{"id":206386,"date":"2026-03-06T00:09:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T00:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/206386\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T00:09:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T00:09:13","slug":"san-jose-mayor-matt-mahan-positions-himself-as-a-change-candidate-in-governors-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/206386\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jos\u00e9 Mayor Matt Mahan Positions Himself as a \u201cChange\u201d Candidate in Governor\u2019s Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>San Jos\u00e9 Mayor Matt Mahan is positioning himself as a \u201cchange\u201d candidate in the crowded race for California governor. As a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kqed.org\/news\/12071306\/san-jose-mayor-matt-mahan-announces-run-for-california-governor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">moderate Democrat<\/a> who has frequently clashed with fellow Democrats over his stances on homelessness and public safety, earning attention as a rare critic of his own party.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Marisa and Scott are joined by Mahan to talk about the strong backing he\u2019s received from the Silicon Valley tech community and how his approach to homelessness in San Jos\u00e9 \u2013 redirecting funds from permanent housing toward temporary shelter \u2013 could shape his statewide strategy. They also discuss his upbringing in Watsonville and the lessons he learned from his father\u2019s career as a mail carrier.<\/p>\n<p>This interview is part of a series of conversations with the 2026 gubernatorial candidates for California. The primary election is June 2.<\/p>\n<p>Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kqed.org\/newsletters\/political-breakdown\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Political Breakdown\u2019s weekly newsletter<\/a>, delivered straight to your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"San Jos\u00e9 Mayor Matt Mahan is positioning himself as a \u201cchange\u201d candidate in the crowded race for California&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206387,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[88,90,89],"class_list":{"0":"post-206386","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-jose","8":"tag-san-jose","9":"tag-san-jose-headlines","10":"tag-san-jose-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}