He said it may seem costly, but $5.5 million for free community college is not a big drop in the bucket compared to police spending, which was close to half a billion dollars in 2021. The race is on for the open City Council seat in downtown San Jose. Peralez is the most progressiveamong the top candidates. Its old news that more money means more successful bids to become San Joses mayor, but District "While I do not recall making comments in 2012, I was gratified to receive Raul's endorsement, have him walk precincts with me, and have him view me as his mentor when I ran for county supervisor in 2013," she said. Ivan Torres, 38, is a health care worker turned candidate after volunteering with Sen. Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign. Education is one of the biggest and most effective tools on combating income inequality.". Copyright 2022 by Bay City News, Inc. Republication, Rebroadcast or any other Reuse without the express written consent of Bay City News, Inc. is prohibited. "We need to usher in investment in jobs and housing.". "These are my neighbors and I want to help.". Rauh has been backed by Liccardo and the San Jose Police Officers Association, Smith by the Silicon Valley Biz PAC and Omar Torres by the South Bay Labor Council and Santa Clara County Democratic Party. To read more about this race and the candidates, click here. When Peralez said he planned to run anyway, Chavez ended the conversation with a stinging remark. To learn more about the candidates, click here. Rauh has donated $20,000 to her campaign, loaned another $20,000 and has not disclosed other campaign contributions. Peralez said the longtime lawmaker advised him to run for something else, such as school board, or move to District 1 and run for that seat. "We're all going to be splitting votes across the board.". Anh Colton discusses why shes running for Santa Clara County sheriff. Torres said if elected, he would hire staff focused on each of downtown's problems. District 3 encompasses neighborhoods from Vendome and Naglee Park to Japantown and Spartan Keyes. Two San Jose council members announce theyre running for This file is auto-generated */!function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o