to pursue his agenda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:08:46] So it sounds like she’s sort of positioning herself as on the opposite sort of end of Matt Mahan’s platform. And I have to imagine that Matt Mahan’s Deputy Chief of Staff, Matthew Quevedo is sort of on the other end of that. He’s obviously the mayor’s top pick. Tell me a little bit more about him and some of his top priorities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:09:06] Yeah, no, that’s absolutely right. And it’s been interesting to watch Quevedo really bill himself as Mahan’s pick in this race. He’s even at numerous candidate forums says, vote for me, I’ll be that sixth vote on the city council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Matthew Quevedo \u003c/strong>[00:09:21] On solutions like interim housing and getting people off the streets more immediately, I would be a proud vote and a proud majority vote on making that happen faster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:09:29] He’s the only candidate I heard who really came out strongly in support of Mahan’s plan to say, look, if someone’s experiencing homelessness, we offer them a shelter bed or a spot in interim housing and they refuse, we need to have a tougher approach. We need to have a stick and potentially send that person to jail in hopes that they’ll get diverted to some kind of service, but have that more stick approach to dealing with people who don’t wanna come inside. Quevedo has been the candidate most strongly in support of that approach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Matthew Quevedo \u003c/strong>[00:09:57] If we try to champion everything, we’re going to fail at everything. By focusing on ending street homelessness, rebuilding our police department, supporting our small businesses and building the housing we need, that’s how San Jose needs to move forward and we need to do so in a much faster way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:10:11] There will always be questions like, will he have independence from the mayor? I asked him about that. He laid out some issues where he has been on different sides of votes. There was a recent controversy around putting up digital signboards downtown that Mahan supported, Quevedo opposed. So he’s argued that he can still be an independent voice while also largely being this important vote in favor of the mayor’s agenda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:10:35] And what have endorsements look like for Quevedo besides Mayor Matt Mahan?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:10:41] The endorsements that you’ve seen Quevedo get have largely been in line with the more moderate wing of San Jose politics. So yes, Mahan has endorsed him, but so has former mayor Sam Liccardo, who was a big backer of Mahan’s campaign. Former mayor Tom McEnery, who again used to represent this downtown district is a well-known political figure in the city. He’s also come out and supported Matthew Quevedo’s campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:11:09] Well, moving on to the other top candidates guy, tell me a little bit about Anthony Tordillos and what his top issues are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:11:20] Yeah, so Anthony Tordillos is the chair of San Jose’s Planning Commission, so he’s been intimately involved with the city’s planning for future housing. He has a lot of support, as you might expect, from YIMBY groups, groups that want to see more dense housing built, and that’s especially a big part of Tordillos’ platform downtown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Anthony Tordillos \u003c/strong>[00:11:40] I would say that generally the city just needs to do more, they need to think bigger, and they need to act with more urgency. And also making sure that we’re looking towards a post-COVID future for downtown that is not just about business development, but also bringing in more housing density, close to resources, jobs, and transit, as well as supporting our local business community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:11:58] He feels like if we are able to bring more housing development to downtown San Jose, that will bring in more tax dollars, more business activity, more vibrancy downtown. And he also has support from groups that support LGBTQ candidates statewide who’ve gotten behind his campaign for city council. And I would say Tordillos has a slightly different perspective than Chavez-Lopez on Mahan’s plans. Ultimately, he says he believes that the city should be investing in supportive housing. But Tordio says in the short term he understands if the city wants to make the shift that Mahan is proposing and use more of the dedicated money they have towards interim housing and shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Anthony Tordillos \u003c/strong>[00:12:38] Yeah, I would say, you know, I’m a realist here, you know, the city has some real difficult times ahead in terms of our budget, and that means that we need to be flexible in the short term to immediate needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:12:47] And then there’s Irene Smith who actually ran against Omar Torres for this District Three seat before, right? Tell me a little bit more about her and what her top issues are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:12:59] Yes, that’s right. Good memory. So Smith was, you know, she finished second to Torres in that 2022 election. And that’s why I’d say, you know, Smith doesn’t have the financial resources of the other three candidates we’ve already talked about. But I think, you know, she has somewhat, you know, name identification in this area based on the fact that she’s been a longtime neighborhood activist. I would say she’s on the other end of the spectrum of Tordillos when it comes to housing. Smith homing. She wants to see, you know, kind of more layers of approval on housing, more neighborhood input, community input on housing projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Irene Smith \u003c/strong>[00:13:34] San Jose and D3 is in the dark ages when it comes to community input.