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Measure V: $450 million for affordable housing
A place to call home is an essential ingredient to one’s self worth and personal dignity. But unfortunately...
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What will autonomous trucks mean for truckers?
Robots won't take all our jobs. But our new study finds they could turn middle-class jobs into low...
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A big win for Silicon Valley security officers
After more than five years of negotiations, actions, delegations, and more, thousands of security officers at Silicon Valley tech companies like Facebook and Google will get pay increases, higher healthcare contributions and paid holidays after ratifying their first ever union contract! Service Employees International Union-United Service Workers West...
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"Voice your displeasure outside"
Last week, so many people attended our rally before the City of San Jose's public meeting about a...
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Schools & Communities First Initiative heads to the ballot
In 2020, Californians will have the chance to restore more than $11 billion of funding back to our schools and communities every year! Thanks to a hard-working army of volunteers and community organizations, the state-wide effort to collect more than 900,000 signatures was successful. That means a measure to bring billions of dollars annually...
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Crashing Google's marketing conference
Yesterday, Google came to San Jose. Not for the proposed 20,000-employee mega-campus it wants to open...
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The Janus ruling
Today, the Supreme Court overturned more than four decades of precedent by making fair share fees...
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Hey Google: Don't displace us
Today we attended Google's annual shareholder meeting in the company's hometown of Mountain View to...
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New renter laws in San Jose
Last week, the San Jose City Council voted to ban landlords from intimidating tenants by threatening...
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Our community plan for Google's San Jose mega-campus
After nine months of conversations with San Jose communities, today a delegation of local children...
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Update on reforming Prop 13
We're on track to make history by qualifying an initiative to reform Proposition 13 for the first...
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A win for good construction jobs
Last night, the San Jose City Council passed a groundbreaking set of policies to raise job quality...
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Let’s make billionaires and corporations pay their fair share
In 1978, an underhanded tax law was passed to let huge corporations get away with paying artificially...
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Crisis and opportunity in Silicon Valley construction
Construction is one of the fastest growing industries in Silicon Valley, yet thousands of construction...
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