Editorial: San Jose voters should get to pick their council members
San Jose Inside: Mahan: San Jose Needs Mayor with Experience to Bring Change
By Matt Mahan With the pivotal vote for San Jose Mayor just days away, Supervisor Cindy Chavez and I have finally found one point of agreement – this race boils down to who has the right kind of experience to get San Jose back on the right track. She says her nearly 20 years in […]
It’s Time to Focus on the Truth in the Race for Mayor. Cindy Chavez and Her Campaign are NOT Telling the Truth.
By Ann Ravel I have spent much of my adult life fighting for truth and fairness in campaigning – including serving as Chair of the Fair Political Practices Commission in California and as President Barack Obama’s appointment to the Federal Election Commission. Over that time, I have monitored a great deal of negative campaigning and […]
A big-money mayor’s race is shaping up to be a fight for the soul of Silicon Valley
Buddha statues towered behind a makeshift stage at a Vietnamese temple in San Jose. Mayoral candidates Cindy Chavez and Matt Mahan faced the camera, ready for their debate to be transmitted by Diya TV, an Indian American broadcast station, to its South Asian diaspora audience across the U.S. No voting bloc is being overlooked in […]
SJ Mercury News: Opinion: Fixing Santa Clara County’s Mental Health System Would Save Lives and Money
By Matt Mahan People who could be successfully treated are instead languishing, and dying, on our streets because of political inaction. We can change this. We can reduce crime, save lives and save millions of tax dollars by finally getting serious about the untreated mental health challenges that are driving up our population of homeless […]
We Need Better Policies, Not More Political Attacks
There are Two Democrats Running for Mayor. What’s the Difference?
I’m Matt Mahan, one of the two Democrats running for Mayor of San José. The other Democrat is Supervisor Cindy Chavez. We are both 100% pro-choice. We both support sensible gun laws. We both support protecting the environment. So – what is the difference? Supervisor Chavez has been in office more than 20 years and […]
SF Chronicle: Santa Clara police chief pushes D.A. to investigate City Council’s dealings with 49ers
By: Lance Williams, Ron Kroichick Santa Clara Police Chief Pat Nikolai asked District Attorney Jeffrey Rosen on Monday evening to launch an investigation into the “most critical findings” of a civil grand jury’s report on the conduct of five City Council members and their dealings with the San Francisco 49ers. The report, officially released Monday, alleged the council […]
Trump-Backed DeBartolo Family Floods Money Into Campaign for Politician Cindy Chavez
One member of the DeBartolo family was pardoned by Donald Trump for giving $400,000 to an elected official. Now the DeBartolo Corporation supports politician Cindy Chavez with at least $400,000 in the hotly contested race for Mayor of San Jose. San Jose – New financial filings show the DeBartolo Corporation, the billionaire developers that own […]
We Can End Street Homelessness by Holding Everyone Accountable
By: Matt Mahan Too many politicians in California seem to have given up on actually solving our homeless crisis and instead have resorted to desperate, and losing, attempts to manage it. And what’s even worse is that too many politicians have essentially given up on the people living in our streets, creeks and parks – […]
