Politics

Hundreds of demonstrators took to the Morgan Hill streets Oct. 18 to exercise their freedom of assembly as part of the worldwide "No Kings" movement, joining an estimated 5-7 million Americans in protesting President Donald Trump and his administration's policies.  First organized in June 2025,...

Santa Clara County voters can begin casting their ballots Oct. 6 for the Nov. 4 statewide special election. The short ballot includes choices for California Proposition 50, as well as a county sales tax measure and the assessor’s race.  The County Registrar of Voters has...

Education advocates and community leaders gathered on a cloudy morning outside Saint Louise Regional Hospital to urge voters to support Measure A, a Santa Clara County sales tax ballot option aimed at preserving healthcare services threatened by recent federal funding cuts. The Sept. 30 rally...

Two candidates seeking to become Santa Clara County’s next Assessor emphasized their contrasting backgrounds and visions for modernizing the office during a Meet the Candidate forum Sept. 8 at the Morgan Hill Grange. Yan Zhao, a Saratoga city council member and two-term mayor, and Neysa...

A union of physicians earning up to $1 million a year is the biggest funder of the ballot measure to raise local sales taxes. A week after the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors approved a plan to raise county taxes, the county’s largest...

Santa Clara County officials and partnering nonprofits convened an emergency townhall meeting in South County Friday to warn residents about potential impacts from recently passed federal legislation that could slash healthcare funding and force difficult choices for local services. The meeting at the Valley Health...

The Morgan Hill City Council voted 4-1 to remove Councilmember Yvonne Martinez Beltrán from her Mayor Pro Tem position following months of controversy stemming from a February incident and subsequent investigation. The decision came after a heated meeting on Aug. 20 where Martinez Beltrán accused...

Santa Clara County supervisors voted unanimously today to ask voters to approve new sales taxes that will place half the county in the double digit bracket. The higher taxes are needed to close a projected billion-dollar budget shortfall they say is the result of...

A petition calling for Morgan Hill Mayor Pro Tem Yvonne Martínez Beltrán to resign from the city council has gathered more than 400 signatures since an independent investigation cleared Mayor Mark Turner of assault allegations. The petition comes as Turner prepares to seek Martínez Beltrán’s...

An independent investigation found no evidence to support allegations that Morgan Hill Mayor Mark Turner physically assaulted Mayor Pro Tem Yvonne Martínez Beltrán during a February council meeting, according to findings presented at a special city council meeting July 22. The investigation concluded that all...