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Milpitas lawmaker joins Assembly race

After two of her Milpitas City Council colleagues dropped out of an Assembly race to replace Kansen Chu, Councilmember Carmen Montano announced Monday that she’s jumping into the fray. The announcement comes a little more than a week after Milpitas Vice Mayor Karina Dominguez ended her Assembly campaign after three months and longtime South Bay […]

Identity politics in San Jose: How powerful is the Vietnamese vote?

The power of the Vietnamese vote has stood out for decades in San Jose politics as voters have rushed to the polls in droves to support their candidates — usually those with similar last names. But as the population continues to grow and new generations enter the mix, the question of whether identity politics still […]

CA Senate candidates talk housing during Sunnyvale forum

Three of six candidates for California’s Senate District 13 seat talked about the Bay Area’s housing woes and their solutions Tuesday night. From left to right: Kyra Kazantzis, executive director for Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits moderated the panel; Shelly Masur, a Redwood City councilmember; Michael Brownrigg, a Burlingame city councilmember; and Sally Lieber, a former state assemblymember. Picture by Janice Bitters.

Santa Clara County supervisor candidates face off on Silicon Valley’s housing woes

From left to right: Kyra Kazantzis, executive director for Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits moderates a panel with California Assemblymember Kansen Chu, San Jose Councilmember Magdalena Carrasco, onetime San Jose Planning Commissioner John Leyba and former Sunnyvale Mayor Otto Lee. Image Photo by Janice Bitters.
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