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UPDATE: San Jose Officials Question Legality Of Letting Noncitizens Vote
San Jose is exploring extending the right to vote for noncitizen residents, but it may not be constitutional in California.

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San Jose is exploring extending the right to vote for noncitizen residents, but it may not be constitutional in California.

A group of West San Jose residents is appealing a six-story hotel on Winchester Boulevard in a last ditch effort to stop development.
San Jose spent millions on a mobile app to improve community services, but only about 10% of residents use it.
Almost all San Jose councilmembers and candidates are backing one person for mayor: Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez.
With infinite combinations of cheese, wines and accouterments, it’s easy to overlook that Devine Cheese and Wine is also a restaurant.
With a recent vote, high-speed rail moves one step closer to rolling down the tracks in the Bay Area.
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley could be close to breaking ground on its new headquarters in Alviso.
Under new federal guidelines, health care providers can use less of the vaccine for each person.
Santa Clara County residents will be asked to approve millions of dollars in education funding come November.
A Santa Clara planning commissioner has been fired after officials discovered he does not live in Santa Clara.
San Jose is connecting homeless residents with resources days before it sweeps them from a sprawling encampment near Columbus Park.
California is the first state in the country to pass the Universal Meals Program.
In San Jose politics, history has a way of repeating itself.
Residents across the South Bay will elect some new representatives this November, as a number of seats are up for grabs.
San Jose Councilmember Magdalena Carrasco looks to be heading down a new political path.
Multiple tax increases may be required in the town of Los Gatos as a budget deficit looms in the near future.
A new San Jose advisory group authorized to give out millions in grant funding from Google is now in the making.
A San Jose fire station ranked nationally for responding to thousands of service calls, but that notoriety speaks to a larger problem.
Santa Clara Mayor Lisa Gillmor's property management company and a local school district appear to have violated state labor laws.
A burgeoning area of Alviso along the Guadalupe River could soon see construction begin on a new upscale business hotel.