Featured News Highlights
Mental Health & Emotional Wellness
- Santa Clara County makes Narcan available by mail at no cost - KTVU
- South Bay residents fight to make mental health crisis services more accessible - NBC Bay Area
- Santa Clara County supervisors back direct access to non-police mental health team - Mercury News
- South Bay proposal would create direct line for non-police mental health response - Mercury News
- Santa Clara County leaders declaring mental health and substance abuse a public health crisis - KRON4
- Santa Clara County sinks millions into mental health crisis - San Jose Spotlight
- Lawmakers say Santa Clara County is in a mental health crisis - San Jose Spotlight
- Santa Clara County mental health system ‘fundamentally broken - San Jose Spotlight
- Santa Clara County Supervisors Identify Mental Health Crisis, Decide to Study It for 3 Months - San Jose Inside
Unhoused/Homelessness
- Santa Clara County extends homeless services contract amid controversy - San Jose Spotlight
- Hope for the Unhoused hosts first Community Homeless Conference - Milpitas Beat
- In Milpitas, donations of winter clothing and items pour in to support unhoused community - Milpitas Beat
- Santa Clara County approves $40M to jumpstart numerous homeless housing sites - KRON4
- Homeless families get keys to new tiny houses in Santa Clara County - San Jose Spotlight
Gun Violence Prevention & Responsible Ownership
- Rocket launcher, Uzi among 408 firearms collected at San Jose buyback event - NBC Bay Area
- Uzi, rocket launcher turned in at San Jose gun buyback event - KRON4
- Rocket launcher, Uzi among 408 firearms collected in San Jose gun buyback - CBS Bay Area
- At a San Jose gun buyback event, someone turned in a rocket launcher - SF Gate
- Rocket launcher surrendered at gun buyback event, California authorities say - Sacramento Bee
- Santa Clara Supervisors Want Sheriff to Increase Gun Buyback Program - San Jose Inside
- Gun buyback nets 289 unwanted firearms - Morgan Hill Times
- Over 400 firearms recovered in Santa Clara County - KRON4
- Santa Clara County officials respond to South Bay gun violence - KRON4
- Santa Clara County to launch gun buyback program - KRON4
- Ninth victim of VTA shooting in San Jose dies, county identifies victims - San Jose Spotlight
- Santa Clara County approves expansion of gun buyback program - CBS Bay Area
Housing
- Palo Alto launches construction on transitional housing in the Baylands - Almanac News
- Tens of thousands of San Jose housing units can be built after city and county dodge lawsuit - Mercury News
- Santa Clara County Buys Land For More Affordable Housing - San Jose Spotlight
- Teacher housing proposed on Apple-owned Cupertino site - SiliconValley.com
Sustainability & Climate Action
- Santa Clara County Supervisor seeks broader use of AI to help prevent wildfires - Mercury News
- Santa Clara County adopts initiative to address concerns over rising sea level - KRON4
Open Space District, Santa Clara County Take Steps to Protect Scenic Ridgeline - San Jose Inside
Public Health
- County makes Narcan available at all public libraries - Morgan Hill Times
- Medicamento para revertir sobredosis de fentanilo podría estar disponible en bibliotecas del condado Santa Clara-Telemundo Área de la Bahía
- Santa Clara County Supervisors call for continuation of COVID-19 vaccination program - Mercury News
- Santa Clara County Supervisors explore providing Narcan at public libraries - CBS Bay Area
- Santa Clara County could soon provide Narcan at public libraries - KRON4
- Santa Clara County races to stop fentanyl overdoses - San Jose Spotlight
Veterans
- ‘It’s everything to me’: Santa Clara County celebrates the purchase of Homeless Veterans Emergency Housing Facility - Mercury News
- Diego Hammett named Veteran of the Year in Milpitas ceremony - Milpitas Beat
- South Bay veterans honored by Santa Clara Co. for contributions in healthcare - ABC7
- Veterans honored during celebration in San Jose - Mercury News
Healthcare workers at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center honored for Veterans Day - KTVU2
AAPI Affairs & Issues
- Silicon Valley Asian Pacific FilmFest celebrates progress for AANHPI creatives in film - Asamnews.org
- Santa Clara County leaders want office focused on tracking hate crimes - Mountain View Voice
- ‘I’m not a virus’: Silicon Valley lawmaker unveils plan to combat anti-Asian hate - San Jose Spotlight
- Santa Clara County Supervisor Otto Lee on Asian Pacific America - NBC Bay Area
- Santa Clara County leaders want office to track hate crimes - San Jose Spotlight
Immigrants & Refugees
- Bay Area supervisor ends European vacation early to help Ukrainian refugees in Poland - ABC7
- Santa Clara County readies for surge of refugees following U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan - Mountain View Voice
Additional News Items
- Supervisor Otto Lee: 2022 Year In Review - Milpitas Beat
- Santa Clara County Considered Building a Mental Health Facility Instead of a New Jail. It Chose the Jail - KQED
- Santa Clara County Increases Penalties for Retailers Who Sell Tobacco to Minors - San Jose Inside
- Sunnyvale Community Services gets $100k challenge grant - Mercury News
- Norwood, Yip-Chuan, & Nakka sworn in to MUSD’s Board of Education - Milpitas Beat