Barry Holtzclaw

2 weeks ago | sanjoseinside.com | Barry Holtzclaw

With just 30 ballots left to be counted, San Jose Planning Commission chair Anthony Tordillos leads mayoral deputy chief of staff Matthew Quevedo by a single vote for a spot in the runoff for San Jose’s District 3 council seat. In today’s 5pm update from the county elections office, the county Registrar of Voters reported Gabby Chavez-Lopez had widened her lead as vote-counting neared its final total.

2 weeks ago | metrosiliconvalley.com | Barry Holtzclaw

Two frontrunners in yesterday’s special election to fill San Jose’s District 3 City Council seat—Matthew Quevedo and Gabby Chavez-Lopez—raised nearly $424,000 for their brief campaigns, according to the latest reports filed with the San Jose City Clerk. But that’s only part of the picture, in which campaign statements show nearly $1.5 million in campaign activity.

2 weeks ago | sanjoseinside.com | Barry Holtzclaw

Gabby Chavez-Lopez was leading the seven-person race for the District 3 San Jose City Council seat, in early returns announced at 8:03pm. The Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters had reported 14% of registered voters'  ballots  counted as of 8pm. Here are the early returns:Gabby Chavez-Lopez 1,987Matthew Quevedo  1,460Anthony Tordillos 1,324Irene Smith 1,114Adam Duran 543Tyrone Wade 111Philip Dolan 43The county Registrar of Voters reported that District 3 has 47,297 registered voters.

2 weeks ago | sanjoseinside.com | Barry Holtzclaw

Two likely frontrunners for San Jose’s District 3 City Council seat – Matthew Quevedo, Gabby Chavez-Lopez – raised nearly $400,000 for their brief campaigns, according to the latest reports filed with the San Jose City Clerk. But that's only part of the picture in the District 3 battleground.

2 weeks ago | sanjoseinside.com | Barry Holtzclaw

California under Gov. Gavin Newsom has made sweeping changes to its behavioral health system, pouring billions of dollars into new services and support programs. But the state’s ambitious plans face a looming threat: the proposed federal spending cuts that Congress is currently considering are seen as all but certain to impact Medicaid and could bring to a halt some of the headway the state has made in responding to its behavioral health crisis.