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:13:40] She largely agrees with Mahan’s, you know, moves to shift around this housing money. She would actually want to see more of it spent on big congregate shelters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Irene Smith \u003c/strong>[00:13:51] We haven’t been able to build big enough or fast enough. So we have to have interim solutions for folks who are living on the streets and living in tents. We can’t play whack-a-mole with misery all the time and expect to have a different result. It’s not working.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:14:11] Mahan and Quevedo have really tried to invest in these kind of tiny homes that offer some level of privacy, private bathrooms, in some cases, private kitchens. Smith says no, we need to go back to the really big large congregate shelters. 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I kind of see these four as, you know, perhaps the most competitive in this special election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:15:40] People have, in fact, started voting, right? Where are we at in, I guess, the timeline of things?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:15:47] Yeah, that’s right. So voting is underway. It’ll run through April 8th. And then if none of these candidates gets a majority of the vote in that April 8th special election, there’s actually a runoff between the top two candidates in June. So June 24th, the runoff would take place. So then you’d expect that new council member to take office, probably, you know, sometime early July. That’s notable because this year’s budget process will end in June. So the current interim council member, Carl Salas will represent the district through the budget process, which is really in San Jose city government. That’s the most important time is during the city budget. 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And then also by a lot of business interests and others in downtown, because this is actually a pretty big year coming up for the neighborhood. You have in 2026, the Superbowl and the World Cup coming to Levi’s medium. And I think a lot of downtown boosters see that as like the opportunity to market downtown. So I think there’s a lot of interest in getting someone in place in this seat and really having them be a leader in kind of organizing the city’s efforts around branding itself and visitors for those big marquee events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:17:50] Wow, so much at stake here, Guy. Thank you so much for breaking it all down. Appreciate it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:17:56] Thanks so much for having me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Gould was the former chair of the National Labor Relations Board from 1994 to 1998.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gould said he was “puzzled” that the governor hasn’t gotten involved yet to help mediate between the parties or, if necessary, to order a panel to do fact-finding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>VTA officials said they plan to pursue the governor’s involvement for a possible “cooling off period,” which could pause the strike while negotiations continue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12030673\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250220-VTASTRIKED1.-JG-8.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12030673\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250220-VTASTRIKED1.-JG-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250220-VTASTRIKED1.-JG-8.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250220-VTASTRIKED1.-JG-8-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250220-VTASTRIKED1.-JG-8-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250220-VTASTRIKED1.-JG-8-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250220-VTASTRIKED1.-JG-8-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250220-VTASTRIKED1.-JG-8-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Striking VTA workers picket acknowledge a passing honking car outside the agency’s headquarters on North First Street in San José on March 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office did not respond to a request for comment on the situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would think that the time is right and propitious for the governor to intervene,” Gould said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For all of Thursday and part of Friday, the union and the agency met with a mediator for the first negotiations since the strike began, according to Raj Singh, the union president. However, a resolution was not able to be reached, and no further talks were scheduled as of Friday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The VTA, in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12030759/vta-sues-to-end-historic-south-bay-transit-workers-strike\">complaint filed in court late Monday night\u003c/a>, followed by several more supporting filings on Wednesday and Thursday, claims the union is violating the “no-strike clause” of a collective bargaining agreement between the agency and the union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency alleges the union did not give VTA proper notice it wanted to end or change the agreement, which expired on March 3, and claims the no-strike conditions are in full effect for another year while negotiations for a new contract continue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12029843 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/240620-AffordableHousingPresser-10-BL_qed-1-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The union, for its part, responded Thursday in a filing asking the judge to reject the VTA’s request. The union claims it’s clear the contract rules are no longer applicable because bargaining for a new contract had ended, as neither side budged off their last, best and final offers, and the union declared an impasse a few days before the strike began.