Politics

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Oct. 11 signed multiple housing bills aimed at tackling the state’s lack of affordable housing and making it easier for tenants to rent a home in the first place.   Newsom signed a whopping 56 bills into law which he said...

Incumbent Morgan Hill Unified School District Trustee Mary Patterson is trailing in the early Nov. 5 election results for her seat representing Trustee Area 6 on the board of education.  As of 10pm, challenger Rebecca Munson leads the two-person race for TA6, with about 57%...

There is no incumbent in the Nov. 8 election for the Morgan Hill Unified School District Board of Education Trustee Area 3 representative.  The Trustee Area’s current trustee, Heather Orosco, is not running for re-election after serving one term. She was elected to the board...

Former Santa Cruz County Clerk Gail Pellerin is running for the 28th Assembly District in the upcoming June 7 primary after receiving the nod from current representative Mark Stone, who is reportedly not seeking reelection. Over the past few months, Pellerin has encouraged women to...

Ivan Rosales Montes’ desire to pursue and advance his career in education has been shaped by his lifetime as a student, going back to his early childhood. Now he wants to apply those experiences and qualifications to leading the Morgan Hill Unified School District if he wins the Nov. 3 election for Area 5 Trustee.

UPDATE: The City Council on Jan. 19 voted 3-2 (with councilmembers Yvonne Martinez Beltran and Rene Spring in dissent) to approve the following city staff recommendation: Approve the proposed Traffic Mitigation Plan Implementation Schedule to supportthe Monterey Road Lane Reduction Program; Approve the re-design of...

Julie Raia is running for Morgan Hill City Council District A in order to bring “some fresh perspective” to the city’s government.

During Jerry Brown’s first stint as governor of California, he became enmeshed in a very complicated dispute over how the state should tax the incomes of multinational corporations. More than four decades later, the issue has resurfaced in a corporate tax case involving Microsoft, one...

Robert Rivas, who represents 29th California district, was re-elected this week as Speaker of the California State Assembly.  Rivas, of Hollister, now begins his second year as Assembly Speaker following a unanimous vote by his Democratic colleagues on Dec. 2.  “I am filled with great pride...

The Morgan Hill City Council this week finally selected a new district map that legal and demographic experts agree complies with state and federal laws. The council met May 18 to consider a new redistricting map, pursuant to a Santa Clara County Superior Court order...