It's the eve of Election Day and ABC7 has hearing from the four front-runners vying to lead the Bay Area's most populous city.
Voters in San Jose are getting ready to elect a new mayor.San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo has termed out of office and waiting in the wings to replace him are seven candidates four of whom currently serve in local government and are considered top candidates.
If elected mayor, she says she's looking to tackle things like homelessness, crime, and affordable housing."It's important that we not only have people who are experienced, but people have a track record of success," Chavez said."Because what we're going to be facing now is so much more challenging than what we faced in the past."Next up is Dev Davis, who is currently a San Jose City Council member for District 6.
"We've seen an increase in crime, people don't feel safe in their own community, there's been a real lack of accountability on that front," Mahan said."And on homelessness, while we're working hard to help people, we aren't helping enough people and we need to turn the corner, we've got to be much more pragmatic about investing in addiction treatment, mental health treatment, cost-effective shelter, and bringing people indoors.
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