Politics

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San Benito County supervisors Tuesday voted 4-0 to leave the CalPERS Health Care network, which has provided options to county employees and retirees for 23 years.

The San Benito County Board of Supervisors authorized Chairman Jaime De La Cruz from District 5 to represent the county in Washington D.C. at the 2017 National Association of Counties (NACo) Legislative Conference. According to a statement released on the matter, hundreds of NACo members...

The City of Hollister is holding an open application process for the city treasurer’s position. At a June 5 council meeting, staff announced that former Treasurer Cecilia Rios moved out of the city. That means the city must fill the role. In an interview with the...

Hollister Mayor Ignacio Velazquez recently sounded the alarm about the pace of growth in the city.

Julio Salazar spoke at Congressman Sam Farr’s town hall meeting Tuesday night. Salazar was among a group of residents from a neighborhood who are against the designated location for a permanent homeless shelter on Southside Road.

Allowing religious organizations to use a downtown public signpost for event advertisements—like a church men’s conference promotion currently displayed—means the City of Hollister must provide the same access for other types of groups “that could be quite controversial,” argued the co-founder of the national Freedom From Religion Foundation.

Two years after the Hollister City Council approved a deal transferring management of the Veterans Memorial Building to local veterans groups, city officials and those organizations’ members are talking about renewing an expired contract.

The Hollister council Monday is set to consider approving a new contract for the police union and an extension for the downtown association as manager of the motorcycle rally, along with matching funds for an electric vehicle and three new playground sets.