San Jose Mayor Liccardo proposes COVID vaccination mandate for events with 50 or more people
San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo proposed a COVID vaccination mandate for any event of 50 or more people held in a city-owned building.
San Jose proposes new COVID vaccination ordinance for events with 50 or more people
San Jose’s mayor is proposing attendees at large events at city facilities like the SAP Center show proof of full vaccination. A negative COVID test could not be used as a substitute.
Santa Clara County Sheriff rejects San Jose mayor's call to resign
Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith on Tuesday responded to the San Jose mayor's call for her to resign by saying she welcomes any and all inquiries into her office, adding in a roundabout way that she has no intention to step down.
San Jose mayor calls for resignation of Santa Clara County sheriff citing myriad of problems
"Sheriff Smith must go," San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo said at a news conference. "Regardless of whether it is corruption or incompetence best, Sheriff Smith's failures compel her resignation."
San Jose City Council unanimously approves gun violence reduction initiatives
San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo said the initiative included two first-of-its kind proposals: "mandatory gun insurance, and mandatory gun ownership fees."
City of San Jose mandates videotaping of all gun purchases
San Jose officials have passed a new gun law that requires retailers to video-record all firearm purchases, becoming the largest city in California with such a rule.
San Jose Mayor disagrees with Santa Clara Valley Water District leaders on Pacheco Reservoir expansion
San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo is pushing back against Santa Clara Valley Water District's Pacheco Reservoir Expansion project, but water district representatives say his concerns are misleading.
Coalition of California mayors seek $20B from state to battle homelessness
Mayors from California's biggest cities have banded together asking state leaders for $20 billion to combat homelessness.
Dorm-like structures proposed for San Jose's homeless near Guadalupe River
Unhoused residents who live in tents, vehicles, and shanties – sharing this space with debris, trash, and waste, fear they’ll be forced to leave.
San Jose mayor calls for President Trump to be tried for sedition
San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, who is a former federal prosecutor, says President Donald Trump should be tried for sedition and publicly inciting the use of unlawful means to undermine the will of the electorate.
City officials unanimously approve Barack Obama Boulevard in San Jose
A three-year effort to rename portions of San Jose streets after Barack Obama were unanimously approved by the city council on Tuesday, KTVU has learned.
Liccardo links immigration policy to mass stabbing at San Jose church
Mayor Liccardo blamed the deadly stabbing at a San Jose church on the county's immigration policy and other "system failures."
Woman held on $500,000 bail for vandalism of San Jose mayor's home
A South Bay woman held on $500,000 bail for a misdemeanor offense of vandalizing Mayor Sam Liccardo’s house will be released Tuesday evening.
Protesters vandalize Liccardo's home, mayor thanks neighbors who scrubbed away graffiti
A group apparently protesting for social justice targeted San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo Friday night.
South San Jose family spends 65 hours without power, sleeps with ice packs
Tens of thousands of Bay Area residents spent part of the record-breaking heat wave without power, including dozens of families in South San Jose who were without power for days.
San Jose announces public-private partnership to connect students to the internet
As part of a larger effort to bridge the digital divide, Mayor Sam Liccardo announced Monday that the city of San Jose will provide 11,000 hotspots with unlimited 4G LTE data plans to unconnected students and residents through a new partnership with AT&T.
Santa Cruz caravan calls on community to fill out U.S. Census
U.S. census officials say the Bay Area leads the state in the percentage of respondents to the 2020 census. Even so, Many communities are at a 60% response rate or lower, and seek to do better.