CBS News: Mayor Matt Mahan of San Jose, Silicon Valley’s largest city, criticizes proposed California billionaires’ tax
This article was originally published in CBS Bay Area. By Tim Fang The mayor of Silicon Valley’s largest city has come out against a proposed ballot initiative that would impose a wealth tax on California’s billionaires, as leaders debate the benefits of the proposal. “I’m all for taxing billionaires, but I think this is the […]
SF Standard: Mayor Matt Mahan: What Gavin Newsom and Ro Khanna get wrong in their battle over Billionaire Tax
By: Matt Mahan San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan argues that a wealth tax isn’t just a disastrous idea for California, it ignores the state’s actual problems. Two of California’s most talented political leaders spent their holidays engaged in an online battle over two hot-button issues: the need for a so-called Billionaire Tax and the level of […]
CNBC Squak Box: Democratic mayor of Silicon Valley’s largest city opposes billionaire tax
By Jordan Novet This article was originally published in CNBC The Democratic mayor of San Jose, California, has come out against a proposed statewide ballot measure that would ask voters to approve a one-time 5% tax on billionaires’ net worth. Matt Mahan, who took office in Silicon Valley’s biggest city in 2023, said in a […]
KQED: San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan Takes Your Questions
As mayor of San Jose, Matt Mahan has touted his business credentials and his common sense approach to handling issues like homelessness and crime. In 2024, Mahan was reelected to the office with 87% of the vote, and his profile has risen recently as he has criticized Governor Gavin Newsom’s trolling of President Trump. According to […]
Mayor Matt Mahan on How Sacramento Can Better Be a Better Partner for California Cities
The best resistance is delivering results for our residents. Sacramento, and every level of government, needs to do more and better to address homelessness, safety, and the punishingly high cost of housing and energy. If you agree, show your support for a Back to Basics Agenda — and share your best ideas for how California’s […]
SF Standard: Mayors like me can’t fix what the state is breaking. We need to demand better
By: Matt Mahan San Jose mayor Matt Mahan issues a call for a “Back to Basics Agenda” built on collaboration and accountability. They say that all politics is local. But that concept has vanished in California, where thousands of local governments are struggling to address the staggering cost of housing, homelessness, unemployment, and public safety […]
Mercury News: San Jose approves policy setting expectation that unhoused accept shelter
The City Council has approved the Responsibility to Shelter proposal which could result in citations or arrests of unhoused individuals who repeatedly refuse offers of available shelter This article was originally published in the Mercury News. By Devan Patel Despite hours of spirited discussion and concerns raised by Santa Clara County officials, the San Jose City […]
LA Times: Newsom insults California voters by not funding Proposition 36
SACRAMENTO — This just seems wrong: Californians overwhelmingly approved an anti-crime ballot measure in November. But our governor strongly opposed the proposition. So he’s not funding it. Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic legislative leaders, however, are now under pressure to fund the measure in a new state budget that’s being negotiated and must pass the Legislature by […]
LA Times: After half a century, California legislators on the verge of overhauling a landmark environmental law
By Liam Dillon This article was originally published in the LA Times When a landmark state environmental law threatened to halt enrollment at UC Berkeley, legislators stepped in and wrote an exemption. When the Sacramento Kings were about to leave town, lawmakers brushed the environmental rules aside for the team’s new arena. When the law stymied the renovation […]
Mahan: To Truly Evaluate How a Government Policy Is Doing, Ask How Many People It’s Killing
California’s Failed Homeless Policies Have Led to a Dramatic Spike in Homeless Deaths.