Politics

San Benito County supervisors will consider making Cesar Chavez Day a county holiday at their Tuesday meeting.

The San Benito County Elections Office submitted the following announcement:

After months of arguing over county building codes in an effort to keep the proposed Cordoba Center Islamic mosque and cemetery out of San Martin, the Gilroy/Morgan Hill Patriots are turning the debate to the perceived threat of an Islamic presence in the South Santa Clara County with a public event this Saturday.

Plants within the fences of Garden Mart off San Benito Street sit protected in their individual pots, waiting for someone to take them home.

A new county library still seems a long way off after a recent report priced a new facility at $47.5 million. County supervisors received a library needs assessment report Tuesday and directed staff officials to continue the discussion at the San Benito County Intergovernmental Committee....

Developers will have to pay more toward upkeep of roads starting in a couple of months.

Local State Assemblyman Luis Alejo has introduced a bill with a goal of preventing minority groups from being disenfranchised in elections, according to his office.

With landscapes drying up in California’s drought conditions, local water districts are contending with something else drying up with them—revenues.

County and Hollister officials approved increased bed space at the seasonal homeless facility to deal with potential weather conditions in an El Niño winter.Hollister council members Monday approved $47,000 in general fund money toward increased bed space. The county approved the remainder of the funding, $150,000 in grant dollars, on Tuesday.Government leaders plan to add space for 40 additional beds on top of the 20 to 30 homeless families served each winter at the Southside Labor Camp, according to a county board agenda report.Last year, the shelter served 28 families from December to March, according to a county report. Overall, a point-in-time survey earlier this year showed there were about 650 homeless people in the county.Look back for more.