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The law firm representing the VTA deferred comment to the agency, and the attorneys representing the ATU did not respond to a request for comment on Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Both sides clearly have different interpretations of the contract language,” Greg Richardson, the deputy general manager for VTA, said Wednesday during a news conference. “Our belief is the current contract, although beyond its term, remains in full force during negotiations, and as such, the no strike clause is still in effect.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richardson said the lawsuit is one more attempt the agency is making to try and get service back for the tens of thousands of riders who depend on it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Raj Singh, the president of ATU Local 265, said the lawsuit shows the “true colors” of the agency’s leadership and said VTA has “pushed us to this point” by wasting months of bargaining time ahead of the strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Instead of trying to resolve this immediately, they’re choosing to litigate and go the long route. I hope that the public is seeing this,” Singh said Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022979\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/01062023-Newsom-Inauguration-RL-CM-03-copy.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022979\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/01062023-Newsom-Inauguration-RL-CM-03-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/01062023-Newsom-Inauguration-RL-CM-03-copy.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/01062023-Newsom-Inauguration-RL-CM-03-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/01062023-Newsom-Inauguration-RL-CM-03-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/01062023-Newsom-Inauguration-RL-CM-03-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/01062023-Newsom-Inauguration-RL-CM-03-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/01062023-Newsom-Inauguration-RL-CM-03-copy-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Gavin Newsom addresses attendees during his inauguration for a second term at the Plaza de California in Sacramento on Jan. 6, 2023. VTA officials said they plan to pursue the governor’s involvement for a possible ‘cooling off period,’ which could pause the strike while negotiations continue. \u003ccite>(Rahul Lal/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The agency’s filings accuse the union of “bad faith behavior” at the bargaining table and said for negotiations to work, the union must “want to act in the interest of the great public they serve and understand that their public agency employer’s financial means are limited by available public tax dollars,” the filing said. “The sooner that ATU remembers this, the better.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the legal fight plays out in the courts, one labor expert said a judge should not intervene in this dispute between workers and their employer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Robert Ovetz, a senior political science lecturer at San José State University who teaches labor relations in the Master’s of Public Administration program, said there’s a long history of courts being used to break strikes and bust unions, especially before the passage of the National Labor Relations Act in 1935.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ultimately, the only real tool that workers have in asserting their interests is to stop working, to go on strike,” Ovetz said. “And so it would be very, very problematic for a judge to step in and then prevent them from being able to use that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ovetz said it seemed clear to him that negotiations had broken down when the strike was started, and he thinks a judge wouldn’t have a basis to grant an injunction to stop the strike. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The union, for its part, responded Thursday in a filing asking the judge to reject the VTA’s request. The union claims it’s clear the contract rules are no longer applicable because bargaining for a new contract had ended, as neither side budged off their last, best and final offers, and the union declared an impasse a few days before the strike began.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The law firm representing the VTA deferred comment to the agency, and the attorneys representing the ATU did not respond to a request for comment on Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Both sides clearly have different interpretations of the contract language,” Greg Richardson, the deputy general manager for VTA, said Wednesday during a news conference. “Our belief is the current contract, although beyond its term, remains in full force during negotiations, and as such, the no strike clause is still in effect.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richardson said the lawsuit is one more attempt the agency is making to try and get service back for the tens of thousands of riders who depend on it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Raj Singh, the president of ATU Local 265, said the lawsuit shows the “true colors” of the agency’s leadership and said VTA has “pushed us to this point” by wasting months of bargaining time ahead of the strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Instead of trying to resolve this immediately, they’re choosing to litigate and go the long route. I hope that the public is seeing this,” Singh said Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022979\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/01062023-Newsom-Inauguration-RL-CM-03-copy.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022979\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/01062023-Newsom-Inauguration-RL-CM-03-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/01062023-Newsom-Inauguration-RL-CM-03-copy.