Posts by Take Back San Jose

June 16, 2026 Cory Doctorow from Beautiful Downtown Burbank, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Assembly candidate Carol Pefley calls out the cynicism of many SJ City Council Democrats (like Mayor Mahan) who campaigned on platforms of fiscal responsibility, only to turn into tax-and-spend liberals, as evidenced by their June 16 vote to oppose the Save Prop…

San Jose CM’s Doan, Casey hold out against the city council’s coordinated attack on Prop 13 It’s easy to get swept up in a chorus of tax and spend councilmembers, singing from the same hymnal. But during Tuesday’s 9-2 vote in favor of an anti-Prop 13 memo, Councilmembers George Casey and Bien Doan stayed consistent…

A newsletter from the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association about California taxes, elections, legislation, court cases and ballot measures. By Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Assoc

Anna, who asked to be identified only by her middle name because she fears her mother would disown her if she learned the truth, still hasn’t told her mom that she sparked an investigation into her driving last year. Anna’s mother, then 85, was living with chronic pain and memory problems that were making it…