Opinion

With the mayor’s surprise resignation, the fast-track approval of a massive annexation initiative and the word that the council will appoint a replacement on Jan. 4, Gilroy residents should be asking some tough questions. What’s really happening over there at City Hall?

California is struggling (again) to balance its state budget. Forecasting a $31.5 billion deficit for the next fiscal year, Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed cutting $6 billion from the historic $54 billion climate budget approved last summer—and the state Legislature agrees on some $5 billion...