In the News
Originally published in the San Mateo Daily Journal
By Ana Mata
San Mateo County is looking to restrict the development of any immigration detention facility in unincorporated areas, with a unanimous vote by the Board of Supervisors to draft an emergency moratorium against such centers and a longer term plan to ensure local regulation.
By Keith Menconi
Originally published in San José Spotlight
South Bay and Peninsula leaders are seeking to sharpen their legal defenses against new federal immigration facilities by strengthening local zoning rules.
Originally published in San José Spotlight News
By Joyce Chu
The largest federal housing bill in decades has the potential to increase the home supply in Silicon Valley, one of the most expensive regions in the U.S.
Originally Published in The Mercury News
By Sam Liccardo
One hundred days have passed since the American and Israeli missile strikes on Iran, and Donald Trump just announced the umpteenth, likely nonexistent, “peace deal.” This gives us ample time to answer the simplistic — but not simple — question: “Who is winning this war?”
My answer: China.
Of course, China isn’t fighting in Iran. And yes, they’re still winning.
A Bay Area congressman rolled out a new plan that aims to make Bay Area waters safer for migrating whales.
This comes after a dead whale was spotted this week near Alcatraz, marking the ninth dead whale reported in Northern California waters in a matter of weeks.
“Just over a month, we have seen a total of nine whales, dead in either San Francisco Bay seven of them, or in the outer waters along the coast bringing us up to nine,” said Dr. Jeff Boehm with the Marine Mammal Center.
Rep. Sam Liccardo, D-Calif., is probing whether the nation’s top financial regulators are examining a number of trades placed moments before President Donald Trump provided a major update on the Iran war.
A bipartisan duo is pushing back on President Donald Trump’s attempts to end a program that lets hundreds of thousands of foreign students work in the US for a year after graduation. Reps.