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/01062023-Newsom-Inauguration-RL-CM-03-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/01062023-Newsom-Inauguration-RL-CM-03-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/01062023-Newsom-Inauguration-RL-CM-03-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/01062023-Newsom-Inauguration-RL-CM-03-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/01062023-Newsom-Inauguration-RL-CM-03-copy-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Gavin Newsom addresses attendees during his inauguration for a second term at the Plaza de California in Sacramento on Jan. 6, 2023. VTA officials said they plan to pursue the governor’s involvement for a possible ‘cooling off period,’ which could pause the strike while negotiations continue. \u003ccite>(Rahul Lal/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The agency’s filings accuse the union of “bad faith behavior” at the bargaining table and said for negotiations to work, the union must “want to act in the interest of the great public they serve and understand that their public agency employer’s financial means are limited by available public tax dollars,” the filing said. “The sooner that ATU remembers this, the better.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the legal fight plays out in the courts, one labor expert said a judge should not intervene in this dispute between workers and their employer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Robert Ovetz, a senior political science lecturer at San José State University who teaches labor relations in the Master’s of Public Administration program, said there’s a long history of courts being used to break strikes and bust unions, especially before the passage of the National Labor Relations Act in 1935.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ultimately, the only real tool that workers have in asserting their interests is to stop working, to go on strike,” Ovetz said. “And so it would be very, very problematic for a judge to step in and then prevent them from being able to use that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ovetz said it seemed clear to him that negotiations had broken down when the strike was started, and he thinks a judge wouldn’t have a basis to grant an injunction to stop the strike. The best way to end the dispute is to simply return to bargaining, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of Friday morning, the VTA said no date was set for an initial court hearing, and a judge was not assigned to the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">On Monday, more than 1,500 Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority bus drivers, light rail operators and other employees went on strike for the first time in the agency’s history after more than six months of failed negotiations over wages and other issues.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC1945432953\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:01:33] It’s about nine a .m. on Tuesday, and we’re talking about the VTA strike. But first, I mean, just sort of stepping back here, how big of a role does the VTA play in getting people around the South Bay?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Joseph Geha \u003c/strong>[00:02:10] Vta, the Valley Transportation Authority, runs a ton of busses and light rail all around Santa Clara County. They serve, according to the agency right now, about 100,000 people per day. They are the transit agency for this region. And so that means they serve the most heavily populated and dense areas and do all kinds of bus and light rail transfers at really popular places like Diridon Station in downtown San Jose or at these various BART stations. 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And at VTA, Local 265 represents more than 1 ,500 currently, bus drivers and light rail train operators, as well as a series of other critical functions like maintenance workers who keep those trains and busses operating. as well as customer service agents and dispatchers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Melissa Rodriguez \u003c/strong>[00:03:58] A lot of us here don’t want to, but we have to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Joseph Geha \u003c/strong>[00:04:00] Melissa Rodriguez is a bus driver, and she’s been doing it for years with VTA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Melissa Rodriguez \u003c/strong>[00:04:06] It’s hard to live. A lot of people, a lot of drivers live really far away. They drive two to three hours just to get here, just to go to work, and it’s hard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Joseph Geha \u003c/strong>[00:04:16] And I talked to her outside of the Cerone yard. 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Their current contract expired in early March, but they’ve been negotiating with the agency to hammer out a new contract since August. Despite that, you know, more than six month negotiation period where for most weeks they were meeting twice a week, they were unable to get the contract completely figured out. And the two sides, the agency and the union, they remain really far apart on these critical issues like wages, as well as how employee grievances are handled and a couple of other issues that are important to the union right now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:05:50] What exactly are these VTA workers asking for? What are their demands?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Joseph Geha \u003c/strong>[00:05:57] Yeah, the biggest one right now, at least in terms of, you know, on paper, where they’re farthest apart is wages. So the VTA made its most recent offer to the union in late February, on February 28th, and they were offering a 9 % raise to these drivers, operators, and other workers over a period of three years. Meanwhile, on the other hand, you’ve got the union on that same day making their most recent ask. And for wages, they are asking for 18%. So they want a 6 % raise in each of the three years that this contract would cover. The union is asking for double what the agency is offering. So that is one of the biggest chasms, I guess, you could say. One of the bigger sticking points is the arbitration issue. So essentially, this is the way that the union and the agency work out disputes. When there is a problem with the way a worker was treated in the view of the union, they can bring a grievance to the agency. and that can sometimes go into the arbitration process. The ATU and the VTA have been meeting for months and negotiating multiple times a week up until this strike occurred. 