Politics

Three appointments are filled for San Benito County agencies on the revived Mobility Partnership alliance with the Santa Clara County Valley Transportation Authority collaborating on plans for the future of regional highway expansion.

The Santa Clara County planning commission will hear three appeals to the Cordoba Center mosque project in San Martin Tuesday.

After five months of backroom jockeying and another six-hour meeting behind closed doors, California Assembly Democrats agreed Nov. 10 to a lengthy transition that will see Robert Rivas succeed Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon next summer. Emerging from a ballroom at the Sacramento Convention Center, Rivas,...

Marijuana was on the minds of many during this week’s Hollister City Council meeting. Nine community members spoke on the local medical marijuana ordinance during public comment, but Mayor Ignacio Velazquez made a significant proclamation of his own near the end of the meeting. “I’ve asked...

Candidates have submitted their required campaign finance documents for activity in recent months, while the county elections office made them available this week.

PACHECO RESERVOIR EXPANSION PROJECT The Hollister City Council unanimously approved sending their support letter with an amendment to bring up the inclusion of a possible recreation component. The $800 million dam project - proposed by the Santa Clara Valley Water District -  would expand the reservoir...

With the presidential race nationally and Hollister’s first mayor’s race locally – along with many other consequential ballot questions and contests – it was a year defined by politics in San Benito County. The following is a rundown of many important political matters throughout 2012.