Law Foundation of Silicon Valley

A years-long battle over one of the hottest pieces of land in San Jose ended Thursday night, and it appears almost everyone will come out a winner.

The San Jose City Council on Tuesday night voted 9-2 to pass an urgency ordinance protecting renters in the city.

The San Jose City Council has already approved a tenant protection ordinance, but now supporters of the new law said it needs to get on the books faster.

Santa Clara County officials are looking for ways to protect immigrants who could be deported once the country’s new leadership takes the helm in January.

City leaders are investigating an east San Jose neighborhood after tenants complained that they are being abused by a property management company.

The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a plan Tuesday to form a blue ribbon commission dedicated to examining issues at the jails in response to an inmate’s death allegedly at the hands of correctional deputies in August.