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The reality, with a wage increase at this level, or anything close to it, would be service cuts throughout our system and the likely elimination of positions across VTA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Joseph Geha \u003c/strong>[00:09:50] Richardson has said, you know, it’s going to be a little bit of a fiscal challenge for the agency to be able to meet the offer that they’ve already made at 9%, but they’re willing to do that and they are committed to doing that without having to cut, first of all, any employees or cut any service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Greg Richardson \u003c/strong>[00:10:06] You know, do we want to keep the ridership going? Of course. 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And so you had folks picketing outside of five locations that are run by the VTA, including their headquarters in North San Jose, and you had folks out there in the dark of night, essentially around four in the morning. beginning their picketing and their chanting of slogans and, you know, basically just making a public show of force that they won’t be ignored and that their demands are serious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">There was an incident in the morning at the Cerone yard where there’s this pickup truck driven by what ATU says was a VTA supervisor that kind of made contact with a couple of the picketers. And there was a dispute about whether he collided with them on purpose or what was happening. But it was a really messy situation. A couple of people got sent to the hospital just to make sure they were okay with some minor injuries. but overall that incident really increased the tensions. VTA, for its side, is saying that the picketing workers were at fault, essentially blocking the car’s way, the pickup truck’s way, and kind of getting in the way of the car on purpose. So there seems to be a lot of disagreement, but either way, nobody is happy about this incident with the pickup truck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:11:53] I mean, what impact is this having so far on riders in the county, Joseph? I mean, because obviously no one, it seems like, is driving the busses. So are none of the trains or busses operating right now? 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And at VTA, Local 265 represents more than 1 ,500 currently, bus drivers and light rail train operators, as well as a series of other critical functions like maintenance workers who keep those trains and busses operating. as well as customer service agents and dispatchers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Melissa Rodriguez \u003c/strong>[00:03:58] A lot of us here don’t want to, but we have to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Joseph Geha \u003c/strong>[00:04:00] Melissa Rodriguez is a bus driver, and she’s been doing it for years with VTA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Melissa Rodriguez \u003c/strong>[00:04:06] It’s hard to live. A lot of people, a lot of drivers live really far away. They drive two to three hours just to get here, just to go to work, and it’s hard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Joseph Geha \u003c/strong>[00:04:16] And I talked to her outside of the Cerone yard. It’s a bus depot in North San Jose. And she’s essentially one of hundreds of workers yesterday who were taking shifts on picket lines and protesting essentially what they believe is an unfair contract.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Melissa Rodriguez \u003c/strong>[00:04:32] People that I’ve had on my bus, they were supportive. They said they had to find other avenues to go ahead and get to where they needed to get to. I feel really bad, but if we don’t do anything about this now, we’re just gonna continue to fight like this back and forth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:04:54] Yeah, let’s talk about that a little bit more, Joseph. Why exactly is this strike happening? And I guess how did we get here?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Joseph Geha \u003c/strong>[00:05:01] It’s been months and months of negotiations. ATU members were negotiating for a new contract. Their current contract expired in early March, but they’ve been negotiating with the agency to hammer out a new contract since August. Despite that, you know, more than six month negotiation period where for most weeks they were meeting twice a week, they were unable to get the contract completely figured out. And the two sides, the agency and the union, they remain really far apart on these critical issues like wages, as well as how employee grievances are handled and a couple of other issues that are important to the union right now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:05:50] What exactly are these VTA workers asking for? What are their demands?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Joseph Geha \u003c/strong>[00:05:57] Yeah, the biggest one right now, at least in terms of, you know, on paper, where they’re farthest apart is wages. So the VTA made its most recent offer to the union in late February, on February 28th, and they were offering a 9 % raise to these drivers, operators, and other workers over a period of three years. Meanwhile, on the other hand, you’ve got the union on that same day making their most recent ask. And for wages, they are asking for 18%. So they want a 6 % raise in each of the three years that this contract would cover. The union is asking for double what the agency is offering. So that is one of the biggest chasms, I guess, you could say. One of the bigger sticking points is the arbitration issue. So essentially, this is the way that the union and the agency work out disputes. When there is a problem with the way a worker was treated in the view of the union, they can bring a grievance to the agency. and that can sometimes go into the arbitration process. The ATU and the VTA have been meeting for months and negotiating multiple times a week up until this strike occurred. 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