Mayor Matt Mahan and the Year Ahead for San Jose

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🗓️ 16 January 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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San Jose mayor Matt Mahan has only been in office about a year but he’s already up for re-election in March. We talk to mayor Mahan in our San Jose studio about what he’s learned in the past year that informs his plans to address San Jose’s most pressing issues including homelessness, housing and policing. Then we check in with Santa Clara Board of Supervisors president Susan Ellenberg about the county’s priorities for the San Jose area. And we’ll take your questions and suggestions for the elected leaders about what you hope to see for the South Bay in the coming year. Guests: Matt Mahan, mayor, San Jose Susan Ellenberg, president, Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:12.4	Today, we're previewing Marzarati in San Jose, in for Alexis Madrigal.
1:16.9	Today, we're previewing the year ahead in San Jose and Santa Clara County government.
1:21.6	It's been just over a year since Matt Mahan took office as mayor of San Jose.
1:25.7	After months of debates over homeless housing and city worker pay,
1:29.3	Mayhan is back on the ballot, up for re-election in March.
1:33.4	We'll talk with the mayor about the search for a new police chief and the upcoming city budget and take your questions about the year ahead in San Jose.
1:37.2	Then we'll hear from Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors President Susan Ellenberg
1:41.3	on the county's top priorities and how supervisors plan to help those
1:45.2	residents with severe mental illness. What's in store for local government in the South Bay in
1:50.1	2024? That's next after this news.
1:57.4	This is Forum. I'm Guy Marzarati in for Alexis Madrigal. We're in KQED's downtown San Jose
2:03.3	studios this morning for a look ahead at South Bay government in 2024. And the mayor of San Jose
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