Tag Archives : Sylvia Arenas

San Jose Spotlight: San Jose lawmakers denounce SVO’s altered photo of Sylvia Arenas


Supporters of San Jose Councilmember Sylvia Arenas are crying foul after an image of the Latina lawmaker surfaced on a new opposition website that appears to have darkened her skin. The image, which cropped up this week on a website funded by the Silicon Valley Organization’s PAC, first appeared in a Mercury News article four years ago. The newspaper published the photo again two weeks ago…

Early Fundraising Numbers are in for 2016 San Jose City Council Races


In District 2, there are two early front runners in Elias Portales and Sergio Jimenez. Elias Portales leads the district with an impressive $35,777 raised in the month of December.  Mr. Portales has a good amount of funds available with $33,670.16 cash on hand.  Sergio Jimenez is next in the district with a respectable $17,005.16 raised in December, Mr. Jimenez…