San Jose,officially the City of San José,is the largest city in Northern California by both population and area. With a 2022 population of 971,233,it is the most populous city in both the Bay Area and the San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland Combined Statistical Area—which in 2022 had a population of 7.5 million and 9.0 million respectively—the third-most populous city in California after Los Angeles and San Diego,and the 13th-most populous in the United States. Located in the center of the Santa Clara Valley on the southern shore of San Francisco Bay,San Jose covers an area of 179.97 sq mi (466.1 km2). San Jose is the county seat of Santa Clara County and the main component of the San Jose–Sunnyvale–Santa Clara Metropolitan Statistical Area,with an estimated population of around two million residents in 2018.
Sunnyvale is a city located in the Santa Clara Valley in northwest Santa Clara County in the U.S. state of California.
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority,more commonly known simply as the Valley Transportation Authority (VTA),is a special district responsible for public transit services,congestion management,specific highway improvement projects,and countywide transportation planning for Santa Clara County,California. It serves San Jose,California,and the surrounding Silicon Valley. It is one of the governing parties for the Caltrain commuter rail line that serves the county. In 2023,the VTA's public transportation services had a combined ridership of 26,610,000,or about 94,100 per weekday as of the third quarter of 2024.
Saren Joseph Simitian is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party,he was the State Senator representing California's 11th State Senate district,which encompasses all or part of 13 cities in San Mateo,Santa Clara,and Santa Cruz counties,from 2004 to 2012. Approaching his term limit at the end of 2012,he ran for and was elected to the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors. He was re-elected to the same seat in 2016 and again in 2020.
Metro,also known as Metro Silicon Valley,is a free weekly newspaper published by the San Jose,California-based Weeklys media group for four decades,a period during which its readership area became known as Silicon Valley.
San Jose Diridon station is the central passenger rail depot for San Jose,California. It also serves as a major intermodal transit center for Santa Clara County and Silicon Valley. The station is named after former Santa Clara County Supervisor Rod Diridon Sr.
Charles Rufus Reed is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 64th mayor of San Jose,California from 2007 to 2015.
Cindy Chavez is an American politician who served on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors representing the 2nd district,encompassing parts of Downtown,East,and South San Jose from 2013 to 2024. Her public service career began in the 1990s as a policy analyst for health care,public health,human services and transportation for the Board of Supervisors. She served two terms on the San Jose City Council,where she was also Vice Mayor,and also served on the board leadership of public agencies such as the San Jose Redevelopment Agency,and executive director of Working Partnerships USA and the South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council. She has run unsuccessfully for Mayor of San Jose twice. She is a graduate of San Jose State University,is married and has a son in college.
David Dominic Cortese is an elected official from San Jose,California. He is currently serving in the California State Senate,representing District 15,which encompasses a majority of Santa Clara County. Before being elected to the California State Senate,Cortese served on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors for 12 years,as a Councilmember and Vice Mayor for the City of San Jose for eight years,and for eight years as a trustee for the East Side Union High School District in San Jose. Cortese ran for mayor of San Jose and won the primary,losing the general election to District 3 councilmember Sam Liccardo.
Pierluigi Oliverio is a former American politician,who was the 6th district Councilmember on the San Jose City Council. He was sworn in on March 20,2007,and left office in January 2017. He was elected to three consecutive terms,and could no longer run due to term limits.
San JoséCity Hall is the seat of the municipal government of San Jose,California. Located in Downtown San Jose,it was designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Richard Meier in a Postmodern style. It consists of an 18-story tower,an iconic glass rotunda,and a city council chamber wing,laid out within a two-block-long public square known as San JoséCivic Plaza. The tower rises 285 feet (87 m) above the plaza,making it the fourth tallest building in San Jose.
Santa Clara County,officially the County of Santa Clara,is the sixth-most populous county in the U.S. state of California,with a population of 1,936,259 as of the 2020 census. Santa Clara County and neighboring San Benito County form the San Jose–Sunnyvale–Santa Clara metropolitan statistical area,which is part of the larger San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland combined statistical area. Santa Clara is the most populous county in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Northern California.
Evan Low is an American politician currently serving in the California State Assembly. He is a Democrat representing the 26th Assembly District,which encompasses parts of Silicon Valley,including Cupertino,Sunnyvale,Santa Clara and portions of northern and western San Jose. He is a member of the California Legislative LGBT Caucus,and currently serves as Chair of the California Asian American &Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus.
Berryessa/North San Joséstation is an intermodal transit center located in the Berryessa district of San Jose,California,United States. The station is served by Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) and Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) buses. The transit center opened for bus service on December 28,2019,and subsequently for BART service on June 13,2020. The station is the southern terminus of the Orange and Green lines.
The Silicon Valley BART extension is an ongoing effort to expand the Green and Orange Line service by Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) into Santa Clara County via the East Bay from its former terminus at the Fremont station in Alameda County. Planned since at least 1981,the project has seven stations in three sequential phases.
The 2014 San Jose mayoral election was held on June 3,2014,to elect the Mayor of San Jose,California. Councilmember Sam Liccardo defeated Santa Clara County Supervisor Dave Cortese in a runoff on November 4,2014.
Dominic Caserta is a former member of the Santa Clara City Council and has been a local educator since 1997.
The 1998 San Jose mayoral election was held on June 2 and November 3,1998,to elect the Mayor of San Jose,California. It saw the election of Ron Gonzales.
Matthew William Mahan is an American politician and tech entrepreneur who has served as the mayor of San Jose Since 2023. He previously served as the District 10 Councilmember representing the Almaden Valley, Blossom Valley,and Vista Park neighborhoods. Mahan also served as the co-founder and CEO of Brigade Media,a tech company focused on civic engagement.
The 2022 San Jose mayoral election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the next mayor of San Jose for a two-year term. A top-two primary was held on June 7,2022,and no candidate received more than 50% in this primary election. Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez and San Jose City Councilmember Matt Mahan advanced to a November 8 runoff election. On November 16,Cindy Chavez conceded the race to Matt Mahan.
